Battle of Lipany

When

30 May 1434

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

50.03° N, 14.94° E

Description

fought at Lipany, Vitice in 1434 during the Hussite Wars

Fought at Lipany, Vitice in 1434 during the Hussite Wars

The Battle of Lipany, also called the Battle of Český Brod, was fought at Lipany 40 km east of Prague on 30 May 1434 and virtually ended the Hussite Wars. An army of moderate Hussite nobility and Catholics, called the Bohemian League, defeated the radical Taborites and Orphans led by Prokop the Great, the overall commander, and by Jan Čapek of Sány, the cavalry commander.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Hussite Wars – Battle of Lipany: The Catholics and Utraquists defeat the Taborites, ending the Hussite Wars”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Mit der Schlacht bei Lipan enden die Hussitenkriege”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bohême : une armée hussite dominée par les extrémistes taborites est écrasée à la bataille de Lipany”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “разгром таборитов чашниками: битва под Липанами”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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