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Map of the Helvetic Republic (1798) Map of Switzerland in 1815 New cantons were added only in the modern period, during 1803–1815; this mostly concerned former subject territories now recognized as full cantons (such as Vaud, Ticino and Aargau), and the full integration of territories that had been more loosely allied to the Confederacy (such as Geneva, Valais and Grisons).
County of Werdenberg – from 1493 by treaty with Lucerne; annexed by Glarus in 1517. Imperial City of Rottweil – from 1519 to 1632 through a treaty with all 13 members; a first treaty on military cooperation had already been concluded in 1463. In 1632, the treaty was renewed with Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Zug, Solothurn and Fribourg.
Geneva became part of the Swiss confederation The treaty was concluded on February 20 and ratified on March 12, 1526 Treaty of Berwick: Three year peace agreement between Scotland and England. 1527 Treaty of Westminster: Treaty of alliance between King Henry VIII of England and King Francis I of France against King Charles V of Spain. 1528
Each canton of the Old Swiss Confederacy, formerly also Ort ('lieu/locality', from before 1450), or Stand ('estate', from c. 1550), was a fully sovereign state with its own border controls, army, and currency from at least the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848, with a brief period of ...
Pages in category "Treaties of Switzerland" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 421 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A treaty of alliance from 1291 between the cantons of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden, the Charter is one of a series of alliances from which the Old Swiss Confederacy emerged. In the 19th and 20th century, after the establishment of the Swiss federal state, the Charter became the central founding document of Switzerland in the popular imagination.
This is an alphabetical list of towns or cities (these English terms can be used interchangeably, as there is no official differentiation), which follows the FSO's definition (German: Statistische Städte 2012, French: Villes statistiques 2012), as well as places with historic town rights (h) and/or market towns (m).
In 1923, the city was the venue for the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne, which established the modern Turkish Republic. [18] In 1964, the city played host to the Swiss National Exhibition, [19] displaying its newly found confidence to play host to major international events.