HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE

By thomasandres
  • Holy roman 1
    1531

    Holy roman 1

    Philip of Habsburg, son of Emperor Charles V, is recognized as King of the Romans.
  • Holy roman 2
    Jun 18, 1538

    Holy roman 2

    Treaty of Nice ended the war between Emperor Charles V and King Francois I. It only lasted 10 months.
  • Holy roman 3
    1539

    Holy roman 3

    Emperor Charles V reached a truce with German Protestants.
  • Holy roman 4
    1540

    Holy roman 4

    Emperor Charles V entered Ghent without resistance and executed the rebels. He brutally beat down an uprising against taxes for an expansionist war. Nine leaders were beheaded and another hanged. City burgers were forced to walk the streets barefoot with rope hanging round their necks. The "Gentse Feesten" annual festival re-enacts this event every mid-July.
  • Holy roman 5
    1542

    Holy roman 5

    War was renewed between the Holy Roman Empire and France.
  • Holy roman 6
    1545

    Holy roman 6

    Frankort born
  • Holy roman 7
    1546

    Holy roman 7

    Charles V got into the Schmalkaldic War against the Protestant princes upon support by the Catholic Counter-Reformation.
  • Holy roman 8
    1547

    Holy roman 8

    Charles V's troops defeated the Protestant League of Schmalkalden at the battle of Muhlburg.
  • Holy roman 9
    1548

    Holy roman 9

    Formerly Holy Roman (Catholic) Emperor Charles V ordered Catholics to become Lutherans.
  • Holy roman 10
    1553

    Holy roman 10

    Carlos V ratifies his son Felipe as a candidate for the Germanic throne
  • Holy roman 11
    1554

    Holy roman 11

    By his marriage to Mary I of England, Philip of Habsburg becomes King
  • Holy roman 12
    Sep 25, 1555

    Holy roman 12

    The Peace of Augsburg is signed, which puts an end to the religious wars of the Holy Roman Empire
  • Holy roman 13
    1556

    Holy roman 13

    Charles V abdicates, handing the Netherlands and Spain to his son Philip and the title of Holy Roman emperor to his brother Ferdinand
  • Holy roman 14
    Jan 16, 1556

    Holy roman 14

    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
  • Holy roman 15
    1557

    Holy roman 15

    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.
  • Holy roman 16
    1558

    Holy roman 16

    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.
  • Holy roman 17
    1559

    Holy roman 17

    Elizabeth of Tudor is crowned Elizabeth I of England.
  • Holy roman end
    1560

    Holy roman end

    The Amboise Conspiracy, which attempted against King Francis II, is suffocated, so Godefroy de Barry, Lord of La Renaudie is executed at the hands of Francis of Guise.