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Only_Contribution_70 t1_itu05wb wrote

Reply to comment by cozy_fyre in TIL The European 30 Years' War 1618 - 1648 began with Czech nobles throwing two Habsburg governors out of Prague castle window onto a huge dungheap. The corresponding carnage - fought over the issue of religious freedom following the Protestant Reformation - left millions dead. by Royal_Bumblebee_

defenestration sounds like they wrote a series of harshly worded poems. not start chucking a bunch of kings out of windows

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litux t1_itwrjh9 wrote

Fenster / finestra means "window".

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