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May 21, 2024 · The treaty of October 24, 1648, comprehended the Holy Roman emperor Ferdinand III, the other German princes, France, and Sweden. England, Poland, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire were the only European powers that were not represented at the two assemblies.
- Eighty Years' War
Fighting resumed in 1621 and formed a part of the general...
- Thirty Years' War
Thirty Years’ War (1618–48), in European history, a series...
- Peace of Augsburg
Peace of Augsburg, first permanent legal basis for the...
- Eighty Years' War
3 days ago · In the October 1619 Treaty of Munich, Ferdinand transferred the Palatinate's electoral vote to Bavaria, and allowed Maximilian to annex the Upper Palatinate. Many Protestant rulers had supported Ferdinand against Frederick because they objected to deposing the legally elected king of Bohemia.
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May 20, 2024 · Ferdinand II was the fifth grand duke (granduca) of Tuscany, a patron of sciences, whose rule was subservient to Rome. He was a boy of 10 when his father, Cosimo II, died in 1621; and his grandmother, Christine of Lorraine, and his mother, Maria Magdalena of Austria, were nominated regents.
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May 10, 2024 · Ferdinand II had in 1635 secured (with his son's invaluable assistance) the Peace of Prague, which brought a modicum of nonconflict. The entry of France into the war tipped the balance against imperial forces, and the conflict once again engulfed German states.
May 16, 2024 · Although inflicting no serious injury on the victims, that act, known as the Defenestration of Prague, was a signal for the beginning of a Bohemian revolt against the Habsburg emperor Ferdinand II, which marked one of the opening phases of the Thirty Years’ War.
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May 19, 2024 · The Holy Roman Emperor, who also happened to be the head of the House of Habsburg, stripped Frederick of the Palatinate, transferred the electorate to Bavaria, and allowed the Spanish army to occupy his territories, where he died during a secret visit in 1632.
5 days ago · The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914, in Sarajevo, Bosnia, is often cited as the spark that ignited World War I. The event, which claimed the lives of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne and his wife, Duchess Sophie, set in motion a chain of events that would forever alter the course of history.
