Major conflict1620

Battle of White Mountain

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White Mountain (Bila Hora) · near Prague · Bohemia

Estimated casualties

2.0K – 5.0Kestimated dead

Bohemian/Protestant losses ~4,000; Catholic ~700-800. Total dead commonly given 2,000-5,000.

SOURCEWikipedia / Wilson, Europe's Tragedy

Fought 8 November 1620 just west of Prague, the Catholic Imperial-League army under Tilly and Bucquoy crushed the Bohemian Protestant forces of Frederick V in about an hour, effectively ending the Bohemian Revolt at the opening of the Thirty Years' War.

Belligerents2

Holy Roman Empire (Catholic League)
Bohemian Confederates

Sources

Wikipedia: Battle of White Mountain
Peter H. Wilson, Europe's Tragedy: A History of the Thirty Years War
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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