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Sep 25, 1555
Peace of Augsburg
Peace of AugsburgThe peace of Augsburg is the first step that makes Lutheranism legal. The Diet, which was called by Charles V and proceeded by Ferdinand I, decided that the Empire should not go to war because of religious problems until all churches were peacefully united. However, the Diet also decided that only two beliefs were legal: Lutheranism and Christianity. -
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King Christian IV of Denmark
Christian IV of Denmark
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Maximilian I of Bavaria
Maximilian IHe formed the Catholic League to fight the Protestant's. He was a champion of the Cathloic side. -
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King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
http://www.britannica.com/biography/Gustav-II-AdolfKing Gustavus is the person who made Sweden one of Europe's major forces and led them during the Thirty Years War. -
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Ferdinand of Styria
He was the king of Bohemia from 1617-1619 and from 1620-1627. He was educated in a Jesuit school and was the champion of the Counter-Reformation and the Holy Roman Emperor. The people of Bohemia did not like him as their ruler. -
Defenestration of Prague
Defenestration of PragueThe event is the beginning of the 30 Years Wars. Two imperial regents with their secretary were thrown out of the windows of the Prague Castle. They were thrown out after being found guilty, by a protestant assembly, of violating the Letter of Majesty with closing Protestant chapels. -
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The Bohemian Period
Thirty Year War The bohemian period started because the bohemian protestants feared losing their religious authority. It officially started when two christians where thrown out of a windows in Prague. -
Battle of White Mountain
Battle of White Mountain
It is the first battle to be won by the Catholic Hagsburg against the Protestant Union. It is important because it enabled Hagsburg to form an authoritarian government in Bohemia. -
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Philip IV of Spain
http://www.biography.com/people/philip-iv-39076He was the king of Spain and Portugal during the decline of Spain as a great world power. He failed to return the previous fame and power of Spain. -
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Cardinal Richelieu King Louis 13th (X|||)
http://www.britannica.com/biography/Armand-Jean-du-Plessis-cardinal-et-duc-de-RichelieuHe was the chief minister to King Louis XIII of France. His goals were strong, centralized France and the establishment of royal absolution. -
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The Danish Period
http://www.britannica.com/event/Thirty-Years-WarDenmark in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was at the height of its influence. They were afraid of the recent Catholic successes. In 1625 King Christian IV of Denmark saw an opportunity to gain valuable territory in Germany to balance his earlier loss of Baltic provinces to Sweden. -
Teaty of Luebeck
Treaty of Lübeck
Albrecht, Dieter (1998). Maximilian I. von Bayern 1573-1651 (in German). Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag.
This event marks the end of Danish activity in the Thirty Years War. Most concrete it ended the Lower Saxon War which began in 1625. The Catholic League gave Danmark their pre-war territory back. -
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The Swedish Period
http://www.thecaveonline.com/APEH/thirtyyearswar.htmlThe Swedish Period marks the time of the alliance between Sweden and France to defeat the increasing in power German states. -
The Battle of Lützen
http://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Lutzen The Battle of Lützen
One of the most decisive battles of the Thirty Years War
6 Nov 1632 Participants- Sweden/Protestant Union vs Holy Roman Empire.
Protestant victory but the Swedish King Gustav II Adolf dies and this cause the campaign to lose direction. -
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The French Period
http://www.thecaveonline.com/APEH/thirtyyearswar.htmlhttp://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/history/thirty-years-war-the-franco-swedish-period.htmlFrance was a rival of the Holy Roman Empire and the higher ups in France wanted to weaken the power of the Hapsburgs and take the province of Alsace from the Holy Roman Empire. This was also the last stage of the Thirty Years War. -
The Treaty of Prague
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/the-thirty-years-war/the-peace-of-prague/It gave strenght to the Hapsburgs and took power from the German princes. It forbade alliances between the separate states of the Holy Roman Empire. -
The Peace of Westphalia
http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/treaty-westphaliaThe Peace of Westphalia ended the Thirty Years' War. 194 states took part in it. The treaty gave the Swiss independence of Austria and the Netherlands independence of Spain. It also left Hapsburg Spain isolated. -
Treaty of Pyrenees
Encyclopedia BritannicaIt waa a peace treaty between Louis XIV of France and Philip IV of Spain which ended the Franco-Spanish war. It was signed on Pheasant Island.
