Early Modern era · 1476

Battle of Morat

The Battle of Morat ((French: Bataille de Morat; German: Schlacht bei Murten) took place during the Burgundian Wars (1474–1477) that was fought on 22 June 1476 between Charles the Bold, the Duke of Burgundy, and a Swiss Confederation army at Morat (Murten), about 30 kilometres from Bern. It was the second major engagement of the Burgundian Wars, and ended in a crippling defeat for Charles the Bold.

Battle of Morat
Battle of Morat · Diebold Schilling the Younger, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
22 Jun 1476
Where
Murten
Era
Early Modern

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