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21. Mai 1712  - Siege of Wil - St. Gallen

 

From Wikipedia:

In 1712, Berne and Zurich took advantage of a dispute between St. Gallen and its Protestant subjects in the Toggenburg. This time, in the Toggenburg war, also called the second war of Villmergen, after the decisive battle again fought near Villmergen, on 24 July, the Protestant side was successful, bringing an end to Catholic hegemony in the Swiss Confederation, and staying the conflict until the renewed outbreak of civil war in 1847, the Sonderbundskrieg that led to the formation of Switzerland as a federal state.