Canton of Basel
| Canton of Basel Kanton Basel | |||||||||||
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| Canton of the Old Swiss Confederacy, of the Helvetic Republic and of Restoration Switzerland | |||||||||||
| 1501–1833 | |||||||||||
The canton of Basel, shown within the northern part of the Helvetic Republic, as at 1802; the canton of Fricktal (adjacent) joined the Aargau later that year. | |||||||||||
| Capital | Basel | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| 1501 | |||||||||||
| 15 May 1648 | |||||||||||
| 1792–1793 | |||||||||||
| 1798–1802 | |||||||||||
• Partition into half-cantons | 16 August 1833 | ||||||||||
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Basel was a canton of Switzerland that was in existence between 1501 and 1833, when it was split into the two half-cantons of Basel-City and Basel-Country.