Meissen Prince-Bishopric

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Was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire.

Establishment

January 1181: Meissen Prince-Bishopric gains Imperial immediacy.

Chronology

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1. Mongol invasions and conquests

Were a series of military campaigny by the Mongols that created the largest contiguous Empire in history, the Mongol Empire, which controlled most of Eurasia.

1.1.Mongol Invasions of Germany

Were a series of Mongol raids in Germany.

1.1.1.First Mongol Invasion of Germany

Was a Mongol raid in the Holy Roman Empire.

May 1241: The Mongols invaded the Holy Roman Empire without major clash of arms.The army invaded eastern Germany, and crossed the March of Moravia in April-May 1241.

June 1241: The Mongols left eastern Germany and Moravia.

2. European wars of religion

Were a series of wars in Europe (and the overseas possessions of European countries) the 16th, 17th and early 18th that started after the Protestant Reformation. Although the immediate causes of the wars were religious, the motives were complex and also included territorial ambitions.

2.1.Thirty Years' War

Was a war that took place mainly in central Europe between 1618 and 1648. The war began as a religious conflict between Catholics and Protestant in the Holy Roman Empire but then escalated into a conflict for the hegemony in Europe between Habsburg Spain and Austria, Sweden and France.

2.1.1.Franco-Swedish Period

Was the fourth main period of the Thirty Years' War. It started with the intervention of the Kingdom of France.

2.1.1.1.North German Front (Sweden)

Was the north German front during the Franco-Swedish period of the Thirty Years' War.

April 1639: The Battle of Chemnitz took place during the Thirty Years' War, with the Swedes led by Field Marshal Johan Banér. Pirna, a town in Saxony, was occupied by the Swedish forces after their victory.

August 1640: In 1640, the Swedes led by field marshal Banér moved through Thuringia via Saalfeld into Hesse and further near the town of Fritzlar, which was reached on August 31, 1640.

October 1640: When 14 regiments arrived to reinforce the imperial army at the end of September 1640, the Swedish army left the territories it occupied in Germany (with the exception of Pomerania).

December 1643: In 1643 Swedish general Torstensson invaded Moravia for the second time.

January 1644: In 1643, when the Torstensson War broke out, the Swedish military focused entirely on Denmark and thus enabled an imperial offensive to Jutland.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 1351: Dresden (Altendresden), today's Inner Neustadt, on the right bank of the Elbe, was first mentioned in 1350 as an independent settlement called "Antiqua Dressdin". It was part of the Margraviate of Meissen.