Wallenstein is assassinated
1634 · Event
Suspected of treating secretly with the enemy, the emperor's indispensable and overmighty general is cut down by his own officers at Eger on imperial orders. The Habsburgs are freed of a threat and robbed of their best soldier in one night; the war grinds on without either great captain.
On these timelines: Thirty Years' War, Germany, Master
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