{"slug": "protestant-union", "label": "Protestant Union", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_Union", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q527814", "qid": "Q527814", "description": "coalition of Protestant German states formed on May 14, 1608 by Frederick IV, Elector Palatine and dissolved in 1621.", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1607, 1621], "span_label": ["1607 CE", "1621 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Treaty of Ulm (1620)"], "related": [{"slug": "catholic-league-german", "label": "Catholic League (German)", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "maximilian-i-elector-of-bavaria", "label": "Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "munich", "label": "Munich", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "augsburg", "label": "Augsburg", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "regensburg", "label": "Regensburg", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "wurzburg", "label": "Würzburg", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "konstanz", "label": "Konstanz", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-bavaria", "label": "Duchy of Bavaria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "margraviate-of-brandenburg", "label": "Margraviate of Brandenburg", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "electoral-palatinate", "label": "Electoral Palatinate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "rudolf-ii-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1607, "year_label": "1607 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 3", "text": "August 3 – After Catholics and Protestants clash in Donauwörth, emperor Rudolph II declares an imperial ban over the city and orders Bavarian duke Maximilian I to execute the ban leading to the occupation of the city by a force of 15,000 in December. This in turn leads to the creation of the Protestant Union in 1608.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358831090#July–September", "title": "1607", "revid": 1358831090, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1608, "year_label": "1608 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 14", "text": "May 14 – The Protestant Union is founded in Auhausen.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352783723#April–June", "title": "1608", "revid": 1352783723, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1609, "year_label": "1609 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 25", "text": "March 25 – Johann Wilhelm, the Roman Catholic Duke of the United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg in Germany, dies at the capital in Düsseldorf with no heirs. On April 2, his widow, Duchess Antoinette of Lorraine establishes a regency to determine who the successor will be, prompting the War of the Jülich Succession between the states of the Protestant Union and the states of the Catholic League.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365588617#January–March", "title": "1609", "revid": 1365588617, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1609, "year_label": "1609 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 10", "text": "July 10 – The German Catholic League is formed in Munich by Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria to counteract the Protestant Union. Maximilian assembles representatives from Augsburg, Konstanz, Passau, Regensburg, and Würzburg in an alliance \"for the defense of the Catholic religion and peace\" within the Holy Roman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365588617#July–September", "title": "1609", "revid": 1365588617, "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": 1620, "year_label": "1620 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 3", "text": "July 3 – Under the terms of the Treaty of Ulm, the Protestant Union declares neutrality and ceases to support Frederick V of the Palatinate's claim to the throne of Bohemia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363705489#July–September", "title": "1620", "revid": 1363705489, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1621, "year_label": "1621 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 24", "text": "May 24 – The Protestant Union is formally dissolved.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358440931#April–June", "title": "1621", "revid": 1358440931, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}