Quiz Entry - updated: 2026.07.02
What year did Switzerland win de facto independence from the Holy Roman Empire in the Swabian War?
1499 → tire · pipe.

The Swabian War of 1499 ended with the Peace of Basel, freeing the Confederacy in practice from Imperial taxes and courts — effective independence, though not yet formal. Peg 14 · 99 → tire · pipe: a tire rolling over a pipe.