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| Abdication Mustafa I |  |
| Forced to abdicateby the Janissaries in favour of his nephew Osman II |
| Alliance James I |  |
| Forced to support his son-in-law, Frederick, against Austria & Spain |
| Apologia Mathias of Thurn |  |
| 24th May Hradschin Rep Protestant rebels published the Apologia, justifying the Defenstration of Prague |
| Armistice Michael |  |
| Deulino Armistice of Deulino with Poland |
| Battle of Batavia Dale, Thomas | |
| Batavia Defeats a Dutch Fleet |
| Battle of Pilsen Mansfeld |  |
| 1st Nov Pilsen German mercenary Count von Mansfield captures Pargue after 16 hours of hard fighting |
| Birth Bennett, Henry | |
| 28th July Birth of Henry Bennet |
| Birth Alamgir |  |
| 3rd Nov Ahmednagar Aurangzeb, also known as Alamgir I, ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1658 until his death, the sixth Mughal ruler after Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir, and Shah |
| 3rd Nov Donat Birth of Alamgir, 3rd son of Shah Jahan |
| Birth Aurangzeb | |
| 3rd Nov Birth of Aurangzeb |
| Capture of Fashun Nurhachi |  |
| Fushun Captures the city of Fashun, a Ming stronghold |
| Capture of Krummau Mathias of Thurn | |
| Krummau Rep The hostilities of the Thirty Years War begin |
| Capture of Pilsen Mansfeld | |
| 21st Nov Pilsen A mercenary force of 20,000 takes Pilsen for the Protestants |
| Chancellor Bacon, Francis | |
| 7th Jan London Appointed Chancellor of England |
| Constitution James VI |  |
| Edinburgh Bans the General Assembly because it resists his religious reforms |
| Coronation Ferdinand II |  |
| Crowned King of Hungary, 1618-1625 |
| Coup d'Etat Osman II | |
| Osman II succeeds his uncle Mustafa I |
| Death James I | |
| London Has Sir Walter Raliegh executed for conspiring against him |
| Death Raliegh, Walter | |
| 29th Oct Tower of London Executed for failing to keep to his promise & not clash with the Spanish |
| Declaration of War Mathias of Thurn | |
| Krummau Rep The hostilities of the Thirty Years War begin |
| Declaration of War James I | |
| His son-in-law succeeds as King of Bohemia leading to war with the Habsburg monarchy |
| Defenestration Prague Ferdinand II | |
| May Sends two Catholic councillors (Wilhelm Grav Slavata and Jaroslav Borzita Graf Von Martinicz) as his representatives to Hradcany castle, the Bohemian Calvinists throw them out of the window |
| May The defenestration, known as the Second Defenestration of Prague, starts the Bohemian Revolt |
| Defenestration Prague Mathias of Thurn | |
| 22nd May Hradschin Rep Councillor's Martinitz & Slawata are thrown out of the windows of Hradschin castle |
| 22nd May Prague Rep After the defenestration a provisional Government is formed under Count Mathias |
| 24th May Hradschin Rep Protestant rebels publish the Apologia, justifying the Defenstration of Prague |
| Execution of Raliegh James I | |
| London Has Sir Walter Raliegh executed for conspiring against him |
| Execution of Raliegh Raliegh, Walter | |
| 29th Oct Tower of London Executed for failing to keep to his promise & not clash with the Spanish |
| Exile of Richelieu Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis de |  |
| Avignon Goes into exile in Avignon |
| Government Mathias of Thurn | |
| 22nd May Protestant rebels throw Habsburg officials from the window of the Castle Hradshin |
| Invasion of China Nurhachi | |
| With the aid of the Khalka Mongols invades China & overruns part of Chinese Manchuria |
| Invades China & overruns part of Chinese Manchuria with the aid of the Khalka Mongols |
| Lord Chancellor Bacon, Francis | |
| 8th Jan Appointed Lord Chancellor |
| Peerage Cavendish, William | |
| Created Earl Devonshire, 1st |
| Peerage Rich I | |
| Warwick Created Earl Warwick |
| Peerage John Sigismund | |
| Brandenburg Becomes the Duke of Prussia |
| Protestant Assembly Matthias | |
| 21st Mar Matthias orders the Protestant assembly to dissolve |
| 18th May Prague The Protestant Bohemians assemble at Prague in defiance of the royal command to dissolve |
| 22nd May Bomemia The radical Bohemian Protestants meet secretly and decide to act against the Habsburg regents |
| Publication James I | |
| Publishes a book stating which games can be played after Church on Sundays |
| Rebellion Ferdinand II | |
| May Bohemia Rep The defenestration, known as the Second Defenestration of Prague, starts the Bohemian Revolt |
| Rebellion Matthias | |
| 22nd May Bomemia The radical Bohemian Protestants meet secretly and decide to act against the Habsburg regents |
| Rebellion Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von | |
| Wallenstein supports the Catholic Emperor Ferdinand during the rebellion of Protestants |
| Reform James VI | |
| Perth Introduces the Five Articles of Perth but there is much resistance to them |
| Siege of Moscow Michael | |
| Moscow The Poles attack the city of Moscow |
| Succession Ferdinand II |  |
| Succeeds as King of Hungary, 1618-1625 |
| Succession Matthias | |
| Succeeds as Holy Roman Emperor |
| Succession Bethlen of Transylvania | |
| Elected successor to Gabor Bathory at the beginning of the Thirty Years War |
| Succession Murad IV | |
| Succeeds as Sultan of Turkey |
| Succession Osman II | |
| Succeeds as Sultan of Turkey |
| Unification Nurhachi, Kao Huang-Ti | |
| Unites the Juchen tribes into a Manchu State |
