Part 45 (1/2)

1256. Richard of Cornwall and Alfonso of Castile elected.

1273--1291. Rudolf of Hapsburg, Emperor.

1278. Defeat of King Ottokar of Bohemia.

1291--1298. Adolf of Na.s.sau.

1291. Union of three Swiss Cantons.

1298. Albert of Austria defeats and slays Adolf of Na.s.sau.

1298--1308. Albert I. of Austria.

1308. He is murdered by John Parricida.

1308--1313. Henry VII. of Luxemburg.

1308. The Papacy removed from Rome to Avignon.

1310. Henry VII.'s son, John, King of Bohemia.

1313. Henry VII. poisoned in Italy.

1314--1347. Ludwig the Bavarian.

1314--1330. Frederick of Austria, Anti-Emperor.

1315. Battle of Morgarten.

1322. Ludwig's victory at Muhldorf.

1324. He gets possession of Brandenburg.

1327. His journey to Rome; Pope John XXII. deposed.

1338. Convention of German princes at Rense.

1344. Invention of gunpowder.

1346. The Pope declares Ludwig deposed, and appoints Karl IV. of Bohemia.

1347. Death of Ludwig the Bavarian.

1347--1378. Karl IV. (Luxemburg).

1348. Gunther of Schwarzburg, Anti-Emperor.

1356. Proclamation of ”The Golden Bull.”

1363. Tyrol annexed to Austria.