Throughout this time, 

Pomerelia was
within Royal Prussia, a part of the Polish–
Lithuanian Commonwealth with considerable
autonomy. In the late 18th century, it became a
part of Prussia.
The Duchy of Pomerania was fragmented into
Pomerania-Stettin (Farther Pomerania) and
Pomerania-Wolgast (Western Pomerania) in
1532,[18][140] underwent Protestant Reformation in
1534,[26][27][25] and was even further fragmented in
1569.[141] In 1627, the Thirty Years' War reached
the duchy.[142] Since the Treaty of Stettin (1630),
it was under Swedish control.[142][143] In the midst
of the war, the last duke Bogislaw XIV died
without an issue. Garrison, plunder, numerous
battles, famine and diseases left two thirds of
the population dead and most of the country
ravaged.[144][145] In the Peace of Westphalia of
1648, the Swedish Empire and Brandenburg-
Prussia agreed on a partition of the duchy,
which came into effect after the Treaty of Stettin
(1653). Western Pomerania became Swedish
Pomerania, a Swedish dominion, while Farther
Pomerania became a Brandenburg-Prussian
province.
A series of wars affected Pomerania in the
following centuries. As a consequence, most of
the formerly free peasants became serfs of the
nobles.[146] Brandenburg-Prussia was able to
integrate southern Swedish Pomerania into her
Pomeranian province during the Great Northern
War, which was confirmed in the Treaty of
Stockholm in 1720.[29] In the 18th century,
Prussia rebuild and colonised her war-torn
Pomeranian province.[147]
Timeline 1500–1806[edit]

would remain Swedish until 1815]]. This and

subsequent wars severely ravaged the region, two
thirds of the population died during the Thirty Years'
War.[148]

 1520s: Protestant Reformation[27][25]
 1529: Treaty of Grimnitz settles
the Brandenburg-Pomeranian
 conflict between the houses
of Pomerania and Hohenzollern
 1532: Partition of the Duchy of
Pomerania into P.-Wolgast (Western
Pomerania) and P.-Stettin (Farther
Pomerania)[18][25]
 1534: Protestantism officially adopted in
the Duchy of Pomerania by the Landtag[26][27][25]
 1569: Pomerania-Barth split off Pomerania-
Wolgast, Pomerania-Rügenwalde split off
Pomerania-Stettin[141]
 1627: Thirty Years' War reaches
Pomerania, Duchy of Pomerania surrendered
to the imperial army in the Capitulation of
Franzburg[142]
 1628: Battle of Stralsund (1628), Battle of
Wolgast
 1630: Treaty of Stettin (1630): Duchy of
Pomerania allied to and occupied by
the Swedish Empire[142]
 1635–1644: Imperial troops several times
occupy Pomerania[149]
 1637: last Duke of Pomerania deceased,
districts of Lauenburg and Butow
 Land (Lebork and Bytow) had returned to
Polish rule
 1644: Battle of Colberger Heide

Pomerania as part of the Holy Roman Empire after

the Peace of Westphalia

 1648: Peace of Westphalia – partition of

the Duchy of Pomerania: Western
Pomerania becomes Swedish
Pomerania, Farther Pomerania granted
to Brandenburg-Prussia. Two thirds of the
population dead, most of the duchy ravaged.
 1653: Treaty of Stettin (1653): Swedes
withdraw from Farther Pomerania,
Brandenburg sets up Province of
Pomerania there
 1656–1660: Second Northern War – all of
Pomerania affected by campaigns of Sweden,
Brandenburg and Poland[150]
 1656: Treaty of Labiau – Sweden allies with
Prussia
 1657: Treaty of Wehlau, confirmed by
subsequent Treaty of Bromberg – Prussian
rights in Pomerania assured by the Polish–
Lithuanian Commonwealth
 1658: Sweden and Prussia break their
alliance and battle each other in Swedish
Pomerania[151]
 1660: Peace of Oliva restores the conditions
before the war to Pomerania
 1675–1679: Scanian War between Sweden,
Prussia and Denmark affects Swedish
Pomerania and the Prussian province of
Pomerania.[152] Battle of Stralsund (1678).
 1679: Peace of Saint-Germain-en-
Laye restores pre-war conditions in
Pomerania
 1700-1721: Great Northern War between
Prussia, Sweden and Denmark;[29] plague in
Pomerania
 1715: Battle of Stralsund (1715), Denmark
and Prussia conquer Swedish Pomerania[29]
 1720: Treaty of Frederiksborg and Treaty of
Stockholm – Southern Swedish
Pomerania becomes part of the Kingdom of
Prussia and is incorporated into the Province
of Pomerania[29]
 1757–1762: Seven Years' War reaches
the Swedish and Prussian Pomerania,
Swedish, Russian and Prussian forces ravage
the duchy.[153] Kolberg was the subject of
sieges in 1759, 1760 and 1761.
 1772–1793: Partitions of
Poland – Pomerelia is annexed into Prussia's
province of West Prussia, plans to Germanize
the province and discrimination of Polish
population.[citation needed]