Prague Defenestration on May 23, 1618 - Bildbanksillustration

The Second Prague Defenestration on May 23, 1618 is the act of violence committed by representatives of the Protestant estates in the form of defenestration against the royal governors Jaroslaw Borsita Graf von Martinitz and Wilhelm Slawata von Chlum and Koschumberg as well as the chancellery secretary Philipp Fabricius. It marks the beginning and trigger of the Thirty Years' War and represents an important turning point in the history of Europe. Illustration from 19th century.