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War starts with the Defenestration of Prague
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Ferdinand II is crowned Holy Roman emperor
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Ferdinand is army enters Bohemia and defeats Protestant King Frederick
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Denmark And England join the war in the support of the Dutch
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King Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden joins the war on the side of the Protestants
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Swedish victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld
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Gustavus is killed after the Battle of Lützen
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Sweden withdraws following defeat at Nordlingen
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Richelieu takes France into the war agains the Habsburgs
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The French and their allies start to defeat Spain
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French victory at Rocroi over Spain
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The treaty of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years War
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Spain and France cease fighting. France becomes the most powerful country in Europe
