1393 Schöno’s attempt to deliver Zurich to Austria fails. By the Sempach Ordinance (Sempacher Brief) the confederates are drawn closer together by provision for an army and for the preservation of order.
1394 The truce with Austria is prolonged for twenty years. The Swiss Confederacy is recognised and political dependence on Habsburg is practically at an end. The country hereafter is commonly known as Die Schweiz (Switzerland).
1395 Formation of the Upper (Grey) League in the western Grisons.
THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
1402 Revolt of the people of Appenzell and St. Gall against the abbot of St. Gall.
1403 The Appenzellers defeat the abbot’s forces at Vögelinseck.
1405 The abbot’s troops, assisted by an Austrian army, are defeated in the battle of the Rheinthal or Stoss.
1408 The Appenzellers are beaten at Bregenz.
1411 Appenzell is placed under the protection of the Swiss League (save Bern).
1412 The truce of the league with Austria is prolonged for fifty years. During the first half of the century the league increases its territory, not giving political rights, however, to the acquired lands.