How The Defenestration Of Prague Helped Spark The Thirty Years’ War
In the Kingdom of Bohemia, tensions between Catholics and Protestants erupted when three of the king’s officials were thrown from a window in 1618. Public DomainA woodblock print from 1662 depicting the Defenestration of Prague . toughness ran hot in Bohemia on May 23 , 1618 . Then , the Defenestration of Prague saw three Catholic officials defenestrated , or tossed from a window , by local Protestants . Thanks to the free grace of God or a pile of manure — look on who you require — the official survived ....