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    The Defenestrations of Prague (Czech: Pražské defenestrace, German: Prager Fenstersturz, Latin: Defenestratio Pragensis) were three incidents in the history...
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    the Prague Castle, sparking the Thirty Years' War. These incidents, particularly that in 1618, were referred to as the Defenestrations of Prague and gave...
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    where his precious art collections were exhibited. The Third Defenestration of Prague in 1618 took place at the castle which kick-started the Bohemian...
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    centre of Prague's (medieval) New Town Quarter, or "Nové Město". In 1419 it was the site of the first of the three defenestrations of Prague. New Town...
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    Prague (/ˈprɑːɡ/ PRAHG; Czech: Praha [ˈpraɦa] ) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Situated...
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    held in Prague Castle, the site of the Defenestrations of Prague, which had begun the war in 1618. Its terms included the following; The Edict of Restitution...
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    Estates of Bohemia didn't like this decision. Tension between the Protestants and the pro-Habsburg Catholics led to the Second Defenestration of Prague, when...
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    Patrick and Laura. Gilbert graduated from Johns Hopkins University's School of Arts and Sciences in 2016. The following year, Brian and Laura Gilbert and...
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    Moravian Church (category Members of the World Council of Churches)
    revolt with the unplanned Defenestrations of Prague. The Protestants were defeated in 1620 in the Battle of White Mountain near Prague, known as the first battle...
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    Thirty Years' War (category 17th-century military history of the Kingdom of England)
    Jaroslav Borzita. In what became known as the Third Defenestration of Prague, both men were thrown out of the castle windows along with their secretary Filip...
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    rulers of Bohemia. Between 1583 and 1611 Prague was the official seat of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II and his court. The Defenestration of Prague and...
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    imperial councillors were thrown out of a window of Prague Castle (one of the so-called Defenestrations of Prague), signaling an open revolt by the Bohemian...
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    Jan Žižka (category People in the Battle of Grunwald)
    and threw the councilors out of the windows. This so-called First Defenestration of Prague is regarded as the beginning of the Hussite revolution. Wenceslaus...
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    Eusebie (d. 1656), second wife of Margrave Christian William of Brandenburg. Thirty Years' War Defenestrations of Prague "Jaroslav Martinic". Britannica...
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    center of commerce and tourism. In the 15th century, the Novoměstská radnice, or New Town Hall, was the site of the first of the three defenestrations of Prague...
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    Defenestration of Prague, the Protestant Bohemians, in defence of the rights granted them in the Letter of Majesty, threw imperial officials out of the...
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  • Second Defenestration of Prague, which sparked the Thirty Years' War. Many of the Czech nobles supported the Protestant side and were stripped of their...
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    Defenestration of Prague. Vilém was born at his family's estates in Čestín near Kutná Hora. His father Adam had been an administrator of Emperor Rudolf II of Habsburg...
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    during the Third Defenestration of Prague with two Czech Catholic noblemen, Count Jaroslav Bořita of Martinice and Count Vilém Slavata of Chlum and Košumberk...
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    overview of and topical guide to Prague: Prague – capital and largest city in the Czech Republic. With about 1.3 million residents within an area of 496 km2...
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    Bohemian Revolt (category Frederick V of the Palatinate)
    the Third Defenestration of Prague, started the Bohemian Revolt. Soon afterward, the Bohemian conflict spread through all of the Lands of the Bohemian...
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    two governors and one of their secretaries and threw them out of the window. The Third Defenestration of Prague was the start of a new uprising. Two days...
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    phase of the Thirty Years' War roughly a decade later with the act of rebellion and calculated insult known as the Third Defenestration of Prague on 23...
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    against Habsburg from 1546 to 1547 but were ultimately defeated. Defenestrations of Prague in 1618, signaled an open revolt by the Bohemian estates against...
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    1610. As commander of the forces of the Catholic League, Tilly fought against the Bohemian rebels following the Defenestration of Prague, by which time he...
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  • out of the windows of Prague Castle. Czech Protestants were defeated in the Battle of White Mountain in 1620, and the following year 27 leaders of this...
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    Catholic ministers were hurled from the windows of Prague Castle in the famous Defenestration of Prague in 1618, they took refuge in the nearby Lobkowicz...
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    rule of King Ferdinand II and threw the Roman Catholic governors of Bohemia from their office at Prague Castle in the Defenestration of Prague. The new...
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    Palace below the castle, protected by Polyxena Lobkowicz. The Defenestration in Prague contributed to the subsequent Bohemian Revolt. In 1628, Polyxena...
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    sparked the 1618 Defenestration of Prague, the brief reign of the Winter King, and the Thirty Years' War. Their defeat at the Battle of White Mountain in...
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