battle of white mountain

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Definition of battle of white mountain in English English dictionary

(1620) Decisive battle near Prague at the beginning of the Thirty Years' War. The Catholic forces of Maximilian I, duke of Bavaria, commanded by count von Tilly, defeated the Protestant forces of Frederick V, king of Bohemia. By the defeat, Bohemia lost its independence, and Protestantism was exterminated until 1648

Hyphenation

bat·tle of White Moun·tain

Turkish pronunciation

bätıl ıv hwayt mauntın

Pronunciation

/ˈbatəl əv ˈhwīt ˈmountən/ /ˈbætəl əv ˈhwaɪt ˈmaʊntən/