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Aftermath of the Battle of the White Mountain and Consolidation of the Bohemian Protestant Defeat (1621)

Type Event Region Central Europe Time 1621

After the 1620 Battle of the White Mountain, Habsburg Ferdinand II systematically crushed the Bohemian revolt in 1621: 27 leaders executed, noble est…

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  1. 1621Old Town Square, Prague · PragueHabsburg authorities publicly executed 27 Bohemian revolt leaders in Prague's Old Town Square, including nobles and burgher representatives such as Jan Jesenius, to intimidate Protestant opposition.
  2. 1621Kingdom of Bohemia · BohemiaIn 1621 the Habsburgs comprehensively confiscated the estates of Protestant nobles who had joined the revolt, granting them to loyal servants; forced Catholic re-imposition was carried out, the Bohemian estates' power was hollowed out, and royal authority was highly centralized.
  3. 1621Regensburg · Holy Roman EmpireIn 1621 the Imperial Diet formally stripped Frederick V, Elector Palatine (the Winter King), of his titles and territories, branding him a traitor, and the Bohemian crown permanently returned to the Habsburgs.

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