Prague: Timeline

721   Legendary founding of Prague by the Princess Libuše and her husband Premysl, founder of the dynasty with the same name.

1118   Zbraslav, now part of Prague, is founded.

1270   Construction of the Old New Synagogue in Prague is completed.

1348   Charles University is founded in Prague.

1357   Charles Bridge in Prague is founded

1419   1st defenestration of Prague

1602   In Prague, Florian Mathias performs the first successful bowel surgery - removes a dagger from stomach

1616   Collegium Musicum founded in Prague

1620   The Battle of White Mountain, the first battle in the Thirty Years' War Thirty Years' War

The Thirty Years' War was fought between 1618 [i] and 1648 [i], principally on the territory of today's ... 

, takes place near Prague, ending in a decisive Catholic victory in only two hours.

1621   an execution of 27 Czech lords on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the battle on the "White Mountain".

1631   A Saxon Saxony

The Free State of Saxony has a land area of 18,413 km and a population of 4.3 million, the tenth-larges... 

 army take over Prague.

1648   The west bank of Prague (including the Prague Castle) occupied and looted by Swedish Sweden

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 armies.

1741   Prague occupied by French-Bavarian armies

1744   Prague occupied by Prussian armies

1941   World War II: starts the Operation Anthropoid Operation Anthropoid

During World War II [i], the Czechoslovak [i]-British [i] ... 

 (the assassination of Heydrich Reinhard Heydrich

Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich was an SS-Obergruppenfhrer [i], chief of the Reich Security Main Office [i]... 

 in Prague).

1942   World War II World War II

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: Operation Anthropoid Operation Anthropoid

During World War II [i], the Czechoslovak [i]-British [i] ... 

 - assassination of Reinhard Heydrich Reinhard Heydrich

Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich was an SS-Obergruppenfhrer [i], chief of the Reich Security Main Office [i]... 

 in Prague

1945   World War II: Prague uprising against the Nazis.

1948   Czech Czechoslovakia

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 foreign minister Jan Masaryk killed in fall from a window of his apartment in Prague. Later communist government rules it "suicide".

1969   Student Jan Palach sets himself on fire in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

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. Three days later he dies.

1989   Cold War Cold War

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: TheVelvet Revolution Velvet Revolution

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 begins - In Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

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 a peaceful student demonstration in Prague is severely beaten back by riot poli This sparks a revolution aimed at overthrowing the Communist government (it succeeds on December 29).

1989   Cold War Cold War

The Cold War was the protracted geopolitical [i], ideological [i], and economic [i] ... 

: Velvet Revolution Velvet Revolution

The "Velvet Revolution" refers to a bloodless revolution [i] in Czechoslovakia [i] that saw the overthro ... 

 - The number of peaceful protesters assembled in Prague, Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

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 swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million.

1991   The Warsaw Pact Warsaw Pact

he Warsaw Pact or Warsaw Treaty, officially named the Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mu... 

 is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague.

1992   Sweden wins the Ice Hockey World Championships in Prague.

2000   Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 15,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.

2002   NATO NATO

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 Summit in Prague: Bulgaria Bulgaria

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, Estonia Estonia

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, Latvia Latvia

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, Lithuania Lithuania

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, Romania Romania

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, Slovakia Slovakia

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 and Slovenia Slovenia

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 are invited to join NATO.

2003   At the International Olympic Committee International Olympic Committee

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 session in Prague, Vancouver Vancouver

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, British Columbia British Columbia

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 is declared the Host City for the XXI Olympic Winter Games in 2010.

2004   Team of Canada wins the World Ice Hockey Championship in Prague.

2004   A bomb attack occurs in front of Prague's Casino Royal.