Imperial Diet

Examples of Imperial Diet in the following topics:

• Administration of the Empire

  • The Imperial Diet as a legislative organ of the empire did not exist at that time.
  • The Imperial Diet (Reichstag) was the legislative body of the Holy Roman Empire and theoretically superior to the emperor himself.
  • The precise role and function of the Imperial Diet changed over the centuries, as did the empire itself, in that the estates and separate territories gained more and more control of their own affairs at the expense of imperial power.
  • A prospective emperor first had to be elected King of the Romans by the prince-electors, the highest office of the Imperial Diet.
  • Imperial and directly held Hohenstaufen land in the empire is shown in bright yellow.

• The Peace of Westphalia

  • The power taken by Ferdinand III in contravention of the Holy Roman Empire's constitution was stripped and returned to the rulers of the Imperial States.
  • Sweden received Western Pomerania, Wismar, and the Prince-Bishoprics of Bremen and Verden as hereditary fiefs, thus gaining a seat and vote in the Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire.
  • After the Peace of Westphalia, each prince of a given Imperial State would have the right to determine the religion of his own state, the options being Catholicism, Lutheranism, and Calvinism.

• Frederick the Great

  • The king briefly threatened the crown prince with the death penalty, then considered forcing Frederick to renounce the succession in favor of his brother, Augustus William, although either option would have been difficult to justify to the Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire.

• Cardinal Mazarin and the Fronde

  • The terms of the peace treaties  ensured Dutch independence from Spain, awarded some autonomy to the various German princes of the Holy Roman Empire, and granted Sweden seats on the Imperial Diet and territories to control the mouths of the Oder, Elbe, and Weser rivers.
  • This anticipated the formation of the 1658 League of the Rhine, leading to the further diminution of Imperial power.

• Imperialism and Racial Divisions

• Imperialism in South Africa

• Economic and Social Impacts of Imperialism in India

• The Economics of French Imperialism

• Swedish-French Intervention

  • The Imperial general Johann von Werth and Spanish commander Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Spain ravaged the French provinces of Champagne, Burgundy, and Picardy, and even threatened Paris in 1636.
  • In 1648, the Swedes (commanded by Marshal Carl Gustaf Wrangel) and the French (led by Turenne and Condé) defeated the Imperial army at the Battle of Zusmarshausen and the Spanish at Lens.
  • However, an Imperial army led by Octavio Piccolomini managed to check the Franco-Swedish army in Bavaria, though their position remained fragile.
  • These results left only the Imperial territories of Austria safely in Habsburg hands.

• Pearl Harbor

  • The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base on the morning of December 7, 1941, which led to the United States' entry into World War II.
  • The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941.
  • The base was attacked by 353 Imperial Japanese fighter planes, bombers, and torpedo planes in two waves, launched from six aircraft carriers.