On 22 May 1618 Czech nobles gathered at the Smiřický Palace to plot a rebellion against their Habsburg rulers. The next day they flung two Habsburg councillors out of a window at Prague Castle – the famous Second Defenestration of Prague that kicked off the Thirty Years' War.
Smiřický Palace
Malá Strana
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