Battle of Rain
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The Battle of Rain was a 1632 engagement of the Thirty Years' War in which Swedish forces under King Gustavus Adolphus defeated the Catholic League army near the River Lech in Bavaria.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Rain canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9275410 — 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 Rain Context triple: [Battle of Rain (Lech), alsoKnownAs, Battle of Rain]
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A.
Battle of Sipe Sipe
The Battle of Sipe Sipe (also known as the Battle of Viluma) was a decisive 1815 engagement in the Argentine War of Independence in which royalist forces defeated the Army of the North, halting revolutionary advances in Upper Peru.
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Battle of Torata
The Battle of Torata was a key engagement in the Peruvian War of Independence in 1823, where patriot forces clashed with royalist troops in southern Peru.
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C.
Battle of the Delta
The Battle of the Delta was a major naval engagement in which Ramesses III’s forces repelled invading Sea Peoples, helping to secure Egypt’s borders during the late New Kingdom period.
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D.
Battle of Sanna's Post
The Battle of Sanna's Post was a notable engagement of the Second Boer War in 1900, where Boer forces under Christiaan de Wet ambushed and defeated a British column near Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State.
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E.
Battle of Seedaseer
The Battle of Seedaseer was a key 1799 engagement in southern India in which British East India Company forces checked Tipu Sultan’s Mysore army shortly before the fall of Seringapatam.
- 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 Rain Target entity description: The Battle of Rain was a 1632 engagement of the Thirty Years' War in which Swedish forces under King Gustavus Adolphus defeated the Catholic League army near the River Lech in Bavaria.
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A.
Battle of Sipe Sipe
The Battle of Sipe Sipe (also known as the Battle of Viluma) was a decisive 1815 engagement in the Argentine War of Independence in which royalist forces defeated the Army of the North, halting revolutionary advances in Upper Peru.
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B.
Battle of Torata
The Battle of Torata was a key engagement in the Peruvian War of Independence in 1823, where patriot forces clashed with royalist troops in southern Peru.
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C.
Battle of the Delta
The Battle of the Delta was a major naval engagement in which Ramesses III’s forces repelled invading Sea Peoples, helping to secure Egypt’s borders during the late New Kingdom period.
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D.
Battle of Sanna's Post
The Battle of Sanna's Post was a notable engagement of the Second Boer War in 1900, where Boer forces under Christiaan de Wet ambushed and defeated a British column near Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State.
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E.
Battle of Seedaseer
The Battle of Seedaseer was a key 1799 engagement in southern India in which British East India Company forces checked Tipu Sultan’s Mysore army shortly before the fall of Seringapatam.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Rain am Lech
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of the Lech NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Catholic League (German)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Swedish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| combatantSide1 | Swedish forces under Gustavus Adolphus ⓘ |
| combatantSide2 | Catholic League army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander |
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Thirty Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| date | 1632 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Swedish advance into Bavaria ⓘ |
| hasCasusBelli | confessional and political tensions in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| location |
Bavaria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near the River Lech ⓘ |
| notableFor | defeat of the Catholic League field army in Bavaria ⓘ |
| opponentOf |
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
European wars of religion
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thirty Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Swedish intervention in the Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | Swedish victory ⓘ |
| riverInvolved | Lech River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tookPlaceNear | town of Rain am Lech NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 1632 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Rain Description of subject: The Battle of Rain was a 1632 engagement of the Thirty Years' War in which Swedish forces under King Gustavus Adolphus defeated the Catholic League army near the River Lech in Bavaria.
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