Toggenburg War
The Toggenburg War, also known as the Second War of Villmergen or the Swiss Civil War of 1712, was a Swiss civil war during the Old Swiss Confederacy, that took place from 12 April until 11 August 1712. On the one hand there were the Catholic "inner cantons" and the Imperial Abbey of Saint Gall, on the other the Protestant cantons of Bern and Zürich as well as the abbatial subjects of Toggenburg. The conflict was simultaneously a religious war, a war for the hegemony within the Confederacy and an uprising of subjects. The war ended in a Protestant victory and toppled the balance of political power within the Confederacy.
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Toggenburg War
The Toggenburg War, also known as the Second War of Villmergen or the Swiss Civil War of 1712, was a Swiss civil war during the Old Swiss Confederacy, that took place from 12 April until 11 August 1712. On the one hand there were the Catholic "inner cantons" and the Imperial Abbey of Saint Gall, on the other the Protestant cantons of Bern and Zürich as well as the abbatial subjects of Toggenburg. The conflict was simultaneously a religious war, a war for the hegemony within the Confederacy and an uprising of subjects. The war ended in a Protestant victory and toppled the balance of political power within the Confederacy.
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De Toggenburgeroorlog of Tweed ...... en het Eedgenootschap omslaan.
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Der Toggenburgerkrieg, auch Zw ...... er Eidgenossenschaft mit sich.
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The Toggenburg War, also known ...... power within the Confederacy.
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15pxAbbey of Saint Gall
15pxCanton of Bern
15pxCanton of Lucerne
15pxCanton of Schwyz
15pxCanton of Unterwalden
15pxCanton of Uri
15pxCanton of Zug
15pxCanton of Zürich
15pxCity of Geneva
15pxPrincipality of Neuchâtel
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1712-08-11
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*End of the Catholic hegemony
*Peace of Aarau (11 August 1712)
*Peace of Baden(16 June 1718)
Protestant victory
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De Toggenburgeroorlog of Tweed ...... en het Eedgenootschap omslaan.
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Der Toggenburgerkrieg, auch Zw ...... er Eidgenossenschaft mit sich.
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The Toggenburg War, also known ...... power within the Confederacy.
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Toggenburg War
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Toggenburgerkrieg
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Toggenburgeroorlog
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Second War of Villmergen
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Toggenburg War
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