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Battle of White Mountain

Type Event Region Europe Time 1620

On November 8, 1620, a Catholic League and Habsburg imperial coalition defeated the Bohemian-Palatine Protestant alliance at Bílá hora (White Mountai…

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  1. 1620West of Prague · PragueIn 1620, Bavarian Elector Maximilian I led Catholic League forces to join Count Tilly's imperial regiments and advanced on Prague from the west. The Bohemian Protestant coalition fortified a line at White Mountain, trying to keep the enemy out of the capital.
  2. 1620White Mountain · PragueIn the morning the Catholic coalition attacked. The Bohemian left wing collapsed under Tilly's fierce assault and the whole army fled. The entire battle lasted only about two hours; Protestant casualties and prisoners numbered in the thousands, and all artillery and baggage fell into enemy hands.
  3. 1620–1621Prague · PragueAfter the defeat Frederick V fled Prague in haste and the Bohemian estates surrendered. Ferdinand II regained full power; in 1621 he executed twenty-seven rebel leaders in the Old Town Square and forced a reconversion to Catholicism, dealing a devastating blow to Bohemian Protestant political power.

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