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Battle of White Mountain

Netherlands · Warfare / Thirty Years War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1620

Johann Tserclaes Tilly8 November 1620

White Mountain · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Victory at the Battle of White Mountain enables Prague to be captured several days later by the Catholic League, delaying the Czechs independence for 300 more years. Scores an important victory against Frederick V, Elector Palatine at the decisive Battle of White Mountain against the Protestants

Names involved

Johann Tserclaes Tilly

Provenance

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