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Holstein-Gottorp was a duchy consisting of areas within Schleswig and Holstein, in present-day Denmark and Germany. It was extant from 1544, when it was ceded to Adolf , the brother of King Christian III of Denmark, to 1773, from when on it was held again in personal union with the Danish crown.The dukes of Holstein-Gottorp conducted a successful dynastic policy, two effects of which were the Swedish House of Holstein-Gottorp (reigning from 1751 until 1818) and the Russian Imperial Family of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov (reigning briefly in 1762 and then from 1796 until 1918Events January January 8 President Woodrow Wilson announces his " Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I. February February 3 The Twin Peaks Tunnel begins service in San Francisco as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world (11,920 feet long).).
Dukes of Holstein-Gottorp
- 1544- 1586Events November 19 Henry Barrow, English Puritan and Separatist is imprisoned. The reign of Emperor Ogimachi of Japan ends and Emperor Go-Yozei ascends to the throne of Japan. Toyotomi Hideyoshi becomes grand minister of Japan. William Harrison becomes ca : Adolf
- 1586Events November 19 Henry Barrow, English Puritan and Separatist is imprisoned. The reign of Emperor Ogimachi of Japan ends and Emperor Go-Yozei ascends to the throne of Japan. Toyotomi Hideyoshi becomes grand minister of Japan. William Harrison becomes ca- 1587Events February 8 Mary, Queen of Scots is executed. July 22 Colony of Roanoke: A group of English settlers arrive on Roanoke Island off of North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony. August 19 Polish and Lithuanian nobles elect Sigismund Vasa as t : Frederick II
- 1587Events February 8 Mary, Queen of Scots is executed. July 22 Colony of Roanoke: A group of English settlers arrive on Roanoke Island off of North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony. August 19 Polish and Lithuanian nobles elect Sigismund Vasa as t- 1590Events March 14 Battle of Ivry Henry IV of France again defeats the forces of the Catholic League under the Duc de Mayenne. May August Unsuccessful siege of Paris by Henry IV of France. Henry is forced to raise the siege when the Duke of Parma comes to it : Philip
- 1590Events March 14 Battle of Ivry Henry IV of France again defeats the forces of the Catholic League under the Duc de Mayenne. May August Unsuccessful siege of Paris by Henry IV of France. Henry is forced to raise the siege when the Duke of Parma comes to it- 1616Events Dirk Hartog lands on an island off the Western Australian coast Pocahontas arrives in England War between Venice and Austria Collegium Musicum founded in Prague Nicolaus Copernicus' De revolutionibus is placed on the Index of Forbidden Books by the : John Adolf
- 1616- 1659 : Frederick III
- 1659- 1694 : Christian Albert
- 1694- 1702 : Frederick IV
- 1702- 1739 : Charles Frederick
- 1739- 1762 : Charles Peter Ulrich (later Peter III of Russia)
- 1762- 1773 : Paul (later Paul of Russia)
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