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.