First War of Villmergen
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The First War of Villmergen was a Swiss religious war which lasted from 5 January until 7 March 1656, at the time of the Old Swiss Confederacy. On one side were the Protestant cantons of Zürich and Bern, on the other the Catholic cantons of Central Switzerland. The Protestants tried to break the political hegemony of the Catholics, that had been in existence ever since the Second Kappel Landfrieden of 1531. The casus belli was the expulsion and execution of Protestants from the Schwyz commune of Arth. The Zürcher unsuccessfully besieged the Central Swiss-allied city of Rapperswil and thereby drove their forces together. The Bernese were defeated and repelled in the First Battle of Villmergen. The Third Landfrieden ended the conflict and restored the pre-war balance of power.
1656
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| area | region | 1848 | Switzerland | sovereign state, confederation, landlocked country, federation, state, country, tripadvisor | Wikidata |
| area | region | 1848 | Switzerland as a federal state | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 1380 | Battle of Sörenberg | battle | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1291 | War between Switzerland and the House of Habsburg | war | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1499 | Swabian War | war, Three Leagues, Swabian League | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1531 | Second War of Kappel | war | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1656 | First War of Villmergen | religious war | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1847 | Sonderbund War | civil war | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Artilleriewerk Grimsel | fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Artilleriewerk Kilchlidossen | fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Artilleriewerk Ursprung | fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Festung Fürigen | fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Festung Klein-Durren | fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Festung Mueterschwanderberg | fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Festung Wissiflue | fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Galenhütten fortress battery | architectural structure, fortress, fortification | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Sperrstelle Schrattenfluh | fortification, fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | International War and Peace Museum in Lucerne | peace museum, military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | tower | 1285 | Witch tower | witch tower, fortified tower | Wikidata |
| site | tower | 1315 | Schnitz Tower | archaeological site, architectural structure, fortified tower | Wikidata |