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Battle of Villmergen may refer to either of two battles between the Reformed and Catholic cantons of Switzerland fought at Villmergen (47°21′N 8°15′E / 47.350°N 8.250°E / 47.350; 8.250) in the canton of Aargau:

Painting of first battle of Villmergen (1656) in Switzerland, probably of the XVIIIth century.
  • a battle of the First War of Villmergen, fought on 24 January 1656
  • a battle of the Toggenburg War (or Second War of Villmergen), fought on 24 July 1712

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Battle of Villmergen

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Battle of Villmergen may refer to either of two battles between the Reformed and Catholic cantons of Switzerland fought at Villmergen (47°21′N 8°15′E...

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Toggenburg War

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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...

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Villmergen

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Villmergen is a municipality in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. Two famous battles took place at Villmergen. In 2010...

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First War of Villmergen

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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...

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Canton of Schwyz

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fruitless siege of Rapperswil, while Catholic forces separated Zürich from Bern, beating the Bernese at the First Battle of Villmergen on 24 January 1656...

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Old Swiss Confederacy

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Villmergen in 1656; the Catholic party won, cementing the status quo. The problems remained unsolved, erupting again in 1712 with the second battle of...

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Early modern Switzerland

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Abbot to suppress the valley led to the Second Battle of Villmergen in 1712 and the sacking of the Abbey of St. Gall by Bernese and Zürich troops. From 1719...

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History of the Canton of Aargau

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attacked the fortress of Stein and succeeded in destroying it. Finally, on 25 July, the decisive Second Battle of Villmergen took place. The conflict...

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Wurmsbach Abbey

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far was not discovered. During the first Battle of Villmergen in 1656 and again during the occupation of the region by the French Revolutionary Army in...

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Aargau

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Protestant victory at the Second Battle of Villmergen, the administration of the County changed slightly. Instead of the Acht Orte appointing a bailiff...

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1712

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library of its Principal Jonathan Edwards on his death. July 24 Battle of Denain: The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force. Battle of Villmergen: The...

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List of battles involving the Old Swiss Confederacy

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List of battles fought by the Old Swiss Confederacy, 1315–1799. The Battle of Morgarten of 1315 is famous as the first military success of the Confederacy...

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First War of Kappel

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Second War of Kappel, two years later. Second War of Kappel (1531) First War of Villmergen (1656) Toggenburg War or Second War of Villmergen (1712) Sonderbund...

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Erlach family

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Swiss peasant war of 1653. However, he was not as lucky in the 1st Battle of Villmergen in 1656. The Catholic forces were successful and the resulting treaty...

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County of Baden

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Protestant victory at the Second Battle of Villmergen, the administration of the county changed slightly. Instead of the Acht Orte appointing a bailiff...

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Hurden

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set on fire, and as a result of the Second Battle of Villmergen in 1712, Hurden was reigned by the Protestant cantons of Zürich, Bern and Glarus. During...

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Second War of Kappel

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Zürich, to change the terms of confessional coexistence in 1656, the First War of Villmergen, led to a reaffirmation of the status quo in the Dritter...

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1710s

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library of its Principal Jonathan Edwards on his death. July 24 Battle of Denain: The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force. Battle of Villmergen: The...

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Hottinguer family

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Verena Hottinger's five children. The year of Johannes's birth was marked by the end of the 2nd Battle of Villmergen, following which Zurich was fully able...

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List of wars involving Switzerland

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Wars and conflicts involving Switzerland since the creation of the Old Swiss Confederacy include: Military history of Switzerland Swiss Army...

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List of conflicts in Europe

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Second Northern War 1656 War of Villmergen 1666 Second Bremian War 1666–1671 Polish–Cossack–Tatar War 1667–1668 War of Devolution – 4,000 killed in action...

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Sebastian Peregrin Zwyer

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in the canton of Lucerne. Three years later, he again commanded Catholic troops in the First war of Villmergen, when he led the defence of Rapperswil against...

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Sonderbund War

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Switzerland

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in further violence at the First War of Villmergen, in 1656, and the Toggenburg War (or Second War of Villmergen), in 1712. In 1798, the revolutionary...

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Military history of Switzerland

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the outbreak of the First War of Villmergen. A new conflict in 1712 caused the Second War of Villmergen, which overturned the balance of power to the...

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European wars of religion

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the Piedmontese Easter (Pasque piemontesi) of April 1655, in the Duchy of Savoy The First War of Villmergen (1656) in the Old Swiss Confederacy The Second...

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History of Thurgau

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background to the First War of Villmergen (1656), during which Zurich briefly occupied the Thurgau. Thurgau became an administrative unit of the Helvetic Republic...

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History of Switzerland

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occur at some other courts of Europe. The confessional tensions remained, however, and erupted again in the First War of Villmergen, in 1656, and the Toggenburg...

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