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Capture of Prague

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

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1620Date range
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Chronological records

1620

Johann Tserclaes Tilly1620

Prague · 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

Names involved

Johann Tserclaes Tilly

Provenance

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