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He was appointed governor of Austria ( 1593) by his brother, Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II. He formed a close association there with the bishop of Vienna, Melchior Klesl, who later became his chief adviser. In 1605, Matthias forced the ailing emperor to allow him to deal with the Hungarian Protestant rebels. The result was the Peace of Vienna ( 1606), which guaranteed religious freedom in Hungary. In the same year Matthias was recognized as head of the house of Hapsburg and as future Holy Roman emperor, as a result of Rudolf's illness. Allying himself with the estates of Hungary, Austria, and Moravia, Matthias forced ( 1608Events October 2 Dutch lensmaker Hans Lippershey demonstrates the first telescope in the Dutch parliament July 3 Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain. August 24 The first official English representative to India lands at Surat. Swedish troops enter) his brother to yield rule of these lands to him; Rudolf later ceded ( 1611Events November 1 At Whitehall Palace in London, William Shakespeare's romantic comedy The Tempest is presented for the first time. mo Gustavus Adolphus becomes king of Sweden Denmark attacks Sweden King James Version of the Bible first published in Engla) BohemiaBohemia Cechy in Czech, Bohmen in German) is an historical region in central Europe, occupying the western and middle thirds of the Czech Republic. With an area of 52,750 sq. 25 million of the country's 10. 3 million inabitants, Bohemia is bounded by Germ. After Matthias's accession as Holy Roman emperor, his policy was dominated by Klesl, who hoped to bring about a compromise between CatholicGeneral meaning Catholic means universal or whole''. With respect to the Christian Church, the early Christians used the term to refer to the whole undivided church. It is in that sense that all Christians today claim ownership of the term, including Prot and Protestant states within the empire in order to strengthen it. Matthias had already been forced to grant religious concessions to Protestants in Austria and Moravia, as well as in Hungary, when he had allied with them against Rudolf. His conciliatory policies were opposed by the more intransigent Catholic Hapsburgs, particularly Matthias's brother Archduke Maximilian, who hoped to secure the succession for the inflexible Catholic archduke Ferdinand (later Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand IIFerdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor ( July 9, 1578 February 15, 1637), ruled 1620-1637. Originally Archduke of Styria, his appointment as King of Bohemia was one of the causes of the Thirty Years' War. He was the son of Karl II of Austria (1540-1590) and his). The start of the Bohemian Protestant revolt in 1618Events March 8 Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion (he soon rejects the idea after some initial calculations were made but on May 15 confirms the discovery). The margraves of Brandenburg is granted Polish approval to inherit Ducal provoked Maximilian to imprison Klesl and revise his policies. Matthias, old and ailing, was unable to prevent a takeover by Maximilian's faction. Ferdinand, who had already been crowned king of Hungary ( 1617Events Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed I ( 1603-1617) to Mustafa I (1617- 1623). Francesco Andreini's The Penitent Magdalene is published. February 27 Peace is reached between Russia and Sweden with the Treaty of Stolbova, ending the In) and of Bohemia ( 1618Events March 8 Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion (he soon rejects the idea after some initial calculations were made but on May 15 confirms the discovery). The margraves of Brandenburg is granted Polish approval to inherit Ducal), succeeded Matthias as Holy Roman emperor.

Names in other languages: German: Matthias, Czech: Matyáš, Slovak: Matej, Hungarian: Mátyás,Romanian: Matei, Croatian: Matija