{"slug": "schmalkaldic-league", "label": "Schmalkaldic League", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmalkaldic_League", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q155024", "qid": "Q155024", "description": "politic and religious league", "entries": 9, "years": 7, "span": [1531, 1555], "span_label": ["1531 CE", "1555 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 4}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "lutheranism", "label": "Lutheranism", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "charles-v-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "martin-luther", "label": "Martin Luther", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "frankfurt-am-main", "label": "Frankfurt-am-Main", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "frankfurt", "label": "Frankfurt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lutheran", "label": "Lutheran", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1531, "year_label": "1531 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 27", "text": "February 27 – Lutheran princes in the Holy Roman Empire form an alliance known as the Schmalkaldic League.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359939156#January–March", "title": "1531", "revid": 1359939156, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1532, "year_label": "1532 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 23", "text": "July 23 – The Nuremberg Religious Peace is granted to members of the Schmalkaldic League, granting them religious liberty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818925#July–September", "title": "1532", "revid": 1368818925, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1539, "year_label": "1539 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 19", "text": "April 19 – The Treaty of Frankfurt is signed at Frankfurt-am-Main by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor on behalf of the Empire's Roman Catholic states, and the Lutheran theologian Philip Melanchthon, representative of the Schmalkaldic League of Protestant German states. Effective May 1, the parties agree that no violent actions will be taken by either side against the other during a 15 month truce period.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366494992#April–June", "title": "1539", "revid": 1366494992, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1542, "year_label": "1542 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "August 27", "text": "August 27 – Citizens of Hildesheim in the Holy Roman Empire profess themselves to the Lutheran teachings, thus joining the Schmalkaldic League. As a pledge owner, the city provides for the carrying out of the Protestant Reformation in the city and Peine. Priests from the localities of Clauen, Hohenhameln, Soßmar, Schmedenstedt, Lengede and Rosenthal resume their offices in the interest of the Reformation.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359947406#July–September", "title": "1542", "revid": 1359947406, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1546, "year_label": "1546 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 4", "text": "July 4 – After the death of Martin Luther, the leaders of the Lutheran Schmalkaldic League German states (Saxony, Hesse, the Palatinate, Württemberg, Pomerania and Anhalt-Köthen) gather at Ichtershausen as the guests of Saxon Elector John Frederick I in order to make plans to defend against the Roman Catholic forces of the Holy Roman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368296265#July–September", "title": "1546", "revid": 1368296265, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1546, "year_label": "1546 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 28", "text": "August 28 – In the Imperial counterattack in the Schmalkaldic War, the Holy Roman Empire army attacks Frankfurt, the German stronghold of the Schmalkaldic League, but is forced to retreat after a two-day siege.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368296265#July–September", "title": "1546", "revid": 1368296265, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1547, "year_label": "1547 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 24", "text": "April 24 – Battle of Mühlberg: Emperor Charles V defeats the Lutheran forces of the Schmalkaldic League and takes John Frederick I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369359234#April–June", "title": "1547", "revid": 1369359234, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1547, "year_label": "1547 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 23", "text": "May 23 – The Protestant Schmalkaldic League defeats the Catholic Army of the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Drakenburg. Of 6,000 Imperial troops, 2,500 are killed and another 2,500 are taken prisoner by the Protestants.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369359234#April–June", "title": "1547", "revid": 1369359234, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1555, "year_label": "1555 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 25", "text": "September 25 – The Peace of Augsburg is signed between Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and the Lutheran Schmalkaldic League, establishing the principle Cuius regio, eius religio, that is, rulers within the Empire can choose the religion of their realm.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561106#July–September", "title": "1555", "revid": 1369561106, "section": "Events › July–September"}}]}