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Location: Leshan Sichuan (Szechwan) China

Rákóczi’s forces march north, endangering Vienna itself. …

Years: 1645 - 1645
August

Rákóczi’s forces march north, endangering Vienna itself.

The combined Swedish and Transylvanian forces, aided by French and Hessian troops, trounce the Imperial (Austro-Bavarian) army at the Battle of Allerheim (or Nördlingen) in Bavaria on August 3, 1645, during which the courageous imperial commander, baron Franz von Mercy, is killed.