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Events on Wednesday 28 August 1619 1
1619Ferdinand II elected Holy Roman EmperorHabsburg archduke takes the imperial throne amid the Bohemian revoltFollowing the death of Emperor Matthias, the imperial electors chose Archduke Ferdinand of Styria as Holy Roman Emperor in Frankfurt, despite the ongoing revolt of Bohemian Protestants against his rule. Ferdinand II's staunchly Catholic policies had already triggered the uprising that opened the Thirty Years' War. His election hardened the conflict with the Bohemian estates, who had already deposed him as their king.