MoonHunterDancer

MoonHunterDancer t1_iu448hs wrote

Reply to comment by thestoats11 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_

That was the tread he was picking for the conversation years ago. Granted, this happened over ten years ago now so I don't know if that conversation would come up that way again

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MoonHunterDancer t1_iu0pctc wrote

Reply to 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_

Oh, this is why my German/austrian gamer friend's answer to "well, what was the 30 years war?" In a discussion about germanic peoples and war was "an accident"

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MoonHunterDancer t1_iu0ohtb wrote

Reply to comment by quondam47 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_

Does that mean that in 1916, the UK was still at war with Denmark? Do the British ever clear that up?

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