r/lovethissmug • u/RoundGeologist5417 • 4d ago

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u/AnGlumper 4d ago edited 4d ago

For anyone curious, I'm pretty sure this is when they threw a pair of Protestant Catholic envoys out of a window, sparking the 30 Years War.

See here

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u/Green_Graves_Time112 4d ago

There was also the defenstrations of 1419 that started the Hussite War
Defenestration - Wikipedia
Edit: A Catholic secretary and two Imperial governors were defenstrated in the 1618 incident

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u/ad3703 4d ago

They were catholic envoys actually

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u/AnGlumper 4d ago

My bad

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u/Annual_Key6564 3d ago

What about Jan Masaryk?

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u/AnGlumper 4d ago

1600s, baby. Par for the course.