Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden

Timeline

December 1594. Gustavus is born in the castle of Tre Kronor, Sweden.
October 1611. Gustavus gains the Swedish throne and three wars (Kalmar War, Ingrian War and the Polish War) after his father, Charles IX's, death.
February 1612. The battle of Vittsjö against Denmark where Gustavus almost drowns.
January 1613. Gustavus negotiates peace after repulsing the Danish invasion in the Kalmar War with the status quo ante bellum. However, a ransom have to be payed for Älvsborg fortress.
February 1617. After the pressures of Gustavus siege of Pskov, he excludes Russia from the baltic sea in the Ingrian War, who cedes Ingria to Sweden.
January 1626. The battle of Wallhof where Gustavus successfully uses effective cooperation between infantry and cavalry.
July 1626. Gustavus Adolphus and his army disembark at Pillau, Prussia, during the Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629).
September 1626. Gustavus defeats a Polish force of Stanisław Koniecpolski in the battle of Gniew.
May 1627. Gustavus is shot and seriously wounded (close to dying) in the assault on Danzig.
August 1627. The King is seriously wounded in the battle of Dirschau (Tczew), after being shot twice.
June 1629. His troops meet up with imperial troops under Hans Georg von Arnim-Boitzenburg in the battle of Trzciana, and there Gustavus almost gets killed or captured twice.
September 1629. Truce of Altmark — Livonia and Estonia is ceded to Sweden as a result of Gustavus Polish wars.
May 1630 and 6 July Gustav Adolph lands in Germany to enter the Thirty Years War.
April 1631. Gustavus sieges and captures the town of Frankfurt an der Oder in the war.
July 1631. Werben, First major field-battle between Swedish and Catholic forces where Gustavus is victorious.
September 1631. At the Battle of Breitenfeld, Gustavus Adolphus decisively defeats the Catholic forces led by Tilly, even after the allied Protestant Saxon army had been routed and fled with the baggage train.
April 1632. At the Battle of Lech, Gustavus Adolphus defeats Tilly once more, and in the battle Tilly sustains a fatal wound.
May 1632. Munich yields to the Swedish army.
September 1632. Gustavus Adolphus attacks the stronghold of Alte Veste, which is under the command of Wallenstein, but is repulsed, marking the first defeat in the Thirty Years' War of the previously invincible Swedes.
November 1632. At the Battle of Lützen, Gustavus Adolphus is killed in battle, but the Swedes win the fight thanks to Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar, who assumes command and defeats Wallenstein. The Swedish war effort was kept up by generals Gustav Horn, Johan Banér, Lennart Torstenson and chancellor Axel Oxenstierna until the Peace of Westphalia.