1432 – 1434 The Czech's Hungry Years (1 gen 1432 anni – 31 dic 1434 anni)

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The years 1432 through 1434 were known as "the hungry years" in Czech lands as they faced climatic issues for the duration of the Hussite Wars. The Hussite Wars were fought in Bohemia between the followers of the executed Jan Hus, a renowned contributor to the Protestant movement.
This set of wars was one of the first known military actions fought with hand-held firearms.
The final two years of this fourteen-year set of wars sparked an increase in the price of grain. At one point grain was six times the price it had been prior to the wars. People in Czech lands were unable to afford grain until the price returned to an affordable rate.

Around 1560 a decrease in temperature resulted in another disappointing harvest. A famine following the War of the Austrian Succession in 1748 killed 1,200 people in Doksy, a city in northern Czech lands.

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