AVANCE! Holy Roman Empire (Timeline)

By Johan Stiven Chacon
  • 1531

    philip habsburg

    He was Infante of Spain, Archduke of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, and from 1558 Holy Roman Emperor.
  • 1553

    Carlos V

    Carlos V ratifies his son Felipe as a candidate for the Germanic throne, relegating his brother Fernando who aspired to be Emperor.
  • 1554

    marriage to Mary I of England, Philip of Habsburg

    By his marriage to Mary I of England, Philip of Habsburg becomes King Consort of England.
  • 1555

    sign the peace

    September 25: the peace of Augsburg is signed, ending the religious wars of the Holy Roman Empire so that the rulers of the Empire can freely choose their religion.
  • 1556

    In the abdications of Brussels

    January 16: In the abdications of Brussels Carlos I King of Spain and V Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, abdicates his two thrones in favor of his son Felipe January 19: Felipe is crowned as Felipe II of Spain. That year he also raises the idea to his wife Mary I of England to annex England to his vast empire, but she rejects it for the time being as she still has to deal with the Protestant reformation of her father King Henry VIII.
  • 1557

    Henry II

    Henry II of France, seeing himself surrounded by the Habsburg domains, decided to support the Flemish rebels, exploding the Italian wars between France and the Holy Roman German-Hispanic Empire.
  • 1559

    Elizabeth of Tudor

    January 15: Elizabeth of Tudor is crowned Elizabeth I of England. February 27: Queen Elizabeth I of England re-establishes the Church of England April 2: signing of the Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis, King Henry II France recognizes German-Hispanic supremacy and Emperor Philip I obtains preeminence in the Italian peninsula; having as a new ally Manuel Filiberto de Saboya who was appointed governor of the Spanish Netherlands
  • 1560

    Catalina de Medici

    January 31: Catherine de Medici, as regent, sends the Edict of Orleans in which the persecution of Huguenots in France is prohibited, which calms down the Protestants a bit. February 27: The Diet of Hamburg requested the abdication of Felipe since his religious persecutions had made him unpopular among the prince-electors, so to mediate with the Diet and the prince-electors he appointed as Governor of the Germanic lands his uncle Ferdinand of Habsburg, who was a more political
  • 1562

    King of Hungary.

    anuary 17: Signing of the Edict of Saint-Germain, where freedom of worship is recognized for Protestants, especially the Huguenots in France. January 18: Reopening of the Council of Trent, representing the Holy Roman Empire was Francis of Habsburg, King of Hungary.

  • Felipe de Habsburgo is elected

    May: Felipe de Habsburgo is elected as emperor and crowned two days later in Frankfurt, known as Felipe I; his first policy was to annex Spain and its American dominions to the empire, passing to