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Battle of Chlumec nad Cidlinou 1775

Retreat of peasants during the Battle of Chlumec nad Cidlinou (S. Hudeček)
Image: Stanislav Hudeček, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.

Key facts

Date25 March 1775 – 26 March 1775Wikidata
Year1775Wikidata P580 (start time)
EraEarly modern (1500–1799)derived from year
LocationCzechiaNatural Earth (modern borders)
ContinentEuropeNatural Earth
War / conflictPeasant revolt of 1775 in BohemiaWikidata P361
Coordinates50.1584, 15.4536Wikidata P625

About the battle

Battle of Chlumec nad Cidlinou was a final military engagement between Austrian army and Czech peasant rebels during the peasant revolt of 1775 in Bohemia at 25 and 26 March 1775. Peasants fighting for better conditions of their serf duties of corvée were crushed near the town of Chlumec nad Cidlinou and pushed to the Chlumec pond.

Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Battle of Chlumec nad Cidlinou (revision 1370109027), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; formatting and citations removed. No text added.

Location

50.1584, 15.4536 · Czechia

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