Painting depicts which notorious event in Europe's 17th century history?Answer: Defenestration of Prague. As someone commented, this is possibly the most useless word in English but there are several interesting stories associated with the event. Trevor Burnham and 2 Anons got it. Well done. Adi's comment got swallowed by blogspot.
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The fight between Catholics and Protestants?
the gunpowder plot (guy fawkes again ?)
"The Defenestration of Prague"
a reason why the possibly most useless word in the English language still finds a place in dictionaries
At Prague Castle on May 23, 1618, an assembly of Protestants (led by Count Thurn) tried two Imperial governors, Wilhelm Grav Slavata (1572–1652) and Jaroslav Borzita Graf Von Martinicz(1582–1649), for violating the Letter of Majesty (Right of Freedom of Religion), found them guilty, and threw them, together with their scribe Philip Fabricius, out of the high windows of the Bohemian Chancellery. They landed on a large pile of manure and all survived unharmed. Philip Fabricius was later ennobled by the emperor and granted the title "von Hohenfall" (lit. translating to "of Highfall").
second defenestration of prague
Ah, that poor fellow being pushed up against the window... I believe he's about to suffer the (second) Defenestration of Prague.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenestrations_of_Prague
Civil war in England, leading to the establishment of the Commonwealth.
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