Protestant Union - Key Dates

Key Dates

  • 1555: The Peace of Augsburg was signed by Charles V and Lutheran Princes. This treaty allowed Roman Catholic and Lutheran Princes the right to decide which freedom their respective state would be under. However, it did not recognize Calvinist people and so many of the Protestant people were still in danger under this new treaty.
  • 1608: Protestant Princes formed the alliance known as Protestant Union.
  • 1609: The Catholic League was created after the creation of the Protestant Union
  • 1609: Emperor Rudolph II passed the Letter of Majesty, which granted freedoms of religion to nobles.
  • 1612: Matthias became Holy Roman Emperor. However, he was childless, so he passed his crown onto his cousin, Ferdinand of Syria.
  • 1617: Ferdinand II was elected King of Bohemia and then later elected Holy Roman Emperor. Ferdinand was an absolutist ruler and was a devout Catholic, so he did not recognize Protestants to be equal.

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