Jan Želivský [SEP] date of birth
Jan Želivský
Jan Želivský (1380 – 9 March 1422) was a prominent Czech priest during the Hussite Reformation.
Želivsky preached at Church of Our Lady of the Snows (Panny Marie Sněžné). He was one of a few Utraquist priests in Prague at the time and he was strongly influential, owing to his sermons which were noted both for their eloquence and their apocalyptic descriptions.
On 30 July 1419, Želivsky led the Hussite procession through the streets of Prague, and past the New Town Hall.
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Defenestration of Prague involved the killing of seven members of the city council by a crowd of Czech Hussites on 30 July 1419.
Jan Želivský, a Hussite priest at the church of the Virgin Mary of the Snows, led his congregation on a procession through the streets of Prague to the New Town Hall (Novoměstská radnice) on Charles Square. The town council members had refused to exchange their Hussite prisoners. While they were marching, a stone was thrown at Želivský from the window of the town hall and allegedly hit him