30 Years War

By Jackkunsman

  • Defenestartion of Prague

    Protestants threw Catholic representitves out of windows. That was the beginning of the war
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  • Battle of Sablat

    The Roman Catholic Imperial Army fought a Protestant army. The Romans intercepted the Protestant army as they were going to reinforce allies. The Protestants lost 1,500 infatry and had to retreat.

  • Battle of White Mountain

    30,000 Bohemians marched against 27,000 men of Ferdinand 2nd. The Bohemians loss ended their era in the war.

  • Peace of Nikolsburg

    Prince of Transylvania signed the peace treaty with Ferdinand 2nd in order to stop the massacre is Germany.

  • Naval battle of Saint Martin de Re

    The French Protestant Huguenots suffered a giant loss against the Royal fleet of France. As many of 20,000 cannon shots were fired and the battle only lasted 2 hours.

  • Battle of Stadtlohn

    The Protestant army led by Christian of Brunswick was intercepted about 5 miles away from the Dutch border by the Count of Tilly. Christian suffered a large defeat against the Count of Tilly.

  • Battle of Dessau Bridge

    The Imperial Roman Catholics under Albrecht Wallenstein defeated the Protestant army under Ernst Mansfeld. Mansfeld lost over 4,000 men in his defeat.

  • Battle of Wolgast

    Danish forces under Christian was once again defeated by Wallenstein. Christians 7,000 men were flanked by Wallensteins 8,000.

  • Treaty of Lubeck

    Christian of Denmark signed a peace treaty with Wallenstein. Denmark was given back to Christian after he paid the Imperials.

  • Treaty of Barwalde

    This Treaty brought peace between the Swedish and the French. The Swedish and the French made an alliance to fight the Imperials.

  • First Battle of Breitenfeld

    The Protestansts under Gustavus defeated the Catholic League under Tilly. This is the first major victory for the Protestants.

  • Battle of Lutzen

    One of the most deccisive battles of the Thirty Years War. In this Swedish Protestant victory, one of the most important people for the Protestant was killed, Gustavus Adolphus. His death sent confusion throught out the Protestant campaign.

  • Battle of Nordlingen

    The Roman Catholic Imperial army was reinforced by the Spanish and the Italian. Together they crushed the Protestant armies of Sweden and the German-Protestant allies.

  • Peace of Prague

    This Treaty was signed between Ferdinand 2nd and Electorate of Saxony who represented most of the states in the Holy Roman Empire. This ended the civil war in the Thirty Years War for the Empire.

  • Battle of Wittstock

    The Swedish Protestants with the help of a Swedish Count and Scottish professional soldiers defeated the combined Imperial-Saxon army.

  • Second Battle of Breitenfeld

    The Protestant forces led by Lennart Torstenson fought the Roman Empire army led by Archduke Leopold Wilhelm and defeated them. The Empire lost around 15,000 casualties and had 5,000 soldiers captured.

  • Battle of Rocroi

    The French army defeated the Spanish army. The Spanish lost about 15,000 men and the French lost around 4,000.

  • Peace of Westphalia

    This Peace Treay was actually a series of peace treaties that eventually ended the Thirty Years War in the Holy Roman Empire. It also ended the Eighty Years War between Spain and the Dutch Republic. The Treaty was signed between the Holy Roman Empire, House of Habsburg, Spain, France, Dutch, and Sweden

  • Battle of Zusmarshausen

    The Swedish and the French fought the Holy Roman Empire and won. The Empire only had 18,000 men while the Swedish and the French had around 30,000 strong.

  • Battle of Prague

    The Swedes took the Prague castle. The Swedes tried to take the Old Town but were repulsed on the Charles Bridge. Three Swedish armies were combined and they all attacked the city. The Swedes never took the city because they got word of the Peace Treaty being signed and retreated.