During the Age of Discovery, the Habsburg Dynasty expanded its vast global influence through strategic marriages, imperial politics, and overseas conquest. Controlling the Holy Roman Empire, Spain, and vast territories in the Americas and Asia, the Habsburgs funded crucial maritime expeditions and built a world-spanning empire. Their wealth from American silver empowered their European hegemony, while their armies and navies defended Christendom against regional rivals and the Ottoman Empire. Through political maneuvering and military strength, the family shaped the geopolitics and economic landscape of the early modern world.
People
Birth Death Origin Age (Death)
1629
1635
1640
1643
1663
Timeline
Category
Element
Year
Habsburg Family
1629
Birth of Jan Sobieski (Period: August 17, 1629, Location: Olesko (present-day Lviv Oblast, Ukraine))
1635
Birth of Kara Mustafa Pasha (Period: 1634 or 1635, Location: Kara Mustafa Pasha (a village located in present-day Merzifon District, Amasya Province, Turkey; currently named Karamustafapaşa after him))
1640
Birth of Leopold Felician (Period: June 9, 1640, Location: Vienna (present-day Austria))
1643
Birth of Charles V (Period: April 3, 1643, Location: Vienna (present-day Vienna, Austria))
1646
Study in France and Grand Tour of Europe (Jan Sobieski)
1655
Second Northern War
Election as King of Hungary (Leopold Felician)
Deluge (Second Northern War)
Full-scale Participation in the Polish Army
1656
Accession as King of Bohemia and King of Croatia (Leopold Felician)
Establishment of the Academy of Italian Literature in Vienna
1658
Election as Holy Roman Emperor (Charles von Habsburg)
1659
Appointment as Governor of Silistra (Kara Mustafa Pasha)
Becoming Heir to the Duchy of Lorraine
Transition from Clerical Career to Military Officer (Charles V)
1660
Activity as Acting Grand Vizier (Kara Mustafa Pasha)
Polish–Cossack–Tatar War
1663
Ottoman–Habsburg Wars
Perpetual Diet of Regensburg
Birth of Prince Eugene (Period: October 18, 1663, Location: Paris (present-day France))
1664
Participation in the Battle of Saint Gotthard
1665
Marriage (Jan Sobieski, Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien)
1666
Marriage (Leopold Felician, Margaret Theresa of Spain)
1668
Appointment as Grand Crown Hetman (Jan Sobieski)
1670
Wesselényi conspiracy and rebellion
Expulsion of the Jewish Community from Vienna
Reoccupation of Lorraine by France
1672
Franco-Dutch War
Acquisition of Podolia
1673
Marriage (Leopold Felician, Claudia Felicitas of Austria)
Battle of Khotyn
1674
Election as King (Jan Sobieski)
Wounded in the Battle of Seneffe (Charles V)
1675
Defense of Lviv
Strengthening Diplomatic Relations with France
Succession to the Title of Duke of Lorraine (Charles V)
1676
Recapture of Philippsburg
Coronation (Edward Tudor)
Battle of Żurawno
Appointment as Grand Vizier (Kara Mustafa Pasha)
Marriage (Leopold Felician, Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg)
1677
Development of Wilanów Palace
1678
Capture of Chyhyryn
Capture of Kaniv
Marriage (Charles V, Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria)
Battle of the Dnieper River
1679
Recognition of the Title of Duke of Lorraine by the Treaty of Nijmegen
1682
Refusal of Service in the French Army (Prince Eugene)
1683
Great Turkish War
Enlistment in the Habsburg Army (Prince Eugene)
Vienna Expedition
Siege of Vienna
Participation in the Battle of Vienna (Prince Eugene)
Battle of Vienna
Relief of Vienna and the Battle of Vienna
Lifting of the Siege of Vienna
Battle of Párkány
Dismissal from the Position of Grand Vizier
Fall from Power as Grand Vizier (Kara Mustafa Pasha)
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