Passion week timeline

  • Battle of Sablat

    Battle of Sablat
    The Roman Catholic Imperial Army fought a Protestant army. The Romans intercepted the Protestant army as they were going to reinforce allies. The Protestants lost 1,500 infatry and had to retreat.
    An effect was the bohemian period of the 3rd years war.
  • Battle of White Mountain

    Battle of White Mountain
    30,000 Bohemians marched against 27,000 men of Ferdinand 2nd. The Bohemians loss ended their era in the war. An effect was it marked the end of the bohemian war.
  • Peace of Nikolsburg

    Peace of Nikolsburg
    Prince of Transylvania signed the peace treaty with Ferdinand 2nd in order to stop the massacre is Germany.
  • Naval battle of Saint Martin de Re

    Naval battle of Saint Martin de Re
    The French Protestant Huguenots suffered a giant loss against the Royal fleet of France. As many of 20,000 cannon shots were fired and the battle only lasted 2 hours.The effect that this had was that it started the Battle of Stadtlohn
  • Battle of Stadtlohn

    Battle of Stadtlohn
    The Protestant army led by Christian of Brunswick was intercepted about 5 miles away from the Dutch border by the Count of Tilly. With news of the outcome reaching Frederick V of the Palatinate, the king was forced to sign an armistice with Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II, ending the 'Palatine Phase' of the Thirty Years' War. Peace would be short-lived and in 1624 England, France, etc.
  • Battle of Dessau Bridge

    Battle of Dessau Bridge
    The Imperial Roman Catholics under Albrecht Wallenstein defeated the Protestant army under Ernst Mansfeld. Effective battle of the thirty year wars.
  • Battle of Wolgast

    Battle of Wolgast
    Danish forces under Christian was once again defeated by Wallenstein. Christians 7,000 men were flanked by Wallensteins. Significant battle in the 30 years of war
  • Treaty of Lubeck

    Treaty of Lubeck
    Christian of Denmark signed a peace treaty with Wallenstein. Denmark was given back to Christian after he paid the Imperials. The treaty marked a turning point in Denmark's status, reduced from that of a major European power to a politically insignificant state.
  • Treaty of Barwalde

    Treaty of Barwalde
    This Treaty brought peace between the Swedish and the French. The Swedish and the French made an alliance to fight the Imperials. Another battle in the 30 year war, It made sweden have only 36,000 troops and no more
  • First Battle of Breitenfeld

    First Battle of Breitenfeld
    The Protestansts under Gustavus defeated the Catholic League under Tilly. This is the first major victory for the Protestants.
  • Battle of Lutzen

    Battle of Lutzen
    One of the most deccisive battles of the Thirty Years War. In this Swedish Protestant victory, one of the most important people for the Protestant was killed, Gustavus Adolphus. His death sent confusion throught out the Protestant campaign. The battle cost a lot of life, it was affecting them a lot.
  • Battle of Nordlingen

    Battle of Nordlingen
    The Roman Catholic Imperial army was reinforced by the Spanish and the Italian. Together they crushed the Protestant armies of Sweden and the German-Protestant allies. The battle was one of the most crushing defeats Protestants ever suffered. With their reduced and many German principalities refusing aid, the Swedes withdrew to Northern Germany where they remained inactive for several years.
  • Peace of Prague

    Peace of Prague
    This Treaty was signed between Ferdinand 2nd and Electorate of Saxony who represented most of the states in the Holy Roman Empire. This ended the civil war in the Thirty Years War for the Empire.
  • Battle of Wittstock

    Battle of Wittstock
    The Swedish Protestants with the help of a Swedish Count and Scottish professional soldiers defeated the combined. Affected export of copper and Iron.
  • Second Battle of Breitenfeld

    Second Battle of Breitenfeld
    the Protestant forces led by Lennart Torstenson fought the Roman Empire army led by Archduke Leopold Wilhelm and defeated them. The Empire lost around 15,000 casualties and had 5,000 soldiers captured.The effect was so much life was lost for both sides.
  • Battle of Rocroi

    Battle of Rocroi
    The French army defeated the Spanish army. The Spanish lost about 15,000 men and the French lost around 4,000.The battle was an important propaganda victory for Mazarin and Enghien, the future "Great Condé" and represented a weakening of the besieged Spanish Low Countries
  • Peace of Westphalia

    Peace of Westphalia
    This Peace Treay was actually a series of peace treaties that eventually ended the Thirty Years War in the Holy Roman Empire. It also ended the Eighty Years War between Spain and the Dutch Republic. The Treaty was signed between the Holy Roman Empire, House of Habsburg, Spain, France, Dutch, and Sweden.
  • Battle of Zusmarshausen

    Battle of Zusmarshausen
    The Swedish and the French fought the Holy Roman Empire and won. The Empire only had 18,000 men while the Swedish and the French had around 30,000 strong. One of the last batteles fought in the 30 years of War
  • Battle of Prague

    Battle of Prague
    The Swedes took the Prague castle. The Swedes tried to take the Old Town but were repulsed on the Charles Bridge. Three Swedish armies were combined and they all attacked the city. The Swedes never took the city because they got word of the Peace Treaty being signed and retreated. With the Bohemian army destroyed, Tilly entered Prague and the revolt collapsed. King Frederick with his wife Elizabeth fled the country , and many Bohemians welcomed the restoration