Battle of Breitenfeld

When

23 Oct 1642

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

51.34° N, 12.37° E

Description

battle of the Thirty Years' War in 1642

1642 battle of the Thirty Years' War

The Second Battle of Breitenfeld, also known as the First Battle of Leipzig, took place during the Thirty Years' War on 2 November 1642 at Breitenfeld, north-east of Leipzig in Germany. A Swedish Army commanded by Lennart Torstensson defeated an Imperial Army under Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria and his deputy Ottavio Piccolomini.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Breitenfeld (1642), the Second Battle of Breitenfeld, also known as the First Battle of Leipzig”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Schweden unter Lennart Torstensson besiegen die kaiserlichen Truppen in der zweiten Schlacht bei Breitenfeld”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire de Tortensson à la seconde bataille de Breitenfeld près de Leipzig”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва под Брайтенфельдом”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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