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Jul 6, 1415
Jan Hus burnt at the stake.
He was famous as a Medieval cleric and religious reformer in Czechoslovakia who attracted followers called the Hussites. Jan Hus spoke against the corruption of the Catholic Church and conducted his sermons in Czech so it could be understood by ordinary people. He was forced to leave Prague and later was imprisoned and sent to a trial. His sentence was to be burnt at the stake. -
Period: Jul 30, 1419 to May 30, 1434
The Hussite Wars
Also called the Bohemian Wars or the Hussite Revolution, the war was fought between the Hussites and various monarchs who wanted to enforce the authority of the Roman Catholic Church against the Hussites, and also between Hussite factions. The Hussite Wars were significant for the great use of early hand-held firearms such as hand cannons. The fighting ended when the Utraquist faction of the Hussites defeated the Taborite faction in 1434. -
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30 Years War
One of the longest, most destructive conflicts in European history. It started as a war between Protestant and Catholic states in the Holy Roman Empire, it gradually developed into a more general conflict involving most of the great powers of Europe. -
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King Joseph II's Reign
Joseph Benedikt Anton Michael Adam was Holy Roman Empire and the ruler of the Hapsburg Monarchy. He has been ranked as one of the three great Enlightenment monarchs.His policies are now known as Josephinism. He died with no sons and was succeeded by his younger brother, Leopold. -
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The Napoleonic Wars
It was a series of major conflicts pitting the French Empire, led by Napoleon I, against a variety of European powers formed into various alliances.The wars were a continuation of the Revolutionary Wars, which broke out in 1792 during the French Revolution. Initially, French power rose quickly as the armies of Napoleon conquered much of Europe. The wars resulted in the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire. -
The Establishment of independent Czechoslovakia
With the collapse of the Habsburg monarchy at the end of World War I, the independent country of Czechoslovakia was formed as a result of the critical intervention of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson. The Czechs and Slovaks were not at the same level of economic and technological development, but the freedom and opportunity in independent Czechoslovakia allowed them to take a step toward overcoming these differences. -
Czechoslovakia invaded by Adolf Hitler's army
The German occupation of Czechoslovakia began with the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia's northern and western border regions, known collectively as the Sudetenland, under terms outlined by the Munich Agreement. Hitler's reason for this effort was the alleged privations suffered by the ethnic German population living in those regions. The incorporation of the Sudetenland into Germany left the rest of Czechoslovakia weak, and it became powerless to resist future occupation. -
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The communist era
From 1945 to 1989 Czechoslovakia was ruled by the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. During the era of Communist Party rule, thousands of Czechoslovaks faced political persecution for various offences, such as trying to emigrate across the Iron Curtain. The 1993 Act on Lawlessness of the Communist Regime determined that the communist government was illegal and that the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia was a criminal organisation. The Velvet Revolution brought an end to communism. -
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Five Warsaw Pact member countries invade Czechoslovakia
Approximately 500,000 troops attacked Czechoslovakia. 108 Czechs and Slovaks were killed and around 500 were wounded in the invasion. The invasion successfully stopped Alexander Dubcek's Prague Spring liberalization reforms. -
Czechoslovakia splits into two separate counties - the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
The country split into two for many reasons people believe, some are because of the breakaway of the Soviet satellite nations, the lack of unified media between the Czech and Slovak republics, and the actions of the political leaders of the two nations.