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Morgarten over Duke Leopold of Austria, Nov. 15, 1315. (After 1352 the
number of Forest Cantons was five, including Luzern and Zug.)
2. The Confederacy of the EIGHT CANTONS (Orte) from 1353 to 1481.
Luzern joined the Forest Cantons in 1332 (thenceforward the Confederacy
was called the Bund der Vier Waldstätte, to which in 1352 was added Zug
as the Fifth Forest Canton; hence the Fünf Orte or Five Cantons).
Zürich joined 1351.
Glarus joined 1352.
Zug “ 1352
Bern “ 1353.
Victories over the Austrians at Sempach, July 9, 1386 (Arnold von
Winkelried), and Näfels, April 9, 1388. Battle against the Dauphin of
France (Louis XI.) Aug. 26, 1444, at St. Jacob near Basel (the
Thermopylae of the Swiss), and victories over Charles the Bold of
Burgundy, at Grandson, June 22, 1476, and Nancy, Jan. 5, 1477.
3. The Confederacy of the THIRTEEN CANTONS, 1513–1798.
Freiburg joined 1481.
Schaffhausen joined 1501
Solothurn “ 1481
Appenzell “ 1513
Basel “ 1501.
4. The Confederation under the French Directory, 1798–1802. Vaud, with
the help of France, made herself independent of Bern, 1798. Valtellina
Chiavenna, and Bormio were lost to the Grisons and attached to the
Cisalpine Republic by Napoleon, 1797. Neuchâtel separated from
Switzerland.
5. The Confederation of NINETEEN CANTONS from 1803–1813, under the
influence of Napoleon as “Mediator.”
6. Modern Switzerland of TWENTY-TWO CANTONS from the Congress of
Vienna, 1815, to date.