John George I (5 March 1585 – 8 October 1656) was Elector of Saxony from 1611 to 1656. He led Saxony through the Thirty Years' War, which dominated his 45-year reign.

The Thirty Years' War, [j] fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history. An estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and …

The Electorate of Saxony had a diversified economy and a high level of prosperity, although it suffered major setbacks during and following both the Thirty Years' War of 1618–1648 and the …

2024年2月2日 · In less than an hour on the morning of 8 November 1620, across the slopes of the White Mountain outside the walls of Prague, Tilly and Bucquoy smashed the Bohemian Army …

The Thirty Years' War indeed featured much that proved fateful in centuries to come. By seventeenth-century standards, it was a total war, mercilessly striking at civilian populations …

Dresden in the Thirty Years War Electoral Saxony participated in the hostilities from 1620 onwards, fighting at various stages alongside both the Imperial and Swedish armies. Famine, …

The Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years’ War, which took place between 1630 and 1635, was a major turning point of the war, often considered to be an independent conflict. The king of …

r the return of former church lands. The excerpt below, taken from a letter written in 1608 by the elector of Saxony, a Lutheran, to his representative at the Imperial Diet (assembly), reflects …

The Thirty Years’ War was a series of wars in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648. It was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, resulting in millions of …

Thirty Years' War: a series of wars in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, growing out of the Protestant Reformation. Gustavus Adolphus: King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632, also known …