{"slug": "elector-of-saxony", "label": "Elector of Saxony", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elector_of_Saxony", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1464, 1745], "span_label": ["1464 CE", "1745 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "king-of-poland", "label": "King of Poland", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "augustus-ii-the-strong", "label": "Augustus II the Strong", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "russian-empire", "label": "Russian Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "peter-the-great", "label": "Peter the Great", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "denmark-norway", "label": "Denmark-Norway", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "swedish-empire", "label": "Swedish Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "augustus-iii-of-poland", "label": "Augustus III of Poland", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-saxony", "label": "Duchy of Saxony", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "leipzig", "label": "Leipzig", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "frederick-ii-elector-of-saxony", "label": "Frederick II, Elector of Saxony", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dresden", "label": "Dresden", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1464, "year_label": "1464 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 7", "text": "September 7 – At Leipzig, Ernest, Landgrave of Thuringia, 23, becomes the new Elector of Saxony upon the death of his father, Friederich II, while his younger brother Albert III, 21, succeeds his father as the new Duke of Saxony.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367795127#July–September", "title": "1464", "revid": 1367795127, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1586, "year_label": "1586 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 3", "text": "January 3 – Augustus of Wettin, the Elector of Saxony, marries Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt, the 12-year-old daughter of Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt. Augustus dies less than six weeks later.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561042#January_–_March", "title": "1586", "revid": 1369561042, "section": "January – March"}}, {"year": 1586, "year_label": "1586 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 11", "text": "February 11 – In Dresden, Christian I becomes the new Elector of Saxony, after the death of his father Augustus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561042#January_–_March", "title": "1586", "revid": 1369561042, "section": "January – March"}}, {"year": 1694, "year_label": "1694 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 27", "text": "April 27 – Frederick Augustus of Wettin, later known as \"Augustus the Strong\" and the future King of Poland, becomes the new Elector of Saxony upon the death of his 25-year-old older brother, John George IV", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353084901#April–June", "title": "1694", "revid": 1353084901, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1699, "year_label": "1699 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 22", "text": "November 22 – The Treaty of Preobrazhenskoye, negotiated by Johann Patkul, is signed at a palace of the Tsar of Russia Peter the Great, and representatives of Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony to provide for the partition of Swedish Empire between Saxony, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Kingdoms of Denmark-Norway and the Russian Empire. The attack on Sweden, which takes place on February 22, starts the Great Northern War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560904#October–December", "title": "1699", "revid": 1369560904, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1719, "year_label": "1719 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 20", "text": "August 20 – Princess Maria Josepha of Austria, at one time the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria's Habsburg Empire, marries Frederick Augustus, Elector of Saxony ten days after renouncing any claim to the Austrian throne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365415998#July–September", "title": "1719", "revid": 1365415998, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1745, "year_label": "1745 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 1", "text": "March 1 – Augustus III, the King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, declares his candidacy to become the next Holy Roman Emperor, but loses in September to Francis, Duke of Tuscany.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353016128#January–March", "title": "1745", "revid": 1353016128, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}