The Defenestrations of Prague

The New Town Hall in Prague, where the first Defenestration took place in 1419. Copyright: Triggerfish Writing

Have you heard of the Defenestration of Prague? First of all, how cool is the word defenestration? It means throwing someone out of the window.

It all starts with the House of Hapsburg, (also known as House of Austria) an initially nondescript family from the mountains of Switzerland, that rose up to become rulers of the Austro-Hungarian and Spanish Empires, and of various other parts of Europe for 700 years —…