[2]Berlin and Cöln, on either side of the River Spree, were subsequently united into one city. 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. LIFE STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE _Translated from the German by_ GEORGE P. UPTON 24 Volumes Now Ready _Historical and Biographical_ Barbarossa William of Orange Maria Theresa The Maid of Orleans Frederick the Great The Little Dauphin Herman and Thusnelda The Swiss Heroes Marie Antoinette’s Youth The Duke of Brittany Louise, Queen of Prussia The Youth of the Great Elector Emperor William First Elizabeth, Empress of Austria _Musical Biography_ Beethoven Mozart Johann Sebastian Bach Joseph Haydn _Legendary_ Frithjof Saga Gudrun The Nibelungs William Tell Arnold of Winkelried Undine Illustrated. Each 60 cents _net_ A. C. McCLURG & CO., Chicago Transcriber’s Notes --Copyright notice provided as in the original—this e-text is public domain in the country of publication. --In the text versions, delimited italics text in _underscores_ (the HTML version reproduces the font form of the printed book.) --Silently corrected palpable typos; left non-standard spellings and dialect unchanged. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Youth of the Great Elector, by Ferdinand Schmidt