First War of Villmergen

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.

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1656 First War of Villmergen

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1291 — 1499 War between Switzerland and the House of Habsburg

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1499 Swabian War

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1531 Second War of Kappel

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1847 Sonderbund War

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
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