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Count Thurn Leads the Bohemian Uprising
On May 23, 1618, Bohemian Protestant nobles led by Count Thurn (Heinrich Matthias von Thurn) launched the Defenestration of Prague, overthrowing Habs…
Timeline
- 1618Prague Castle · PragueCount Thurn led Bohemian Protestant nobles into Prague Castle and threw two Habsburg regent officials and a secretary out of the window (the Defenestration of Prague), openly rebelling against Habsburg rule.
- 1618Bohemia · BohemiaAfter the uprising the Bohemian Estates established a thirty-member directorate, Count Thurn took command as military commander, recruited armies, and contacted German Protestant princes in preparation to meet a Habsburg counterattack.
Sources
- Defenestration of Prague — Encyclopaedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/event/Defenestration-of-Prague
- Heinrich Matthias, count von Thurn und Valsassina — Encyclopaedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Heinrich-Matthias-Graf-von-Thurn-und-Valsassina
- The Thirty Years War — Peter H. Wilson (2009)