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Jan Žižka and the Hussite Wars

Before 1415: Bohemia

1378–1403The lands of the Bohemian Crown around 1400 14th centuryPrague and Kutná Hora c. 1360–1409Jan Žižka of Trocnov, c. 1360–1409 1410–1419Grunwald and the king’s court, 1410–1419

1402 – 1419: Hus and the chalice

1402–1409Hus and the Bethlehem Chapel, 1402–1409 1410–1414Indulgences and exile, 1410–1414 October 1414 – May 1416Constance, 1414–1416 1414 – 22 July 1419The chalice and the league, 1415–1419 30 July – 16 August 1419The defenestration of Prague, 30 July 1419 August – November 1419Prague in arms, autumn 1419

1419 – 1420: Tábor

November 1419 – March 1420Plzeň and Nekmíř, 1419–1420 February – April 1420The founding of Tábor, 1420

Battle of Sudoměř, 1420

23 – 25 March 1420The march from Plzeň 25 March 1420, afternoonThe dike between the ponds 25 March 1420, afternoonThe knights on foot 25 – 26 March 1420Sunset at Sudoměř

1419 – 1434The wagon fort

1420: the first crusade

1 March – 10 July 1420Sigismund’s crusade, 1420

Battle of Vítkov Hill, 1420

20 May – 13 July 1420Prague under siege 14 July 1420, afternoonThe works on the ridge 14 July 1420, an hour before sunsetThe assault on the works 14 July 1420, eveningThe sally from the city

19 July – 22 August 1420Coronation and the Four Articles, July 1420 15 September – 1 November 1420Vyšehrad, 1 November 1420

1420 – 1421: Žižka takes the country

August – December 1420South Bohemia, 1420 January – April 1421The western towns, 1421 Spring – October 1421Rabí and the Adamites, 1421 June 1421The diet of Čáslav, 1421

1421 – 1422: Žatec and Kutná Hora

August – November 1421The second crusade and Žatec, 1421

Kutná Hora and Německý Brod, 1421–1422

October – 21 December 1421Sigismund’s winter campaign 21 December 1421The wagon fort before the town Night of 21 to 22 December 1421The breakout 6 January 1422Nebovidy 7 – 10 January 1422The pursuit to Německý Brod

1422 – 1423: Korybut and the Lesser Tábor

9 March – December 1422Želivský and Korybut, 1422 January – April 1423The Lesser Tábor and Hořice, 1423 June – November 1423Into Hungary, 1423

1424: Malešov and Přibyslav

October 1423 – 6 January 1424Skalice, January 1424

Battle of Malešov, 1424

March – 7 June 1424The chase across Bohemia 7 June 1424Žižka turns at Malešov 7 June 1424The wagons of stones 7 June 1424The charge and the pursuit

June – 11 October 1424Libeň and Přibyslav, 1424

1425 – 1427: Prokop and the field armies

1425 – spring 1426Prokop and the field armies, 1425–1426

Battle of Ústí nad Labem, 1426

May – 15 June 1426The siege of Ústí and the Saxon relief 16 June 1426, morningThe wagon fort on Běhání hill 16 June 1426, late morningThe knights break the chain 16 June 1426, from middayThe sally and the flight

April – August 1427The fourth crusade, 1427

1427 – 1433: the beautiful rides

March 1427 – May 1428Austria and Silesia, 1427–1428 April – November 1429Talks at Pressburg, 1429 December 1429 – February 1430Saxony and Franconia, 1429–1430 April 1430 – 1432Upper Hungary, 1430–1432 March – 14 August 1431Domažlice, 1431 March – August 1432Brandenburg and Silesia, 1432 April – September 1433To the Baltic, 1433

1432 – 1437: Basel and Lipany

May 1432 – July 1433The Cheb Judge and Basel, 1432–1433 July 1433 – May 1434The siege of Plzeň, 1433–1434 March – 24 May 1434The lords’ league, May 1434

Battle of Lipany, 1434

22 – 30 May 1434The armies meet at Lipany 30 May 1434, from about 3 in the afternoonTwo wagon forts 30 May 1434, late afternoonThe feigned retreat 30 May 1434, eveningThe field armies cut off

1435 – 9 December 1437The Compacts and Sigismund, 1436–1437

After 1437

1448 – 1471George of Poděbrady, 1448–1471 1424 – 1960Žižka remembered

c. 1360 – 1437

Jan Žižka and the Hussite Wars

The Hussite revolution in Bohemia and its general Jan Žižka, from the burning of Jan Hus in 1415 through five crusades beaten by the wagon fort to Lipany in 1434 and the Compacts of 1436.