jan 10, 1618 - Defenestration of Prague

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Directly led to the Thirty Years' War; The Kingdom of Bohemia, which was part of the Holy Roman Empire, at the time was ruled by the Habsburg Dynasty which was primarily Catholic; Habsburgs did not force Catholicism on their subjects; The Ferdinand of Styria, a hard-line Catholic, was elected King of Bohemia; began to take away Protestant rights and dissolved primarily Protestant assemblies who objected to this infringement upon their rights; Ferdinand sent several of his Catholic lords to announce his intent at the Bohemian Chamber, and the other lords, angry at their mistreatment, unceremoniously threw them out the window; key concept: key concept: religious pluralism challenged the concept of a unified Europe

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