Year of War

This Incident became known as the Defenestration of Prague and was the official beginning of the Thirty Years War. Even though none of them died, having landed In a pile of manure, this Incident started a chain reaction of events that railed almost the whole of Europe for 30 old age. In 161 7 Ferdinand II Is crowned ability of Bohemia, but In 1619 the Protestants crown Frederick V to counteract Ferdinand counter-reformations.Ferdinand trades his hereditary lands and his status as an Imperial elector to Macmillan I for replete forces so put a top to Frederick in the battle of White Mountain with General Johann Testicles von public treasury leading his forces. Later that day, Frederick and his English wife, Princess Elizabeth, flee the country and become known as the Winter fairy and Queen. Later their Grandson becomes the King of Great Britain, George l. With Ferdinand in full control 36,000 Protestant families flee the country let him sell all their land for a profit.Albrecht v on Willingness becomes governor of the Kingdom of Bohemia thanks to Ferdinand and with special permissions for currency is adequate to buy 60 estates that sakes him lord of the whole of northeastern Bohemia. He then gives Ferdinand a way let on of dealing with Macmillan by raising an army on his own. For this Ferdinand makes Willingness chief of all the imperial forces. This is where the Danish King Christian IV takes a part in Northern Germany.Not only does he not necessity Catholicism near his Lutheran Baltic, England has also promised him a subsidy. Christian, being inexperienced, didnt stand a chance against work and Willingness and lost to Till at Luther in August 1626. This also pushed Christian all the way buns out of the Baltic up to Danish islands. After this Ferdinand Get the idea to issue the Edict of consequence to reclaim all Protestant land not specifically ceded in the Peace of Suburb (1555) ground up religious flames again.This causes the Swedish King Gustavo II to enter the fight in July 1630. At the akin time Willingness tries to get Till ousted and fails getting himself removed Instead and Till gains his previous post. It takes 2 years but finally Gustavo and Till come face to face and Gustavo tactics send Till running. Willingness Is reappointed and combats Gustavo, and he Is too ambitious and Ferdinand authorizes his assassination, good-bye Willingness.Now Comes the Peace of Prague In 1635 having Ferdinand make the bigger concession In that his Edict of Resolution will not go back to 1555 but rather to 1627 when all the families fled the country. That would rich person been the end of It but Span stuck Its nose In with Ferdinand so France stuck Its In with Gustavo. This caused the war to go on In a milling kind of way. In 1640 Portugal reasserted Its independence diverting Spain. Then finally in 1643 everyone finally decides they are still going the 150 delegates finally reached agreements five years later.The actual winners of the war were Sweden, which gained control of the Baltic France, which became the chief Western power the United Netherlands, which became an self-sufficient republic and the Rhine Palatinate is restored to the heir of Frederick V. severally the losers of the war were Austria and Spain, that lost their dominant political positions, and Spain that lost the Netherlands. One of the most significant concessions were that the Holy romish Emperor no longer claims to be the ruler of the German principalities and they are recognized as independent states.