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| 1606 | No significant events occur. | June. Peace of Vienna ends Hungarian Revolt.
Nov. Peace of Zsitva Torok ends "Long Turkish War." |
| 1607 | 17 Dec. "Donauwoerth Incident" | No significant events occur. |
| 1608 | Jan. Imperial Diet at Regensburg.
11 May. Protestant Union Formed. |
Feb. Treaty of Bratislava
June. Matthias becomes reigning archduke and king of Hungary. |
| 1609 | Mar. First Cleves-Juelich crisis
10 July. Catholic League formed. |
Mar. Matthias's concessions to Protestants |
| 1610 | Oct. Death of Frederick IV of the Palatinate; Frederick V succeeds. | No significant events occur. |
| 1611 | July. John George I Elector of Saxony (to 1656). | Mar. Passau troops attack Prague
May. Matthias crowned king of Bohemia. |
| 1612 | 20 Jan. Death of Rudolf II; Matthias elected Emporer (to 1619) | No significant events occur. |
| 1613 | Feb. Marriage of Frederick V and Elizabeth Stuart
Apr. Elector of Brandenburg becomes a Clavanist. May. Dutch-Union Treaty. July. Wolfgang William of Neuburg becomes a Catholic. Aug. Imperial Diet at Regensburg (to Oct.) |
No significant events occur. |
| 1614 | May. Second Cleves-Juelich crisis (to Sept.)
Aug. Aachen recatholicized; Fettmilch revolt at Frankfurt. Nov. Treaty of Xanten |
Aug. General Diet at Linz |
| 1615 | Luteran rioting in Brandenburg | Dec. Uzkok war (to Feb. 1618) |
| 1616 | No significant events occur. | No significant events occur. |
| 1617 | Lutheran Jubiilee year; "Military Academy" opened at Siegen.
Apr. Evangelical Union renewed (to 1621); Catholic League disolved. |
20 Mar. Onate Treaty
July - Dec. Ferdinand of Styria recognized as king-designate of Bohemia and Hungary. |
| 1618 | Brandenburg annexes Prussia | Feb. Peace of Weiner-Neustadt (Archduke and Venice)
23 May. DEFENESTRATION OF PRAGUE June. Savoy subsides to Bohemia (to Apr. 1619) Sept. Mansfield captures Pilsen. |
| 1619 | Jan. Catholic League re-formed
20 Mar. Death of Matthias 28 Aug. Ferdinand elected Holy Roman Emeror. 8 Oct. Treaty of Munich (Spain - Bavaria - Emporer). |
20 Mar. Death of Matthias; Ferdinand of Styria succeds.
May. First seige of Vienna. 10 June. Hapsbug victory at Zablati. Morovia joins confederation 22-26 Aug. DEPOSITION OF FERDINAND; ELECTION OF FREDERICK. Nov. Second Seige of Vienna. |
| 1620 | 20 Mar. Muelhausen Guarantee
3 July Treaty of Ulm Aug. Spinola invades Palatinate. |
July. Bavarians occupy Upper Austria (to 1628)
Oct. Confiscations Court created (to 1623) 3 Nov. Hapsburg victory at the Battle of White Mountain. |
| 1621 | 21 Jan. Frederick outlawed.
Feb. Segeberg conference. Apr. Cease-fire in Palatinate (to July) 27 Apr. Frederick allies with the Dutch Republic. 14 May. Union dissolved. Oct. Bavarian occupy Upper Palatinate; Kipper-und Wipperzeit (to 1623). |
Jan. Mint Consortium formed:"Kipper -und Wipper" period
(to 1623).
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| 1622 | Mar. Spanish Chancery published.
Apr. Protestant victory at Wiesloch. 6 May. Hapsburg victory Wimpfen (George of Baden defeated) June. Brussels conference (to Nov.) 20 June. Hapsburg victory at Hoechst (Christian of Brunswick defeated) 13 July. Frederick dismisses Mansfeld and Brunswick 26 Aug. Protestant victory at Fleurus. |
Jan. First peace of Nikolsburg. |
| 1623 | 25 Feb. Palatine Electorate transfered to Maxamillian
of Bavaria.
Mar. Surrender of Frankenthal 6 Aug. Hapsburg victory at Stadtlohn. |
No significant events occur. |
| 1624 | Jan. Mansfeld disbands army. | No significant events occur. |
| 1625 | Apr. Christian IV elected Kreisoberst of Lower Saxony.
July. Wallenstein raises new Imperial army; Spanish river blockade in Westphalia (to 1629). 9 Dec. Haugue Alliance. |
Oct. Reformationskommission in Upper Austria.
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| 1626 | Apr. Hapsburg victory at Dessau Bridge
26 Aug. Hapsburg victory at Lutter. Imperialists advance northwards. |
May. Upper Austrian revolt (to Sept.) |
| 1627 | Feb. Mecklenburg given to Wallenstein as pledge; Imperialists
conquer Mecklenburg, Pomerania, Holstein.
Mar. Hesse partition favorsDarmstadt; Maurice of Hesse-Kassel abdicates. May. Treaty of Koenigsberg (emperor - Brandenburg) Oct. Muelhausen Electoral meeting (to Nov.) 10 Nov. Capitulation of Fransburg (Pomerania) |
Sept. New constitution for Bohemia and Moravia. |
| 1628 | Jan. Wallenstein becomes duke of Mecklenburg; Imperialists
overrun Jutland.
May. Bavaria annexes Upper Palatinate. May. Unsuccessful Seige of Stralsund (to July). Sept. Hapsburg victory at Wolgast (Wallenstein defeats the Danes). |
May. Upper Austria returned to Hapsburg rule. |
| 1629 | 28 June. Edict of Restitution issued.
7 July. Peace of Luebeck; Imperialists send aid to Poland. |
No significant events occur. |
| 1630 | Apr. Annaburg meeting (Saxony and Brandenburg).
6 July. Gustavus invades Germany. July. Regensburg Electoral Meeting (to Nov.) Aug. Magdeburg defies Emproer(to May 1631). 13 Aug. Wallenstein dismissed. Sept. Zabeltitz conference (Saxony and Brandenburg). 13 Oct. Peace of Regensburg. |
No significant events occur. |
| 1631 | Feb. Leipzig Assembly (to Apr.)
12 Apr. Leipzig Manifesto. 20 May. Sack of Magdeburg 22 June. Brandenburg-Swedish Alliance 4 Aug. Frankfurt convention (to Oct.) Sept. Saxony, Bremen, and Hesse-Kassel ally with Sweden. 17 Sept. Protestant victory at Breitenfeld. Nov. Swedes take Mainz (to 1636). Dec. Wallenstein recalled. |
15 Nov. Saxons take Prague (to 1632) |
| 1632 | Apr. Protestant victory at Rain; Swedes occupy Bavaria.
13 Apr. Goellersdorf agreement: Wallenstein restored to cheif command. |
No significant events occur. |
| 1633 | 23 Apr. Heilbronn League (to 1635).
July. Protestant victory at Hessich-Oldendorf; Swedish army mutinies. |
June-July. Truce in Silesia.
Aug.-Oct. Truce in Silesia Oct. Hapsburg victory at Steinau; Wallenstein reconquers Silesia. |
| 1634 | 25 Feb. Death of Wallenstein.
22 Apr. Brandenburg demands Swedish evacuation of Pomerania. 6 Sept. Hapsburg victory at Noerdlingen 1 Nov. French alliance with Heilbronn League. 24 Nov. Preliminaries of Pirna. |
July. Saxons invade Bohemia (to Sept.) |
| 1635 | Mar. Spain occupies Trier; Elector arrested (to 1645).
30 May. Peace of Pargue (Emporer and Saxony) Aug. Swedish army mutinies. 6 Sept. Brandenburg accepts Peace of Prague. |
Peasant revolt in Styria |
| 1636 | Jan. Sweden surrenders Mainz.
Mar. Emporer declares war of France. 4 Sept. Regensburg Electoral meeting (to Jan 1637) Oct. Congress of Cologne convened. 4 Oct. Protestant victory at Wittstock. 22 Dec. Ferdinand III elected King of the Romans. |
No significant events occur. |
| 1637 | Jan. Swedish army withdraws to Torgau.
15 Feb. Death of Ferdinand II; Ferdinand III succeeds. Mar. Death of Bogislav XIV of Pomerania. June. Swedish army withdraws to Pomerania (until Oct. 1638) |
15 Feb. Death of Ferdinand II; Ferdinand III succeeds. |
| 1638 | Mar. Protestant Victory at Rheinfelden.
Dec. Bernard of Saxe-Weimar takes Breisach. |
No significant events occur. |
| 1639 | Apr. Protestant victory at Chemnitz
July. Death of Bernard of Saxe-Weimar; France inherits all his conquests. |
May. Swedes invade Bohemia (to 1640)
Dutch Navy destroys fleet. |
| 1640 | Jan. Bavarian-French talks at Einsiedeln
Feb. Nuremburg Electoral Meeting Sept. Regensburg Diet (to Oct. 1641) Dec. Death of George William; Frederick William succeeds. |
No significant events occur. |
| 1641 | May. Death of Baner; Swedish army mutinies.
24 July. Brandenburg-Swedish Peace. Nov. Torstensson arrives in Swedish Army. |
No significant events occur. |
| 1642 | Jan. Peace of Goslar (emporer and Brunswick).
Swedes occupy Saxony and invade Moravia. 2 Nov. Protestant victory at the Second Battle of Breitenfeld. |
No significant events occur. |
| 1643 | Feb. Frankfurt 'Deputationstag" (to 1645)
May. Sweden invades Denmark (to 1645). Aug. Negotiations at Westphalia begin (to 1648) Nov. Hapsburg victory at Tuttlingen. |
No significant events occur. |
| 1644 | Aug. Protestant victory at Freiburg; French occupy Alsace. | No significant events occur. |
| 1645 | 6 Mar. Protestant victory at Jankov.
May. Hapsburg victory at Mergentheim. 3 Aug. Protestant victory at Allerheim; fist full meeting of Westphalian peace conference. 6 Sept. Truce of Koetzschenbroda (Saxony and Sweden). Nov. Trauttmannsdorf arrives at Westphalia (to June 1647). |
Swedish seige of Vienna. |
| 1646 | Apr. Peace of Eilenburg (Sweden and Saxony)
Sept. Franco-Imperial preliminary peace. |
No significant events occur. |
| 1647 | 14 Mar. Bavarian - French truce (to Sept.) | No significant events occur. |
| 1648 | 17 May. Protestant victory at Zusmarshausen.
6 Aug. Sweden - Imperial preliminary peace. 24 Oct. Peace of Westphalia. |
Oct. Swedish seige of Prague
24 Oct. Peace of Westphalia. |
| 1649 | Jan. Bavaria evacuated.
Apr. Imperial cities admit religous parity. |
No significant events occur. |
| 1650 | 26 June. Nuremberg Agreement of Demobilization | No significant events occur. |
Sources Used for Chronology:
Benecke, Gerhard.
Germany in the Thirty Years War. St. Martin's Press: New York.
1979.
McKay, John P., et all.
A History of World Societies. Houghton Mifflin Company: Princeton.
1996.
Parker, Geoffrey.
The Thirty Years' War. Routledge: New York. 1997.
The Thirty Years' War.
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