White Mountain 1620 by Vit Hassan Photography

Prestonpans 1745

 Today's anniversary. Battle of Prestonpans - Wikipedia

Event in the Czech Republic

Pojďte s námi k Rakovníku nahlédnout do dramatické doby před více jak 400 lety a připomenout si příběh z konce česko-falcké fáze třicetileté války!
Po dva víkendy se můžete ponořit do minulosti a dozvědět se více o událostech z podzimu roku 1620, kdy se u Rakovníka během několika dní rozhodlo o výsledku bitvy na Bílé hoře!
Více informací o akcích a programu najdete na také na www.1620.cz

Come with us to Rakovník and take a look at the dramatic times from over 400 years ago, and revisit the story from the end of the Czech-Palatinate phase of the Thirty Years' War!  

For two weekends, you can dive into the past and learn more about the events of the autumn of 1620, when the outcome of the Battle of White Mountain was decided near Rakovník in just a few days!  

You can find more information about the events and program also at www.1620.cz

 

First Battle of Newbury

 First Battle of Newbury - Wikipedia Happened today. 

art by Graham Turner

London Trained Bands - Wikipedia 

Tilly

One of the major personalities of the TYW.

 Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly - Wikipedia

Das Tillylied - Thirty Years' War Song

 The Tillylied - or "Tilly Song" was written in the aftermath of the Siege of Magdeburg, and became quite popular with the forces of the Catholic League, led by Johann Tserclaes, the Count of Tilly, the "Iron Monk".

The Thirty Years War was a long-lasting clash of mainly Catholic and Protestant forces that struggled for the status of religion within the Holy Roman Empire. It later involved other forces that tried to exploit the political instability for their own gains, such as France, Sweden, Russia and the Ottoman Empire helping the Protestants. A popular motto spread in the Protestant side, both in the context of Turkish support and in the conquest of Turkish expansion: "Better Turkish than Papist", coincidentally similar to the Orthodox motto "Rather the Turkish Turban than the Papal Tiara". The War eventually ended in a stalemate, with both forces not willing to drag it on for longer, and with religious peace being declared in the Holy Roman Empire. In the picture, the Count of Tilly, and the banner of the Catholic League.

This weekend near Prague

 White Mountain 1620. Battle of White Mountain - Wikipedia. The actual battle is in November but they commemorate it in September.