{"slug": "electorate-of-saxony", "label": "Electorate of Saxony", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electorate_of_Saxony", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q156199", "qid": "Q156199", "description": "state of the Holy Roman Empire, established when Emperor Charles IV raised the Ascanian duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg to the status of an Electorate 1356", "entries": 23, "years": 19, "span": [1423, 1778], "span_label": ["1423 CE", "1778 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 9}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 6}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Elector of Saxony"], "related": [{"slug": "great-northern-war", "label": "Great Northern War", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "polishlithuanian-commonwealth", "label": "Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "denmarknorway", "label": "Denmark–Norway", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "peter-the-great", "label": "Peter the Great", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "swedish-empire", "label": "Swedish Empire", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "augustus-ii-the-strong", "label": "Augustus II the Strong", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "sweden", "label": "Sweden", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "russian-empire", "label": "Russian Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "buda", "label": "Buda", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "estonia", "label": "Estonia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "baltic-sea", "label": "Baltic Sea", "shared": 2}], "items": [{"year": 1423, "year_label": "1423 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 6", "text": "January 6 – The Electorate of Saxony merges with the Margravate of Meissen and the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365656788#January–March", "title": "1423", "revid": 1365656788, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1425, "year_label": "1425 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 1", "text": "August 1 – In Germany, Frederick of Wettin is enfoeffed by Sigismund, King of the Germans at Ofen as the new Elector of Saxony", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360580047#July_–September", "title": "1425", "revid": 1360580047, "section": "Events › July –September"}}, {"year": 1459, "year_label": "1459 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 25", "text": "April 25 – The Treaty of Eger is signed by representatives of the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Electorate of Saxony, setting a border that remains more than 500 years later as the border between the Czech Republic and Germany as running along the main ridge of the Ore Mountains from Eger to the River Elbe.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366548241#April–June", "title": "1459", "revid": 1366548241, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1464, "year_label": "1464 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 7", "text": "September 7 – At Leipzig, Ernest, Landgrave of Thuringia, 23, becomes the new Elector of Saxony upon the death of his father, Friederich II, while his younger brother Albert III, 21, succeeds his father as the new Duke of Saxony.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367795127#July–September", "title": "1464", "revid": 1367795127, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1508, "year_label": "1508 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 1", "text": "November 1 – At the age of 16, Prince Wolfgang of the House of Ascania becomes the new ruler of the German principality of Anhalt-Köthen, succeeding his father Waldemar VI. In 1521, he will meet Martin Luther and, in 1525, will introduce the Reformation to his principality, making Anhalt-Köthen only the second nation (after the Electorate of Saxony) to officially adopt Protestantism.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351320572#October–December", "title": "1508", "revid": 1351320572, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1586, "year_label": "1586 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 3", "text": "January 3 – Augustus of Wettin, the Elector of Saxony, marries Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt, the 12-year-old daughter of Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt. Augustus dies less than six weeks later.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561042#January_–_March", "title": "1586", "revid": 1369561042, "section": "January – March"}}, {"year": 1586, "year_label": "1586 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 11", "text": "February 11 – In Dresden, Christian I becomes the new Elector of Saxony, after the death of his father Augustus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561042#January_–_March", "title": "1586", "revid": 1369561042, "section": "January – March"}}, {"year": 1631, "year_label": "1631 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August", "text": "August – Thirty Years' War: Running out of supplies, Tilly is forced to send his army into the Electorate of Saxony in order to secure supplies, as well as to force a reaction from John George, Elector of Saxony and Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356869091#July–September", "title": "1631", "revid": 1356869091, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1667, "year_label": "1667 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 27", "text": "January 27 – The 2,000 seat Opernhaus am Taschenberg, a theater in Dresden (capital of the Electorate of Saxony) opens with its first production, Pietro Ziani's opera Il teseo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365989201#January–March", "title": "1667", "revid": 1365989201, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1686, "year_label": "1686 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 2", "text": "September 2 – Great Turkish War: Battle of Buda – Imperial forces of the Holy League of 1684 (Russia, Saxony, Brandenburg and Bavaria under Austrian leadership) liberate Buda (now part of Budapest) from Ottoman Turkish rule (leading to the end of Ottoman rule in Hungary during subsequent years).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368502958#July–September", "title": "1686", "revid": 1368502958, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1694, "year_label": "1694 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 27", "text": "April 27 – Frederick Augustus of Wettin, later known as \"Augustus the Strong\" and the future King of Poland, becomes the new Elector of Saxony upon the death of his 25-year-old older brother, John George IV", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353084901#April–June", "title": "1694", "revid": 1353084901, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1699, "year_label": "1699 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 22", "text": "November 22 – The Treaty of Preobrazhenskoye, negotiated by Johann Patkul, is signed at a palace of the Tsar of Russia Peter the Great, and representatives of Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony to provide for the partition of Swedish Empire between Saxony, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Kingdoms of Denmark-Norway and the Russian Empire. The attack on Sweden, which takes place on February 22, starts the Great Northern War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560904#October–December", "title": "1699", "revid": 1369560904, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1700, "year_label": "1700 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 12", "text": "February 12 – The Great Northern War begins with a joint invasion of Swedish territory in Germany and Latvia by Denmark and Poland/Saxony. Sweden has control of the Baltic Sea and holds territory that includes Finland, Estonia, Latvia and parts of northern Germany. To challenge its power, an alliance is formed between Tsar Peter I of Russia, King Frederick IV of Denmark and Augustus II the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony. Sweden's ruler is the militaristic Charles XII, known as the \"Swedish Meteor\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323720034#Events", "title": "1700 in Sweden", "revid": 1323720034, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1700, "year_label": "1700 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 22", "text": "February 22 (Gregorian), February 12 (Julian) – The Great Northern War begins with a joint invasion of Swedish territory in Germany and Latvia, by Denmark and Poland/Saxony. Sweden has control of the Baltic Sea and holds territory that includes Finland, Estonia, Latvia and parts of northern Germany. To challenge its power, an alliance is formed between Tsar Peter I of Russia, King Frederick IV of Denmark and Augustus II the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony. Sweden's ruler is the militaristic Charles XII, known as the \"Swedish Meteor\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366570351#January–March", "title": "1700", "revid": 1366570351, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1701, "year_label": "1701 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "A Danish Auxiliary Corps of 8,000 soldiers is garrisoned in Saxony, protecting the hereditary lands of August the Strong,", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1290702670#Undated", "title": "1701 in Denmark", "revid": 1290702670, "section": "Events › Undated"}}, {"year": 1701, "year_label": "1701 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 19", "text": "July 19 – Crossing of the Düna: Following his victories over Denmark-Norway and Russia in 1700, Charles XII of Sweden escalates the conflict in the Great Northern War by an invasion of Poland. The Swedish defeat the army of Saxony (then in personal union with Poland) at the River Dvina.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366683505#July–September", "title": "1701", "revid": 1366683505, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1707, "year_label": "1707 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 4", "text": "February 4 – Great Northern War: Eighteen months after losing the Battle of Warsaw, while leading a cavalry charge for Saxony against the army of Sweden, General Otto von Paykull of Swedish Livonia is beheaded outside of Stockholm, following his conviction for treason.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346936133#January–March", "title": "1707", "revid": 1346936133, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1719, "year_label": "1719 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 20", "text": "August 20 – Princess Maria Josepha of Austria, at one time the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria's Habsburg Empire, marries Frederick Augustus, Elector of Saxony ten days after renouncing any claim to the Austrian throne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365415998#July–September", "title": "1719", "revid": 1365415998, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1745, "year_label": "1745 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 1", "text": "March 1 – Augustus III, the King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, declares his candidacy to become the next Holy Roman Emperor, but loses in September to Francis, Duke of Tuscany.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353016128#January–March", "title": "1745", "revid": 1353016128, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1745, "year_label": "1745 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 8", "text": "October 8 – The Empress Elizabeth of Russia agrees to provide the Electorate of Saxony with aid in its war against Prussia, but the agreement comes too late.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353016128#October_–December", "title": "1745", "revid": 1353016128, "section": "Events › October –December"}}, {"year": 1750, "year_label": "1750 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 25", "text": "December 25 – Prussia and Russia break off diplomatic relations after the Russians refuse to stop assisting the Electorate of Saxony. Five years later, the two Empires fight the Seven Years' War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349828876#October–December", "title": "1750", "revid": 1349828876, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1756, "year_label": "1756 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 29", "text": "August 29 – King Frederick the Great of Prussia invades Saxony, beginning the Third Silesian War within the Seven Years' War on the European continent.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349937992#July–September", "title": "1756", "revid": 1349937992, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1778, "year_label": "1778 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "(3 July 1778 - 13 May 1779) - the War of the Bavarian Succession was a dispute between the Austrian habsburg monarchy and an alliance of Saxony and Prussia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368196694#Events", "title": "1778 in Austria", "revid": 1368196694, "section": "Events"}}]}