Cologne War
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The Cologne War was a conflict between Protestant and Catholic factions that devastated the Electorate of Cologne, a historical ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire, within present-day
Destruction of Godesburg fortress during the Cologne War, 1583
Negotiating the Peace of Augsburg
Agnes von Mansfeld-Eisleben
Gebhard von Waldburg-Trauchburg, whose conversion to Protestantism, subsequent marriage, and refusal to resign from the See triggered the war
European wars of religion
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The European wars of religion were waged in Europe during the 16th, 17th and early 18th centuries. Fought after the Protestant Reformation began in 1517, the wars disrupted the religious and political
Cologne War
…Cologne War Part of the European wars of religion Destruction of Godesburg fortress during the Cologne War, 1583 Date 1583–1588 (5 years) Location Electorate of Cologne Result Roman Catholic victory…
The Battle of White Mountain (1620) in Bohemia was one of the decisive battles of the Thirty Years' War that ultimately led to the reconversion of Bohemia to Catholicism.
Rebellious peasants surrounding a knight
At the Second Battle of Kappel, Zwingli's supporters were defeated and Zwingli himself was killed.