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History of Switzerland

60 recorded states lay in what is now Switzerland, from the Helvetii (300 BCE) to the Swiss Confederation. 6 of them have a full profile, and 9 outside powers ruled here.

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Profiles

Empires that ruled here

Timeline

4th century BCE

3rd century

Alemanni213 CE – 506 CE · profile

5th century

6th century

9th century

10th century

11th century

12th century

13th century

14th century

15th century

16th century

17th century

Republic of the Seven Tenths1628 CE – 1798 CE · republic

18th century

19th century

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Shared histories

States that also lay in other present-day countries:

States of Germany and Central Europe → States of France and the Low Countries → All country histories →

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). History of Switzerland. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/switzerland
MLA: “History of Switzerland.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/switzerland. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “History of Switzerland.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/switzerland.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘History of Switzerland’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/switzerland (Accessed: ).