Episode 2 of 2
Admission of New Cantons
- When
- 19 February 1803
- Where
- Switzerland
Graubünden, St. Gallen, Thurgau, Ticino, and Vaud were admitted as Swiss cantons under the terms of the Act.
Two of the new cantons, St. Gallen and Graubünden, were formerly associates of the Confederation. Thurgau, Ticino, and Vaud had been subject lands controlled by other cantons, conquered at different times: Aargau in 1415, Thurgau in 1460, Ticino in 1440, 1500, and 1512, and Vaud in 1536.
Sources
- Act of Mediation Wikipedia, revision of 2025-10-20
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