Battle of Jankau
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The Battle of Jankau was a major 1645 engagement of the Thirty Years' War in which Swedish forces decisively defeated the Holy Roman Empire in Bohemia, hastening the war’s end.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Jankau canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5207166 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Jankau Context triple: [Franco-Swedish phase, hasKeyEvent, Battle of Jankau]
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A.
Battle of Znaim
The Battle of Znaim was a 1809 engagement in the Napoleonic Wars in which French and Austrian forces clashed in Moravia, leading to an armistice that effectively ended the War of the Fifth Coalition.
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B.
Battle of Zierenberg
The Battle of Zierenberg was a minor engagement of the Seven Years' War in which Allied forces under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick clashed with French troops near the town of Zierenberg in present-day Germany.
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C.
Battle of Kolín
The Battle of Kolín was a major 1757 engagement of the Seven Years' War in which Austrian forces under Field Marshal Daun defeated Frederick the Great’s Prussian army, halting Prussian advances into Bohemia.
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D.
Battle of Striegau
The Battle of Striegau, better known as the Battle of Hohenfriedberg (1745), was a major Prussian victory over Austrian and Saxon forces during the Second Silesian War that solidified Frederick the Great’s control of Silesia.
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E.
Battle of Dobro Pole
The Battle of Dobro Pole was a decisive World War I engagement on the Macedonian Front in September 1918, where an Allied breakthrough against Bulgarian and Central Powers forces triggered the collapse of Bulgaria’s war effort and hastened the end of the war in the Balkans.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Jankau Target entity description: The Battle of Jankau was a major 1645 engagement of the Thirty Years' War in which Swedish forces decisively defeated the Holy Roman Empire in Bohemia, hastening the war’s end.
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A.
Battle of Znaim
The Battle of Znaim was a 1809 engagement in the Napoleonic Wars in which French and Austrian forces clashed in Moravia, leading to an armistice that effectively ended the War of the Fifth Coalition.
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B.
Battle of Zierenberg
The Battle of Zierenberg was a minor engagement of the Seven Years' War in which Allied forces under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick clashed with French troops near the town of Zierenberg in present-day Germany.
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C.
Battle of Kolín
The Battle of Kolín was a major 1757 engagement of the Seven Years' War in which Austrian forces under Field Marshal Daun defeated Frederick the Great’s Prussian army, halting Prussian advances into Bohemia.
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D.
Battle of Striegau
The Battle of Striegau, better known as the Battle of Hohenfriedberg (1745), was a major Prussian victory over Austrian and Saxon forces during the Second Silesian War that solidified Frederick the Great’s control of Silesia.
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E.
Battle of Dobro Pole
The Battle of Dobro Pole was a decisive World War I engagement on the Macedonian Front in September 1918, where an Allied breakthrough against Bulgarian and Central Powers forces triggered the collapse of Bulgaria’s war effort and hastened the end of the war in the Balkans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Jankov
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Jankow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Holy Roman Empire
ⓘ
Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campaign | Torstensson's campaign in Bohemia ⓘ |
| casualties |
heavy Imperial casualties
ⓘ
moderate Swedish casualties ⓘ |
| chronologyPosition | late phase of the Thirty Years' War ⓘ |
| combatantSide |
Imperial army
ⓘ
Swedish army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander |
Johann von Götzen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lennart Torstensson NERFINISHED ⓘ Melchior von Hatzfeldt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Thirty Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| date | 1645-03-06 ⓘ |
| era | Early modern period ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of Zusmarshausen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| involvedBranch |
artillery
ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ infantry ⓘ |
| location |
Kingdom of Bohemia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near Jankov, Bohemia ⓘ |
| outcome | destruction of a major Imperial field army ⓘ |
| partOf | Thirty Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalConsequence | increased pressure on the Habsburg monarchy to negotiate peace ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Rocroi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryOpponentOf |
Johann von Götzen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lennart Torstensson NERFINISHED ⓘ Melchior von Hatzfeldt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Central Europe ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Peace of Westphalia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years' War ⓘ |
| result | Swedish victory ⓘ |
| significance |
decisive Swedish victory over Imperial forces
ⓘ
hastened the end of the Thirty Years' War ⓘ severely weakened the Holy Roman Empire's military position ⓘ |
| strategicConsequence | opened the road toward Vienna for Swedish forces ⓘ |
| tacticalCharacteristic |
multiple phases of cavalry and infantry engagements
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use of difficult terrain and wooded hills ⓘ |
| theatre | Bohemian theatre of the Thirty Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 1645 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Jankau Description of subject: The Battle of Jankau was a major 1645 engagement of the Thirty Years' War in which Swedish forces decisively defeated the Holy Roman Empire in Bohemia, hastening the war’s end.
Referenced by (3)
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