Sonderbund War
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The Sonderbund War was a brief Swiss civil conflict in 1847 between conservative Catholic cantons and the liberal federal majority that led to the modern Swiss federal state.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century conflict
→
Swiss civil war → civil war → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Sonderbund War
→
surface form: "Sonderbundskrieg"
|
| belligerent |
Fribourg
NERFINISHED
→
Lucerne → Schwyz NERFINISHED → Unterwalden NERFINISHED → Uri → Valais → Zug NERFINISHED → |
| casualties | relatively low compared to other European civil wars → |
| cause |
conflict between conservative Catholic and liberal Protestant political forces
→
disputes over centralization and federal reform in Switzerland → formation of the Sonderbund by conservative Catholic cantons → |
| commandedBy | Guillaume-Henri Dufour NERFINISHED → |
| commanderSide |
Guillaume-Henri Dufour
→
surface form: "Guillaume-Henri Dufour was commander of the federal forces"
|
| conflictBetween |
Sonderbund cantons
NERFINISHED
→
Swiss Armed Forces →
surface form: "Swiss federal forces"
|
| constitutionalContext | transition from loose confederation to federal state → |
| country | Switzerland → |
| endTime | 1847-11-29 → |
| followedBy |
Federal Constitution of 1848
→
surface form: "Swiss Federal Constitution of 1848"
|
| hasDuration | less than one month → |
| hasEffect |
creation of the modern Swiss federal state
→
guarantee of religious freedom in Switzerland → neutralization of separatist Catholic alliance → strengthening of Swiss federal authority over cantons → |
| involves |
Swiss cantons
→
surface form: "Catholic conservative cantons"
liberal-radical majority in the Tagsatzung → |
| legalOutcome | ban on separate cantonal alliances against the Confederation → |
| location | Switzerland → |
| militaryStrategy | federal forces aimed to minimize casualties and destruction → |
| opponent | liberal cantons of Switzerland → |
| partOf | Swiss political conflicts of the 19th century → |
| peaceSettlement | negotiated surrender of Sonderbund cantons → |
| politicalAspect | conflict between conservative and liberal forces → |
| precededBy | formation of the Sonderbund in 1845 → |
| relatedEvent |
1848 revolutions
→
surface form: "European Revolutions of 1848"
|
| religiousAspect | conflict between Catholic and Protestant interests → |
| result |
adoption of the Swiss Federal Constitution of 1848
→
dissolution of the Sonderbund alliance → victory of the federal (liberal) forces → |
| significance |
key step in Swiss nation-building
→
last armed conflict on Swiss territory → |
| startTime | 1847-11-03 → |
| temporalContext | prelude to mid-19th-century European liberal revolutions → |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Sonderbundskrieg"