Battle of Näfels

Date: April 9, 1388 • Location: Näfels, Switzerland

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1388.

Despite being vastly outnumbered, forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy defeated an Austrian army at the Battle of Näfels.

The Old Swiss Confederacy, also known as Switzerland or the Swiss Confederacy, was a loose confederation of independent small states, initially within the Holy Roman Empire. It is the precursor of the modern state of Switzerland.