8 November 1620

War & Conflict

Battle of White Mountain

About this moment

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. Imperial forces entered Prague on 9 November and Frederick fled into Silesia.

Gallery

Schlacht am Weißen Berg C-K 063Peter SnayersPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Angels SM della VittoriaJastrowPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Bitva na Bílé hoře - Valkeavuoren taisteluSaimuriCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Domingo de Jesús en la batalla de la Montaña BlancaUnknownPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Ferdinand Piloty dJ Einzug Maximilian I in PragAttributed to Ferdinand von PilotyPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Fotoreproductie van een schilderij, voorstellende Boheemse boeren op de vlucht voor de Dertigjarige Oorlog Cesti sedláci na úteku v tricetileté válce (titel op object), RP-F-2001-7-749B-290RijksmuseumCC0Wikimedia Commons
Hans Lenzburger FR CH 01UnknownCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Maixner, Petr - studie k Sedlaci po bitve na Bile hore (pred 1860)Petr MaixnerPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Petr Maixner, Sedláci po Bílé HořeDobrošCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons

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