Five Catholic cantons of the Swiss Confederacy—Uri, …
Years: 1529 - 1529
Five Catholic cantons of the Swiss Confederacy—Uri, Zug, Luzern, Schwyz, and Unterwalden—form the Christian Union to restrict the influence of Protestant Zürich, whose citizens have begun proselytizing and embargoing those cantons still loyal to Rome.
Forces from Zürich skirmish with those of the Union in 1529.
Locations
Groups
- Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Swiss Confederacy, Old (Swiss Confederation)
- Uri, Swiss Canton of
- Schwyz, Swiss Canton of
- Unterwalden, Swiss Canton of
- Lucerne, Swiss Canton of
- Zürich, Swiss Canton of
- Zug, Swiss Canton of
- Protestantism
