Early Modern era · 1620

Battle of White Mountain

The Battle of White Mountain was fought on 8 November 1620 outside Prague in the early stages of the Thirty Years' War. An army backing Frederick V led by Christian of Anhalt was defeated by forces supporting his rival Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, under Bucquoy and Count Tilly.

Battle of White Mountain
Battle of White Mountain · Peter Snayers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
8 Nov 1620
Where
Bílá Hora
Era
Early Modern

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