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The 1618 Window Incident That Started a 30-Year War
What event triggered the Thirty Years' War in 1618, when Catholic officials were thrown from a window of Prague Castle?
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What is the answer to the 1618 Thirty Years' War trivia question?
The Defenestration of Prague. In 1618 Protestant nobles threw three Catholic officials out a high window of Prague Castle, an act that triggered the Thirty Years' War.
Did the men thrown from the window in Prague survive?
Yes. All three officials survived a fall of about 20 metres, reportedly because they landed in a pile of refuse below the window.
Why did the Defenestration of Prague start the Thirty Years' War?
It was a violent rejection of Habsburg Catholic authority by Bohemian Protestants, sparking a revolt that escalated into a wider European war from 1618 to 1648.