Saxony

For the first time in his adult life, Axel Oxenstierna, Chancellor of Sweden, suffered through a sleepless night. On November 6, 1632, Gustav II Adolf (also known as Gustavus Adolphus, the Latinized version of his name), the king of Sweden, fell during the Battle of Lutzen, part of the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) being fought by Sweden, France, and their allies against the Holy Roman Empire, and its allies. While Gustav had an heir in his daughter Christina, she was only 6 years old at the time…

a quintet for strings and another for piano and winds; two cello sonatas, three violin sonatas, and seven piano sonatas. There were also scattered songs and a concert aria for soprano’. Later in 1796, he went on a five-month tour through Bohemia, Saxony and Prussia, which earned him money. Illness struck Beethoven during the summer of that same year, which began his hearing loss process (Morris, 70-71 & Suchet, “1770-1802”). Piano sonatas, three string trios, three violin sonatas, a septet and…

From historic feat to historic tragedy, that is what the Lindbergh family experienced when Colonel Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic and just five short years later Charles A. Lindbergh, Junior was kidnaped. Charles A. Lindbergh, Junior was kidnaped from the family home in Hopewell, New Jersey on March 1, 1932. After a series of ransoms, fifteen in total, a truck driver found a body in the woods a mere two miles from the home on May 12, 1932. Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh…

•Poland was split between Lutherans, Anabaptists, Calvinists, and Antitrinitarians •Reaction Against Protestants •Charles V tried to enforce a compromise between Protestants and Catholics •Turned to a military solution •Established puppet rulers in Saxony and Hesse, and issued imperial law that Protestants had to return to Catholicism •The Peace of Augsburg •Charles reinstated Protestant leaders and guaranteed Lutherans religious freedoms in the Peace of Passau - surrendering his request for…