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23. 9. 0480

23.9. 480 Battle of Thermopylae

During the legendary Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC, part of the Greek city-states and the million-strong army of the Persian king Xerxes clashed. The latter eventually defeated the enemy thanks to a traitor who discovered a mountain path.

11. 9. 1697

11.9. 1697 Battle of Zenta

Prince Eugene decided to take advantage of the situation and called for an attack. He set out through the marshes of the Danube and Tisza. At the Battle of Zenta, he scattered the Turkish army, triggering the fall of the Ottoman Empire.

7. 9. 1812

7.9. 1812 Battle of Borodino

The Battle of Borodino began at 6.30am on 7 September 1812, when Napoleon ordered his artillery to open fire. Of all the battles he had fought so far, this was the bloodiest and most ferocious.

6. 9. 1437

6.9. 1437 The army captured Jan Rohac of Dubá

Jan Roháč of Dubá belonged to the followers of the radical Hussite movement of the Taborites. In early September 1437 he was captured and executed in Prague on Old Town Square. Of the Gothic castle of Sion, only modest remains of the castle palace and walls have survived.

4. 9. 0476

4.9. 476 Decline of the Western Roman Empire

The Western Roman Empire ended in 476 when the last Roman emperor, Romulus Augustus, was crushed by the Visigothic invasion of Italy. It existed for 503 years and 6 months. Rome became a forgotten city in a forgotten land.

30. 8. 1813

30.8.1813 Battle of Chlumec

Twenty thousand soldiers died in the Napoleonic battle of Chlumec in 1813. The arrival of the Prussians with General Kleist was decisive and the French were defeated. The battlefield was littered with corpses.

27. 8. 1813

27.8. 1813 Battle of Dresden

During the campaign through Germany, Napoleon's troops also clashed with the enemy at Dresden. The clash lasted two days on 26 and 27 August 1813. France won, losing ten thousand men.

26. 8. 1278

26.8. 1278 Battle on the Moravian Field

Rudolf, in an attempt to humble his rival, provoked another conflict. The decisive clash took place on 26 August 1278 on the Moravian Field in Lower Austria. King Přemysl Otakar II died in battle.

19. 8. 1619

19.8. 1619 The rebellious Czech Estates deposed Ferdinand II.

The only ally willing to join his fate in 1619 with the Bohemian uprising was the twenty-three-year-old Calvinist Elector Frederick V. Falck. He succeeded Ferdinand II, who had been deposed by the rebellious Bohemian Estates.

17. 8. 1812

17.8. 1812 Battle of Smolensk

On August 15, 1812, the situation looked as if the enemy had indeed been stopped at Smolensk, forced into a decisive battle and destroyed. Over the next two days, 150,000 men of the Grand Army fought against 120,000 Russians.

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