Thirty Years' War
war principally fought in Central Europe from 1618 to 1648
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Summary
Thirty Years' War is a religious war[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of religious war entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51,099 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Holy Roman Empire[3]
- Location: Central Europe[4]
- Part of: European Wars of Religion[5]
- Commons category: Thirty Years War[6]
- Has part(s): Torstenson War[7], Battle of Vlotho[8], Battle of Rakovník[9], Franco-Swedish phase of the Thirty Years' War[10], Schlacht bei Schweidnitz[11], Belagerung von Schweidnitz (1633)[12], Siege of Wolgast (1630)[13], Smolensk War[14], Siege of Memmingen[15], Siege of Eger[16], Blockade of Eger[17], Siege of Arras[18]
- Start time: January 1, 1618[19]
- End time: January 1, 1648[20]
- Participant: Sweden[21], Dutch Republic[22], Kingdom of France[23], Denmark–Norway[24], Lands of the Bohemian Crown[25], Electoral Palatinate[26], Electorate of Saxony[27], Brandenburg-Prussia[28], Brunswick-Lüneburg[29], Kingdom of England[30], Kingdom of Scotland[31], Principality of Transylvania[32], Holy Roman Empire[33], Spanish Empire[34]
- Has cause: Bohemian Revolt[35], Second Defenestration of Prague (1618)[36]
- Topic's main category: Category:Thirty Years' War[37]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[38], Vlastenský slovník historický[39], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[40], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[41], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[42], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[43], New International Encyclopedia[44]
- End cause: Peace of Westphalia[45]
- Subject named as: Dreißigjähriger Krieg[46]
- Has list: list of the major battles of the Thirty Years' War[47]
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Outcome and Impact
Things named for Thirty Years' War include Second Thirty Years' War[48], a war[49].
Why It Matters
Thirty Years' War has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]
Entities named for it include Second Thirty Years' War[48], a war[49].