{"slug": "johann-tserclaes-count-of-tilly", "label": "Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Tserclaes%2C_Count_of_Tilly", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q155534", "qid": "Q155534", "description": "field marshal who commanded the Catholic League's forces (1559-1632) in the Thirty Years' War", "entries": 16, "years": 6, "span": [1622, 1632], "span_label": ["1622 CE", "1632 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 14}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}], "also_known_as": ["Johan Tzerclaes, Count of Tilly"], "related": [{"slug": "thirty-years-war", "label": "Thirty Years' War", "shared": 13}, {"slug": "gustavus-adolphus", "label": "Gustavus Adolphus", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "catholic-league-german", "label": "Catholic League (German)", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "electoral-palatinate", "label": "Electoral Palatinate", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "magdeburg", "label": "Magdeburg", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "august", "label": "August", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "electorate-of-saxony", "label": "Electorate of Saxony", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dutch-republic", "label": "Dutch Republic", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "heidelberg", "label": "Heidelberg", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "christian-iv-of-denmark", "label": "Christian IV of Denmark", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bamberg", "label": "Bamberg", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1622, "year_label": "1622 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 27", "text": "April 27 – Thirty Years' War – Skirmish at Mingolsheim: Protestant forces under Mansfeld and Georg Friedrich of Baden-Durlach defeat the Imperial forces under Tilly. The Protestants win, but afterwards Tilly links up with a Spanish army under Gonzalo de Córdoba, greatly increasing his strength.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366857889#April–June", "title": "1622", "revid": 1366857889, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1622, "year_label": "1622 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 6", "text": "May 6 – Thirty Years' War: While waiting for the Protestant forces of Christian the Younger of Brunswick to join them, Mansfeld and Georg Friedrich of Baden-Durlach split up their forces as a diversion for the Imperial army of Tilly. Their plan fails, as Tilly manages to cut off Georg Friedrich at Wimpfen. At the ensuing Battle of Wimpfen, Georg Friedrich's army is almost completely destroyed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366857889#April–June", "title": "1622", "revid": 1366857889, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1622, "year_label": "1622 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 20", "text": "June 20 – Thirty Years' War: Imperial forces under Tilly attempt to prevent Christian the Younger of Brunswick from moving his army across the Main River, to link up with Mansfeld. At the Battle of Höchst, Tilly manages to inflict considerable casualties on the Protestant forces, as well as seizing Brunswick's baggage train. Nonetheless, the bulk of Brunswick's forces manage to unite with Mansfeld.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366857889#April–June", "title": "1622", "revid": 1366857889, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1622, "year_label": "1622 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 19", "text": "September 19 – Thirty Years' War: Heidelberg, the capital of the Electorate of the Palatinate, is taken by the Imperial army of Tilly' after a three-month siege.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366857889#July–September", "title": "1622", "revid": 1366857889, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1622, "year_label": "1622 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 2", "text": "November 2 – After a siege of 13 days, the German city of Mannheim is captured from England by a force of Spanish and Imperial Holy Roman troops led by Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366857889#October–December", "title": "1622", "revid": 1366857889, "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": 1626, "year_label": "1626 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 27", "text": "August 27 – Thirty Years' War: Battle of Lutter – Tilly defeats King Christian IV of Denmark's army.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367580131#July–September", "title": "1626", "revid": 1367580131, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1628, "year_label": "1628 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 5", "text": "May 5 – Catholic League Field Marshal Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, succeeds in taking control of the German city of Stade after a long siege. Tilly allows the remaining 3,500 Danish and English defenders safe passage out of Germany, and captures most of the Duchy of Bremen except for the city of Bremen itself, which he turns to next.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352890088#April–June", "title": "1628", "revid": 1352890088, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1631, "year_label": "1631 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 20", "text": "May 20 – Thirty Years' War: After a two-month siege, the Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Emperor, under the command of Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly sacks the Protestant German city of Magdeburg, and massacres over 20,000 inhabitants. Shocked by the massacre, many Protestant states in the Holy Roman Empire decide to ally with Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, and support his ongoing invasion.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356869091#April–June", "title": "1631", "revid": 1356869091, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1631, "year_label": "1631 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 22", "text": "July 22 – Thirty Years' War – Battle of Werben: Tilly defeats Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, but not decisively.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356869091#July–September", "title": "1631", "revid": 1356869091, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1631, "year_label": "1631 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August", "text": "August – Thirty Years' War: Running out of supplies, Tilly is forced to send his army into the Electorate of Saxony in order to secure supplies, as well as to force a reaction from John George, Elector of Saxony and Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356869091#July–September", "title": "1631", "revid": 1356869091, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1631, "year_label": "1631 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 11", "text": "September 11 – Thirty Years' War: As a result of Tilly's invasion, John George, Elector of Saxony, who has until now stayed neutral, allies with Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, in order to drive the Imperial army out of Saxony.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356869091#July–September", "title": "1631", "revid": 1356869091, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1631, "year_label": "1631 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 17", "text": "September 17 – Thirty Years' War – Battle of Breitenfeld: Tilly's Holy Roman Imperial army is decisively defeated by Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden, shattering the imperial army of the Holy Roman Empire, and marking the first significant victory for the Protestants in the war.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356869091#July–September", "title": "1631", "revid": 1356869091, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1632, "year_label": "1632 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 9", "text": "March 9 – Thirty Years' War: Battle of Bamberg – Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, commander of the Catholic League, defeats the Swedish army under Gustav Horn, and recaptures the town of Bamberg.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358528035#January–March", "title": "1632", "revid": 1358528035, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1632, "year_label": "1632 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 15", "text": "April 15 – Thirty Years' War: Battle of Rain – Gustavus Adolphus defeats Tilly's Catholic League armies for the second time within a year; Tilly is severely wounded during the battle and dies on April 30.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358528035#April–June", "title": "1632", "revid": 1358528035, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1632, "year_label": "1632 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 30", "text": "April 30 – Johan Tzerclaes, Count of Tilly, Bavarian general (b. 1559)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358528035#Deaths", "title": "1632", "revid": 1358528035, "section": "Deaths"}}]}