List of wars involving Switzerland - wikipedia List of wars involving Switzerland This article is an incomplete list of wars and conflicts involving Switzerland, since the creation of the Old Swiss Confederacy. Contents 1 Old Swiss Confederacy 1.1 Growth ( 1291 -- 1523 ) 1.2 Reformation ( 1523 -- 1648 ) 1.3 Ancien Régime ( 1648 -- 1798 ) 2 Napoleonic Era and Restoration ( 1798 -- 1848 ) 3 See also Old Swiss Confederacy Main article : Battles of the Old Swiss Confederacy Growth ( 1291 -- 1523 ) Main article : Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents Outcome Allies Enemies 15 November 1315 Battle of Morgarten part of the growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy Old Swiss Confederacy Archduchy of Austria Decisive Swiss victory Pact of Brunnen 9 July 1386 Battle of Sempach part of the growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy Old Swiss Confederacy Archduchy of Austria Decisive Swiss victory 2 November 1440 12 June 1446 Old Zürich War Old Swiss Confederacy Imperial City of Zürich Archduchy of Austria Kingdom of France Swiss Confederation victory 1474 1477 Burgundian Wars Old Swiss Confederacy Kingdom of France Duchy of Burgundy Franco - Swiss victory January 1499 September 1499 Swabian War Old Swiss Confederacy Holy Roman Empire Swabian League Swiss Confederation victory Treaty of Basel ( 1499 ) : Further independence of the Swiss Confederation from the Holy Roman Empire 1511 1516 War of the League of Cambrai Swiss mercenaries Papal States Spain Holy Roman Empire England Duchy of Milan Venice France Scotland Duchy of Ferrara Defeat Reformation ( 1523 -- 1648 ) Main article : Reformation in Switzerland Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents Outcome Allies Enemies 1529 First War of Kappel Civil War of religions Unresolved, no actual battles fought 1531 Musso war Three Leagues Old Swiss Confederacy ( Protestant cantons ) Duchy of Milan Victory Increased Catholic - Protestant tension, leading to the Second War of Kappel 1531 Second War of Kappel Civil War of religions Catholic cantons victory 30 June 1422 Battle of Arbedo Old Swiss Confederacy Duchy of Milan Defeat : End of Swiss expansionism Ancien Régime ( 1648 -- 1798 ) Main article : Early Modern Switzerland Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents Outcome Allies Enemies January 1653 June 1653 Swiss peasant war of 1653 Civil War Military victory of the ruling city councils 1656 and 1712 The First War of Villmergen and the Toggenburg War ( or Second War of Villmergen ) Civil Wars of religion Napoleonic Era and Restoration ( 1798 -- 1848 ) Main article : Switzerland in the Napoleonic era Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents Outcome Allies Enemies 1798 1799 French Revolutionary Wars Swiss Campaign Switzerland becomes a battlefield for Revolutionary France French victory : creation of the Helvetic Republic, a French client state 1799 1802 War of the Second Coalition French Republic Polish Legions French client states Austria Russia Great Britain ( until 1801 ) United Kingdom ( from 1801 ) French Royalists Portugal Two Sicilies Ottoman Empire French Republic victory 1802 Stecklikrieg Civil war Collapse of the Helvetic Republic, French Act of Mediation and creation of the Swiss Confederation ( Napoleonic ) 1806 1807 War of the Fourth Coalition First French Empire French client states Prussia Russia United Kingdom Saxony Sweden Sicily French victory 10 April 1809 14 October 1809 War of the Fifth Coalition First French Empire French client states Austria Tyrol ( in rebellion against Bavaria ) United Kingdom Sicily Sardinia Black Brunswickers French victory 1813 1814 War of the Sixth Coalition First French Empire French client states Russia Prussia Austria United Kingdom Sweden Spain Portugal Sicily Sardinia Defeat 20 March 1815 8 July 1815 War of the Seventh Coalition Seventh Coalition : Austrian Empire Russian Empire Prussia United Kingdom Hanover Nassau Brunswick Sweden United Netherlands Spain Portugal Sardinia Sicily Tuscany Switzerland French Royalists First French Empire Naples Coalition victory 3 November 1847 29 November 1847 Sonderbund War Civil war Rise of Switzerland as a federal state See also Military history of Switzerland Swiss Army Lists of wars involving European countries Sovereign states Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom States with limited recognition Abkhazia Artsakh Kosovo Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria Dependencies and other entities Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Svalbard Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_wars_involving_Switzerland&oldid=799544087 '' Categories : Wars involving Switzerland Switzerland history - 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Question: when was the last time switzerland was in a war
Answer: 1847