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1771:Categories
1671:21 October
1622:References
1446:Palatinate
1390:Protestant
1369:Background
1361:forces of
1359:Protestant
1287:Heidelberg
1171:Lister Dyb
1032:Korneuburg
977:Tuttlingen
947:Honnecourt
897:Thionville
840:Saint Omer
795:Tornavento
668:Alte Veste
653:Maastricht
527:Érsekújvár
486:Heidelberg
413:Wisternitz
101:49°11′50″N
65:6 May 1622
1749:cite book
1564:Aftermath
1549:wagenburg
1532:G. Keller
1469:Ladenburg
1412:in 1620.
1310:Stadtlohn
1265:Bacharach
1260:Oppenheim
1156:The Downs
1131:The Slaak
1121:Gibraltar
1044:Totenhöhe
1027:3rd Hulst
927:La Marfée
815:2nd Breda
810:Wittstock
778:Haselünne
746:Les Avins
683:Oldendorf
658:Nuremberg
628:Magdeburg
623:Frankfurt
590:Stralsund
575:Oldenzaal
506:Stadtlohn
456:Bacharach
451:Oppenheim
104:9°10′20″E
50:S. Vrancx
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1450:Mansfeld
1345:and the
1292:Mannheim
1198:Treaties
1012:2nd Brno
997:Jüterbog
987:Freiburg
972:1st Brno
917:Preßnitz
912:Montjuïc
907:Cambrils
887:Chemnitz
713:Liegnitz
698:Konstanz
663:Wiesloch
496:Mannheim
197:12,700
191:Strength
70:Location
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1473:Córdoba
1408:at the
1384:In the
1336:Wimpfen
1298:Fleurus
1276:Wimpfen
1181:Fehmarn
1151:Channel
1146:Dunkirk
982:Kolding
932:Dorsten
825:Leipzig
693:Steinau
643:Bamberg
595:Wolgast
585:Groenlo
544:Hodonín
522:Humenné
491:Fleurus
471:Wimpfen
418:Bautzen
403:Lomnice
321:Wimpfen
288:Wimpfen
246:Wimpfen
92:Germany
75:Wimpfen
31:of the
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1497:Battle
1465:Neckar
1437:Count
1282:Höchst
1105:Prague
1093:Dachau
1073:Naples
1068:Triebl
1007:Jankau
1002:Bysjön
967:Rocroi
942:Kempen
922:Plauen
902:Salses
892:Melnik
872:Vlotho
766:Dömitz
751:Leuven
678:Lützen
633:Werben
532:Tyrnau
476:Höchst
461:Jülich
408:Sablat
398:Pilsen
261:region
259:Neckar
221:1,800+
218:3,000+
129:Result
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