The Peace of Augsburg was a settlement reached at the Imperial Diet in Augsburg between the Holy Roman Emperor's side, represented by Ferdinand, and the Lutheran princes of the Empire. It ended the religious wars that followed the Reformation by allowing each ruler to choose either Catholicism or Lutheranism for his territory, and subjects who did not agree had the right to emigrate. This principle was later summed up in the Latin formula cuius regio, eius religio. The agreement did not recognize Calvinists or other Protestants, and it left unresolved disputes over church lands. These tensions eventually contributed to the Thirty Years' War, which ended with the Peace of Westphalia.
Before and after
- from January 1554 to March 1576Ottoman expeditions to Morocco
- 9 January 1554Birth of Gregory XV
- 25 January 1554Founding of São Paulo
- 1555Construction of St. Basil's Cathedral
- 25 September 1555Peace of Augsburg
- 23 January 15561556 Shaanxi earthquake
- 1557Founding of Macau
- 1557Discovery of platinum
- 24 September 1557Death of Jacques Cartier
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- from 22 February 1700 to 10 September 1721Great Northern War
- from 16 December 1740 to 18 October 1748War of the Austrian Succession
The era
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