The Hapsbourgs and The 30 Year War

  • 1740 BCE

    Maria Theresa becomes Empress

    Maria Theresa becomes Empress and married someone, but she is the ruler.
    Her youngest daughter became Marie Antonitte of France
  • The Hapsbourgs have problems
    1739 BCE

    The Hapsbourgs have problems

    There is no son to take over the throne! Charles VI had no living son, but a daughter: Maria Theresa
  • End of War!
    1648 BCE

    End of War!

    Peace treaty of Westphalia: Nobody is happy, because nobody won and they lose many resources, but they ended the war.
  • But...Who won?
    1648 BCE

    But...Who won?

    France won! France gain territory through out the battles. It was the country who actually had a "reward" from the war.
  • 1643 BCE

    New people in France's Goverment

    Louis XIII dies, and the HABSBURG princess Anne of Austria becomes regent (while Cardinal Mazarin succeeds Richelieu), but France’s anti-Habsburg policy remains unchanged; peace talks begin in Westphalian cities of Münster & Osnabrück.
  • Collapse of Spanish military power as Catalonia and Portugal revolt.
    1640 BCE

    Collapse of Spanish military power as Catalonia and Portugal revolt.

  • Peace of Prague
    1635 BCE

    Peace of Prague

    The Peace of Prague: Ferdinand II greatly weakens terms of Edict of Restitution to achieve reconciliation with the Protestant Electors of Saxony & Brandenburg.  Thereafter the war basically pits Austria and Spain against France and Sweden, but it continues to be fought on German soil.
  • Period: 1620 BCE to 1645 BCE

    Many different Battles

  • 1619 BCE

    Start of the War

    The Catholics and king Ferdinand ll sought aid from catholic kingdoms like France and Spain, and the Protestants sought aid to Protestant kingdoms: Great Britain, Dutch Republic, and Denmark
  • Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand ll
    1618 BCE

    Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand ll

    Ferdinand ll wanted that all Protestants in his land turned to Catholics. In return, the Protestants throwed his nobles through a window.