{"slug": "maximilian-iii-archduke-of-austria", "label": "Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_III%2C_Archduke_of_Austria", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1558, 1618], "span_label": ["1558 CE", "1618 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "polishlithuanian-commonwealth", "label": "Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "vienna", "label": "Vienna", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jesuit", "label": "Jesuit", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "rudolf-ii-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sigismund-iii-vasa", "label": "Sigismund III Vasa", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jan-zamoyski", "label": "Jan Zamoyski", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1558, "year_label": "1558 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "October 12", "text": "October 12 – Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria (d. 1618)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368141988#Births", "title": "1558", "revid": 1368141988, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1587, "year_label": "1587 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 22", "text": "August 22 – A small group of nobles who oppose Sigismund Vasa as King vote to proclaim Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria, as ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, a decision supported by the Primate of Poland, Stanisław Karnkowski. The divide begins the War of the Polish Succession.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362478812#July–September", "title": "1587", "revid": 1362478812, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1588, "year_label": "1588 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 24", "text": "January 24 – War of the Polish Succession: The Battle of Pitschen takes place at Pitschen (modern Byczyna in Poland) with Polish and Lithuanian troops commanded by the Polish hetman Jan Zamoyski defending against an invading Austrian force commanded by Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria. After his army is routed, Archduke Maximilian surrenders and is taken as a prisoner of war, and will be held for more than a year until his release is compelled by the intervention of Pope Sixtus V.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362479687#January–March", "title": "1588", "revid": 1362479687, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1589, "year_label": "1589 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 9", "text": "March 9 – The Treaty of Bytom and Będzin is signed between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Austria, ending the War of the Polish Succession. Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria, renounces his claims to the thrones of Poland and Lithuania and acknowledges Sigismund III Vasa of Sweden as the heir to the throne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359971295#January–March", "title": "1589", "revid": 1359971295, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1616, "year_label": "1616 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "Jesuit astronomer Christoph Scheiner becomes the advisor to Archduke Maximilian, brother of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor in Vienna. A lifelong enemy of Galileo, following a dispute over the nature of sunspots, Scheiner is credited with reopening the 1616 accusations against Galileo in 1633.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366307823#Date_unknown", "title": "1616", "revid": 1366307823, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1618, "year_label": "1618 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 2", "text": "November 2 – Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria (b. 1558)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365216026#October–December", "title": "1618", "revid": 1365216026, "section": "Deaths › October–December"}}]}