Battle of Morgarten — Part of the creation of the Swiss Confederation … Wikipedia
Battle of Sempach — Infobox Military Conflict conflict = Battle of Sempach caption = A commemorative fresco in a chapel near Sempach partof = the expansion of the Swiss Confederation date = July 9 1386 place = Sempach result = Decisive Swiss victory| combatant1 =… … Wikipedia
Sempach — Infobox Swiss town subject name = Sempach municipality name = Sempach municipality type = city imagepath coa = Pic Sempach.png|pixel coa= languages = German canton = Lucerne iso code region = CH LU district = Sursee lat d=47|lat m=8|lat NS=N|long … Wikipedia
Battle of the Golden Spurs — Infobox Military Conflict caption=16th century Flemish engraving of the battle. partof=the French invasion of Flanders conflict=Battle of the Golden Spurs date=July 11 1302 place=Kortrijk, Flanders result=Flemish victory, which resulted in de… … Wikipedia
Battle of Bicocca — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= Battle of Bicocca partof= the Italian War of 1521–26 caption= Lombardy in 1522. The location of the battle is indicated. date= April 27, 1522 place= Bicocca, north of Milan, present day Italy result= Spanish… … Wikipedia
Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs — The Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs, fought near Basel in Switzerland on 26 August 1444, was a battle of the Old Zürich War.In 1443, the seven cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy invaded the canton of Zürich and besieged the city. Zürich had… … Wikipedia
Battle of Sörenberg — The battle of Sörenberg was fought in 1380, between the Entlebuch (at the time subject to the house of Habsburg) and Obwalden (a canton of the early Swiss Confederacy). It was the culmination of a conflict over the right to alpine pastures (alps) … Wikipedia
Näfels, Battle of — ▪ Swiss history (April 9, 1388), major victory for the Swiss Confederation in the first century of its struggle for self determination against Habsburg (Habsburg, House of) overlordship. Though the catastrophic defeat of the Austrians at… … Universalium
Medieval warfare — Battle of Crécy (1346) between the English and French in the Hundred Years War. Warfare … Wikipedia
Switzerland — /swit seuhr leuhnd/, n. a republic in central Europe. 7,248,984; 15,944 sq. mi. (41,294 sq. km). Cap.: Bern. French, Suisse. German, Schweiz. Italian, Svizzera. Latin, Helvetia. * * * Switzerland Introduction Switzerland Background: Switzerland s … Universalium