1629 ⟶ Cardinal Richelieu's Alliance with Sweden Against the Habsburgs
Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in ...
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🪟 Prague Officials Thrown from Castle Windows
Thirty Years' WarReligious ConflictChristianityHoly Roman EmpireHabsburgsPolitical ViolenceDiplomacy
Czech Republic⚔️ Bohemian Revolt Triggers the Thirty Years' War
The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War, which devastates Europe in the years 1618–48.⟶
Thirty Years' WarReligious ConflictHoly Roman EmpireHabsburgsChristianityWarfareMilitary HistoryPolitical Instability
Germany🏰 Siege and Capitulation of La Rochelle
Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle, which eventually capitulates.⟶
SiegeReligious WarsHuguenotsMilitary HistoryChristianityFrench Wars of Religion
France🤝 Cardinal Richelieu's Alliance with Sweden Against the Habsburgs
Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.⟶
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Sweden⚔️ Gustavus Adolphus Killed at Battle of Lützen
Battle of Lützen, death of king of Sweden Gustav II Adolf.Battle of Nördlingen (1634). The Catholic Imperial army, bolstered by professional Habsburg Spanish troops won a great victory in the battle over the combined Protestant armies of Sweden and their German allies⟶
Thirty Years' WarMilitary HistoryChristianityCatholicismHoly Roman EmpireBattleWarfareSwedish Empire
SwedenGermany⚔️ Grand Alliance Formation to Counter French Expansion
1697: The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years' War.⟶
French ExpansionismMilitary AlliancesEuropean PoliticsBalance of PowerLouis XIVWarfare
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