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Abbey of Saint Gall

719 CE – still standing

UNESCO World Heritage Benedictine abbey and one of Europe's oldest monasteries, with a renowned medieval library

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–700 CE)
  2. Carolingian Empire (800 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. East Francia (900 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Duchy of Swabia (1000 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. Holy Roman Empire (1100 CE–1400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  6. Swiss Confederation (1492 CE–1783 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  7. Helvetic Republic (1800 CE) Border precision: Defined
  8. Switzerland (1815 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
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800 CE – 1600 CE

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962 CE – 1806 CE

Conflict · Europe

World War II

1939 CE – 1945 CE

Trade route · Europe

Varangian Trade Route

800 CE – 1100 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 719 CE and 2026 CE.

732 CE Battle of Tours 756 CE Córdoba 772 CE Charlemagne's Saxon Wars 784 CE Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba 793 CE Viking Invasions

And in the rest of the world

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