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1 day ago · The Thirty Years' War [j] was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battle, famine, or disease, while parts of present-day Germany reported population declines of over 50%. [19]
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The Thirty Years' War was a series of wars in Europe lasting...
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The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt (Dutch: Nederlandse...
- Sack of Magdeburg
The sack of Magdeburg, also called Magdeburg's Wedding...
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Raimondo Montecuccoli (Italian pronunciation: [raiˈmondo...
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The Catholic League (Latin: Liga Catholica, German:...
- Second Breitenfeld
The Second Battle of Breitenfeld, also known as the First...
- Dutch-Portuguese War
The Dutch–Portuguese War (Dutch: Nederlands-Portugese...
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The Restoration War (Portuguese: Guerra da Restauração),...
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1 day ago · As the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) and the Manchu conquest of China (1618–1683) continued, 1618 was surpassed by 1619 (359k deaths), 1625 (443k deaths), 1627 (453k deaths), 1628 (456k deaths) and 1629 (456.8k deaths). 1629 was later surpassed by 1756 (457.5k deaths), at the start of the Seven Years' War. [1]
May 9, 2024 · English Civil Wars (1642–51), fighting that took place in the British Isles between supporters of the monarchy of Charles I (and his son and successor, Charles II) and opposing groups in each of Charles’s kingdoms, including Parliamentarians in England, Covenanters in Scotland, and Confederates in Ireland.
4 days ago · The French Wars of Religion were a series of civil wars between French Catholics and Protestants (called Huguenots) from 1562 to 1598. Between two and four million people died from violence, famine or disease directly caused by the conflict, and it severely damaged the power of the French monarchy. [1] .
2 days ago · Definition. Charles I of England (r. 1625-1649) was a Stuart king who, like his father James I of England (r. 1603-1625), viewed himself as a monarch with absolute power and a divine right to rule. His lack of compromise with Parliament led to the English Civil Wars (1642-51), his execution, and the abolition of the monarchy in 1649.
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May 9, 2024 · When the quarrel broke out between Charles I and Parliament in 1628, Bedford supported the demands of the House of Commons as embodied in the Petition of Right, and in 1629 he was arrested for his share in an opposition pamphlet but was quickly released.
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May 22, 2024 · May 26, 1653, East Sutton, near Middlestone, Kent, Eng. Subjects Of Study: monarchy. Sir Robert Filmer (born c. 1588—died May 26, 1653, East Sutton, near Middlestone, Kent, Eng.) was an English theorist who promoted an absolutist concept of kingship. Filmer was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and at Lincoln’s Inn.
