
Early Modern Europe
Prague, 1618: A Wrong Window Launched the Thirty Years' War
Three Protestant nobles planned to throw two Catholic officials from Prague Castle's window in 1618—but they chose the wrong room, the wrong window, and lit the fuse on the Thirty Years' War.
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Download on the App StoreReligious WarsHoly Roman EmpireHabsburg DynastyPrague17th CenturyPolitical ViolenceWar CausesCentral EuropeCount Heinrich Matthias von ThurnJaroslav Bořita of MartiniceWilhelm Slavata
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