ttle of, 37.

GALLAS appointed commander in place of Wallenstein, 268.

GENOA, aid furnished Leopold by, 311.

GERMANY,
its conglomeration of States, 18.
independence of each State of, 18.
position of the Emperor of, 19.
decline of the imperial dignity of, 85.
its division into ten districts, 101.
growing independence in of the pope, 162.
tranquillity of under Ferdinand, 172.
rejoicing in at the downfall of Rhodolph, 225.
divided into two leagues, 253.
distracted state of, 299.
religious agitation in, 370.
the Elector of Bavaria chosen Emperor of, 434.

GERTRUDE (of Hohenburg),
marriage of to Rhodolph of Hapsburg, 19.
her dowry, 19.

GHIARADADDA to be bestowed on Venice, 89.

GIBRALTAR taken by the English, 339.

GOLDEN FLEECE, establishment of the order of the, 372.

GRAN, capture of the fortress at, 324.

GREAT WARDEIN,
siege of, 307.
the Turks retain, 313.

GRENADER, the plot at, 92.

GRIEVANCES complained of by the confederacy at Heilbrun, 192.

GUICCIARDINI, remark of Charles V. about, 144.

GUNPOWDER, its introduction, 82.

GUNTZ, triumphant resistance of the fortress of, 150.

GUSTAVUS YASA (King of Sweden),
league with against Charles V., 127.

GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS,
rouses the country against Ferdinand II., 280.
assembles a fleet at Elfsnaben, 281.
Stettin captured by, 281.
Mark of Brandenburg taken possession of by, 281.
conquers at the battle of Leipsic, 285.
his tranquil campaign, 286.
his intrenchment at Nuremberg, 290.
his attack on Wallenstein, 293.
his death, 293.
relics of, 295.

HANAU, conference at, 445.

HANOVER, title of the Elector of to the crown of England, 367.

HAWK'S Castle. (See Castle.)

HEDWIGE,
wife of Albert of Hapsburg, 18.
betrothal of, 53.

HELVETIC STATES, independence of acknowledged, 89.

HENRY (Duke of Anjou),
abdication of the throne of Poland, 180.
succeeds Charles IX., 180.

HENRY (Duke of Carinthia) chosen king, 39.

HENRY (Count of Luxemburg)
elected Emperor of Austria, 41.
his death, 41.

HENRY (of Valois) succeeds Charles IX., 171.

HENRY VIII. (of England) claims Austria, 107.

HENRY IV. (of France),
efforts of to unite Lutherans and Calvinists, 190.
political course of, 214.
assassination of, 215.
his plans for remodeling Europe, 216.

HOCKKIRCHEN, battle of, 475.

HOLY LEAGUE, formation of, 116.

HUNGARIANS, the, summons a diet, 349.
the,