The wars of Kappel (Kappelerkriege) were two armed conflicts fought near Kappel am Albis between the Protestant and the Roman Catholic cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy during the reformation in Switzerland.
- First War of Kappel (1529)
- Second War of Kappel (1531)
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