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The Battle of Hard was the first large-scale battle in the Swabian War, waged between the Imperials under the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I and the Swiss Confederates.[1]

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  1. 23 relations: Arquebus, Artillery, Austria, Bregenz, Crossbow, Firearm, Halberd, Hard, Austria, Höchst, Austria, Holy Roman Empire, Knight, Lake Constance, Lauterach, Lustenau, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Muzzleloader, Old Swiss Confederacy, Pike (weapon), Polearm, Rhine, Swabia, Swabian War, Swiss mercenaries.

  2. 1499 in Europe
  3. Battles involving Switzerland
  4. Conflicts in 1499
  5. Swabian War

Arquebus

An arquebus is a form of long gun that appeared in Europe and the Ottoman Empire during the 15th century.

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Artillery

Artillery are ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms.

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Austria

Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.

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Bregenz

Bregenz (Breagaz) is the capital of Vorarlberg, the westernmost state of Austria.

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Crossbow

A crossbow is a ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow-like assembly called a prod, mounted horizontally on a main frame called a tiller, which is hand-held in a similar fashion to the stock of a long gun.

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Firearm

A firearm is any type of gun that uses an explosive charge and is designed to be readily carried and used by an individual.

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Halberd

A halberd (also called halbard, halbert or Swiss voulge) is a two-handed polearm that came to prominent use from the 13th to 16th centuries.

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Hard, Austria

Hard is a town in the west of the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg, directly on the southern shores of Lake Constance.

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Höchst, Austria

Höchst is a municipality in the district of Bregenz in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg.

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Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor.

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Knight

A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity.

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Lake Constance

Lake Constance (Bodensee) refers to three bodies of water on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps: Upper Lake Constance (Obersee), Lower Lake Constance (Untersee), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, called the Seerhein.

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Lauterach

Lauterach is a town in the district of Bregenz in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg.

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Lustenau

Lustenau (Luschnou) is a town in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg in the district of Dornbirn.

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Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor

Maximilian I (22 March 1459 – 12 January 1519) was King of the Romans from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death in 1519.

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Muzzleloader

A muzzleloader is any firearm in which the user loads the projectile and the propellant charge into the muzzle end of the gun (i.e., from the forward, open end of the gun's barrel).

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Old Swiss Confederacy

The Old Swiss Confederacy, also known as Switzerland or the Swiss Confederacy, was a loose confederation of independent small states (cantons, German or), initially within the Holy Roman Empire.

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Pike (weapon)

A pike is a long thrusting spear formerly used in European warfare from the Late Middle Ages and most of the early modern period, and wielded by foot soldiers deployed in pike square formation, until it was largely replaced by bayonet-equipped muskets.

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Polearm

A polearm or pole weapon is a close combat weapon in which the main fighting part of the weapon is fitted to the end of a long shaft, typically of wood, extending the user's effective range and striking power.

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Rhine

--> The Rhine is one of the major European rivers.

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Swabia

Swabia; Schwaben, colloquially Schwabenland or Ländle; archaic English also Suabia or Svebia is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany.

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Swabian War

The Swabian War of 1499 (Schwoobechrieg (spelling depending on dialect), called Schwabenkrieg or Schweizerkrieg ("Swiss War") in Germany and ("War of the Engadin" in Austria) was the last major armed conflict between the Old Swiss Confederacy and the House of Habsburg. What had begun as a local conflict over the control of the Val Müstair and the Umbrail Pass in the Grisons soon got out of hand when both parties called upon their allies for help; the Habsburgs demanding the support of the Swabian League, while the Federation of the Three Leagues of the Grisons turning to the Swiss Eidgenossenschaft. Battle of Hard and Swabian War are 1499 in Europe and conflicts in 1499.

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Swiss mercenaries

The Swiss mercenaries (Reisläufer) were a powerful infantry force constituted by professional soldiers originating from the cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy.

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See also

1499 in Europe

Battles involving Switzerland

Conflicts in 1499

Swabian War

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hard