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| THE HISTORY OF ZURICH - FROM 1516 TO 1797 | SELECTION LIST MENUE ZURICH |
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| 1519 |
The later religious reformer Huldrych Zwingli became head priest of Zurich at the ‘Grossmünster’ cathedral.
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| 1523 |
Religious disputes in Zurich – the Reformation. Zurich distanced itself from the bishopric of Constance and renounced the Roman Catholic Church. In the churches of Zurich, all religious pictures were destroyed and statues were removed.
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| 1524 |
Secularisation of all the convents in Zurich. The last princess-abbess, Katharina von Zimmern, handed over the convent Fraumünster with all its possessions and rights.
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| 1555 |
Religious fugitives from Locarno were granted citizen- ship in Zurich. They introduced the production and trade of silk to Zurich. |
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| 1614 |
Mercenary agreement with France. In return for an annual payment France had the right to hire mercenaries in Zurich.
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| 1615 |
Mercenary agreement with Venice.
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| 1642 |
Construction of the enlarged fortifications of Zurich. Surviving remnants of these fortifications are the ‘Bauschänzli’ in the Limmat river and the ‘Schanzengraben’.
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| 1685 |
Huguenot (protestant) fugitives, who left France after the abolition of the Edict of Nantes by King Louis XIV, were granted citizenship in Zurich.
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| 1717 |
War of Villmergen. The protestant cantons Zurich and Berne defeated the Catholic cantons of central Switzerland and assumed the leadership of the confederation.
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| 1746 |
Birth of the pedagogue Heinrich Pestalozzi.
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| 1780 |
First issue of the ‘Neue Zürcher Zeitung’ newspaper.
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| 1795 |
The citizens of the rural parts of canton Zurich (who were legally vassals of Zurich) demanded reforms, which were refused by the city government of Zurich.
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