30 years war

"The thirty years war"

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  • Defenestration of Prague

    Defenestration of Prague

    War starts with the Defenestration of Prague.
    A group of Bohemian nobles threw two Catholic governors out of a wondow in Prague Castle.
    This act nows as the "Defenestration of Prague", aparked off the Thrity Years War.
  • Ferdinand II

    Ferdinand II

    Ferdinand II is corwned Holy Roman emperor
  • Enters Bohemia

    Enters Bohemia

    Ferdinand´s army enters Bohemia and defeats protestant King Frederick
  • Period: to

    Suport of countries

    Denmark and Englan join the war in support of the dutch
  • Suport of Sweden

    Suport of Sweden

    King Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden joins the war on the side of the Protestants.
  • Breitenfeld

    Breitenfeld

    Swedish victory at the battle of Breitenfeld
  • King Gustavus death

    King Gustavus death

    Gustavus is killed after the Battle of Lützen
  • Battle of Nördlingen

    Battle of Nördlingen

    Sweden withdraws following defeat at
    Nördlingen
  • France against Habsburgs

    France against Habsburgs

    Richelieu takes France into the war againts the Habsburgs.
  • French intervention

    French intervention

    The French and their allies start to defeat Spain.
  • Battle of Recroi

    Battle of Recroi

    French victory at Recroi over Spain.
  • Ends of Thirty years war

    Ends of Thirty years war

    The treaty of Westphalia ends the "Thirty years war"
  • France become the most powerful country in Europe

    France become the most powerful country in Europe

    Spain and France cease fighting.
    France becoms the most powerful country in Europe.