Thirty Years´ War

By Mafer Pérez

  • Ferdinand of Stryria became king of Bohemia

    After his cousin, Matthew I, died, he ascends the throne and establishes that Bohemia will became Catholic, which was permitted by the Peace of Augsburg treaty, that allowed every ruler to chose its territory religion. After this claim, the people, mainly Protestant, got angry.

  • Second Defenestration of Prague

    The citizens of Bohemia were angry about the imposition of Catholisism since the majority of them were Protestants, so, for expressing their inconformity, they threw Ferdinand´s representatives from a third-story window.

  • The Bohemia´s civil war starts

    Ferdinand reunites an army in order to fight the Protestants. Bohemia was supported by the Palatinate and Transylvania while was economically aided by the Netherlands. Also, Spain and its territories were their allies.
    Leaders of Bohemian rebels: Heinrich III and Federick V
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    The Bohemian Phase

  • Ferdinand becames Holy Roman Emperor

  • The Battle of White Mountain

    The Catholic forces, led by the count of Tilly, Johann Tserclaes, won this decisive battle.

  • Conquest of the Palantinate

    A year after this event, most of the Protestant forces were pushed out of the Holy Roman Empire. Some time later, Spain stop helping the Catholics in order to get focused in the 80 Years´ War they were fighting against the Netherlands.

  • King Christian´s Intervention

    Since the king Christian, from Denmark, was concerned about the Protestants, he decided to intervene against the count of Tilly, resulting this, a very poor conflict which makes him return to Denmark.

  • France and Denmark´s alliance

    Even though France was a Catholic country, it agreed supporting Denmark economically during the war, however, it was forced to stop the help because of its internal revolteds.
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    The Danisch Phase

  • Treaty of Lübeck

    Christian IV sign this treaty, which established that, while he maintains hiself out of the affairs of the Empire, he can keep his territories.

  • Gustav II´s Intervention

    Since Gustav II, from Swedish, was worrried about the powerful Catholic Empire surrounding his country, he decided to intervene, with economic help from France too, by invading Pomerania and fighting against the Emperor with the Brandenburg-prussia and
    Saxony´s support.
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    The Swedish Phase

  • The Battle of Rain

    A battle between the count of Tilly forces and the Swedish-saxon army, which end with Tilly´s dead and the win of the Swedish. The following years were full of belic conflicts for the Swedishs.

  • The Peace of Prague

    This treaty established that the Protestant states within the Holy Roman Empire were going to make peace and just leave Sweden fight alone against the Emperor in Spanish.

  • France declares war

    Since France monarch, Louis XIII, believed his neighbour countries have became stronger, he decided to declare the war to Spain in 1630 and to the Holy Roman Empire in 1636.
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    The French Phase

  • Lots of intense fightings...

    happened between 1636 to 1640
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    Peace treaties negociations started

    After so many years of continuous war, all the countries were exhausted, so the negociations for peace treaties strated between the territories involved in the conflicts. The Peace of Westphalia is include on these.

  • Reference

    History Matters. (September 30, 2018). Ten Minute History - The Thirty Years' War (Short Documentary). Youtube. Retrieved from:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBLVzdvp8qE