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The Defenestrations of Prague (Czech: Pražská defenestrace, German: Prager Fenstersturz, Latin: Defenestratio Pragensis) were three incidents in the history of Bohemia in which people were defenestrated (thrown out of a window).
Prague’s past is home to a series of defenestrations, a term that refers to the act of throwing someone out of a window. Today it is more commonly used to describe the removal of someone from a position of power. But the two meanings are related, and the connection can be traced back to this central European city.
16 de may. de 2024 · Defenestration of Prague, incident of Bohemian resistance to Habsburg authority that took place on May 23, 1618, preceding the Thirty Years’ War. After Roman Catholic officials in Bohemia closed Protestant chapels under construction, the imperial agents were found guilty of violating the Letter of Majesty.
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23 de may. de 2020 · The Defenestration of Prague in 1618 saw three Catholic officials thrown from a top-floor window of Prague (Hradčany) Castle by an angry mob of Bohemian Protestant activists. The imperial emissaries escaped uninjured, but the events of 23 May 1618 proved to be the catalyst for the bloodiest war in European history, the Thirty Years ...
30 de nov. de 2023 · Prague’s history is marked by not one but three extraordinary defenestrations, where individuals were thrown from windows: the first in 1419, the second in 1483, and the third, most well-known one, in 1618. The term “defenestrate” is believed to have originated from these very events in Prague.
5 de mar. de 2022 · The Defenestration of Prague was more than a spat between two religious sects. It encapsulated long-held and mounting tensions between Catholics and Protestants in Europe. What’s more, its bloody aftermath would lead to the Thirty Years’ War, in which more than eight million people lost their lives to violence and famine.
The Defenestrations of Prague refers to either of two incidents with great repercussions in the history of Bohemia. Defenestration, literally, means "an act of throwing someone or something out of the window" (From Latin and German). The first defenestration occurred in 1419, and spurred the Hussite Wars, which lasted almost twenty years.
