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| 1559 | Birth |  |
| Feb Genappe Birth of Johan Tserclaes Graf von Tilly |
| 1574 | Cadet Tilly | |
| 0 Appointed Cadet, in the service of the Duke of Parma |
| 1585 | Capture of Antwerp | |
| 17th Aug Antwerp Helps the Spanish Duke of Parma capture Antwerp |
| 1590 | Battle of Ivry | |
| 10th Mar Ivry Fights at the battle of Ivry |
| 1591 | Governor | |
| 10th Mar Dun Appointed Governor of Dun on the River Meuse |
| 10th Mar Villefranche Appointed Governor of Villefranche |
| 1602 | Colonel | |
| Appointed Colonel of a Walloon regiment in Austrian service |
| 1604 | General Artillery | |
| Appointedartillery General in the Austrian Army |
| 1605 | Field Marshal | |
| Appointed Field Marshal |
| 1610 | Commander | |
| Appointed Commander of the Catholic League forces by Bavaria under Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria |
| 1620 | Battle of Bilahora | |
| 7th Nov Bilahora The Bohemian Army is crushed by the Imperialists |
| 1620 | Battle of White Mountain | |
| 8th Nov White Mountain Scores an important victory against Frederick V, Elector Palatine at the decisive battle of White Mountain against the Protestants |
| 8th Nov White Mountain Victory at the battle of White Mountain enables Prague to be captured several days later by the Catholic League, delaying the Czechs' independence for 300 more years |
| 1620 | Capture of Prague | |
| Prague Victory at the battle of White Mountain enables Prague to be captured several days later by the Catholic League, delaying the Czechs' independence for 300 more years |
| 1620 | Invasion of Bohemia | |
| Bohemia Leads the Catholic League Army into Bohemia |
| 1622 | Battle of Bad Wimpfen | |
| 6th May Bad Wimpfen Helps defeat George-Frederick of Baden-Durlach |
| 1622 | Battle of Hochst | |
| 20th June Hochst Defeats Chris tian of Brunswick's Army, for which he is made a Count |
| 1622 | Battle of Mingolsheim | |
| 27th April Mingolsheim Defeated at the battle of Mingolsheim |
| 1622 | Battle of Wimpfen | |
| 6th May Wimpfen Victorious at the battle of Wimpfen against Georg Fredrick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach |
| 1622 | Capture of Heidlerg | |
| 11th Sep Heidelberg Captures the city of Heidelberg following an eleven-week siege |
| 1622 | Siege of Heidelberg | |
| 11th Sep Heidelberg Captures the city of Heidelberg following an eleven-week siege |
| 1623 | Battle of Stadtlohn | |
| 6th Aug Stadtlohn Victorious at the battle of Stadtlohn against Chris tian of Brunswick where 13,000 out of his army of 15,000 were lost, including fifty of his high ranking officers, and ending virtually all resistance in Germany |
| 1623 | Rule of Bohemia | |
| Bohemia Bohemia surrenders to the Imperialists |
| 1625 | Rule of Bohemia | |
| Bohemia After the fall of Bohemia Denmark's King Chris tian IV to enter the Thirty Year's War to protect Protestantism and also in a bid to make himself the primary leader of Northern Europe |
| 1626 | Battle of Lutter | |
| 27th Aug Lutter After defeat at Lutter Denmark is forced to sue for peace at the treaty of Lbeck |
| 27th Aug Lutter Defeats the Danish at the battle of Lutte in which his highly disciplined infantry charges the enemy lines four times whereupon they break through, leading him to win decisively, and destroy the Danish army |
| 1626 | Capture of Brunswick | |
| Brunswick Captures Brunswick for the Imperialists |
| 1626 | Capture of Jutland | |
| Holstein Captures Holstein for the Imperialists |
| Jutland Captures Jutland for the Imperialists |
| Schleswig Captures Schleswig for the Imperialists |
| 1626 | Capture of Mecklenburg | |
| Mecklenburg Captures Mecklenburg for the Imperialists |
| 1626 | Capture of Saxony | |
| Saxony Captures Saxony for the Imperialists |
| 1626 | Treaty of Lubeck | |
| 27th Aug Lubeck After defeat at Lutter Denmark is forced to sue for peace at the treaty of Lbeck |
| 1631 | Battle of Breitenfeld, 1st | |
| 17th Sep Breitenfeld Defeated by the Army of Gustavus Adolphus who then captures Magdeburg |
| 1631 | Capture of Magdeburg | |
| 20th May Magdeburg Captures Magdeburg from the Swedish forces |
| 20th May Magdeburg Magdeburg is sacked with only the cathedral left standing |
| 1631 | Siege of Magdeburg | |
| Sep Magdeburg Gustavus joins up with Saxoy & confronts Tilly at Breitenfeld |
| Sep Magdeburg Tilly's troops sack Magdeburg |
| 1632 | Battle of Lech | |
| 16th April Lech Withdraws to Bavaria but is injured holding to crossings of the River Lech |
| 1632 | Death | |
| 30th April Ingolstadt Death of Johan Tserclaes Graf von Tilly, wounded holding the River Lech |
