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** " Defenestration of Prague "
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Defenestration and Prague
* 1419 – First Defenestration of Prague: a crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council.
In May 1618 with the event known as the Defenestration of Prague, the Protestant Bohemians, in defence of the rights granted them in the Letter of Majesty, began the Thirty Years ' War ( 1618 – 1648 ).
* May 23 – The Second Defenestration of Prague – Protestant noblemen hold a mock trial and throw two direct representatives of Ferdinand II of Germany ( Imperial Governors ) and their scribe out of a window into a pile of manure, exacerbating a low-key rebellion into the Bohemian Revolt ( 1618 – 1621 ) precipitating the Thirty Years ' War into armed conflict and further polarizing Europe on religious grounds.
The first occurred in 1419 and the second in 1618, although the term " Defenestration of Prague " more commonly refers to the latter incident.
The First Defenestration of Prague involved the killing of seven members of the city council by a crowd of radical Czech Hussites on 30 July 1419.
Matthäus Merian's impression of the Defenestrations of Prague # Second Defenestration of Prague | 1618 Defenestration of Prague
On May 23, 1618, the Protestant nobles overthrew the rule of King Ferdinand II and threw the Roman Catholic governors of Bohemia from their office at Prague Castle in the Defenestration of Prague.
This event – known as the Second Defenestration of Prague – marked the beginning of the Bohemian Revolt, and with it, the beginning of the Thirty Years ' War.
Those who believe that Masaryk was murdered called it the Third Defenestration of Prague, and point to the presence of nail marks on the window sill from which Masaryk fell, as well as smearings of feces and Masaryk's stated intention to leave Prague the next day for London.
The wars proper began in July 1419, with the First Defenestration of Prague, when protesting Hussites threw the town councillors from the windows of the New Town Hall.
As commander of the forces of the Catholic League he fought against the Bohemian rebels following the Defenestration of Prague, by which time he had trained his soldiers in the Spanish Tercio system, which featured musketeers supported by deep ranks of pikemen.
The people, headed by Jan Žižka, threw the burgomaster and several town-councillors, who had instigated this outrage, from the windows and into the street ( the first " Defenestration of Prague "), where they were killed by the fall.
One of the more notable measures was the Second Defenestration of Prague ( 1618 ) in which two representatives of the fiercely Catholic Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II were thrown out of a castle window in Prague.
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