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
			Allies	Enemies
15 November 1315		Battle of Morgarten part of the growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy	Old Swiss Confederacy	Archduchy of Austria	Decisive Swiss victory Pact of Brunnen
9 July 1386		Battle of Sempach part of the growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy	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 Archduchy of Austria Kingdom of France	Swiss Confederation victory
1474	1477	Burgundian Wars	Old Swiss Confederacy Kingdom of France	Duchy of Burgundy	Franco-Swiss victory
January 1499	September 1499	Swabian War	Old Swiss Confederacy	Holy Roman Empire Swabian League	Swiss Confederation victory Treaty of Basel (1499): Further independence of the Swiss Confederation from the Holy Roman Empire
1511	1516	War of the League of Cambrai	Swiss mercenaries Papal States Spain Holy Roman Empire England Duchy of Milan	Venice France Scotland Duchy of Ferrara	Defeat

Reformation (1523–1648)

Main article: Reformation in Switzerland

Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Belligerents		Outcome
			Allies	Enemies
1529		First War of Kappel Civil War of religions			Unresolved, no actual battles fought
1531		Musso war	Three Leagues Old Swiss Confederacy (Protestant cantons)	Duchy of Milan	victory increased catholic-Protestant tension, leading to the Second War of Kappel
1531		Second War of Kappel Civil War of religions			Catholic cantons victory
30 June 1422		Battle of Arbedo	Old Swiss Confederacy	Duchy of Milan	Defeat: End of Swiss expansionism

Ancien Régime (1648–1798)

Main article: Early Modern Switzerland

Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Belligerents		Outcome
			Allies	Enemies
January 1653	June 1653	Swiss peasant war of 1653 Civil War			Military victory of the ruling city councils
1656 and 1712		The First War of Villmergen and the Toggenburg War (or Second War of Villmergen) Civil Wars of religions

Napoleonic Era and Restoration (1798–1848)

Main article: Switzerland in the Napoleonic era

Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Belligerents		Outcome
			Allies	Enemies
1798	1799	French Revolutionary Wars Swiss Campaign			Switzerland becomes a battlefield for Revolutionary France French victory: creation of the Helvetic Republic, a French client state
1799	1802	War of the Second Coalition	French Republic Polish Legions French client states	Austria Russia Great Britain (until 1801) United Kingdom (from 1801) French Royalists Portugal Two Sicilies Ottoman Empire	French Republic victory
1802		Stecklikrieg Civil war			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	Prussia Russia United Kingdom Saxony[a] Sweden Sicily	French victory
10 April 1809	14 October 1809	War of the Fifth Coalition	First French Empire French client states	Austria Tyrol (in rebellion against Bavaria) United Kingdom Sicily Sardinia Black Brunswickers	French victory
1813	1814	War of the Sixth Coalition	First French Empire French client states	Russia Prussia Austria United Kingdom Sweden Spain Portugal Sicily Sardinia	Defeat
20 March 1815	8 July 1815	War of the Seventh Coalition	Seventh Coalition: Austrian Empire Russian Empire Prussia United Kingdom Hanover Nassau Brunswick Sweden United Netherlands Spain Portugal Sardinia Sicily Tuscany Switzerland French Royalists	First French Empire Naples	Coalition victory
3 November 1847	29 November 1847	Sonderbund War Civil war			Rise of Switzerland as a federal state

Switzerland as a federal state

Main article: Switzerland as a federal state

See also

• Military history of Switzerland
• Swiss Army