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Helvetic Republic
former Swiss polity under Napoleonic domination
Treaty of Lunéville
1801 Treaty during the War of the Second Coalition
Act of Mediation
decree by Napoleon Bonaparte on 19 February 1803, re-establishing the Swiss cantons and the Confederation, abolishing the Helvetic Republic
Frédéric-César de La Harpe
Swiss political leader (1754-1838)
Paul Usteri
Swiss botanist (1768-1831)
Stecklikrieg
The ("War of Sticks") was a civil war in Switzerland in 1802 that resulted in the collapse of the Helvetic Republic, the renewed French occupation of Switzerland and ultimately the Act of Mediation dictated by Napoleon Bonaparte on 19 February 1803. The conflict pitted federalist insurgents, mostly drawn from the rural population, against government forces of the unitary Helvetic Republic. The term , or "wooden club," from which the conflict draws its name, refers to the improvised weaponry of the insurgents.

Jean-Luc Legrand
Swiss politician and entrepreneur (1755-1836)
Suvorov's Italian campaign
1799 military campaign
Italian and Swiss expedition
1799 Austro–Russian expedition during the War of the Second Coalition