{"slug": "electorate-of-cologne", "label": "Electorate of Cologne", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electorate_of_Cologne", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7904317", "qid": "Q7904317", "description": "secular dominion of the Archbishops of Cologne", "entries": 10, "years": 9, "span": [970, 1672], "span_label": ["970 CE", "1672 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "cologne", "label": "Cologne", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "duchy-of-limburg", "label": "Duchy of Limburg", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "sweden", "label": "Sweden", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-france", "label": "Kingdom of France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thirty-years-war", "label": "Thirty Years' War", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "netherlands", "label": "Netherlands", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alexander-farnese-duke-of-parma", "label": "Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-the-bold", "label": "Charles the Bold", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "calvinism", "label": "Calvinism", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 970, "year_label": "970 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Heribert, archbishop of Cologne (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365261460#Births", "title": "970", "revid": 1365261460, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1021, "year_label": "1021 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 16", "text": "March 16 – Heribert, archbishop of Cologne (b. c. 970)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342212958#Deaths", "title": "1021", "revid": 1342212958, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1288, "year_label": "1288 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 5", "text": "June 5 – War of the Limburg Succession – Battle of Worringen: Brabantian forces under Duke John I defeat the coalition army of Cologne, Luxemburg, and Nassau at Worringen (in a struggle to conquer the Duchy of Limburg). John liberates the city of Cologne from rule by the Electorate of Cologne, which has previously been one of the major ecclesiastical principalities of the Holy Roman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367964096#Europe", "title": "1288", "revid": 1367964096, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1474, "year_label": "1474 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 14", "text": "May 14 – Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy, begins peace talks with rebels in the Electorate of Cologne in hopes of bringing an agreement that would make the Electorate a protectorate of Burgundy. The talks fail to get a result and Charles begins a war against Colognian cities a month later.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364765261#April–June", "title": "1474", "revid": 1364765261, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1583, "year_label": "1583 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 4", "text": "February 4 – Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, newly converted to Calvinism, formally marries Agnes von Mansfeld-Eisleben, a former canoness of Gerresheim, while retaining his position as Archbishop-Elector of Cologne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363312090#January–March", "title": "1583", "revid": 1363312090, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1583, "year_label": "1583 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 22", "text": "May 22 – Ernest of Bavaria is elected as Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cologne, in opposition to Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg. The opposition rapidly turns into armed struggle, the Cologne War within the Electorate of Cologne, beginning with the Destruction of the Oberstift.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363312090#April–June", "title": "1583", "revid": 1363312090, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1586, "year_label": "1586 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 13", "text": "August 13 – In Germany, near Köln, the siege of Rheinberg by Spanish Army commander Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma begins and is ultimately won by Spain, despite a defense by the Electorate of Cologne as well as Dutch and English troops.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561042#July_–_September", "title": "1586", "revid": 1369561042, "section": "July – September"}}, {"year": 1588, "year_label": "1588 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 13", "text": "September 13 – Dutch General Charles III de Croÿ captures the German city of Bonn in the Electorate of Cologne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362479687#July–September", "title": "1588", "revid": 1362479687, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1647, "year_label": "1647 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 14", "text": "March 14 – Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358071698#January–March", "title": "1647", "revid": 1358071698, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1672, "year_label": "1672 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 1", "text": "June 1 – Münster and Cologne begin their invasion of the Dutch Republic; hence 1672 becomes known as het rampjaar (\"the disaster year\") in the Netherlands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365992116#April–June", "title": "1672", "revid": 1365992116, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}