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| 1617 | Election |  |
| Ferdinand is elected by the Bohemian Estates to become the Crown Prince, and automatically upon the death of Matthias , the next King of Bohemia |
| 1617 | Succession | |
| Ferdinand is elected by the Bohemian Estates to become the Crown Prince, and automatically upon the death of Matthias , the next King of Bohemia |
| Bohemia Rep Succeeds as King of Bohemia, 1st reign |
| 1618 | Defenestration Prague | |
| 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 |
| 1618 | Rebellion | |
| May Bohemia Rep The defenestration, known as the Second Defenestration of Prague, starts the Bohemian Revolt |
| 1619 | Abdication | |
| Prague Rep Deposed by the Protestant Diet of Bohemia |
| 1619 | Battle of Sablat | |
| 10th June Sablat Rep Count Bucquoy, commander of the Imperial army, defeats the forces the Protestant Union led by Count Mansfeld at Sablat cutting off Count Thurn's from Prague & forcing him to abandon Vienna |
| 1619 | Death | |
| Death of Mathias , Matthias Holy Roman Emperor and the King of Bohemia, dies without descendants his lands go to his nearest male relative, his cousin Ferdinand of Styria |
| The Hussite Bohemians prefer the Protestant Frederick V, elector of the Palatinate, successor of Frederick IV, creator of the League of Evangelical Union |
| 1619 | Rebellion | |
| Bohemia Rep Ferdinand wants to restore Catholicism to his lands making him highly unpopular in the primarily Hussite Bohemia & provoking the Thirty Years War |
| May Bohemia Rep The Bohemians, desperate for allies against the Emperor, apply to be admitted into the Protestant Union which was led by their original candidate for the Bohemian throne, the Calvinist Frederick V, Elector Palatine |
| 1619 | Rule of Bohemia | |
| 19th Aug Bohemia Rep The Estates of Bohemia, Lusatia, Moravia and Silesia declare Ferdinand deposed as their King |
| 1619 | Rule of Lusatia | |
| 19th Aug Lusatia Rep The Estates of Bohemia, Lusatia, Moravia and Silesia declare Ferdinand deposed as their King |
| 1619 | Rule of Moravia | |
| 19th Aug Moravia Rep The Estates of Bohemia, Lusatia, Moravia and Silesia declare Ferdinand deposed as their King |
| 1619 | Rule of Silesia | |
| 19th Aug Silesia Rep The Estates of Bohemia, Lusatia, Moravia and Silesia declare Ferdinand deposed as their King |
| 1619 | Succession | |
| 17th Aug Ferdinand is officially deposed as King of Bohemia and is replaced by the Palatine Elector Frederick V |
| 1620 | Battle of Main | |
| 8th Nov Main Rep Fights alongside the Catholic League & Spain against the Protestants |
| 8th Nov Main Rep Overthrows Frederick V to regain the throne & drive Protestantism out of Bohemia |
| 1620 | Reform | |
| 8th Nov Bohemia Rep Restores Protestantism in Bohemia after victory at the battle of Main |
| 1620 | Succession | |
| Bohemia Rep Succeeds as King of Bohemia, 2nd reign |
