summary of 30 year war first 13 years

 part one- summary of 30 year war first 13 years 

the 30 year war in 1600's

summary: 400 years ago in the year 1618 a war started that would last 30 years until 1648

christians in bohemia revolted against the pope and "protested" catholic religious system. even the swedish phase was for religion as explained.

this war was battled in the areas around the southern coast of baltic sea.

1 bohemia 1618-1625

catholic authority closed a church for different ideas. also destroyed a second church. thurn-p led a revolt that started in Prague.

sides p=protestant, c=catholic

may 23, 1618, two governers "survived a fall from a high window fifty feet/16 meters" claiming rebels threw them out the window. later, in a long battle, mansfeld-p and his troops  defeated the "holy" imperial-c troops.

1619 thurn-p led troops to attack vienna but turned away to help the troops in bohemia. he tried again but imperial-c caused retreat. maximilian-c led troops to subdue the austrian areas which were mostly protestant. spain-c also sent troops that battled in that area until a surrendr with a treaty in 1620.

max'-c with troops won a battle [white mt' nov. 1620.] they subjugated bohemians [under pope]  and killed the rebel leaders and forbade protestantism in all bohema. catholics responded to the prot'-reformation with a violent counter-reformation in silesia which was ore violent in some places.

max'-c with allies won another battle conquering more.

april 1622 mans'-p won battle wiesloch against tilly-c but infollowing months tilly-c won 2 battles.

in 1626 wallenstein-c led "holy" imperial-c army and defeated mans'-p by bridge of dessau. m' fled but died.  w' used robbery for supplies. later in august tilly-c won another battle at lutter, brunswick, against prot' king of denmark.

in 1627, wa'-c conquered holstein jutland [denmark peninsula] and more.

in 1628 siege for ten weeks until w' left due to defenders. 

march 1629, wa'-c led troops to brutally end sects which differed from catholic faith. in may denmark-p surrendered and compromise dividing land. reltives of swedish king lost land... see below.

1630 even catholics complained "terrible extortion" of w' for his army. emperor dismissed w' and a large part of amy.

SWEDISH phase:

july 1630 swedish king landed troops on the coast pomerania [south edge of baltic]. he claimed he was helping the victims meaning the oppressed protestants. [this was also religous refuting page 431 by page 434 in addition to his relatives].

sweden ruled both sides of baltic [west and east coasts] and made alliance with france.

sw'-p defeated "holy" imperial troops-c who retreated from pomerania so sw' controlled more of baltic coast. sw' also conquered frankfurt and in negotiations got more.

1631