may 6, 1523 - In the Rhineland in Germany, the Knights' War, led by Franz von Sickingen since August 27, is finally put down at Landstuhl by troops of the Holy Roman Empire as the Nanstein Castle falls.[12] Sickingen, mortally wounded in the final battle, dies of his wounds the next day
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