Swiss Confederacy Expansion

Timeline

1. 1481Stans · Canton of UnterwaldenThe 1481 Pact of Stans ended internal Confederacy disputes; Fribourg and Solothurn formally joined, and the Swiss Confederacy expanded into a ten-canton alliance centered on Schwyz, Uri, Unterwalden, Lucerne, Zurich, Bern, Glarus, Zug, Fribourg, and Solothurn.
2. c. 1483–1485Aargau and Thurgau · Northern SwitzerlandIn the 1480s the Confederacy continued to strengthen its administrative and military control over conquered territories such as Aargau and Thurgau, coordinating taxation, justice, and common defense through local assemblies and the Confederacy Diet, thereby expanding the Confederation's effective jurisdiction.
3. c. 1485–1490Surroundings of the Swiss Confederation · SwitzerlandAround 1485, riding its military prestige after the Burgundian Wars, the Confederacy expanded its influence over city-states such as Basel and Schaffhausen and over monastic territories through perpetual alliances and protection relationships, paving the way for more members to join the Confederation in the early 16th century.