Canton of Bern - History

History

See also: History of Bern, Coat of arms of Bern, and Swiss peasant war of 1653

Bern joined the Swiss Confederation in 1353 and was between 1803 and 1814 one of the six direcorial cantons of the Napoleonic Swiss Confederation.

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