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2011 Event - The Swiss Government blocks 27 million Swiss francs worth of assets belonging to senior Syrian officials

2010 Event - In the Swiss Alps, final breakthrough occurs on the east bore of the Gotthard Base Tunnel, now the world's longest railway tunnel

1997 Event - 3 Swiss banks create $70 million Holocaust fund

1996 Death - Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish/Swiss chemist (Nobel 1950), dies at 99

1995 Death - Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer (Raskolnikov), dies at 84

1995 Death - Patricia Highsmith, Mary Patricia Plangman, US/Swiss, dies at 74

1994 Death - Max Bill, Swiss painter/sculptor/politician, dies at 85

1994 Death - G Waller, German/Swiss movie journalist (NRC/Variety), dies at 82

1994 Death - Otto F Walther, Swiss publisher/author (Der Stumme), dies at 66

1994 Death - Elias Canetti, Swiss Author

1994 Death - Sandra Paretti, German/Swiss author (Drums of Winter), dies at 59

1993 Death - Franz Schnyder, Swiss director (10th of May), dies at 82

1992 Death - Nikita Magaloff, Russian/Swiss pianist, dies at 80

1992 Death - Hans Zullig, Swiss/German dancer (Green Table), dies

1991 Death - Jean Tinguely, Swiss sculptor artist (moving objects), dies

1991 Death - Wolfgang Hildesheimer, German/Swiss architect, dies

1991 Death - Max Frisch, Swiss architect/writer (Stiller, Biedermann), dies at 79

1990 Death - Friedrich Durrenmatt, Swiss writer (Besuch der alten Dame), dies at 69

1988 Death - Hans Urs von Balthasar, Swiss Theologian

1988 Event - Avalanche at Klosters, a Swiss Ski resort, nearly kills Prince Charles

1980 Death - Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist/theory/educator, dies at 84

1980 Event - World's longest auto tunnel, St. Gotthard in Swiss Alps, opens

1978 Event - Charlie Chaplin's coffin was stolen from a Swiss cemetery

1977 Death - Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist/composer, dies at 91

1977 Birthday - Michelle Hunziker, Swiss Actress

1977 Death - Carl Zuckmayer, German/Swiss/US playwright (Second Wind), dies at 80

1975 Death - Walter Linck, Swiss sculptor, dies at 71

1974 Death - Frank Martin, Swiss composer (In Terra Fax), dies at 84

1974 Death - Fritz Zwicky, Swiss/US astronomer (supernova), dies at 75

1973 Death - Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss Scientist

1972 Death - Janet Munro, actress (Crawling Eye, Swiss Family Robinson), dies at 38

1971 Event - Swiss men accept female suffrage

1970 Event - 29 Swiss Army officers die in avalanche (Reckingen, Switzerland)

1969 Event - Males of Swiss kanton Schaffhausen rejects female suffrage

1969 Birthday - Nancy Blogg, Swiss dancer, Josephine

1969 Death - Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor/composer, dies at 85

1968 Death - Karl Barth, Swiss theologist/minister (Kirchliche Dogma), dies at 82

1966 Death - Ludwig Binswanger, Swiss psychiatrist (ober Ideenflucht), dies at 84

1966 Death - Albert Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor, dies at 64

1966 Death - Alberto Giacometti, Swiss Artist

1965 Death - Paul H Muller, Swiss chemist (DDT-Nobel 1948), dies at 66

1965 Death - Le Corbusier, Charles Jeanneret, Swiss/French architect, dies at 77

1965 Death - Heinrich Barth, Swiss philosopher (Das Sein in der Zeit), dies

1964 Birthday - Vreni Schneider, Swiss alpine skier, Olympics-Gold-1988

1963 Death - Edmond Flegenheimer, Swiss/French writer (Ecoute Israel), dies

1963 Birthday - Pirmin Zurbriggen, Swiss alpine skier 1988 Olympics gold

1963 Death - Jean Felix Piccard, swiss explorer, dies on his 79th birthday

1962 Death - Hermann Hesse, German/Swiss poet/author (Nobel 1946), dies at 85

1962 Death - Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor and composer (Bruckner), dies at 82

1962 Event - St. Bernard Tunnel finished, Swiss and Italian workers shake hands

1962 Death - Auguste Piccard, Swiss explorer/balloonist, dies at 78

1962 Death - Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77

1961 Death - Cuno Amiet, Swiss painter, dies at 93

1961 Death - Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss psychatrist (ober Alchemie), dies at 85

1961 Death - Carl G. Jung, Swiss Psychologist

1961 Death - Carl Jung, Swiss Psychologist

1961 Death - Blaise Cendrars, Swiss/French poet (J'ai tue), dies at 73

1959 Death - Ernest Bloch, Swiss/US composer (Macbeth), dies at 78

1959 Death - Ernest Bloch, Swiss/US composer (Macbeth), dies at 78

1959 Death - Grock, Adrien Wettach, Swiss clown/circus director, dies at 79

1959 Event - Swiss males vote against voting rights for women

1958 Birthday - Ian Woosnam, born in Oswestry, England, nicknamed 'Woosie', 'Wee Welshman', 'Woosers', Welsh, professional golfer, played first European Tour, 1979, won Swiss Open, 1982, number one in Official World Golf Rankings in 1991, awarded O.B.E. 2007 New Years Honors List

1956 Death - Karl L Schmidt, German/Swiss theologist (Urchristentum), dies at 64

1955 Death - Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, dies at 69

1955 Death - Arthur Oscar Honegger, Swiss composer (Cantate Noel), dies at 63

1955 Death - Arthur Honegger, Swiss Composer

1955 Death - Paulus B Barth, Swiss painter/lithographer, dies at 73

1954 Death - Werner Bischof, Swiss photographer, dies accidentally at 38

1953 Death - Maurice Lugeon, Swiss geologist (nappism), dies at 83

1952 Death - Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Presento il mio Ticino), dies

1952 Death - Jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist, dies at 70

1951 Event - Swiss males votes against female suffrage

1950 Death - Emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemistry, dies at 73

1950 Event - Swiss parliament refuses voting right for women

1949 Birthday - Kevin Corcoran, actor, Swiss Family Robinson, Babes in Toyland

1947 Birthday - Samuel Schmid, Swiss Politician

1945 Event - U.S. 5th army reaches Swiss border

1945 Birthday - Dieter Meier, Swiss singer and children book writer, Yello

1945 Death - Al Dubin, Swiss songwriter (Tiptoe Thru The Tulips), dies at 53

1944 Death - Jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer (Irrfahrten), dies at 68

1944 Death - Fausto Agnelli, Swiss painter, dies at 64

1944 Death - Adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80

1943 Death - Alexandre Yersin, Swiss bacteriologist (bacteria plague), dies at 79

1943 Death - Sophie Taeuber/Tauber-Arp, Swiss sculptor, dies at 53

1942 Birthday - Michel Tabachnik, Swiss composer and conductor

1941 Death - Albin Zollinger, Swiss poet/author (Das Gewitter), dies at 46

1941 Death - Guy de Pourtales, Swiss/French writer (Pache miraculous), dies

1940 Death - Robert Emden, Swiss geo/astro physics (Gaskugeln), dies at 78

1940 Death - Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist and composer, dies at 68

1940 Death - Paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Modern Art), dies at 60

1940 Birthday - H. R. Giger, Swiss Artist

1938 Death - Marianne V von Werefkin, Russian/German/Swiss house painter, dies at 77

1937 Death - Maurice J Ravel, Swiss/French composer (Bolero), dies in Paris at 62

1937 Death - Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer, dies in crash at 43

1936 Birthday - Sepp Blatter, Swiss Leader

1935 Birthday - Peter Bichsel, born in Lucerne, Switzerland, writer, journalist, wrote 'And Really Frau Blum Would Very Much Like to Meet the Milkman', member of the Gruppe Olten, a club of Swiss writers

1935 Death - Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist, dies at 61

1933 Birthday - Richard Ernst, Swiss Scientist

1933 Birthday - Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist, tunneling microscope-Nobel 1986

1931 Death - Hans Schardt, Swiss geologist, dies at 72

1928 Birthday - Jean Vanier, Swiss Clergyman

1928 Birthday - Hans Kung, Swiss religious theologist

1928 Death - Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist, dies at 65

1925 Death - Felix E Vallotton, Swiss painter/writer (Chaste Susanne), dies at 60

1925 Birthday - Jean Tinguely, Swiss sculptor artist, movement objects

1924 Birthday - Robert Frank, Swiss Photographer

1921 Birthday - Geza Anda, Hungarian/Swiss pianist, Mozart/Bartok

1921 Birthday - Patricia Highsmith, Plangman, US/Swiss writer, Strangers on a Train

1920 Birthday - Edmond H. Fischer, Swiss Scientist

1920 Birthday - Armin Schibler, Dutch Swiss composer, Devil in the Winter Palace

1920 Event - Swiss men vote against women's suffrage

1919 Death - Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist (Nobel 1913), dies

1919 Birthday - "Drs P" [Heinz H Polzer], Swiss/Dutch songwriter/singer

1919 Birthday - Earnest Haefliger, Swiss tenor, Stadtische Oper Berlin

1919 Birthday - Lisa Debeljevic-della Casa, Swiss vocalist

1917 Death - Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp merchant/forger, dies

1916 Birthday - Wolfgang Hildesheimer, German/Swiss architect/writer, Mozart biog

1915 Birthday - Pierre Wissmer, Swiss composer, Capitaine Bruno

1915 Birthday - Pierre Wissmer, Swiss composer/theory, Capitaine Bruno

1914 Birthday - Nello Celio, Swiss president

1914 Birthday - Hans Zelig, Swiss dancer

1913 Death - Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure, Swiss linguist, dies at 55

1912 Birthday - Nikita Magaloff, Russian/Swiss pianist, Arkadia 598-Schubert

1911 Birthday - Max Frisch, Swiss architect/writer, Stiller, Biedermann

1910 Death - J Henri Dunant, Swiss writer/founder (Red Cross, YMCA), dies

1910 Birthday - Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer, Romeo and Juliet

1910 Death - Edouard Rod, French/Swiss writer (Mishel' Tes'e), dies at 52

1910 Birthday - Ulrich Becher, born in Germany, writer, author, playwright, studied law in Berlin, novella series condemned by Nazi party, burned in book-burning fire, received Lifetime Achievement Award from Swiss Schiller Foundation

1908 Birthday - Max Bill, Swiss painter/sculptor/politician, Ruban Sans Fin

1908 Birthday - Edzard H Schaper, German/Swiss sailor/UP-correspondent/antifascist

1908 Birthday - Anita Garvin, actress, Swiss Miss, Blotto, Charlatan, Hats Off

1906 Event - Italian King Victor Emmanuel and Swiss president open Simplon tunnel

1906 Birthday - Hans Aeschbacher, Swiss sculptor, Venus de Six-Tours

1905 Birthday - Felix Bloch, Swiss/U.S. nuclear physicist, Nobel 1952

1905 Birthday - Hans Urs von Balthasar, Swiss Theologian

1903 Birthday - Walter Linck, Swiss sculptor

1902 Birthday - Oscar Cullmann, Swiss theologist, Das Petrusproblem

1901 Birthday - Alberto Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor

1901 Death - Johanna Spyri, Swiss Novelist

1901 Death - Arnold Bocklin, Swiss painter, dies at 73

1900 Birthday - Wolfgang Pauli, Swiss/U.S. physicist, Pauli inhibition, Nobel 1945

1899 Birthday - Paul H Muller, Swiss chemist, DDT-Nobel 1948

1898 Birthday - Fritz Zwicky, Swiss astronomer, super nova

1897 Death - Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian, dies at 79

1897 Birthday - Tadeusz Reichstein, Swiss chemist, Nobel 1950

1896 Birthday - Carl Zuckmayer, German/Swiss/U.S. playwright

1896 Birthday - Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer, Il Libro Dell'Alpe

1896 Birthday - C Eugene Wegmann, Swiss geologist, Le Jura plisse

1895 Birthday - Albin Zollinger, Swiss poet and author, Der Halbe Mensch

1894 Birthday - Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer, Swiss Air

1893 Death - Barthelemy Menn, Swiss graphic artist/painter, dies at 77

1893 Death - Alphonse LPP de Candolle, Swiss botanist, dies at 86

1892 Birthday - Arthur Honegger, Swiss Composer

1891 Birthday - Al Dubin, Swiss songwriter, Tiptoe Thru the Tulips

1891 Birthday - Karl L Schmidt, German/Swiss theologist, Urchristentum

1890 Birthday - Ferdinand Gonseth, Swiss mathematician/philosopher

1890 Birthday - Heinrich Barth, Swiss philosopher, Problem des Bosen

1889 Birthday - Sophie Taeuber/Tauber-Arp, Swiss sculptor/wife of Hans Arp, Dada

1887 Death - Johann J Bachofen, Swiss historic rights, dies at 71

1887 Birthday - Blaise Cendrars, Frederic Sauser-Hall, Swiss poet/writer

1886 Birthday - Ernst Kurth, Austrian/Swiss musicologist

1886 Birthday - Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, Der Toncharakter

1886 Birthday - Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist

1884 Birthday - Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer, Bluthochzeit

1884 Death - Arnold Henry Guyot, Swiss/US geologist/meteorologist, dies at 76

1882 Birthday - Jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist

1881 Birthday - Paulus B Barth, Swiss painter/lithographer

1881 Birthday - Guy de Pourtales, Swiss/French writer, Nietzsche in Italy

1881 Death - Henri-Frederic Amiel, Swiss/French writer (Journal Intime), dies at 59

1881 Birthday - Ludwig Binswanger, Swiss psychiatrist, ober Ideenflucht

1881 Birthday - Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss Scientist

1880 Birthday - Grock, Adrien Wettach, Swiss clown/circus director

1879 Birthday - Paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor, Bauhaus,

1879 Birthday - Fausto Agnelli, Swiss painter

1879 Birthday - Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor and composer, Tonhalle Orchestra

1879 Birthday - Emile Argand, Swiss geologist, Dekbladen Theory

1877 Birthday - Emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemist

1875 Birthday - Jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer: Conrad Pilater

1875 Birthday - Carl G. Jung, Swiss Psychologist

1875 Birthday - Carl Jung, Swiss Psychologist

1874 Birthday - Edmond Flegenheimer, Swiss/French author, Ecoute Israel

1873 Death - J Louis R Agassiz, Swiss geologist/paleo-biologist, dies

1873 Death - Louis Agassiz, Swiss Scientist

1873 Birthday - Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist

1872 Birthday - Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist and composer

1870 Birthday - Maurice Lugeon, Swiss geologist, nappism

1868 Birthday - Cuno Amiet, Swiss painter

1866 Birthday - Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist, Nobel 1913

1865 Birthday - Felix E. Vallotton, Swiss/French painter/writer, Chaste Suzanna

1865 Birthday - Charles Bally, Swiss linguist, Le langage et la vie

1864 Death - Alexandre Calamo, Swiss painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 53

1863 Birthday - Alexandre EJ Yersin, Swiss/French bacteriologist, bacteria plague

1863 Birthday - Hermann Kutter, Swiss Christ-social theologist

1862 Birthday - Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist

1862 Birthday - Robert Emden, Swiss geo/astro physics, Emden-polytroop

1860 Birthday - Marianne V von Werefkin, Russian/German/Swiss painter

1860 Birthday - Marianne V von Werefkin, Russian/German/Swiss painter

1858 Birthday - Hans Schardt, Swiss geologist

1857 Birthday - Edouard Rod, France/Swiss writer, Mishel' Tes'e

1850 Death - Jean V Constant de Rebecque, Swiss/Dutch army leader, dies at 77

1849 Death - Albert Gallatin, Swiss Statesman

1847 Death - Alexandre Vinet, Swiss Criitic

1845 Death - Nicholas T the Saussure, Swiss chemist/botany, dies at 77

1844 Birthday - Edouard Naville, Swiss egyptologist

1841 Death - Augustin P de Candolle, Swiss botanist, dies at 63

1841 Birthday - Theodor Kocher, Swiss surgeon, thyroid specialist, Nobel 1909

1840 Death - Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89

1827 Birthday - Johanna Spyri, Swiss Novelist

1827 Death - Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educator, dies at 81

1827 Death - Johann Pestalozzi, Swiss Educator

1824 Birthday - Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger

1821 Birthday - Henri-Frederic Amiel, Swiss/French writer, Grains de Mil

1821 Birthday - Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss Philosopher

1818 Birthday - Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian

1817 Death - Anne Louise Germaine de Stael, Swiss Author

1815 Birthday - Johann J Bachofen, Swiss judicial historian

1815 Birthday - Barthelemy Menn, Swiss graphic artist/painter

1814 Birthday - Ludwig Schlafli, Swiss vicar/mathematician

1806 Birthday - Alphonse LPP de Candolle, Swiss botanist

1805 Death - Belle van Zuylen, Netherlands/Swiss writer (Trois Femmes), dies at 65

1803 Birthday - John Augustus Sutter, Swiss / U.S. colonist, New Helvetia, California, Sutter Mill

1801 Death - Johann C Lavater, Swiss vicar/philosopher, dies at 59

1799 Death - Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist/alpinist, dies at 58

1797 Birthday - Alexandre Vinet, Swiss Criitic

1789 Death - Jean E Liotard, Turk, Swiss painter (Maria-Theresia), dies

1786 Death - Jacobus Bellamy, Zelandus, Dutch/Swiss poet, dies at 28

1783 Death - Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician, dies

1782 Birthday - Johann Wyss, Swiss folklorist/writer, Swiss Family Robinson

1778 Death - Jean Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher

1778 Birthday - Augustin P de Candolle, Swiss botanist, Theorie elementaire

1777 Death - Albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69

1773 Birthday - Jean V baron de Rebecque, Swiss/Dutch army leader

1771 Birthday - Heinrich D Zschokke, Swiss author, Das Goldmacherdorf

1766 Birthday - Anne Louise Germaine de Stael, Swiss Author

1761 Birthday - Albert Gallatin, Swiss Statesman

1752 Death - Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer), dies at 47

1750 Birthday - Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician

1746 Birthday - Johann Pestalozzi, Swiss Educator

1741 Birthday - Johann C Lavater, Swiss vicar/philosopher

1741 Birthday - Angelica Kauffmann, Swiss painter

1740 Birthday - Belle van Zuylen, Netherlands/Swiss writer, Three Women

1740 Birthday - Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist

1728 Birthday - Johann G von Zimmermann, Swiss author

1724 Death - Johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch doctor for deaf-mutes, dies at 54

1724 Death - Enrico Giovanni Zuccalli, Swiss architect, dies at about 81

1713 Death - Giovanni A di Bartlommeo Viscardi, Swiss architect, dies

1709 Event - 1st major group of Swiss/German colonists reaches NC/SC

1705 Death - Jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician, dies at 50

1704 Birthday - Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician, paradox of Cramer

1702 Birthday - Jean E Liotard, Turk, Swiss painter, Madame d'Epinay

1669 Birthday - Johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch deaf-mute teacher, Surdus Loquens

1669 Death - Abraham Crijnssen, Swiss admiral, conquered Suriname, dies

1667 Death - Francesco Borromini, Swiss Architect

1666 Death - Cornelis Evertsen the Old, Swiss Vice-Admiral, dies in battle at 55

1659 Birthday - Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator, Easter Island

1654 Birthday - Jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician

1647 Death - Joos Banckert, Swiss Admiral (Spanish silver fleet), dies at 48

1645 Birthday - Giovanni Adb Viscardi, Swiss architect, baptized

1622 Death - Saint Francis de Sales, Swiss Clergyman

1617 Death - Johan Evertsen de Captain, Swiss admiral, dies in battle

1610 Birthday - Cornelis Evertsen, the Elder, Dutch/Swiss Vice-Admiral

1599 Birthday - Francesco Borromini, Swiss Architect

1591 Death - Jost/Jobst/Jodocus Amman, Swiss cartoonist/graphic artist, dies at 51

1584 Death - Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist/playwright, dies at 44

1575 Death - Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss Clergyman

1568 Death - Johann Oporinus, Swiss book publisher/publisher, dies at 61

1567 Birthday - Saint Francis de Sales, Swiss Clergyman

1552 Birthday - Jobst Burgi, Justus Byrgius, Swiss/German mathematician

1552 Birthday - Theodore-Agrippa d'Aubigne, French/Swiss historian/poet, Tragiques

1551 Death - Joachim Vadianus, Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen, dies at 66

1544 Event - Battle at Carignano: French troops under Earl d'Enghien beat Swiss

1542 Death - Leo Judae, Swiss pastor/church reformer

1541 Death - Paracelsus, Swiss Scientist

1541 Death - Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47

1539 Birthday - Jost/Jobst/Jodocus Amman, Swiss cartoonist/graphic artist/illustrator

1539 Birthday - Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist, Comedia

1531 Event - Battle at Kappel: Swiss RC kantons beat protestant

1531 Death - Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies

1525 Event - Swiss and German mercenaries desert Francois I's army

1516 Event - Treaty of Freiburg French/Swiss "eternal" peace treaty

1513 Death - Johannes Amerbach, Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70

1511 Event - Pope Julius II/Germany/Ferdinand of Aragon/Venice/Swiss

1507 Birthday - Johann Oporinus [Herbster], Swiss book publisher, Koran

1504 Birthday - Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss Clergyman

1493 Birthday - Philippus A. Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, Liber paramixum

1493 Birthday - Paracelsus, Swiss Scientist

1489 Death - Hans Waldmann, Swiss military/mayor (Zurich), beheaded

1487 Death - Nicholas van Flue, Swiss saint/patron of Switzerland, dies

1484 Birthday - Joachim Vadianus, von Watt, Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen

1481 Birthday - Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer

1388 Event - Battle of Nafels; Glarius Swiss defeat Habsburg (Austrian) army

1386 Event - Battle at Sempach: Swiss beat duke Leopold III of Austria

1315 Event - Swiss Woudsteden renews Eternal Covenant (Oath Society)

1315 Event - Battle at Morgarten: Swiss beat duke Leopold I of Austrian

1291 Event - Everlasting League forms, basis of Swiss Confederation (Independence)













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