Bohemia: Timeline

870   Borivoj becomes duke of Bohemia.

890   The sovereignty of Great Moravia Great Moravia

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n king Svatopluk I Svatopluk I

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 in Bohemia is confirmed.

895   Bohemia breaks away from Great Moravia Great Moravia

Great Moravia was a Slavic [i] empire existing in Central Europe between 833 [i] and the ... 

935   Václav (Saint Wenceslas), Duke of the Bohemians Bohemia

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, murdered by his brother, Boleslav, who succeeds him

972   Boleslaus II the Pious succeeds Boleslav I of Bohemia in Bohemia.

1003   Boleslaus I of Poland becomes duke of Bohemia and Moravia Moravia

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.

1004   Boleslaus I of Poland loses Bohemia after having become duke the previous year. He is succeeded as duke of Bohemia by Jaromir.

1004   Boleslaus I of Poland loses Bohemia after having become duke the previous year. He is succeeded as duke of Bohemia by Jaromir.

1012   Oldrich succeeds Jaromir as duke Duke

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 of Bohemia.

1019   Moravia Moravia

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 becomes part of Bohemia.

1061   Vratislav II became duke of Bohemia

1158   Vladislav II becomes King of Bohemia

1222   Premysl Ottokar I reunites Bohemia and Moravia Moravia

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1251   Otakar II of Bohemia, later to become King of Bohemia, is elected Duke of Austria.

1265   The brewing of Budweiser Budvar beer Beer

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 begins in Bohemia (now part of the Czech Republic Czech Republic

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); Budweiser Budvar has been produced continuously there to this day.

1291   Klenová castle is constructed in southern Bohemia as part of a frontier defense system.

1302   Jicin, Bohemia is chartered as a city

1305   Wenceslas III becomes king of Bohemia

1307   German king Albrecht I makes his son Rudolf king of Bohemia.

1335   Charles I of Hungary allies with Poland Poland

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 against the Habsburg Habsburg

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s and Bohemians

1346   Battle of Crécy, after which Edward the Black Prince honoured the bravery of John I, Count of Luxemburg and King of Bohemia (also known as John the Blind), who was killed in the fighting, by adopting his arms and motto: "Ich Dien" or "I Serve" In addition to the victory at Crécy, the English England

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 armies have an annus mirabilis, with further victories over the French France

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 at Caen Caen

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 and near Calais Calais

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, over Scotland Scotland

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 at the Battle of Neville's Cross and the Bretons at the Battle of St Pol de Leon during the Hundred Years' War Hundred Years' War

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.

1403   Jan Hus Jan Hus

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 begins preaching Wycliffite ideas in Bohemia

1420   Hussite Wars Hussite Wars

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 - Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

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 fails at the battle of Vysehrad and is ejected from Bohemia.

1436   End of the Hussite Wars Hussite Wars

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 in Bohemia. Sigismund Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

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 is accepted as King.

1562   Maximilian Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor

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, son of the Emperor Ferdinand I, succeeds as King of Bohemia.

1609   Bohemia is granted freedom of religion (''Letter of Majesty'')

1939   German Germany

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 troops occupy the remaining part of Bohemia and Moravia Moravia

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; Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

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 ceases to exist; beginning hostilities leading to WWII World War II

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