Defenestration in Prague: When a Window Killed Eight Million
Early Modern Europe

Defenestration in Prague: When a Window Killed Eight Million

Prague nobles threw two governors out a window in 1618—and accidentally killed a quarter of Europe.

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Early Modern EuropeCzechiaReligious ConflictProtestantismThirty Years War1618Political ViolencePrague DefenestrationHussite ReformationCatholic Church

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