Absolutism in Austria and Prussia

Fredrick's death

1778 BCE

Fredrick dies in 1778, and where he also grew fond of isolation.

Maria Theresa takes the throne

1740 BCE

Charles IV dies and he had no son to take over the throne, he only had a daughter. Maria Theresa takes the throne but many didn't like the idea of a woman ruling, so they got angry with Charles IV death and lack of sons.

Fredrick (Fredrick Williams's son) rules over Prussia

1740 BCE

Fredrick Williams dies, and now it's time for Fredrick to heir the throne. He was brilliant in military and used that militia to bring Prussia into more union.

Frederick Williams takes the throne in Prussia

1713 BCE

Using Louis XIV's model he set to make the JUNKERS be completely under his control. German nobles= JUNKERS

Population deacrease

1648 BCE

German population decreased by 30%
50% males died
Disease, famine and expulsions reduced it another 30%

Treaty of Trent

1648 BCE

All those lands had the princes choose the religion.
Basically forcing her to choose Catholic.

End of the 30 year war

1648 BCE

End of the 30 year war because of the treaty of Trent

Destruction of the Swedish army

1629 BCE

2.000 castles
18.000 villages
1.500 towns
1/3 of all Germany

Ferdinand ll heirs the throne

1619 BCE

Ferdinand ll takes the throne and gets rid of religious tolerance... In this case, tried to rid of the protestants. But of course, that didn't happen, so the war broke off.

Start of the intolerance

1618 BCE

War broke out beacause of this...
"The Holy Roman Empire was neither Holy nor Roman nor an Empire" -Voltaire

Start of war

1618 BCE

War between Catholics and Protestants