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Prague was captured and sacked twice in the Thirty Years' War, right at the start, and right at the end:

  • in 1620 by Habsburg troops, after the Battle of White Mountain
  • in 1648 by Swedish troops, after the Battle of Prague (1648); they did not capture the whole city - this is the more likely reference.

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Sack of Prague

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Prague was captured and sacked twice in the Thirty Years' War, right at the start, and right at the end: in 1620 by Habsburg troops, after the Battle of...

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Adriaen de Vries

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collection of De Vries' work, are in Museum De Vries at Drottningholm Palace, opened in 2001. Their presence in Sweden is the result of the Sack of Prague in...

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Wenceslaus Hollar

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was born in Prague, died in London, and was buried at St Margaret's Church, Westminster. After his family was ruined by the Sack of Prague in the Thirty...

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has resulted in any casualties. Barbary slave trade Sack of Baltimore Sklavenkasse Slave raid of Suðuroy Slavery in the Ottoman Empire Þorsteinn Helgason...

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Sack of Magdeburg

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The sack of Magdeburg, also called Magdeburg's Wedding (German: Magdeburger Hochzeit) or Magdeburg's Sacrifice (Magdeburgs Opfergang), was the destruction...

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Stockholm Alhambra Vase

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collections of the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, Sweden. The Alhambra Vase arrived to Sweden from Queen Christina's sacking of Prague in 1648, mainly of the treasures...

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Theodorus Moretus

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following year, the invasion of the Swedes and the sacking of Prague during the Thirty Years' War forced both to leave Prague. While van Vincent first went...

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Erna Sack

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choir in which she sang. In 1921, she married Hermann Sack, of Jewish descent. She studied at the Prague Conservatory, and later privately in Berlin with Oscar...

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Prague Hussites

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The Prague Hussites, Prague Union (Czech: Pražský svaz) or simply "Praguers" (Czech: Pražané) was a faction of Moderate Hussites based in Prague, the capital...

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National Library of the Czech Republic

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building". Radio Prague. 27 February 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2014. "Head of National Library sacked over 'Blob' dispute". Radio Prague. 10 September 2008...

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Prague slave trade

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The Prague slave trade refers to the slave trade conducted between the Duchy of Bohemia and the Caliphate of Córdoba in Moorish al-Andalus in the early...

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List of mammals described in the 21st century

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The following is the list of mammals which have been taxonomically described in the 21st century. List of mammals described in the 2000s...

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Bologna FC 1909

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Austrian who became interested in football at university in Vienna and Prague. He and his brother had previously founded another football club, Black...

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Battle of Lipany

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was hanged in Prague. With the wars officially over, many Hussites were now hired as mercenaries by the same countries which they had sacked during the pillaging...

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Priam

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List of unusual deaths

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This list of unusual deaths includes unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources...

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Arne Slot

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Feyenoord reached the round of 16 in European football for the first time in twenty years, finishing ahead of Slavia Prague, Union Berlin and Maccabi Haifa...

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Bride kidnapping

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grabbing the woman, or using a sack to restrain her) to coerce the woman to come with him. Once at the man's house, one of his female relatives offers the...

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