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defenestration

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Meaning

the act of throwing someone or something out of a window

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Background A later woodcut of the defenestration in 1618 The window (top floor) where the second defenestration occurred. Source: Internet

They demand “,” arguing “the world can’t wait until January 20th, 2021 for the defenestration of this lethal lunatic.” Source: Internet

War was in the air, and the assault on two roral officials in Prague on 23 May 1618 ( The Defenestration of Prague ) was to spark all out war. Source: Internet

First Defenestration of Prague The New Town Hall, the place of the first defenestration The First Defenestration of Prague involved the killing of seven members of the city council by a crowd of radical Czech Hussites on 30 July 1419. Source: Internet

The defenestration of the Biblical Queen Jezebel at Jezreel, by Gustave Doré Jezebel's death, however, was more dramatic than Ahab's. Source: Internet

Just two years after the Defenestration, Ferdinand and the Catholics regained power in the Battle of White Mountain on November 8, 1620. Source: Internet

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