Skip to content
Diebold Schilling the Elder · CC BY 4.0
Event war Europe

Burgundian Wars

1474 CE – 1477 CE

The Swiss Confederacy defeated Charles the Bold of Burgundy in a series of decisive battles, ending Burgundian ambitions and establishing the Swiss as Europe's most feared infantry.

See it on the timeline

Wikipedia

The opening of the article, and a way into the rest of it without leaving the site.

1474–1477 Western European conflict

Burgundian Wars on Wikipedia.

Read the article Open on Wikipedia ↗

The full record

This moment was taken from a record with a span of its own.

Conflict · Europe

Burgundian Wars

1474 CE – 1477 CE

The Swiss Confederacy defeated Charles the Bold of Burgundy in a series of decisive battles, ending Burgundian ambitions and establishing the Swiss as Europe's most feared infantry. Charles died at the Battle of Nancy.

Standing in 1474 CE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Hindu kingdoms Polity · South Asia 500 BCE – 1715 CE Sweden Polity · Europe Founded 900 CE · attested to 2026 CE Egypt Polity · Middle East 3000 BCE – 2026 CE Serengeti National Park Landmark · Africa 3000 BCE – still standing Great Pyramid of Giza Landmark · Middle East 2560 BCE – still standing Great Wall of China Landmark · East Asia 700 BCE – still standing

Around the same time

The nearest dated moments on either side.

1462 CE Chimú–Inca War 1464 CE Wars of the Songhai Empire 1467 CE Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States) 1467 CE Ōnin War 1468 CE Crimean Khanate Slave Raids 1481 CE Blue Mosque of Mazar-i-Sharif
Image credits1 picture from Wikimedia Commons