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In 1617, the Bohemian Diet elected Ferdinand of Styria as king of Bohemia. Ferdinand, who was a member of the Hapsburg family, became the Holy Roman Emperor two years later as Ferdinand II. The election of Ferdinand alarmed Bohemian Calvinists who feared the loss of their religious rights they rightfully owned. In May of 1618, two Catholics of the Bohemian royal council were thrown of from a window by Calvinist rebels and put Frederick V in power of Bohemia. This incident became known as the Defenestration of Prague which started the Thirty Years' War. Emperor Ferdinand II along with Maxilmilian I of Bravaria invaded Bohemia. Their combined forces defeated Frederick V at the Battle of White Mountain. Frederick later fled to Holland. Emperor Ferdinand II regained the throne of Bohemia and the Bohemian phase of the Thirty Years' War thus ended with a Catholic and Hapsburg victory. Following the Catholic victory came the Danish intervention. The Danish Period began when Christian IV of......

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