1. Dates
The Thirty Years’ War was a series of conflicts that began in 1618 with the “Bohemian Revolt” and ended in 1648 with the Peace of Westphalia. The term is not a retrospective one invented later on by historians, but was already current soon after the end of the conflict [12].
The prior history of the Thirty Years’ War extends back to the beginning of the 17th century [14]. This was when sy…