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Name: Habsburg (Military Occupation)

Type: Polity

Start: 1508 AD

End: 1714 AD

Parent: austria

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Territories militarly occupied by the Habsburg.

Establishment


  • February 1508: Maximilian of Habsburg decided to move his troops and, having reached Dobbiaco, descended back to Cadore, after brief sieges he conquered the unguarded Venetian fortresses: the Botestagno castle and the Pieve di Cadore castle, settling in Comelico.
  • March 1508: On the banks of the Rusecco torrent (or Rio Secco) the imperial troops were surrounded and then annihilated by the forces of Venice.
  • Chronology


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    1. War of Cadore


    Was a war between the Republic of Venice and the Holy Roman Empire.


    2. Italian Wars


    Were a series of conflicts covering the period between 1494 to 1559, fought mostly in the Italian peninsula, but later expanding into Flanders, the Rhineland and the Mediterranean Sea. The primary belligerents were the Valois kings of France, and their Habsburg opponents in the Holy Roman Empire and Spain.

    2.1.Italian War of 1536-1538

    Was one of the so-called Italian Wars. It was a conflict between King Francis I of France and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain. The objective was to achieve control over territories in Northern Italy, in particular the Duchy of Milan.

    2.1.1.Peace of Nice

    Was the treaty that ended the Italian War of 1536-1538.

  • June 1538: The German Empire, under the rule of Emperor Charles V, becomes master of all of Milan and two-thirds of the Duchy of Savoy.

  • 2.2.Italian War of 1542-1546

    Was one of the so-called Italian Wars.

    2.2.1.Italian Theatre (Italian War of 1542-1546)

    Was the war theatre of northwestern Italy in the Italian War of 1542-1546.

  • August 1543: Nice fell on 22 August 1543 during the Italian War of 1542–1546. The French forces, led by King Francis I, captured the city from the allied forces of the Holy Roman Empire and the Republic of Genoa. This military occupation marked the beginning of French control over Nice.

  • 2.2.2.French Theatre (Italian War of 1542-1546)

    Was the war theatre on French territory in the Italian War of 1542-1546.

  • September 1544: With the Peace of Crépy France abandoned its claims to the territories of the Duchy of Savoy, including Piedmont and Savoy itself.

  • 2.3.Italian War of 1551-1559

    Was one of the so-called Italian Wars.

    2.3.1.Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis

    Was the treaty that ended the Italian War of 1551-1559, the last of the Italian Wars (1494-1559).

  • April 1559: France gave the Duchy of Savoy-Piedmont (allied with Spain and fief of the Holy Roman Empire) back to Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy.

  • 3. Conquests of Suleiman I (Ottoman)


    Conquests and wars with Ottoman involvement during the rule of Suleiman I.

  • January 1554: A Spanish garrison remained in Mahdiya until 1553, when it was conquered by the Ottomans.

  • 4. War of the Polish Succession (1587-88)


    Was a war that took place from 1587 to 1588 over the election of the successor to the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Stephen Báthory.

  • October 1587: Lubowla is acquired by the Habsburg (Military Occupation).
  • October 1587: Habsburg attempt to storm Kraków.
  • January 1588: The Habsburg troops leave the are of Kraków.
  • January 1588: Battle of Byczyna.

  • 5. War of the Spanish Succession


    The death of childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700 led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire between his heirs, Philip of Anjou and Charles of Austria, and their respective supporters. It was a global war, with fighting taking place in Europe, Asia, and America. At the end of the war, Philip II, who was the successor chosen by Charles II as a descendant of Charles' paternal half-sister Maria Theresa, became King of Spain and of its overseas empire. The Spanish possessions in Europe were partitioned between various European Monarchies.

    5.1.Italian Theatre (War of Spanish Succession)

    Was the theatre of war of the War of the Spanish Succession in Italy.

  • September 1701: Victory on 1 September against Catinat's successor, Marshal François de Neufville de Villeroy, in the battle of Chiari.
  • November 1701: Austrian troops besiege Mantua.
  • September 1702: End of the siege of Mantua (1701-1702).
  • April 1706: The French defeated Count Christian Detlev Reventlow in the battle of Calcinato, and drove the Austrians back towards the mountains near Lake Garda.
  • September 1706: Prince Eugene of Savoy's victories gave the imperials effective control of the entire Po valley.
  • March 1707: The Convention of Milan of March 13, 1707, ensured the uncontested Austrian possession of the Duchies of Milan and of Mantua.
  • September 1707: Gaeta fell to the imperials after a siege.
  • January 1708: Imperial troops seized the Spanish Bourbon Kingdom of Naples.

  • 5.2.Treaty of Rastatt

    Was a peace treaty between France and Austria that was concluded on 7 March 1714 in the Baden city of Rastatt to end the War of the Spanish Succession between both countries.

  • March 1714: At the end of the War of the Spanish Succession, Austria was awarded the Spanish territories in Italy, including Naples, Milan, Sardinia, as well as the Southern Netherlands.

  • 6. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • September 1550: Mahdiya conquered by austria.

  • Disestablishment


  • March 1714: At the end of the War of the Spanish Succession, Austria was awarded the Spanish territories in Italy, including Naples, Milan, Sardinia, as well as the Southern Netherlands.
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