Bohemian Estates' Resistance to the Habsburgs

Name: Bohemian Estates' Resistance to the Habsburgs
Start: 1617
End: 1618

Type Event Region Europe Time 1617–1618

After Ferdinand was elected King of Bohemia in 1617, conflict between the Protestant Bohemian Estates and Habsburg central authority escalated sharpl…

Timeline

1617–1618Bohemia · BohemiaMembers of the Bohemian Protestant Estates accused Habsburg officials of closing or restricting Protestant churches at Březovice, Hluboká, and elsewhere, arguing this violated the religious rights guaranteed by the 1609 Letter of Majesty.
1618Prague · PragueThe Bohemian Estates convened in Prague; Protestant nobles refused to recognize the royally appointed regency council, demanded guarantees of religious rights and accountability from the court, and entered open confrontation with Habsburg stationed officials.

Sources

Defenestration of Prague — Encyclopaedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/event/Defenestration-of-Prague
The Thirty Years War — Peter H. Wilson (2009)