Emigrants arrive at Le Havre from Basel en route for New York.

Swiss history 

• Swiss History

  • Swiss history
  • The mountains
  • Cities and rural areas
  • Equals and unequals
  • Switzerland in Europe
  • Coping with hardship

• Prehistory to Romans

  • Prehistoric times
  • Lakeside settlements
  • Celts and other peoples
  • The Romans
  • Life under the Romans
  • The Roman withdrawal

• Alamans to the Holy Roman Empire

  • General overview
  • The language divide
  • The Franks and their empires
  • Foreign invasions
  • The role of Christianity
  • The common people
  • Society under the German empire
  • The emperor and the dynastic families
  • The resurgence of towns and trade
  • "Imperial freedom"

• Middle Ages

  • Middle Ages: general overview
  • The birth of the Swiss Confederation
  • Consolidation and expansion
  • The nobility undermined
  • The territory expands
  • Subjects and allies
  • Dissension within the Confederation
  • The Confederation extends its power
  • The end of expansion

• The Reformation

  • General overview
  • Zwingli and Calvin
  • Religious wars
  • Geneva
  • The conquest of Vaud
  • The Catholic Renewal

• The 17th century

  • General overview
  • The 30 Years War
  • Graubünden in the 30 Years War
  • The Treaty of Westphalia
  • Rural uprisings
  • The Villmergen Wars
  • Administration

• The 18th century

  • General overview
  • Economic changes
  • The administrative structure challenged
  • The Helvetic Society
  • The French Revolution
  • The French occupation
  • The Helvetic Republic
  • Switzerland and Napoleon
  • Territorial changes

• The Federal state

  • General overview
  • Switzerland after the fall of Napoleon
  • The Restoration 1815-30
  • Regeneration 1830-48
  • The Sonderbund Alliance
  • The Sonderbund War
  • The Constitution of 1848
  • Foreign policy
  • Politics in the federal state
  • The economy: industrialisation
  • The economy: workers
  • The economy: agriculture
  • The economy: trade and services
  • The banking system
  • Education
  • Emigration
  • Immigration
  • Outsiders
  • The Constitution of 1874

• The 20th century

  • General overview
  • Switzerland before World War I
  • Workers' rights
  • World War I and Swiss Neutrality
  • The general strike of 1918
  • Political changes
  • The inter-war economy
  • Foreign affairs between the wars
  • Switzerland and the rise of fascism
  • World War II
  • The Swiss population in World War II
  • The Swiss economy in World War II
  • Refugee policy in World War II
  • Labour relations to the end of the war
  • Health
  • The economy after World War II
  • Foreign affairs after World War II
  • Women
  • The Jura question
  • Youth in the 1980s
  • Changes in the political system