Zurich: All Data
Zurich 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
Zurich: 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
1219 AD
Capital of Imperial City of Zürich
1351 AD
Capital of Old Swiss Confederacy
1441 AD
Mentioned in Event: Old Zürich War
1443 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl, part of Old Zürich War
1447 AD
Mentioned in Event: Old Zürich War
1648 AD
Mentioned in Event: Rhineland Front (France)
1798 AD
Mentioned in Event: French invasion of Switzerland
1799 AD
Mentioned in: Second Battle of Zurich, part of Suvorov Swiss campaign
1799 AD
Mentioned in: First Battle of Zürich, part of War of the Second Coalition
1803 AD
Mentioned in Event: French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
1803 AD
Capital of Swiss Confederation
1816 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Canton of Canton of Zürich, part of Swiss Confederation
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Canton of Canton of Zürich, part of Swiss Confederation