Appendix
George P. (George Putnam) Upton translation
The following is a chronological statement of the principal events in Germany and elsewhere during the youth of the Great Elector:
1619 George William becomes Elector of Brandenburg.
1619 Frederick the Fifth elected Emperor of Bohemia.
1620 Birth of Frederick William, the Great Elector.
1620 Frederick the Fifth defeated at White Mountain and deposed.
1622 Tilly victorious at Wimpfen.
1623 Maximilian of Bavaria made Elector.
1625 Christian the Fourth of Denmark becomes Protestant leader.
1626 Tilly defeats Christian the Fourth at Lutter.
1626 Wallenstein defeats Count von Mansfeld.
1628 Siege of Stralsund.
1629 Frederick issues Restitutions Edict.
1630 Wallenstein dismissed.
1630 Gustavus Adolphus becomes Protestant leader.
1631 Tilly storms Magdeburg.
1631 Victory of Gustavus Adolphus at Breitenfeld.
1632 Death of Gustavus Adolphus at Lützen.
1634 Murder of Wallenstein.
1635 Treaty between Saxony and Frederick.
1637 Death of Ferdinand the Second.
1640 Death of George William and accession of the Great Elector.
LIFE STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Translated from the German by GEORGE P. UPTON
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