The Battle of Kappel was fought on October 1, 1531 between Swiss Catholics and Swiss Protestant followers of Huldreich Zwingli. The Catholic force was victorious. October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). ... Events January 26 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake-- thousands die October 1 - Battle of Kappel - The forces of Zürich are defeated by the Catholic cantons. ... Casus belli is a Latin expression from the international law theory of Jus ad bellum. ... Protestantism is a movement within Christianity, representing a split from within the Roman Catholic Church during the mid-to-late Renaissance in Europe —a period known as the Protestant Reformation. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). ... Events January 26 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake-- thousands die October 1 - Battle of Kappel - The forces of Zürich are defeated by the Catholic cantons. ... Zwinglis Successor Zwinglis successor, Heinrich Bullinger, was elected on December 9, 1531, to be the pastor of the Great Minster at Zürich, a position which he held to the end of his life (1575). ...

This battle occurred during an age of change, when the Reformation was sweeping Europe. Europeans had to choose whether to support the Roman Catholic Church or newly developing Protestant churches. Switzerland, at this time, was broken into cantons, or districts. The southern cantons were loyal to the Roman Church, and the northen ones supported the Protestant movement. Huldreich Zwingli was a fiery Swiss Reformer, and he was killed during the course of the battle. The Protestant Reformation was a movement which began in the 16th century as a series of attempts to reform the Roman Catholic Church, but ended in division and the establishment of new institutions, most importantly Lutheranism, Reformed churches, and Anabaptists. ... World map showing Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ... The Roman Catholic Church, (also known as the Catholic Church), is the ancient Christian Church led by the Bishop of Rome (commonly called the Pope). ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... Hare Khrisna -/ this is the famous god to indian belief. ...