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1599 Bohemian Diet

Type Event Region Central Europe Time 1599

From March 23–31, 1599, the Bohemian estates met at Prague Castle, resolving war taxation, confirming kingdom privileges, and granting naturalization…

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  1. 1599Prague Castle · PragueThe Bohemian estates opened at Prague Castle, with the central issue being the financial sharing of the war against the Ottomans and Habsburg military needs. The diet decided to levy special taxes on wine, meat, and livestock to support the army, with towns responsible for collection and remittance.
  2. 1599Prague Castle · PragueThe diet passed resolutions recognizing Ladislav Petey and his sons Martin, George, and Stefan as residents of the Kingdom of Bohemia, and discussed custody of the royal treasury at Karlštejn Castle. Jan z Fresovic, governor of the Hradec region, participated in deliberations as a representative of the knightly estate.
  3. 1599–1600Kingdom of Bohemia · BohemiaAlthough the 1599 diet completed its fiscal resolutions, disagreements between Bohemian Protestant nobles and the Catholic Habsburg central authority over religious freedom and kingdom autonomy remained unresolved, laying groundwork for the later Defenestration and the Thirty Years' War.

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