{"slug": "canton-of-bern", "label": "Canton of Bern", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton_of_Bern", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11911", "qid": "Q11911", "description": "canton of Switzerland", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [1353, 1893], "span_label": ["1353 CE", "1893 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "switzerland", "label": "Switzerland", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "old-swiss-confederacy", "label": "Old Swiss Confederacy", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "duchy-of-savoy", "label": "Duchy of Savoy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "zurich", "label": "Zürich", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "habsburg", "label": "Habsburg", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "amadeus-viii-duke-of-savoy", "label": "Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1353, "year_label": "1353 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 3", "text": "March 3 – Bern signs an alliance with the Old Swiss Confederacy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1294629981#January–December", "title": "1353", "revid": 1294629981, "section": "Events › January–December"}}, {"year": 1419, "year_label": "1419 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 25", "text": "April 25 – Representatives of the Swiss cantons of Lucerne, Uri and Unterwalden begin negotiations in Zurich with the Canton of Bern in an attempt to prevent the breakup of the Swiss Confederation. The negotiations soon fail.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358545199#April–June", "title": "1419", "revid": 1358545199, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1420, "year_label": "1420 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 25", "text": "January 25 – The civil war in Switzerland, which has pitted the cantons of Lucerne, Uri and Unterwalden, supporting rebels in Valais against the Baron of Valais and against the Canton of Bern, is ended by the signing of a treaty at the neutral town of Zug, after mediation by Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365937924#January–March", "title": "1420", "revid": 1365937924, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1441, "year_label": "1441 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 17", "text": "March 17 – The Swiss Canton of Bern intervenes to block an agreement between the Canton of Zürich that would have ceded the town of Grüningen to the Habsburg family of Germany.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361382363#January–March", "title": "1441", "revid": 1361382363, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1475, "year_label": "1475 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 13", "text": "October 13 – The Swiss Confederacy Canton of Bern invades the Canton of Vaud, at the time under the control of Jacques of Savoy, one of the nobles in the Duchy of Savoy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369334832#October–December", "title": "1475", "revid": 1369334832, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1476, "year_label": "1476 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 2", "text": "March 2 – In retaliation for the massacre of the Swiss defenders of the Grandson Castle, troops from the Canton of Bern and the Old Swiss Confederacy defeat the Burgundian troops of Charles the Bold and force him to flee.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361998162#January–March", "title": "1476", "revid": 1361998162, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1528, "year_label": "1528 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 26", "text": "January 26 – The Canton of Bern becomes the second in Switzerland to officially adopt Protestantism after 21-day debate, the Bern Disputation", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369577446#January–March", "title": "1528", "revid": 1369577446, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1860, "year_label": "1860 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "TAG Heuer watchmaker founded in Bern Canton, Switzerland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371066131#Date_unknown", "title": "1860", "revid": 1371066131, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1893, "year_label": "1893 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "June 20", "text": "June 20 – The Wengernalpbahn railway in Wengen, Switzerland (Canton of Bern) is opened.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369946190#June", "title": "1893", "revid": 1369946190, "section": "Events › June"}}]}