Prague, 1618: A Wrong Window Launched the Thirty Years' War
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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Religious WarsHoly Roman EmpireHabsburg DynastyPrague17th CenturyPolitical ViolenceWar CausesCentral EuropeCount Heinrich Matthias von ThurnJaroslav Bořita of MartiniceWilhelm Slavata

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