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*'''1517:''' Protestant Reformation. The first significant non-Catholic religions begin in Germany. | *'''1517:''' Protestant Reformation. The first significant non-Catholic religions begin in Germany. | ||
*'''1524:'''Protestant church records begin in Nürnberg. | *'''1524:''' Protestant church records begin in Nürnberg. | ||
*'''1563:''' Council of Trent. Catholic priests are ordered to start keeping baptism and marriage records. | *'''1563:''' Council of Trent. Catholic priests are ordered to start keeping baptism and marriage records. | ||
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*'''1583:''' Catholic areas begin using the Gregorian calendar. | *'''1583:''' Catholic areas begin using the Gregorian calendar. | ||
*'''1618:'''[[Thirty Years' War]]. Many records are burned. | *'''1618-1648:''' [[Thirty Years' War]]. Many records are burned. | ||
*'''1622:'''The Pfalz suffers great destruction in the war. | *'''1622:''' The Pfalz suffers great destruction in the war. | ||
*'''1648:''' | *'''1648:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_of_Westphalia Peace of Westphalia] ends Thirty Years' War in the Holy Roman Empire. Many borders are shifted. <br>15 May 1648 - Treaty of Osnabruck<br>24 Ocober 1648 - Treaty of Munster | ||
*'''1653-1654:''' Sweden started Sweden-Bremen Wars over the claim that Bremen was to be ceced to Sweden. | |||
*'''1683:''' The first permanent German settlement in the United States is founded at Germantown, Pennsylvania. | *'''1683:''' The first permanent German settlement in the United States is founded at Germantown, Pennsylvania. | ||
*'''1700''' | *'''1700:''' The last German Protestant areas finally switch to the Gregorian calendar. | ||
*'''1709:''' Large numbers of emigrants, called Palatines [Pfälzer], leave the Pfalz region of Germany for England and America. | *'''1709:''' Large numbers of emigrants, called Palatines [Pfälzer], leave the Pfalz region of Germany for England and America. | ||
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*'''1722:''' Austro-Hungarian monarchs begin inviting Germans to settle parts of their empire. | *'''1722:''' Austro-Hungarian monarchs begin inviting Germans to settle parts of their empire. | ||
*'''1742:''' Prussia (Preußen) annexes Silesia (Schlesien). | *'''1742:''' Prussia (Preußen) annexes much of Silesia (Schlesien). | ||
*'''1763:''' Catherine the Great begins inviting Germans to settle in Russia. | *'''1763:''' Catherine the Great begins inviting Germans to settle in Russia. | ||