Swiss Perpetual Alliance Expansion

Name: Swiss Perpetual Alliance Expansion
Start: 1350
End: 1359

Type Event Region Central Europe Time 1350–1359

In the 1350s the Swiss Perpetual Alliance (originally the Three Forest Cantons alliance) expanded markedly: Zurich left Habsburg rule and joined in 1…

Timeline

1351Zurich · SwitzerlandZurich's citizens rose in revolt, overthrew the Habsburg-appointed mayor, and then signed an alliance treaty with Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, and Lucerne, formally joining the Swiss Perpetual Alliance as its first German-speaking city member.
1352–1359Central Switzerland · SwitzerlandAlliance members repeatedly thwarted Habsburg attempts to recover lost territories in the 1350s, consolidating the status of new members through military defense and diplomatic alliances. The accession of Zurich and Lucerne extended the alliance from mountain farming regions to urban commercial networks, enhancing its political and economic strength.

Sources

History of Switzerland: Early Modern Period https://www.britannica.com/place/Switzerland/History
A History of Switzerland: The First 100,000 Years — Roger P. Hullin (2014)