{"slug": "ferdinand-ii-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_II%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q150599", "qid": "Q150599", "description": "Holy Roman Emperor", "entries": 19, "years": 16, "span": [1590, 1655], "span_label": ["1590 CE", "1655 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 6}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 5}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "thirty-years-war", "label": "Thirty Years' War", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vienna", "label": "Vienna", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "house-of-habsburg", "label": "House of Habsburg", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "philip-iii-of-spain", "label": "Philip III of Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "prague", "label": "Prague", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-bohemia", "label": "Kingdom of Bohemia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "transylvania", "label": "Transylvania", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "protestantism", "label": "Protestantism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bratislava", "label": "Bratislava", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "king-of-hungary", "label": "King of Hungary", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1590, "year_label": "1590 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 19", "text": "July 19 – The day after his 12th birthday, Ferdinand of Habsburg becomes the new Archduke of Inner Austria (Innerösterreich) upon the death, in Graz, of his father Charles II. A regency council rules in the place of Ferdinand until 1596.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369164716#July–September", "title": "1590", "revid": 1369164716, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1598, "year_label": "1598 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "September 23", "text": "September 23 – Eleonora Gonzaga, Holy Roman Empress, married to Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372769896#July–September", "title": "1598", "revid": 1372769896, "section": "Births › July–September"}}, {"year": 1601, "year_label": "1601 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 9", "text": "September 9 – The siege of Nagykanizsa, an Ottoman fortress in Hungary, is started by Archduke Ferdinand of Austria and lasts for more than two months before being abandoned.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369165918#July–September", "title": "1601", "revid": 1369165918, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1617, "year_label": "1617 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 29", "text": "July 29 – The secret Oñate treaty is signed in Vienna between representatives of King Philip III of Spain reached an agreement with the junior Habsburg branch of Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria, the heads of two different branches of the House of Habsburg. Spain's Ambassador to Austria, Íñigo Vélez de Guevara, 7th Count of Oñate signs on behalf of King Philip.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367152520#July–September", "title": "1617", "revid": 1367152520, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1617, "year_label": "1617 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 5", "text": "June 5 – Ferdinand II, Archduke of Inner Austria, is elected King of Bohemia. Ferdinand's forceful Catholic counter-reformation causes great unrest, amongst the Protestants and moderates in Bohemia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367152520#April–June", "title": "1617", "revid": 1367152520, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1618, "year_label": "1618 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 1", "text": "July 1 – Ferdinand II, a proponent of the Counter-Reformation, is crowned as King of Hungary at a meeting of the Bohemian diet at Pressburg.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365216026#July–September", "title": "1618", "revid": 1365216026, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1619, "year_label": "1619 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "August 28", "text": "August 28 – Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria and King of Bohemia, is elected Holy Roman Emperor unanimously by the prince-electors.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369562130#July–September", "title": "1619", "revid": 1369562130, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1620, "year_label": "1620 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 1", "text": "April 1 – Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor and former King of Bohemia, sends a two-month ultimatum directing King Frederick of Bohemia (who has usurped the throne in the modern-day Czech Republic) to leave Bohemia by June 1. Frederick refuses to depart his capital at Prague.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363705489#April–June", "title": "1620", "revid": 1363705489, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1620, "year_label": "1620 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 4", "text": "February 4 – Prince Bethlen Gabor secures a peace treaty with Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363705489#January–March", "title": "1620", "revid": 1363705489, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1621, "year_label": "1621 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 31", "text": "December 31 – Thirty Years' War: The Peace of Nikolsburg is signed between Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor and Gabor Bethlen, Prince of Transylvania. Bethlen agrees to renounce his claims to Hungary. In return Bethlen receives several counties and lands along the eastern border of the Holy Roman Empire, and Moravia is granted religious freedom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358440931#October–December", "title": "1621", "revid": 1358440931, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1621, "year_label": "1621 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 29", "text": "January 29 – Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, declares the Elector of the Palatinate, Frederick V, to be a traitor to the Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358440931#January–March", "title": "1621", "revid": 1358440931, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1624, "year_label": "1624 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 25", "text": "March 25 – In a ceremony, Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, renews his oath to restore Catholicism in Germany, Bohemia, Hungary and Croatia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331350573#January–March", "title": "1624", "revid": 1331350573, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1625, "year_label": "1625 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 7", "text": "April 7 – Albrecht von Wallenstein is appointed German supreme commander of the armies of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363597525#April–June", "title": "1625", "revid": 1363597525, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1626, "year_label": "1626 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 20", "text": "December 20 – Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor and Transylvanian monarch Bethlen Gabor sign the Peace of Pressburg.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367580131#October–December", "title": "1626", "revid": 1367580131, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1628, "year_label": "1628 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "April 21", "text": "April 21 – Generalissimo Albrecht von Wallenstein of the Holy Roman Empire is made Admiral of the Baltic Sea by Emperor Ferdinand II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352890088#April–June", "title": "1628", "revid": 1352890088, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1629, "year_label": "1629 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 6", "text": "March 6 – Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor issues the Edict of Restitution, ordering all Catholic properties lost to Protestantism since 1552 to be restored. The Edict further provides that Catholics and Lutherans (but not Calvinists, Hussites or members of other sects) are to be allowed to practice their faith.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365103352#January–March", "title": "1629", "revid": 1365103352, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1630, "year_label": "1630 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 13", "text": "August 13 – Thirty Years' War: As a result of heavy pressure from the Prince-electors, Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, dismisses general Albrecht von Wallenstein from command of the Imperial Army.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351974391#July–September", "title": "1630", "revid": 1351974391, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1634, "year_label": "1634 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 24", "text": "January 24 – Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a classified order dismissing Albrecht von Wallenstein, the supreme commander of the Imperial Army.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353730997#January–March", "title": "1634", "revid": 1353730997, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1655, "year_label": "1655 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 27", "text": "June 27 – Eleonora Gonzaga, Holy Roman Empress, married to Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1598)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365983750#Deaths", "title": "1655", "revid": 1365983750, "section": "Deaths"}}]}