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Where did John Amos Comenius settle after leaving Bohemia in 1628?
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John Amos Comenius
John Amos Comenius, oil on canvas by JĆ¼rgen Ovens, 1650ā70; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
After fleeing Bohemia due to the Thirty Yearsā War and the religious persecution initiated by Emperor Ferdinand II, John Amos Comenius escaped with a group of Bohemian Brethren and settled in Leszno, Poland, in 1628.1