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Can the Guessarium name the Defenestration of Prague?
Think of Defenestration of Prague and answer yes or no. The Guessarium closes in, usually in under fifteen questions. On 23 May 1618, Protestant nobles in Prague threw two Catholic imperial regents and a secretary out of a window of Prague Castle, an act that triggered the Bohemian revolt and the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War. You'll see play statistics here once real games have been recorded.
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What happened at the Defenestration of Prague
On 23 May 1618, a group of Protestant Bohemian nobles, angered by Habsburg efforts to curb their religious and political rights, stormed a chamber in Prague Castle and threw two royal regents and their secretary from a window. The men survived the fall, but the act was a direct challenge to Habsburg authority under Ferdinand, then King of Bohemia and later Emperor Ferdinand II. It led the Bohemian estates to reject Habsburg rule and seek a new king, sparking the Bohemian Revolt. This conflict escalated into the Thirty Years' War (1618 to 1648), a devastating struggle involving most of Europe's major powers, fought over religion, territory, and dynastic power, and one of the deadliest conflicts in early-modern European history.
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When did Defenestration of Prague happen?
Defenestration of Prague is dated to 1618.
What was Defenestration of Prague?
On 23 May 1618, a group of Protestant Bohemian nobles, angered by Habsburg efforts to curb their religious and political rights, stormed a chamber in Prague Castle and threw two royal regents and their secretary from a window. The men survived the fall, but the act was a direct challenge to Habsburg authority under Ferdinand, then King of Bohemia and later Emperor Ferdinand II. It led the Bohemian estates to reject Habsburg rule and seek a new king, sparking the Bohemian Revolt. This conflict escalated into the Thirty Years' War (1618 to 1648), a devastating struggle involving most of Europe's major powers, fought over religion, territory, and dynastic power, and one of the deadliest conflicts in early-modern European history.
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