The History of Switzerland: Every Year

The history of Switzerland from 1100 to modern times.
0:00 Intro
0:18 Pre-Confederacy
0:59 Foundation phase
1:19 Expansion phase
1:54 Early Modern
2:44 Modern
3:30 Outro
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Notes
• Some historical parts of the Swiss Confederacy are outside the area shown in this video, including Dürrenmettstetten, Glatt, Neuravensburg, and Rottweil.
• This video is a small part of a larger video about the Holy Roman Empire, which will be uploaded in 2023.
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Numbered States
1 Rheinau Abbey
2 Donaueschingen
3 Baldingen
4 Reichenau Abbey
5 Säckingen Abbey
6 Schleichheim
7 Riedern Abbey
8 Schaffhausen
9 Constance (Imperial City of)
10 Oberried Abbey
11 Montricher
12 Romainmôtier Priory
13 Bavois
14 Baulmes Priory
15 Yverdon
16 St Martin
17 Montheron Abbey
18 Bossonnens
19 Saint-Martin-du-Chêne
20 La Molière
21 Surpierre
22 Payerne Abbey
23 Grandcour
24 Delley
25 Saint-Aubin
26 Gorgier
27 Bevaix Abbey
28 Boudry
29 Arconciel
30 Wimmis
31 Reutigen
32 Stocken
33 Uetendorf
34 Wattenwil
35 Riggisberg
36 Rüeggisberg Priory
37 Kirchdorf
38 Belp
39 Obermuhlern
40 Oberbalm
41 Bümpliz / Cappellis Abbey
42 Mühleberg
43 Aarberg
44 Grossaffoltern
45 Röthenbach Priory
46 Konolfingen
47 Landiswil
48 Walkringen
49 Vechigen
50 Thorberg Abbey
51 Bolligen
52 Reichenbach
53 Münchenbuchsee Abbey
54 Messen
55 Fraubrunnen
56 Heimiswil
57 Affoltern
58 Balm
59 Eriswil
60 Huttwil
61 Grünenberg
62 Graswil
63 Herzogenbuchsee
64 Deitingen
65 Vuippens
66 Leuggern
67 Blumenfeld
68 Commugny
69 Genolier
70 Attalens
71 Rappoltstein
72 Biberstein Commandery (Knights Hospitaler)
73 Wädenswil Commandery (Order of St John)
74 Strättligen (under the House of Bernburg)
75 Belleley Abbey
76 Thierstein-Pfeffingen
77 Zwingen
78 Münchenstein
79 Pratteln
80 Eptingen
81 Zunzgen
82 Kleinlützel
83 Rotberg
84 Haldenstein
85 Solothurn
86 Champvent
87 Merenschwand
88 Dorneck
89 Rapperswil
90 Andelfingen
91 Gilgenberg
92 Immendingen
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Music
Deskant - Templar's Advance
Deskant - A Window Through Time

[@EmperorTigerstar]

The idea to lighten the borders and labels for non-Swiss states was a pretty neat idea! I like that.

[@Okaz_]

Yeah! It works perfectly!

[@kgbgb3663]

I disagree. It made the labels on smaller states - such as the successor states after the end of the house of Zähringen at 0:48 - completely illegible, even with the map full-screen.

[@Faolan03]

Will you finish your 30 years war series? The first two paths were awesome

[@AquaranSocialistRepublic]

@@kgbgb3663 Nah I think you're just a hater

[@AquaranSocialistRepublic]

@@Okaz_ I'd have to agree

[@OllieBye]

If you missed the community posts, this Switzerland video is just a small part of a larger video about the Holy Roman Empire. It won't be finished until early 2023, so this will probably be the final video for this year. Thanks for your continued support! If you're interested in the progress for the HRE video, or maps and history in general, join my Discord: discord.gg/93rgpVt

[@HaziqZufayri]

Hello 👋

[@vortexspeedster]

You're so great man

[@zalqert]

This is incredible on its own . Can't wait for the HRE video!

[@clouds-rb9xt]

HRE video? i've seen danzig HD mapper's video on the matter but from you? oughta be impressive.

[@OllieBye]

@@clouds-rb9xt I believe Danzig's video is actually traced from other videos (especially my 2017 Western Europe video). So it's not particularly original, and it has all the mistakes and simplifications that the videos he traced from have. This new HRE video will be entirely original - no tracing. I'm researching essentially every town to make sure nothing is missed, and recording all the events in a fully-sourced spreadsheet, which will be made available to the public once the project is finished. I'm hoping the HRE video will be a step-up from anything I've done previously, which is why it's taking such a long time.

[@nenenindonu]

Neutral content

[@NauticalMongoose]

I have no strong feelings one way or the other.

[@franciscofranco7078]

Aren't you one of the guys on the evan thwaites video?

[@imperatormaximus8952]

Neutral canton

[@smokeyhoodoo]

Anti-semitic content

[@karaqakkzl]

Canton that speak many languages, but not Cantonese

[@WarDestinyMapping]

That's so awesome !!! Rarely have I seen someone make a history of Switzerland, the first such detailed and wonderfully designed work I've seen on the internet, and looking forward to the more massive works to come!

[@kelin77]

@ollie bye: as a Swiss, I greatly appreciate this. Impressively detailed, wow! The only thing that I noticed is the border between Aargau und Zürich. The hook-like incursion of AG into ZH is actually the pre-1803 border. After Napoleon's withdrawal, the municipality of Dietikon joined the reformed Zürich away from the catholic Aargau. ... not that I expect an update with so many other countries that would have priority ;)

[@miliba]

die grenze zwüsche aargau und züri si immerno bekriegt, wenn me spreiti vs dietike betrachtet xD

[@Fnidner]

so isch lessig

[@mrtrollnator123]

​@@Fnidnersame here bro 😴

[@baltai3123]

Are the founding noble families still alive?

[@vortexspeedster]

Ollie Bye is a wonderful mapper, or whatever you call it, They never fail to give us perfect information about the empires, Kingdoms, nations growing and falling in the respective country/area. I love your videos mate. Keep going!

[@SnapplyPie]

Really excited for your video on the HRE! Great job so far!

[@jol1498]

So glad you remastered this one, much love from Basel ❤ Can’t wait for the HRE Video!

[@retf8977]

I really, really like the new approach and style, amazing job!

[@eyuin5716]

Good to see you back. Excited about your upcoming HRE video.

[@micahistory]

amazing job as always ollie. I always appreciate all the detail you put into every video

[@FriscoDojenia]

Absolutely magnificent! Great job, still hyped for that HRE video!

[@lodestar536]

Man idk what it is, the style or even the music you choose but your maps are always my favorite

[@dodolulupepe]

Very well made! Good job!

[@jaykaufman9782]

Outstanding and amazing -- as always. Thank you!!

[@morisscramdoodle1220]

Oh i love this dude's mapping so much. Please keep going on!

[@Bulgarrr]

Great video, great job, Ollie!

[@alpha-9609]

As Always. Good Job!

[@AGLMapping]

Even after a minute of watching it's amazing, can't wait for the HRE video, it'll be amazing.

[@jamesgully0077]

Your maps are getting so good man

[@DailyKosia]

It's amazing to see you still doing hard work, years and years later.

[@Vuckovic]

Thank you for making this.

[@anneonymous4884]

Excellent video!

[@catvevo49]

Amazing new style for maps! Also, amazing video, and I love Switzerland :>

[@nguyenkhoi3010]

It’s pretty amazing that you managed to not only correctly exclude Campione d’Italia, from the Canton of Ticino, you also included the joining of Saiento and Cavajone into the Val Bernina of the Grisons in 1863 (and another border correction in the same canton in 1870, probably in the Tschlin municipality, but I am not sure). You even connected most of the cantons to their exclaves! If only this was done for Genève, Vaud and Fribourg as well… Nevertheless, what a brilliant video, thank you!

[@soosetch]

Absolutely amazing. Thank you, I learned so much about the region I grew up in! :)

[@ThamesMapping]

This is so stunningly detailed

[@lily__lotus]

the new styles for color and labeling is just gorgeous very easy on the eyes

[@CG-eh6oe]

Hey, minor correction: The first federal charter is dated on August 1291, but we don't actually know when it was signed; it is mentioned that an older charter existed, and it was custom to date treaties back to when an assumed older copy was first signed, so we have actually no clue when exactly the document was signed. Apart from this, the vid is spectacular in details and, as far as i can tell, accuracy (apart from some minor mistakes on the borders of the modern cantons)

[@lucalal7093]

I swear you and geography and Space are the best timeline creators never give Up!!!

[@andrefarfan4372]

Great video.

[@Trexgaming20I2]

A new video yay and I saw your video from 6 years back, it kinda helped me because I’ve been struggling on art and now I know I might be. Able to improve and do some things with Capcut and those art apps you use anyway good job on 310k I still remember when you were congratulating your self on 10k and you’ve become a really good KZbinr, I how to be as good a you one day.

[@nissethepear4743]

Bet this took a while to make, well done :)

[@arandompersian8633]

hi :) good work!

[@vortexspeedster]

Cannot wait for the HRE video, it will be so awesome.

[@ASMapping]

Very nice

[@JacksWorldOfficial]

Great video! Love to Switzerland from Spain 🇪🇸❤️🇨🇭

[@mahedipalash5501]

I loved it, thank you! I'm from Bangladesh. I am week about the Switzerland.I love your videos mate. Keep going!

[@diegoidepersia]

Superb!

[@violetttt0126]

Good job Ollie!

[@Jake100animations]

Very epic!

[@nashtags]

2 small mistakes: Laufen District only joined Basle-Country in 1994. Until then, it was Berne as you merged Laufen District to BL already from 1816. Also, Münchenwiler is in Canton of Berne and not in Canton of Fribourg.

[@zalqert]

Epic content.

[@BalekduNom]

Just Amazing !!!

[@goodstuff8156]

Your videos are great

[@Koopinator]

0:44 Feel the bern

[@arolemaprarath6615]

Welcome back mein freund!

[@karlosdeevs]

*Wilchumme, miin fründ!

[@old_mapper]

Fascinating

[@paurushbhatnagar8100]

I like ur timelapse maps of various political entities.much more informative than history books

[@Morskoy_Velican]

Лайк за старания. Разбираться во всех этих земельных переделках, точно было сложным.

[@thefernofrommarsgaming4204]

I really like the style

[@miliba]

Cool video! During primary school my teacher would enthustiastically teach us about Swiss history. He even took us on an exciting field trip to the Rütliwiese, the place where our "founding fathers" proclaimed the confederacy. Those were fun days!

[@daglahane5876]

WHAT??? The founding fathers didnt proclaimed the confederacy!!!!

[@augustin5611]

The fouding fathers of Switzerland and the Swiss Confederation, you dumbwat xD

[@daglahane5876]

@@augustin5611 that was the joke lmao

[@CG-eh6oe]

Not sure if you had a terrible teacher or you're beeing ironic, but the Rütliwiese has no relevance in swiss history before WW2...

[@dominicguye8058]

Yet another masterpiece from Ollie Bye

[@gesundeshalbwissen]

Nice. Even St Gall's regain of Ebringen and Norsingen (the two little territories in the north of the map) is included. Some corrections: Norsingen came under direct rule as a domain of St Gall in 1607, Ebringen in 1621. In 1806 the canton St Gall got the two villages as an extraterritorial domain and sold them one year later to Baden. Baden recognized the claims of the canton on the domain of Ebringen, as the canton beeing the successor of the abbey. But both villages, although beeing a St Gall domain, remained part of Anterior Austria between 1607/21 and 1803/06. It was therefore more like a condominium of St Gall and Austria (and Baden and the canton in 1806). It was quite complicated. (Guess where I am from ;-) )

[@gesundeshalbwissen]

Sorry for the misspellings. The autocorrection was too fast...

[@OllieBye]

Thanks for your explanation of that. I'll be able to make this correction for the Holy Roman Empire video coming out next year, although admittedly they'll scarcely be visible on that scale.

[@ProbablyNotSantisuk]

Good video must come with good music 👍🏻

[@wasifjalal6965]

Super awesome

[@MFvanBylandt]

Impressive. I do wonder however: why wasn't the Sonderbund shown?

[@gossguy7947]

I guess it's because it lasted for less than a year

[@markusskram4181]

Cool !

[@AquaranSocialistRepublic]

Me: The music in this video sounds amazing Also me: **wishing that I could get every single epic song used in any video**

[@trollgey324]

Cool i love it 👍

[@teachermikmichael27]

I would like this level of detail for a map of Northerrn Italy, from around the year 1100 to 1600

[@monkeypie8701]

Can you please do a video about the War in the Waikato?

[@MisterTipp]

What sources have you used?

[@Faolan03]

Will you finish your 30 years war series? The first two paths were awesome

[@OllieBye]

I'll make a new version from scratch after the HRE video is done.

[@carloangelo3764]

Awesome video!! The blue in france can be confused as water 💦

[@SheikahMapping]

Massive respects for making such a detailled video about Switzerland and the Holy Roman Empire! I can't even imagine how much time it must take for you to research 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺. Astonishing work, Ollie Bye! ❤

[@sadpoopy]

Finally! Wc back

[@user-xh5wx9oj9d]

Very cool

[@randomtexan]

Epic should make a quick tutorial video on this

[@Javeec]

The region of Laufen was in Bern from 1815 to 1994

[@HistoryFirst]

Could you do a video on the spread of black pepper

[@scotandiamapping4549]

Give this guy a medal

[@SCPFoundationexplained2021D-2]

What do you use to make the maps?

[@CorvusLeukos]

I loved it, thank you! I'm from Argentina but a part of my family is from Aargau, Switzerland. ❤️🇨🇭❤️

[@faraway7696]

Your name says it all! Greetings from an Aargau born.

[@CorvusLeukos]

@@faraway7696 sorry, I just saw this comment. I moved to Europe, currently living in Piedmont, I'll try to visit Aargau this year. Greetings!

[@Kromiball]

The new KZbin zoom update on mobile is very useful for reading all the names

[@monkeypie8701]

As a New Zealander I find it quite funny that there used to be States named Chur and Milo

[@karlosdeevs]

Well chure, Chur‘s the main city of the South-east but are u sure there‘s a place called Milo -Or did ya misread it for Milano?

[@monkeypie8701]

@@karlosdeevs hmmm, I literally thought I saw Milo somewhere as plain as day but rewatching it I cant seem to find it, well, you know how it is with your brain playing tricks on you

[@karlosdeevs]

@@monkeypie8701 yh true, happens to me every day.. it‘s how the data base first grasps the knowledge (not always cleanly on first touch).

[@MMadesen]

Chur is still a city in Switzerland. Its the capital of the canton Graubünden

[@karlosdeevs]

@@MMadesen of course it is, no one ever questioned it..

[@lenydrake1716]

There's no country like ours! Nice choice of music btw

[@gossguy7947]

Great video! Just an inaccuracy I've noticed: You showed the Appenzell split in 1803, when in actuality, the canton already split in 1597. Also, the 1291 founding of the confederacy is more legendary than historical. Otherwise, the video is very informational Sincerely, a history student from Switzerland.

[@Dzhomardovich]

Буквально за последние 200 лет ничего не изменилось, хотя вокруг столько событий было! Это удивительно!

[@user-di8jp8yl4h]

удивительно как Швейцария стала едина только после наполеона

[@user-to5fs3nw3q]

@@user-di8jp8yl4h Ну как едина... Там проблема в другой кантон переехать и прописку поменять. Но так, да, технически это одна страна

[@stefanogattoCH]

Sorry to be so picky, but wasn't Céligny part of Geneva since 1146?

[@Antarctica13]

We need a tut on how to do war animations like this

[@vung-pe2or]

Neuchâtel used to be a territory of the House of Hohenzollern (The ruling house of Prussia) from the 18th century until 1848

[@stephmod7434]

You missed the opportunity to include all of the Swiss invasions of Lichtenstein.

[@tridantplatonoffvod4865]

Vive le Comté de Montbéliard! un grand merci d'avoir représenté ma terre natale!

[@nibunibu4254]

Ollie Bye posts are now almost as rare as wars involving Switzerland.

[@KevinKurzsartdisplay]

Greetings from Switzerland!

[@therealcanada12]

He back bois

[@Carftymk]

very small mistake: laufen was not properly marked as bern

[@d7oomzh]

can you do a tutorial on how to do the aniamtions

[@kkdk3401]

Good

[@orendel]

Great video but I miss the Sonderbund.

[@user-xg9yg8kg7i]

Finally!

[@GandalfGreyhame]

Not a fan of the color scheme, but other than that, great video!

[@MUIGokuShorts]

Can you remake to the history of iberia ?

[@austinreed5805]

Switzerland: The Land of Neutrality

[@mrgopnik5964]

Funny how the very place the Habsburgs originated from was also the first one to kick them out

[@spaghettiking7312]

The king is here!! The legend is upon us!!

[@Matthew_080]

I love you and your work

[@JenniferinIllinois]

The House of Hapsburg? Wonder if they will ever be a big deal. ;)

[@vauiarex4877]

If it's done at this level of detail, when the full HRE video is done, you can publish like a dozen separate videos out of it for different German regions, else a bunch of detail is lost at full scale.