Battle of Breitenfeld (1631)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Battle_of_Breitenfeld_(1631)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:battle
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:First_Battle_of_Breitenfeld
gptkbp:casualties Imperial: ~7,600 killed, 6,000 captured
Swedish-Saxon: ~5,500 killed or wounded
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Holy_Roman_Empire
gptkb:Electorate_of_Saxony
gptkb:Swedish_Empire
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Gustavus_Adolphus_of_Sweden
gptkb:John_George_I,_Elector_of_Saxony
Count of Tilly
gptkbp:date 17 September 1631
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Battle_of_Lützen_(1632)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Breitenfeld (1631)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Breitenfeld,_near_Leipzig,_Saxony
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Thirty_Years'_War
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Siege_of_Magdeburg
gptkbp:result Protestant victory
gptkbp:significance Established Gustavus Adolphus as a leading military commander
First major Protestant victory of the Thirty Years' War
gptkbp:technology Use of flexible linear formations by Swedish army
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Gustavus_Adolphus_of_Sweden
gptkb:Thirty_Years'_War_(Swedish_involvement)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5