{"slug": "electoral-palatinate", "label": "Electoral Palatinate", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_Palatinate", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22880", "qid": "Q22880", "description": "state of the Holy Roman Empire (1085–1803)", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1140, 1744], "span_label": ["1140 CE", "1744 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "catholic-league-german", "label": "Catholic League (German)", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "conrad-iii-of-germany", "label": "Conrad III of Germany", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "germany", "label": "Germany", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "martin-luther", "label": "Martin Luther", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "heidelberg", "label": "Heidelberg", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "augustinians", "label": "Augustinians", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dutch-republic", "label": "Dutch Republic", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thirty-years-war", "label": "Thirty Years' War", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-bavaria", "label": "Duchy of Bavaria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "margraviate-of-brandenburg", "label": "Margraviate of Brandenburg", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "prussia", "label": "Prussia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1140, "year_label": "1140 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Spring – King Conrad III enfeoffs Henry II (\"Jasomirgott\"), a member of the House of Babenberg, with the County Palatine of the Rhine (belonging to the Holy Roman Empire).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367307539#Europe", "title": "1140", "revid": 1367307539, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1473, "year_label": "1473 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 6", "text": "March 6 – The original University of Trier is founded in the Electorate of the Paletine in what is now Germany, 18 years after the Pope had granted the Archbishop of Trier, Jakob von Sierck, the papal dispensation to create a university. After 365 years, the university is closed in 1798, but re-established 172 years later in 1970.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361813739#January–March", "title": "1473", "revid": 1361813739, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1518, "year_label": "1518 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 26", "text": "April 26 – Martin Luther makes the first public defense of his views at a gathering of the Roman Catholic order of Augustinians, at what becomes known as the Heidelberg Disputation at a lecture hall at Heidelberg in the Electoral Palatinate in Germany. While there, he is challenged to a theological debate by Johann Eck, the German leader of the anti-Reformation movement.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362000593#April–June", "title": "1518", "revid": 1362000593, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1610, "year_label": "1610 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 19", "text": "September 19 – Frederick V, age 14, becomes the new Prince-Elector of the Rhineland Palatinate, two days after the death of his father, Frederick IV.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361322431#July–September", "title": "1610", "revid": 1361322431, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1610, "year_label": "1610 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 24", "text": "October 24 – The War of the Jülich Succession ends as the Protestant Union (including Margraviate of Brandenburg Brandenburg and Electoral Palatinate) and the Catholic League (led by the Duchy of Bavaria) agree to withdraw their forces from Germany and to disband them by year's end.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361322431#October–December", "title": "1610", "revid": 1361322431, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1623, "year_label": "1623 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 6", "text": "August 6 – Thirty Years' War: Pursued by the army of the Catholic League (German) led by Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, the army of the Protestant Electoral Palatinate led by Christian the Younger of Brunswick attempts to flee to the Dutch Republic. Tilly's army catches Brunswick five miles from the border. In the resulting Battle of Stadtlohn, Christian's army is destroyed. This brings the Palatinate campaign to an end.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366655899#July–September", "title": "1623", "revid": 1366655899, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1744, "year_label": "1744 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 22", "text": "May 22 – The Union of Germany is proclaimed in Frankfurt Frederick II of Prussia, as articles of union are signed between Prussia, Hesse-Kassel and the Rhineland Palatinate.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370823870#April–June", "title": "1744", "revid": 1370823870, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}