may 23, 1618 - Phase 1. Defenestration of Prague
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The spark came in Bohemia, a kingdom within the empire with a large Protestant population. When the Catholic Habsburg Ferdinand II became king, he sought to impose religious uniformity.Protestant nobles rebelled, culminating in the famous **Defenestration of Prague** in 1618, when they threw two imperial officials out of a castle window
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may 23, 1618
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~ 408 years ago