History...
500 BC |
Celts in Bohemia. Joined by Germanic Marcomans in 1st century AD
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6th century |
Slavs settle allongside Germanictribes in Bohemia
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7th century |
Legendary birth of the Přemyslid dynasty (prophecies of Libussa and the plougman, her next
husband Přemysl), which was to reign until 1306
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8th century |
Tribes of Czechs settle in central Bohemia
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863 |
St Cyril and St Methodius bring Christianity to Moravia
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870 |
Prague Castle founded |
880 |
The Czech Duke Bořivoj (grandfather of St Wenceslas) is baptized by Bishop
Methodius
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921 |
Wenceslas becomes Prince of Bohemia
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929 or 935 |
Václav (Wenceslas) is mordered by his brother, Boleslav. Wenceslas later became the country’s
patron saint
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995 |
The ruling Přemyslid kings capture Libice Castle, and thereby succeed in unifying Bohemia
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1085 |
Vratislav II is crown first king of Bohemia
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1306 |
The last of Přemyslids, Wenceslas III (1305-1306), was murdered at Olomouc at the instigation
of his Polish enemies
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1348 |
The Universitas Carolina is founded in Prague
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1356 |
Charles IV’s Golden Bull proclaimed the Czech State’s absolute independence
from Empire, and made the King of Bohemia the first lay Elector of the Empire
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15th century |
a crisis of state leads to the Hussite movement
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July 6, 1415 |
John Huss dies at the stake in Constance
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1517 |
Luther starts to preach reform
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1526 |
The Habsburg dynasty succeeds to the throne of Bohemia - the formation of
multinational empire
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1556 |
Jesuits arrive in Bohemia
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1583 - 1611 |
The Court of Rudolf II attracts learned men and artists to Prague, including
astronomers Tycho de Brahe and Johan Kepler, painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo and composer Filippo di Monti
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1618 |
Defenestration of two royal governors from Royal Palace
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1620 |
Battle of the White Mountain |
1627 |
Beginning of Counter - Reformation committee in Prague
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1648 |
Swedes occupy Prague Castle. Treaty of Westphalia and of Thirty Year's War
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1740 |
Accession of Empress Maria Theresa
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1773 |
Jesuits Order dissolved
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1784 |
Four towns of Prague united to form a single city
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1787 |
Mozart staysvat Bertramka preparing for the premiere of Don Giovanni at
the Easted Theatre
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1805 |
Czechs, Austrians and Russians defeated by Napoleon at Battle of Austerlitz
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1848 |
Uprising of people of Prague against Austrian troops
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1914 |
The Archduke Francis Ferdinand is assasinated at Sarajevo, WW I begins
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28.10.1918 |
Czechoslovakia become an idependent republic. Tomáš Garig Masaryk first democratically
- elected President
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15.3. 1939 |
German troops march into Prague; city declared capital of Nazi Protectorate
of Bohemia and Moravia
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1945 |
Soviet Army enter Prague on 9th May; US Army liberated Pilsen and South and West Bohemia
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1948 |
Communist Party assumes power under Klement Gottwald; announces 89% in May elections
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1968 |
Head of Communist party Alexander Dubček adopts the programme of liberal reforms nown
as "Prague Spring"
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21.8. 1968 |
Warsaw Pact occupies Czechoslovakia and over 100 protesters are killed as troops
enter Prague. The country was subjected to a strict régime of normalization and, with the former GDR, become
one of the most conservative members of soviet bloc. The divorce between power and opinion
was deep - seated.
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1979 |
Playwright Václav Havel founds Commitee for the Defence of the Unjustly Persecuted and is
sent to prison
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1989 |
Year of "Velvet Revolution": growing civil discontent prompts demonstrations and strikes.
Havel unites oposition groups to form Civic Forum. Temporary Government of National Understanding promices
free elections; president Husák resigns and Václav Havel sworn in by popular demand
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1990 |
First demokratic elections for 60 years held in June, producing 99% turnout with 60% of vote
of Civic Forum and People Against Violence
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1992 |
After parliamentary elections in 1992 there was a movement in favour of the dissolution
of the federation, and the Czech and Slovak prime ministers then agreed that the dissolution should
place on January 1st 1993
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1.1 1993 |
The Czechoslovak state which had existed for 74 years was divided into
independent states, CZECH REPUBLIK and SLOVAK REPUBLIK
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The Crown Jewels of the sovereign Bohemian monarchs - symbol of the royal past of the Czech state.