The Battle of Breitenfeld (German: Schlacht bei Breitenfeld; Swedish: Slaget vid Breitenfeld) or First Battle of Breitenfeld (sometimes First Breitenfeld) , was fought at the crossroads villages of Breitenfeld 51°24′N 12°20′E / 51.4°N 12.333°E / 51.4; 12.333, Podelwitz 51°24′N 12°23′E / 51.4°N 12.383°E / 51.4; 12.383, and Seehausen 51°24′N 12°25′E / 51.4°N 12.417°E / 51.4; 12.417, approximately five miles northwest of the walled city of ...
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The Battle of Breitenfeld (German: Schlacht bei Breitenfeld; Swedish: Slaget vid Breitenfeld) or First Battle of Breitenfeld (sometimes First Breitenfeld) , was fought at the crossroads villages of Breitenfeld 51°24′N 12°20′E / 51.4°N 12.333°E / 51.4; 12.333, Podelwitz 51°24′N 12°23′E / 51.4°N 12.383°E / 51.4; 12.383, and Seehausen 51°24′N 12°25′E / 51.4°N 12.417°E / 51.4; 12.417, approximately five miles northwest of the walled city of Leipzig 51°18′N 12°20′E / 51.3°N 12.333°E / 51.3; 12.333 on September 17, 1631 September 7 (old style or pre-acceptance of the Gregorian calendar in the Protestant region) September 17 (new style, or Gregorian dating), 1631. Breitenfeld represented the Protestants’ first major victory of the Thirty Years War.
The Protestant victory ensured that the German states would not be forcibly reconverted to Roman Catholicism. The victory further confirmed Sweden’s Gustavus Adolphus of the House of Vasa as a great tactical leader and induced many...
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