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Soon after the Regents admitted to forcing the King to write that letter. The 3 were then thrown out of the third floor window. Some say the men landed on a large pile of manure in a old moat and survived the fall. Although the Defenstraiton of Prague was unsuccessful in its motives at that time, it still played a roll in the Thirty Year War.
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This was actually 2 incidents, the first happened in 1419 and the second in 1618 during the 30 years war. Defenestration means to throw someone or something out of a window. On this day 4 Catholic Lord Regents met at the Bohemian Chancellory early that morning. The reason they all came together was to determin whether or not the 4 were responbile for rrersuading King Matthias to write a letter which ultimately removed the relgious freedoms that had been granted earlier.
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The city of Pilsen was successfully besieged and assaulted by a Bohemian Protestant army. This attack was led by General von Mansfeld.
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Matthias died and ferdinand automatically becomes King of Bohemia. At the same time Ferdinand was also elected Holy Roman Emperor.
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An army of over 25,000 Catholic men defeated 21,000 Bohemians and mercenaries.
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This was when Denmark became the first major European nation to formally enter the war.
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At Lutter am Berenberge, a Catholic League army defeated the forces of Christian IV of Denmark. Both armies had over 20,000 men
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Imperisalist forces besieged Magdeburg from Nov 1630 until May 20th 1631. Once the city fell the Imperial soldiers took everything too far. they begain a massacre and set fire to the city in twelve different locations. It took 14 days to clean away all of the charred bodies.
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A Sweedish army defeated a Catholic army at the crossroads village of Breitenfeld 6km north of the walled city of Leipzig
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Marshal Horn led a large group of Sweedish soilders up the Rhine and occupied most of Alsace. This would later lead to a Sweedish victory
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Wallenstein was murdered in his home. A man named Devereux broke into Wallenstein's house at night and ran a "halberd" through Wallenstein
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France and the Dutch republic formed an alliance against Spain with teh objective of conquering and partitoning the Spanish Netherlands. The Spanish managed to capture the important fortress of Rheinberrg.
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This consisted of 2 battles faught in the presnet day town of Rheinfelden between a mercenary arm and an Holy Roman Empire army. The mercenaries were defeated in the first battle but managed to win the second battle
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The Peace of Westphalia was a series of treaties signed between MAy and October 1648. This treaty invovled:
Holy Roman Emperor
Ferdinand III
The House of Habsburg
Kingdom of France
Swedish Empire
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All the power that was taken by Ferdinand III was stripped and returned to the rulers of the imperial states.
