Donate SIGN UP
Home > History > What started

What started

Avatar Image
SHALOM | 20:19 Tue 27th Sep 2011 | History
2 Answers
with an agreement between Schwyz, Uri and Unterwalden?
Many thanks
prev Florence Nightingale's Lamp?
  
next Naval Flags
Gravatar

Answers

1 to 2 of 2rss feed

Best Answer

No best answer has yet been selected by SHALOM. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.

For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.
Avatar Image boxtops
Switzerland http://translate.goog...%3D710%26prmd%3Dimvns
20:20 Tue 27th Sep 2011
Avatar Image Graham-W
On the death of Rudolf I, in 1291, the three forest districts of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden openly campaign against the election of his Habsburg successor, Albert, as German king. To protect themselves against Habsburg attack, they pledge themselves to an Everlasting League of mutual defence (signing it, tradition says, in the Rütli meadow in Uri).

Read more: http://www.historywor...id=ac78#ixzz1ZBOREDUf
20:27 Tue 27th Sep 2011

1 to 2 of 2rss feed

Do you know the answer?

What started

Answer Question >>