Appendix
The following is a chronological statement of the principal events in Germany and elsewhere during the youth of the Great Elector:
| 1619 | George William becomes Elector of Brandenburg. |
| 1619 | Frederick the Fifth elected Emperor of Bohemia. |
| 1620 | Birth of Frederick William, the Great Elector. |
| 1620 | Frederick the Fifth defeated at White Mountain and deposed. |
| 1622 | Tilly victorious at Wimpfen. |
| 1623 | Maximilian of Bavaria made Elector. |
| 1625 | Christian the Fourth of Denmark becomes Protestant leader. |
| 1626 | Tilly defeats Christian the Fourth at Lutter. |
| 1626 | Wallenstein defeats Count von Mansfeld. |
| 1628 | Siege of Stralsund. |
| 1629 | Frederick issues Restitutions Edict. |
| 1630 | Wallenstein dismissed. |
| 1630 | Gustavus Adolphus becomes Protestant leader. |
| 1631 | Tilly storms Magdeburg. |
| 1631 | Victory of Gustavus Adolphus at Breitenfeld. |
| 1632 | Death of Gustavus Adolphus at Lützen. |
| 1634 | Murder of Wallenstein. |
| 1635 | Treaty between Saxony and Frederick. |
| 1637 | Death of Ferdinand the Second. |
| 1640 | Death of George William and accession of the Great Elector. |
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GEORGE P. UPTON
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