{"slug": "cantons-of-switzerland", "label": "Cantons of Switzerland", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantons_of_Switzerland", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23058", "qid": "Q23058", "description": "administrative divisions of the Swiss Confederation", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [1420, 1863], "span_label": ["1420 CE", "1863 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "old-swiss-confederacy", "label": "Old Swiss Confederacy", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "october", "label": "October", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "switzerland", "label": "Switzerland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "appenzell", "label": "Appenzell", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "amadeus-viii-duke-of-savoy", "label": "Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "canton-of-bern", "label": "Canton of Bern", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "canton-of-uri", "label": "Canton of Uri", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"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": 1501, "year_label": "1501 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Swiss cantons of Basel and Schaffhausen join the Old Swiss Confederacy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360582028#Date_unknown", "title": "1501", "revid": 1360582028, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1513, "year_label": "1513 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 17", "text": "December 17 – The Canton of Appenzell becomes a member of the Swiss Confederacy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363949569#October–December", "title": "1513", "revid": 1363949569, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1579, "year_label": "1579 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 28", "text": "September 28 – In Switzerland, a mutual assistance pact was signed at Lucerne between representatives of Roman Catholic cantons by the efforts of the Catholic Bishop of Basel, Jakob Christoph Blarer von Wartensee.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362792771#July–September", "title": "1579", "revid": 1362792771, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1830, "year_label": "1830 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October", "text": "October – The Regeneration in Switzerland begins: more liberal constitutions are adopted in most cantons.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352223718#October–December", "title": "1830", "revid": 1352223718, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1847, "year_label": "1847 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 3", "text": "November 3–29 – Sonderbund War: In Switzerland, General Guillaume-Henri Dufour's Federal Army defeats the Sonderbund (an alliance of seven Catholic cantons) in a civil war, with a total of only 86 deaths.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362575777#October–December", "title": "1847", "revid": 1362575777, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1863, "year_label": "1863 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "January 7", "text": "January 7 – In the Swiss canton of Ticino, the village of Bedretto is partly destroyed and 29 killed by an avalanche.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363782030#January", "title": "1863", "revid": 1363782030, "section": "Events › January"}}]}