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First Defenestration of Prague: Anti-Catholic Hussites, followers of executed reformer Jan Hus, storm Prague Town Hall a

First Defenestration of Prague: Anti-Catholic Hussites, followers of executed reformer Jan Hus, storm Prague Town Hall and throw the judge, mayor, and several city council members out the windows. They die in the fall or are killed by the crowd outside.

First Defenestration of Prague: Anti-Catholic Hussites, followers of executed reformer Jan Hus, storm Prague Town Hall and throw the judge, mayor, and several city council members out the windows. They die in the fall or are killed by the crowd outside.

Events Before

  1. Jacoba of Bavaria becomes countess of Holland/Zealand/Henegouwen

    Jacoba of Bavaria becomes countess of Holland/Zealand/Henegouwen

  2. Jacqueline, Countess of Haintaut marries her cousin John IV Duke of Brabant in The Hague

    Jacqueline, Countess of Haintaut marries her cousin John IV Duke of Brabant in The Hague

  3. An insurrection delivers Paris to the Burgundians

    An insurrection delivers Paris to the Burgundians

  4. Milan Cathedral's high altar consecrated by Pope Martin V

    Milan Cathedral, or Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary (Italian: Cattedrale Metropolitana della Natività della Beata Vergine Maria), is the cathedral church of Milan,...

  5. Utrecht conquers Ijsselstein

    Utrecht conquers Ijsselstein

Events After

  1. Henry V of England (33) marries Catherine of Valois (18), youngest daughter of King Charles VI of France at Troyes Cathe

    Henry V of England (33) marries Catherine of Valois (18), youngest daughter of King Charles VI of France at Troyes Cathedral

  2. Pope Martinus I calls for crusade against the Hussite protestants

    Pope Martinus I calls for crusade against the Hussite protestants

  3. Duke of Austria Albert V orders the Vienna Gesera, imprisoning and expelling the Jews of Vienna

    Duke of Austria Albert V orders the Vienna Gesera, imprisoning and expelling the Jews of Vienna

  4. Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ

    Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ

  5. Troops of the Republic of Venice capture Udine, ending the independence of the Patriarchate of Aquileia

    Troops of the Republic of Venice capture Udine, ending the independence of the Patriarchate of Aquileia

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