Based on statistics from
Our World in Data (starting in 1400), 1525 (the end of the
German Peasants' War) was, at its time, the deadliest year in terms of conflict deaths with 160k deaths, until it was surpassed by 1618 which saw 316k deaths. As the
Thirty Years' War (1618â1648) and the
Manchu conquest of China (1618â1683) continued, 1618 was surpassed by 1619 (359k deaths), 1625 (443k deaths), 1627 (453k deaths), 1628 (456k deaths) and 1629 (456.8k deaths). 1629 was later surpassed by 1756 (457.5k deaths), at the start of the
Seven Years' War.[1]
"The Imperial standard has, on a yellow ground, the black double-headed eagle, on the breast and wings of which are imposed shields bearing the arms of the provinces of the empire . The flag is bordered all round, the border being composed of equal-sided triangles with their apices alternately inwards and outwards, those with their apices pointing inwards being alternately yellow and white, the others alternately scarlet and black" (
Swinburne 1911, p. 461)
"The imperial banner was a golden yellow cloth...bearing a black eagle...The double-headed eagle was finally established by Sigismund as regent..." (
Smith 1975, pp. 114â119)
^Ervin Liptai: Military history of Hungary, ZrĂnyi Military Publisher, 1985.
ISBN9633263379
^The
Acts of Union of 1707 united the crowns of England and Scotland, forming the Kingdom of Great Britain. For much of the war, Scottish units were under Dutch pay and operated as part of the army of the Dutch Republic.
^
abIn 1707, the kingdoms of England and
Scotland were unified as the
Kingdom of Great Britain, sharing a single Parliament at Westminster under the
Act of Union 1707. After this, Scottish troops joined their English counterparts in all colonial wars.
^Cesåreo Fernåndez Duro, Armada española desde la unión de los reinos de Castilla y de León, Est. tipogråfico Sucesores de Rivadeneyra, Madrid, 1902, Vol. VI, p. 118
^Virtually all of the Italian states, including the neutral
Papal States and the
Republic of Venice, were conquered following
Napoleon's invasion in 1796 and became French satellite states.
^Officially neutral but Danish fleet was attacked by Britain at the
Battle of Copenhagen.
^Abolished following the restoration of the neutral
Papal States in 1799.
^Short lived state that replaced the Kingdom of Naples in 1799.
Based on statistics from
Our World in Data (starting in 1400), 1525 (the end of the
German Peasants' War) was, at its time, the deadliest year in terms of conflict deaths with 160k deaths, until it was surpassed by 1618 which saw 316k deaths. As the
Thirty Years' War (1618â1648) and the
Manchu conquest of China (1618â1683) continued, 1618 was surpassed by 1619 (359k deaths), 1625 (443k deaths), 1627 (453k deaths), 1628 (456k deaths) and 1629 (456.8k deaths). 1629 was later surpassed by 1756 (457.5k deaths), at the start of the
Seven Years' War.[1]
"The Imperial standard has, on a yellow ground, the black double-headed eagle, on the breast and wings of which are imposed shields bearing the arms of the provinces of the empire . The flag is bordered all round, the border being composed of equal-sided triangles with their apices alternately inwards and outwards, those with their apices pointing inwards being alternately yellow and white, the others alternately scarlet and black" (
Swinburne 1911, p. 461)
"The imperial banner was a golden yellow cloth...bearing a black eagle...The double-headed eagle was finally established by Sigismund as regent..." (
Smith 1975, pp. 114â119)
^Ervin Liptai: Military history of Hungary, ZrĂnyi Military Publisher, 1985.
ISBN9633263379
^The
Acts of Union of 1707 united the crowns of England and Scotland, forming the Kingdom of Great Britain. For much of the war, Scottish units were under Dutch pay and operated as part of the army of the Dutch Republic.
^
abIn 1707, the kingdoms of England and
Scotland were unified as the
Kingdom of Great Britain, sharing a single Parliament at Westminster under the
Act of Union 1707. After this, Scottish troops joined their English counterparts in all colonial wars.
^Cesåreo Fernåndez Duro, Armada española desde la unión de los reinos de Castilla y de León, Est. tipogråfico Sucesores de Rivadeneyra, Madrid, 1902, Vol. VI, p. 118
^Virtually all of the Italian states, including the neutral
Papal States and the
Republic of Venice, were conquered following
Napoleon's invasion in 1796 and became French satellite states.
^Officially neutral but Danish fleet was attacked by Britain at the
Battle of Copenhagen.
^Abolished following the restoration of the neutral
Papal States in 1799.
^Short lived state that replaced the Kingdom of Naples in 1799.