Zizka Dies of Plague

1424

The blind Hussite general, campaigning in Moravia, died of the plague in a wagon-camp. His followers reportedly continued using his skin as a war drum, or so the legends insisted. His successor Prokop the Bald would continue winning battles for another decade, until Hussite radicalism fractured from within. He had never lost a battle, a record unmatched by any commander of his era, and his name remains synonymous with Czech valor.