1620 War Early modern period Czechia
Battle of White Mountain
Protestant defeat opens three centuries of Habsburg domination over Bohemia.
A shared history
European construction did not begin in 1950. This thread links the ancient inheritance, the Judeo-Christian matrix and the contemporary Union.
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Reformation and wars of religion 10 events1631 Event Early modern period San Marino
Papal recognition
The Holy See formally recognises the republic’s independence.
1632 Institution Early modern period Estonia
University of Tartu
Gustavus Adolphus founds the university that will train the Baltic’s scholarly elite.
1632 Event Early modern period Sweden
Gustavus Adolphus at Lützen
Death of the “Lion of the North”, who had made Sweden the dominant Baltic power.
1648 Treaty Early modern period Germany
Peace of Westphalia
The end of the Thirty Years’ War enshrines state sovereignty and invents modern European diplomacy.
1648 Event Early modern period Netherlands
Independence of the Netherlands recognised
The Peace of Münster confirms the United Provinces as a fully fledged European power.
1670 Event Early modern period Netherlands
Spinoza and tolerance
The Theological-Political Treatise founds historical criticism of the Bible and argues for freedom of thought.
1683 War Early modern period Austria
Siege of Vienna
The Christian coalition breaks the Ottoman offensive: the ebb begins in Central Europe.
1685 Text Early modern period Latvia
Bible in Latvian
Ernst Glück’s translation fixes the written language and spreads reading through the parishes.
1688 Event Early modern period United Kingdom
Glorious Revolution
The Bill of Rights subjects the crown to Parliament: the matrix of parliamentary government.
1700 1799
Enlightenment 2 events1710 Text Early modern period Ukraine
Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk
The Cossack text separates powers and limits the hetman: one of Europe’s oldest.
1719 Institution Early modern period Liechtenstein
Creation of the principality
Emperor Charles VI raises the two lordships into an imperial principality.