The first war of Kappel (Erster Kappelerkrieg) was an armed conflict in 1529 between the protestant and the catholic cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy during the reformation in Switzerland. It ended, without any battle having been fought, with the first peace of Kappel (Erster Landfriede). Events April 22 - Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal, stipulating that the dividing line should lie 297. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. ... 1550 illustration for the Sempacherbrief of 1393, one of the major alliance contracts of the Old Swiss Confederacy The Old Swiss Confederacy was the precursor of modern-day Switzerland. ... Huldrych Zwingli was elected priest of the Great Minster church in Zürich in 1518. ...

Under the lead of huldrych Zwingli, the protestant canton and city of Zürich had concluded with other protestant cantons a defence alliance, the Christliches Burgrecht, which also included the cities of Constance and Strasbourg. The catholic cantons in response had formed an alliance with Ferdinand of Austria. Huldrych (or Ulrich) Zwingli (January 1, 1484 – October 10, 1531) was the leader of the Swiss Reformation and founder of the Swiss Reformed Churches. ... Zürich IPA (in English often Zurich, which is also the standard French form of the name) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 364,558 in 2002; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. ... This article needs cleanup. ... City motto: – City proper (commune) Région Alsace Département Bas-Rhin (67) Mayor Fabienne Keller (UMP) (since 2001) Area 78. ... Ferdinand I Habsburg Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (March 10, 1503 – July 27, 1564) was one of the Habsburg emperors that at various periods during his life ruled over Austria, Germany, Bohemia and Hungary. ...

Conflicts between the two sides arose especially over the situation in the common territories, where the administration changed bi-annually between cantons and which thus switched between catholic and protestant rules. Several mediation attempts failed, such as the disputation of Baden in 1526. Baden is a historical state in the southwest of Germany. ... Events January 14 - Treaty of Madrid. ...

After numerous minor incidents and provocations from both sides, a protestant pastor was burned on the stake in Schwyz in 1529, and in retaliation Zürich declared war. By mediation of the other cantons, open war was barely avoided. Legend has it that instead of fighting, the two armies peacefully shared a milk soup, known as the Kappeler Milchsuppe, cooked in a pot placed exactly on the cantonal border between Zürich and Zug, while a peace was negotiated. (The catholics provided the milk, the protestants the bread.) The peace agreement (Erster Landfriede) was not exactly favourable for the catholic party, who had to dissolve its alliance with the Austrian Habsburgs. The tensions remained essentially unresolved, and would flare high again in the second war of Kappel two years later. Events April 22 - Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal, stipulating that the dividing line should lie 297. ... Zug, capital of the Swiss canton of that name, a picturesque little town at the northeastern corner of the lake of Zug, and at the foot of the Zugerberg (3255 ft. ... Habsburg (sometimes spelled Hapsburg, but never so in official use) was one of the major ruling houses of Europe. ... The second war of Kappel (Zweiter Kappelerkrieg) was an armed conflict in 1531 between the protestant and the catholic cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy during the reformation in Switzerland. ...