   the battle of white mountain (czech: bitva na bÃ­lÃ© hoÅe), was an early battle in the thirty years' war fought on 8 november 1620, in which an army of 30,000 bohemians and mercenaries under christian of anhalt were defeated by 27,000 men of the combined armies of ferdinand ii, holy roman emperor under charles bonaventure de longueval, count of bucquoy and the german catholic league under johann tserclaes, count of tilly at bÃ­lÃ¡ hora ("white mountain"), near prague (now part of the city).the battle of white mountain, 11-06-2003 - radio prague the battle marked the end of the bohemian period of the thirty years' war and decisively influenced the fate of the czech lands for the next 300&nbsp;years. ==prelude== in the early 17th century most of the bohemian estates, although under the dominion of the predominantly roman catholic holy roman empire, had large protestant populations, and had been granted rights and protections allowing them varying degrees of religious and political freedom. in 1617, as emperor matthias lay dying, his cousin ferdinand &mdash; a fier
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