Jan Žižka

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Hussite human military commander tactician

Jan Žižka was a renowned early 15th-century Czech military leader and tactician, famous for his innovative use of war wagons and his key role in defending the Hussite cause during the Hussite Wars.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Jan Žižka canonical	4
Žižka	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hussite ⓘ human ⓘ military commander ⓘ tactician ⓘ
canonizationStatus	national hero of the Czech people ⓘ
commemoratedBy	numerous Czech place names ⓘ statue of Jan Žižka on Vítkov Hill in Prague ⓘ
conflict	First anti-Hussite crusade ⓘ Second anti-Hussite crusade ⓘ surface form: Hussite Wars Second anti-Hussite crusade ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Bohemia ⓘ
culture	Czech history and legend ⓘ
dateOfBirth	circa 1360 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1424 ⓘ
era	early 15th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Czech ⓘ
familyName	Jan Žižka self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Žižka
fieldOfWork	military strategy ⓘ tactics ⓘ
givenName	Jan ⓘ
hasParticularCharacteristic	continued to command successfully despite blindness ⓘ later became completely blind ⓘ lost one eye in youth ⓘ
hasRepresentationIn	Czech historical painting ⓘ Czech literature ⓘ
influenced	later European military tactics ⓘ
influencedBy	teachings of Jan Hus ⓘ
militaryBranch	Hussite forces ⓘ surface form: Hussite armies
militaryRank	general ⓘ
movement	Hussite movement ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Czech language ⓘ
notableFor	defensive field fortifications using wagons ⓘ early use of firearms in field battles ⓘ innovative use of war wagons ⓘ tactical victories against numerically superior forces ⓘ
notableWork	defense of the Hussite cause ⓘ development of war wagon tactics ⓘ
occupation	military leader ⓘ soldier ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Bohemia ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Bohemia ⓘ
positionHeld	Hussite military leader ⓘ
religion	Hussite ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of Kutná Hora ⓘ Battle of Sudoměř ⓘ Battle of Vítkov Hill ⓘ defense of Tábor ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hussite movement → significantPerson → Jan Žižka ⓘ

Čáslav → hasNotablePerson → Jan Žižka ⓘ

Taborites → militaryLeader → Jan Žižka ⓘ

Taborites → notableLeader → Jan Žižka ⓘ

Jan Žižka → familyName → Jan Žižka self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Žižka