{"slug": "wenceslaus-iv-of-bohemia", "label": "Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenceslaus_IV_of_Bohemia", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q152148", "qid": "Q152148", "description": "king of Bohemia and Germany (1361–1419)", "entries": 16, "years": 12, "span": [1361, 1419], "span_label": ["1361 CE", "1419 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Wenceslaus, King of the Romans"], "related": [{"slug": "charles-iv-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "prague", "label": "Prague", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "hussite-wars", "label": "Hussite Wars", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "frankfurt", "label": "Frankfurt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "paris", "label": "Paris", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-v-of-france", "label": "Charles V of France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sigismund-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-milan", "label": "Duchy of Milan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gian-galeazzo-visconti", "label": "Gian Galeazzo Visconti", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "king-of-the-romans", "label": "King of the Romans", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1361, "year_label": "1361 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "February 26", "text": "February 26 – Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (d. 1419)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364918335#Births", "title": "1361", "revid": 1364918335, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1373, "year_label": "1373 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 2", "text": "October 2 – Wenzel of Luxembourg, son of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, is installed by the Empire as the new Margrave of Brandenburg, ending the war with Pomerania and entering into an alliance with the Pomeranian dukes.Buchholz (1999), p.161", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369605206#October–December", "title": "1373", "revid": 1369605206, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1376, "year_label": "1376 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 10", "text": "June 10 – Wenceslaus the Idle, son of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, is elected King of the Romans by the prince-electors.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371264713#April–June", "title": "1376", "revid": 1371264713, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1378, "year_label": "1378 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 6", "text": "January 6 – At the Great Hall of the Conciergerie in Paris, King Charles V of France hosts the Banquet of the Three Kings with his uncle, Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and the Emperor's son, Wenzel the Idle, King of the Romans as his guests (along with 800 German and French knights), to celebrate the friendship between the nations. The banquet, held on the day of the Feast of the Epiphany, has three courses, with 10 dishes in each course.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366019926#January–March", "title": "1378", "revid": 1366019926, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1378, "year_label": "1378 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 29", "text": "November 29 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, dies in Prague. He is succeeded by his son, Wenceslaus, as King of Bohemia, but the office of Holy Roman Emperor falls into abeyance, until Charles's son Sigismund is crowned in 1433.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366019926#October–December", "title": "1378", "revid": 1366019926, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1381, "year_label": "1381 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 25", "text": "September 25 – King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia grants Count Bernhard of Wurttemberg permission to rebuild fortresses that had been destroyed during the war with the Swabian League, despite an order by the Holy Roman Emperor Karl that forbids rearmament within the Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365430794#July–September", "title": "1381", "revid": 1365430794, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1383, "year_label": "1383 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 7", "text": "December 7 – Wenceslaus II the Lazy, who is also King of Bohemia, becomes the new Duke of Luxembourg upon the death of his uncle, Duke Wenceslaus I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360411139#October–December", "title": "1383", "revid": 1360411139, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1384, "year_label": "1384 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 26", "text": "July 26 – The Treaty of Heidelberg ends a fight between the Süddeutscher Städtebund (South German League of Cities, with 28 member cities) and the allies of Wenceslaus IV, King of Germany.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369176313#July–September", "title": "1384", "revid": 1369176313, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1393, "year_label": "1393 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 23", "text": "March 23 – Bohemian priest John of Nepomuk is killed in Prague by being thrown off Charles Bridge into the Vltava river, allegedly at the behest of king Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia. Nepomuk later will be declared a saint.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561364#January_–_March", "title": "1393", "revid": 1369561364, "section": "January – March"}}, {"year": 1395, "year_label": "1395 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 10", "text": "January 10 – Smil Flaška of Pardubice, the Supreme Provincial Scribe of the Kingdom of Bohemia, joins the League of Lords (Panská jednota), a group of nobles opposed to the rule of King Wenceslaus IV.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366019527#January–March", "title": "1395", "revid": 1366019527, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1395, "year_label": "1395 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 1", "text": "May 1 – The Duchy of Milan is created, after Lord Gian Galeazzo Visconti of Milan buys the title of Duke from Wenceslaus, King of the Romans.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366019527#April–June", "title": "1395", "revid": 1366019527, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1400, "year_label": "1400 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 22", "text": "May 22 – Meeting in Frankfurt, three of the prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire (Rupert, elector of the Palatinate, Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg, elector of Saxony, and Jobst of Moravia, elector of Brandenburg) meet in an attempt to replace the Emperor, Wenceslaus, King of the Romans because of his failure to stamp out civil unrest or to resolve the Western Schism. They select Frederick I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg as the replacement for Wenceslaus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369029011#April–June", "title": "1400", "revid": 1369029011, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1400, "year_label": "1400 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "August 20", "text": "August 20 – Meeting at the Lahneck Castle in what is now the German state Rhineland-Palatinate, the princes of the German states vote to depose the Holy Roman Emperor, Wenceslaus, due to his weak leadership and mental illnesses.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369029011#July–September", "title": "1400", "revid": 1369029011, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1409, "year_label": "1409 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 25", "text": "April 25 – Hussite Wars: King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia decides to stop fighting the war against the rebel Jan Žižka in Budějovice.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361998092#April–June", "title": "1409", "revid": 1361998092, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1419, "year_label": "1419 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 16", "text": "August 16 – Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia, King of Bohemia since 1378 (b. 1361)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358545199#Deaths", "title": "1419", "revid": 1358545199, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1419, "year_label": "1419 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 16", "text": "August 16 – King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia dies of a heart attack at the age of 58, leading to the outbreak shortly thereafter of the Hussite Wars.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358545199#July–September", "title": "1419", "revid": 1358545199, "section": "Events › July–September"}}]}