Historedia
Group or institution

Old Swiss Confederation

Events
1
Episodes
3
Years
1478–1480

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Old Swiss Confederation, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Battle of Giornico

    1478–1480

    Role: Swiss troops

    1. November 1478 · Leventina valley and BellinzonaSwiss Advance

      Swiss troops from Uri and other cantons advanced into the Leventina valley and established a siege camp at Bellinzona in November 1478.

    2. 28 December 1478 · GiornicoBattle of Giornico

      On 28 December 1478, about 600 Swiss troops ambushed and defeated a larger Milanese force in the narrow, icy valley of Giornico by rolling boulders down the hillside.

    3. 3 March 1480 · LucerneTreaty of Lucerne

      The treaty of Lucerne, signed on 3 March 1480, established the cession of Leventina from Milan to Uri.

Sources

  1. Battle of Giornico Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-21