War

First War of Villmergen

5 Jan 1656 – 7 Mar 1656 · 47.35° N, 8.25° E

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5 Jan 1656 – 7 Mar 1656
Kind
War
Coordinates
47.35° N, 8.25° E
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Swiss religious war in 1656

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First War of Villmergen

Swiss religious war in 1656

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.

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