Schwyz: All Data
Schwyz is a city in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Schwyz: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
962 AD
Mentioned in Event: Incoronation of Otto I
1241 AD
Capital of Schwyz Free Valley
1531 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second War of Kappel
1648 AD
Mentioned in Event: Rhineland Front (France)
1798 AD
Mentioned in Event: French invasion of Switzerland
1799 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Schwyz, part of War of the Second Coalition
1803 AD
Mentioned in Event: French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
1816 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Canton of Canton of Schwyz, part of Swiss Confederation
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Canton of Canton of Schwyz, part of Swiss Confederation