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Early Modern era · 1631

Battle of Breitenfeld

The Battle of Breitenfeld, 17 September 1631, took place during the Thirty Years' War outside Breitenfeld, Leipzig, in modern Saxony. In one of the most significant battles of the war, a combined Swedish-Saxon force defeated an army made up of Imperial and Catholic League troops.

Battle of Breitenfeld
Battle of Breitenfeld · Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
17 Sept 1631
Where
Breitenfeld
Era
Early Modern

Topics

Germany1,250 BCE – today

Before and after

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