1291

Events in 1291 2

• 1291 Federal Charter of 1291 The Oath on the Rütli The founding document of the Swiss Confederacy, signed by the forest cantons of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden.
• 1291 – 1361 Philippe de Vitry French composer and music theorist Philippe de Vitry was a French composer, poet and bishop whose treatise Ars Nova gave its name to the 14th-century musical style. He was a leading intellectual and musical figure of his era.