Bohemia crowns the Winter King
1619 · Event
The rebel Bohemian estates depose their Habsburg king and offer the crown to the Protestant Frederick V of the Palatinate — who takes it against all advice. His reign lasts a single winter; the disaster draws in Spain, Bavaria and eventually all of Europe.
On these timelines: Thirty Years' War, Germany, Master
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