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Introduction
I choose to do the 30-year wars because I wanted to learn a new part of history i did not know about. -
Defenestration of Prague
In 1618, Ferdinand II became king of Bohemia. A Revolt against Ferdinand occurred and protestants threw his Catholic representatives out the windows of castle Hradshin. This is what began the war -
Battle of Zablati
The battle of Zablati was fought between the Roman Catholic Imperial Army led by Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy and the Protestant army of Ernst von Mansfeld. Mansfeld was defeated and losing 1,500 soldiers and his baggage train. The Bohemians lifted the siege of Budejovice. -
Battle of White Mountain
Christian of Anhalt leads an army of 15,000 soldiers of Bohemians and mercenaries to battle the armies of Ferdinand II, who is the Holy Roman Emperor led by Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy and the German Catholic League under Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly. Christian of Anhalt was defeated by Charles at White Mountain. -
Peace of Mikulov
The Peace of Mikulov was a treaty signed by Prince Gabriel Bethlen of Transylvania and Emperor Ferdinand II of the Holy Roman Empire. Nikolaus Esterhazy de Galantha was one of the treaty's chief negotiators. -
Naval battle of Saint-Martin-de-Re
The Huguenot fleet of Le Rochelle under Jean Guiton battled the Royal fleet under Charles de Guise. The Huguenots only had 56 small warships and the Royal fleet had 72 warships. The French Protestant Huguenots had a major loss to the Royal Fleet and the battle last only 2 hours. -
Battle of Stadtlohn
The army of Christian of Brunswick fought the army of the Catholic League who was led by Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly. Christain had an army of 15,000 soldiers and Johann had around 25,000 soldiers. Christian suffered a loss and as retreating, Johann killed around 6,000 and captured 4,000 soldiers. Christian escaped with 2,000 soldiers and Johann only had 1,000 casualties. -
Battle of Dessau Bridge
Ernst Von Mansfeld attempted to cross the Dessau Bridge to attack the headquarters of the Imperial Army in Magdeburg, Germany. The German forces of Albrecht von Wallenstein defeated the Protestant forces of Ernst von Mansfeld. Ernst had 12,000 soldiers, but lost 4,000 in battle. Albrecht had 20,000 soldiers and lost 2,000 in the battle. -
Battle of Wolgast
Danish army led by Christian IV of Denmark battled against the Imperial army led by Albrecht von Wallenstein. Christian IV lost to Wallenstein losing 1,000 men and getting 600 capture and another 500 were forced to surrender. The rest of Christian army retreated. -
Treaty of Lubeck
The Treaty of Lubeck stopped the Danish intervention. The treaty was signed by Albrecht von Wallenstein and Christian IV of Denmark. -
Treaty of Barwalde
The Treaty of Barwalde help bring an alliance between the Swedish Empire and the Kingdom of France. The treaty says Swedish will maintain 36,000 soldiers and having France send 400,000 Reichsthalers to fund the Swedish army -
First Battle of Breitenfeld
The Battle of Breitenfeld was the first big win for the Protestants. The battle made Sweden's Gustavus Adolphus of the House of Vasa named the great tactical leader and help many German states to help Sweden against the German Catholic League. -
Battle of Lutzen
The Battle of Lutzen was a victory for the Protestants. During the battle, the Protestant did take a loss by losing one of their most important leaders, the Swedish King Gustav II Adolf. -
Battle of Nordlingen
The Roman Catholic Imperial army and the Spanish and Italian soldiers defeated the combined Protestant armies of Sweden and German allies. -
Peace of Prague
The Peace of Prague was signed by the Habsburg Emperor Ferdinand II and elector John George I of Saxony. This ended the Civil war for the Empire. -
Battle of Wittstock
The Battle of Wittstock was fought by the Swedish-allied army led by Johan Baner and Alexander Leslie and the Imperial-Saxon army who was led by Count Melchior von Hatzfeld and Saxon Elector John George I. The Swedish army won against the Imperial Saxon army. -
Second Battle of Breitenfeld
The Second Battle of Breitenfeld was fought by the Swedish army who was commanded by Field Marshal Lennart Torstenson over the Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Empire commanded by Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria. Field Marshal's Swedish army won against Archduke Leopold's Imperial army. -
Battle of Rocroi
The French were led by Duc d'Enghien fought the Spanish army led by Francisco de Melo. The French won against the Spanish army. The French lost 4,000 soldiers and the Spanish lost 15,000. -
Peace of Westphalia
The Treaty was negotiated from 1644 to 1648. on January 30, 1648, the Spanish-Dutch signed the treaty. On October 24, 1648, the Holy Roman emperor Ferdinand III, France, Sweden, England, Poland, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire signed and ended the 30 year war. -
Battle of Zusmarshausen
This battle was fought between the Holy Roman Empire who went against Sweden and France. The French and Sweden won against the Holy Roman Empire. -
Battle of Prague
The Battle of Prague was the last battle fought in the 30 Years Wars. The battle was fought by Sweden army who was led by Hans Christoff von Konigsmarck against the Prague castle. The Swedish attacked the city but never took it because the Peace treaty was being signed and retreated
