Switzerland

Switzerland is a state in Central Europe (Europe) that has existed since 1803 CE. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

Restored as a confederation of cantons in 1803 after the French-imposed Helvetic Republic, it won recognised neutrality in 1815 and a federal constitution in 1848. It stayed out of both world wars.

See Switzerland on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1803 CE to the present

Duration

222 years

Type

State

Region

Central Europe, Europe

Language family

Germanic

Capital

Bern

Came from

• Old Swiss Confederacy 1291 to 1798 CE

Events in Europe during its time

• 1815 Battle of Waterloo
• 1871 Unification of Germany
• 1914 First World War begins
• 1917 Russian Revolution
• 1939 Second World War begins
• 1957 Treaty of Rome
• 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall
• 1991 Dissolution of the Soviet Union

Neighbours in Europe

• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE
• Habsburg Monarchy 1526 to 1804 CE
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present
• Russian Empire 1721 to 1917 CE
• Soviet Union 1922 to 1991 CE
• German Empire 1871 to 1918 CE
• Nazi Germany 1933 to 1945 CE
• First French Empire 1804 to 1815 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Mughal Empire 1526 to 1857 CE, South Asia
• Portuguese Brazil 1500 to 1815 CE, South America
• New Spain 1521 to 1821 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Viceroyalty of Peru 1542 to 1824 CE, South America
• Qing dynasty 1636 to 1912 CE, East Asia
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean

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