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Defenstrations of Pargue (Continued)
Soon after the Regents admitted to forcing the King to write that letter. The 3 were then thrown out of the third floor window. Some say the men landed on a large pile of manure in a old moat and survived the fall. Although the Defenstraiton of Prague was unsuccessful in its motives at that time, it still played a roll in the Thirty Year War. -
Defenstrations of Pargue
This was actually 2 incidents, the first happened in 1419 and the second in 1618 during the 30 years war. Defenestration means to throw someone or something out of a window. On this day 4 Catholic Lord Regents met at the Bohemian Chancellory early that morning. The reason they all came together was to determin whether or not the 4 were responbile for rrersuading King Matthias to write a letter which ultimately removed the relgious freedoms that had been granted earlier. -
Battle of Pilsen
The city of Pilsen was successfully besieged and assaulted by a Bohemian Protestant army. This attack was led by General von Mansfeld. -
Ferdinand Becomes King of Bohemia
Matthias died and ferdinand automatically becomes King of Bohemia. At the same time Ferdinand was also elected Holy Roman Emperor. -
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The 30 Years War
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Battle of White Mountain
An army of over 25,000 Catholic men defeated 21,000 Bohemians and mercenaries. -
Danish Intervention
This was when Denmark became the first major European nation to formally enter the war. -
Battle of Lutter - am - Bamberg
At Lutter am Berenberge, a Catholic League army defeated the forces of Christian IV of Denmark. Both armies had over 20,000 men -
Siege and Sack of Magdeburg
Imperisalist forces besieged Magdeburg from Nov 1630 until May 20th 1631. Once the city fell the Imperial soldiers took everything too far. they begain a massacre and set fire to the city in twelve different locations. It took 14 days to clean away all of the charred bodies. -
First Battle of Breitenfeld
A Sweedish army defeated a Catholic army at the crossroads village of Breitenfeld 6km north of the walled city of Leipzig -
Battle of Lutzen
Marshal Horn led a large group of Sweedish soilders up the Rhine and occupied most of Alsace. This would later lead to a Sweedish victory -
Murrder of Wallenstein
Wallenstein was murdered in his home. A man named Devereux broke into Wallenstein's house at night and ran a "halberd" through Wallenstein -
Siege of Breda
France and the Dutch republic formed an alliance against Spain with teh objective of conquering and partitoning the Spanish Netherlands. The Spanish managed to capture the important fortress of Rheinberrg. -
Battle of Rheinfelden
This consisted of 2 battles faught in the presnet day town of Rheinfelden between a mercenary arm and an Holy Roman Empire army. The mercenaries were defeated in the first battle but managed to win the second battle -
Treaty of Westphila
The Peace of Westphalia was a series of treaties signed between MAy and October 1648. This treaty invovled:
Holy Roman Emperor
Ferdinand III
The House of Habsburg
Kingdom of France
Swedish Empire
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Treaty of Westphalia (Continued)
All the power that was taken by Ferdinand III was stripped and returned to the rulers of the imperial states.
