Bohemia’s new government, formed of Protestant nobility …
Years: 1618 - 1618
September
Bohemia’s new government, formed of Protestant nobility and gentry, has given German military commander Ernst von Mansfeld the command over all of its forces.
Catholic nobles and priests have meanwhile started to flee the country.
Some of the monasteries as well as unfortified manors are evacuated and the Catholic refugees head for the city of Pilsen, where they think that a successful defense can be organized.
The city is well-prepared for a lengthy siege, but the defenses are undermanned and the defenders lack enough gunpowder for their artillery.
Mansfeld decides to capture the city before the Catholics are able to gain support from the outside.
This engagement, the first major battle of the Thirty Years' War, begins on September 19; the Protestant victory and subsequent capture of the city is to spark the Bohemian Revolt.
Locations
People
Groups
- Passau, Bishopric of
- Eichstätt, Prince-Bishopric of
- Mainz, Electoral Archbishopric of
- Augsburg, Prince-Bishopric of
- Speyer, Prince-Bishopric of
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Constance, Bishopric of
- Austria, Archduchy of
- Würzburg, Bishopric of
- Trier, Electoral Archbishop of
- Ulm, Free Imperial City of
- Bohemia, Kingdom of
- Kempten in the Allgäu, Imperial Ducal Abbey (Free City) of
- Nuremberg, Free Imperial City of
- Strasbourg, Imperial Free City of
- Salzburg, Archbishopric of
- Cologne, Electorate of
- Palatinate, Electoral (Wittelsbach)
- Worms, Bishopric of
- Brandenburg, (Hohenzollern) Margravate of
- Württemberg, Duchy of
- Regensburg (Ratisbon), Imperial Free City of
- Palatinate-Neuburg
- Bavaria, Wittelsbach Duchy of
- Baden-Durlach, Margravate of
- Protestantism
- Hungary, Royal
- Hungary, Kingdom of
- Baden-Rodenheim, Margravate of
- Anhalt-Köthen, Principality of
- Anhalt-Zerbst, Principality of
- Anhalt-Plotzkau, Principality of
- Anhalt-Dessau, Principality of
- Anhalt-Bernburg, Principality of
- Protestant League (League of Evangelical Union)
- Catholic League, the (German)
- Habsburg Monarchy, or Empire
Topics
- Protestant Reformation
- Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival)
- Bohemian-Palatine War
- Thirty Years' War
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Years: 1618 - 1618
September
Locations
People
Groups
- Passau, Bishopric of
- Eichstätt, Prince-Bishopric of
- Mainz, Electoral Archbishopric of
- Augsburg, Prince-Bishopric of
- Speyer, Prince-Bishopric of
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Constance, Bishopric of
- Austria, Archduchy of
- Würzburg, Bishopric of
- Trier, Electoral Archbishop of
- Ulm, Free Imperial City of
- Bohemia, Kingdom of
- Kempten in the Allgäu, Imperial Ducal Abbey (Free City) of
- Nuremberg, Free Imperial City of
- Strasbourg, Imperial Free City of
- Salzburg, Archbishopric of
- Cologne, Electorate of
- Palatinate, Electoral (Wittelsbach)
- Worms, Bishopric of
- Brandenburg, (Hohenzollern) Margravate of
- Württemberg, Duchy of
- Regensburg (Ratisbon), Imperial Free City of
- Palatinate-Neuburg
- Bavaria, Wittelsbach Duchy of
- Baden-Durlach, Margravate of
- Protestantism
- Hungary, Royal
- Hungary, Kingdom of
- Baden-Rodenheim, Margravate of
- Anhalt-Köthen, Principality of
- Anhalt-Zerbst, Principality of
- Anhalt-Plotzkau, Principality of
- Anhalt-Dessau, Principality of
- Anhalt-Bernburg, Principality of
- Protestant League (League of Evangelical Union)
- Catholic League, the (German)
- Habsburg Monarchy, or Empire
Topics
- Protestant Reformation
- Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival)
- Bohemian-Palatine War
- Thirty Years' War
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions