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
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