List of wars involving Switzerland
This article is an incomplete list of wars and conflicts involving Switzerland, since the creation of the Old Swiss Confederacy.
Old Swiss Confederacy
Main article: Battles of the Old Swiss Confederacy
Growth (1291–1523)
Main article: Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy
| Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents | Outcome | |
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| 15 November 1315 | Battle of Morgarten part of |
 Old Swiss Confederacy |
 Archduchy of Austria |
Decisive Swiss victory | |
| 9 July 1386 | Battle of Sempach part of |
Old Swiss Confederacy |
Archduchy of Austria |
Decisive Swiss victory | |
| 2 November 1440 | 12 June 1446 | Old Zürich War | Old Swiss Confederacy |
 Imperial City of Zürich
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Swiss Confederation victory |
| 1474 | 1477 | Burgundian Wars | Old Swiss Confederacy
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 Duchy of Burgundy |
Franco-Swiss victory |
| January 1499 | September 1499 | Swabian War | Old Swiss Confederacy |
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Swiss Confederation victory
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| 1511 | 1516 | War of the League of Cambrai | Swiss mercenaries |
 Venice |
Defeat |
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Reformation (1523–1648)
Main article: Reformation in Switzerland
| Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents | Outcome | |
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| 1531 | Second War of Kappel
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Catholic cantons victory | |||
| 30 June 1422 | Battle of Arbedo | Old Swiss Confederacy |
 Duchy of Milan |
Defeat:
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Ancien Régime (1648–1798)
Main article: Early Modern Switzerland
| Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents | Outcome | |
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| Allies | Enemies | ||||
| January 1653 | June 1653 | Swiss peasant war of 1653
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Military victory of the ruling city councils | ||
| 1656 and 1712 | Battles of Villmergen
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Napoleonic Era and Restoration (1798–1848)
Main article: Switzerland in the Napoleonic era
| Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents | Outcome | |
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| Allies | Enemies | ||||
| 1798 | 1799 | French Revolutionary Wars
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| 1799 | 1802 | War of the Second Coalition |  French Republic
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Austria
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French Republic victory |
| 1802 | Stecklikrieg
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Collapse of the Helvetic Republic, French Act of Mediation and creation of the Swiss Confederation (Napoleonic) | |||
| 1806 | 1807 | War of the Fourth Coalition | First French Empire French client states |
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French victory |
| 10 April 1809 | 14 October 1809 | War of the Fifth Coalition | First French Empire French client states |
 Austria
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French victory |
| 1813 | 1814 | War of the Sixth Coalition | First French Empire French client states |
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Defeat |
| 20 March 1815 | 8 July 1815 | War of the Seventh Coalition | Seventh Coalition:
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Coalition victory |
| 3 November 1847 | 29 November 1847 | Sonderbund War
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Rise of Switzerland as a federal state | ||
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Switzerland as a federal state
Main article: Switzerland as a federal state
See also
- Military history of Switzerland
- Swiss Army
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