The Chronology covers Europe from 1600 until 1650. Its focus is on wars and battles. Many of the treaties proved to be only truces which lasted for only a limited amount of time before hostilities resumed. Even during times of peace, conflicts, raids, revolts and riots often occurred. The term Austria refers to all of the Imperial land of the Holy Roman Empire controlled by The Hapsburgs. Hapsburg Spain is referred to as Spain. With the Dawning of the 1600s, war existed between several countries including Austria vs Ottoman Turkey and Austria vs Hungarian rebels; Spain vs Holland/Netherlands.

1606 Austria concludes the Zsitva Peace with Ottoman Turkey
1606 Austria suppresses Hungarian Revolt
1607 Spain and Netherlands sign a ceasefire which lasts until 1621
1609-18 Poland invades Russia/Muscovy. Pretender's War.
1609-11 Poles capture Smolensk after a long siege
1610 Poles defeat Muscovy at Kluszyn (Klushino)
1611 Passau troops attack Prague
1611-13 Dane-Swede War. Initiated by a Danish invasion.
1612-17 Polish nobles (Potocki) aid rebels in Moldavia (Ottoman)
1613-1615 First War of Mantuan Succession (Italy). Savoy vs Spain & Austria vs Venice.
1614 First of a series of Civil wars in France between political & religious factions They often last only a few months before a truce is signed. (Jan-May)
1614 Fettmilch revolt in Frankfurt
1614-21 Polish-Ottoman War
1615 Polish invasion of Ottoman controlled Moldavia
1615-16 French Civil War: Aug-May '16
1615-18 Uzkok War. Venice + Dutch + England vs Austria
1616-17 Second Mantuan Sucession War. (Italy) Savoy w/ German Protestant and French volunteers vs Spain. Also Austrian vs Venice
1617 French Civil War : Feb-Apr
1617- 26 Swedish-Polish War. Sweden invades Livonia. Sweden and Poland Truce in 1618
1618 Mansfeld captures Pilsen with a Protestant Coalition army.
1619 France Civil War: Feb-Apr
1619 Two failed sieges of Vienna(May) First Siege Protestants. Second Siege (Nov) Protestants + Transylvanians
1619 Transylvania under Bethlen conquers Hungary (Aug-Oct campaign)
1619 Poles invade Transylvania
1620 Bavaria occupies Upper Austria until 1628
1620 After a 8-9 month truce Transylvania re-invades Hungary in Aug
1620 Sept 20. Major Battle of Cecora. Poles vs Turks. Turks Won.
1620 Spainish troops in Netherlands under Spinola invade Palatinate
1620 Nov 3. Battle of White Mountain. Austrians defeat Bohemians
1620 Final French Civil War ends in Aug.
1620 France invades the Swiss canton of Bern
1620-23 Spain holds the Valtelline (Alpine Pass area between France and Italy)
1621-48 Dutch-Spanish War
1621-22 French Huguenot revolt (Feb '21- Oct '22)
1621 Sept. Sweden captures Riga
1621 Austria occupy Grey League territory in SE Switzerland
1621 Bavarian campaign captures the Upper Palatinate
1621 Battle of Chocim. Poles defeat Turks and ends the war.
1622 Spanish troops under Spinola capture Julich and besieges Bergen (lifted in Oct)
1622 Apr. Battle of Wiesloch Protestant Coalition forces defeat Austria
1622 May 6. Battle of Wimpfen. Austria defeats Coalition army under George of Baden.
1622 Jun 20. Battle of Hochst. Austria defeats Coalition army under Christian- Brunswick.
1622 Aug 26 Battle of Fleurus/Flanders. Coalition army under Mansfeld defeat Spain.
1623-39 Ottoman-Persian War. May 1624. Persians capture Baghdad
1623 Transylvania invades Hungary
1623 Mar. Frankenthal /fortified city surrenders to Catholic forces.
1623 Aug 6. Battle of Stadtlohn. Austria defeats Coalition army
1624 France occupies Valtelline. (Alpine Pass area between France and Italy)
1624-25 Spain besieges Breda (Jul '24 - Jun '25)
1625-29 Huguenot Revolt in France
1625-30 Anglo-Spanish War. Dec 9 '25. Anglo-Dutch joint attack on Cadiz in Spain. Jul '25. Spanish capture Breda and hold it until 1637
1625 Savoy invades Genoa
1625-29 Swedish-Polish War Swedes Prussian Campaign.
1626 Jan. Battle of Wallhof. Swedes defeat the Poles
1626 Transylvania invades Moravia.
1626 Persians defeat Ottoman expedition at Baghdad
1626 Apr. Battle at Dessau Bridge. Austria defeats a Protestant Allied force
1626 Aug 26. Battle of Lutter. Austria defeats the Danes.
1626-30 Anglo-French War. France allies with Spain
1627 Austria conquers Mecklenburg
1627 Nov 10. Fransburg, Pomerania is captured
1627-31 Third Mantuan War of Succession. Savoy vs Spain
1628 Austria overruns Danish Jutland.
1628 Failed siege of Stralsund May-Jul. Swedish relieved it.
1628 Sept. Battle of Wolgast. Austria defeats the Danes
1628 French troops capture the Huguenot stronghold of La Rochelle
1629 Dutch besiege Hertogenbosch Apr-Sept. Captures the city
1629 Spanish troops capture Amersfoort, Holland
1629 Dutch troops capture Wesel
1629 The Italian Campaign. France invades in Mar. Hapsburg invades in May.
1629 Jun 17. Battle of Honigfelde. Polish + Austrians defeat Swedes
1630 French troops capture Savoy.
1630 Hapsburg troops finally capture Mantua
1630 Swedish German Campaign
1631 Swedes sign alliances with Saxony, Hesse-Casel, Breman and Brandenburg.
1631 Apr 13. Swedes capture Frankfurt-on-Oder
1631 Sept 17. Battle of Breitenfeld. Swedes + Saxons defeat Austrians.
1631 Nov. Swedes capture Mainz
1631 Nov 15. Saxons capture Prague.
1631-34 Basque revolt in Spain
1632-34 Russo-Polish War. Major action was the Russian attack on Smolensk.
1632 Dutch troops capture Venlo, Roermond and Maastricht
1632 Jul-Sept. Seige of Alte Veste. Austrians defeat the Swedes
1632 Leipzig, Saxony captured by Austria
1632 Nov. Battle of Lutzen. Swedes defeat the larger Austrian army.
1633-35 Ottoman-Polish War. Turks invade but defeated at Kamieniec Podolski.
.1633 France invades Lorraine
1633 Oct. Battle of Steinau. Austria defeats and conquers Silesia
1634 Ottoman campaign against the Persians
1634 Saxons invade Austrian Bohemia
1634 Sept 6. Battle of Nordlingen. Austrians inflict a major defeat on the Swedes.
1635 Franco-Spanish War. France occupies Valtelline
1635 Austria quells revolt in Styria
1636 Austro-French War. Hapsburgs combines the resouces of Austria and Spain to fight the French. A Spanish army in Netherlands invades northern France. Austrian troops invade Burgundy. Spain retakes Valtelline in 1637.
1636 French quell a revolt of Croquants
1636 Aug 15. Spanish capture Corbie from the French
1636 Oct 4. battle of Wittstock. Swedes defeat a slightly larger Austrian army.
1637 Sept France captures Leucate, Catalonia in Spain
1637 Dutch captures Breda
1638 Mar. Several Battles at Rheinfelden. French + German Protestants defeat Austrians.
1638 Breisach is captured by Saxe-Weimar
1639-40 Swedish Bohemian Campaign
1639 Nu-pieds revolt in Normandy, France. (Jul-Nov.
1639 France captures Salaces, Spain.
1639 Oct 21. Major Dutch naval victory over the Spanish.
1640-52 Spanish fight major revolts in Catalonia
1640-68 Spanish fight major revolts in Portugal
1642-49 English Civil War begins. A detailed list of battles will be given in a later issue.
1642 Swedes occupy Saxony. Nov 2. 2nd Battle of Breitenfeld. Swedes defeat Austrians
1643-45 Danish-Swedish War.
1643-45 Transylvanian campaign in Hungary
1643 May 19. Battle of Rocroi. French defeat a larger Spanish force.
1643 Nov. Battle of Tuttlingen. Bavarians defeat French
1644 Aug Battle of Freiburg. French defeat Bavarians and capture Alsace
1645 Mar 5. Battle of Jankov. Swedes + Hessians decisively beat Austrians
1645 May Battle of Mergentheim. Bavarians defeat the French
1645 French campaign against Spain in the netherlands captures ten towns.
1645 Ottomans invade Crete which is controlled by Venice.
1645 Aug 3. Battle of Allerheim. French + Hessians defeat Bavarian + Austrian force
1645 Swedish troops + Transylvanians siege Austrian capital of Vienna
1647-48 Italians revolt in against Spain in Naples and Sicily.
1648 Swedish troops siege Prague
1648 Aug 20. Battle of Lens. The French defeat the Austrians.
1648-53 Fronde revolt begins in France
1648-54 Cossacks under Chmielnicki revolt against the Poles in the Ukraine.
1648 Cossack victories over the Poles at Zolte Wody, Korsun and Pilawice
1651 Battle of Belesteczko. Major Polish victory over the Cossacks
1652 Battle of Batoh. Cossacks defeat a large Polish army.