Prague - Notable Historical Events
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Prague - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1348-04-07 |
Prague U, 1st university in central Europe, formed by Charles IV |
1357-07-09 |
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor assists laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague. |
1416-05-30 |
Jerome of Prague burned at the stake for heresy by church Council of Constance |
1419-07-30 |
First defenestration of Prague: anti-Catholic Hussites, followers of executed reformer Jan Hus, storm the Prague town hall and throw the judge, mayor and several city council members (either 7 or 13) out the windows. They all either died in the fall or were killed by the crowd outside. |
1420-07-14 |
Battle at Vitkov Zizka's hill (Prague): Taboriets beat Bohemia |
1559-06-22 |
Jewish quarter of Prague burned & looted |
1594-04-15 |
Fleming Pieter Stevens appointed royal painter of Rudolf II (Prague) |
1600-02-04 |
Tycho Brahe & Johannes Kepler meet for first time near Prague |
1608-05-19 |
Matthias von Habsburgs army reaches Lieben, at Prague |
1618-05-23 |
2nd Defenestration of Prague; beginning of 30 Years War. Two Catholic Lords Regent and their secretary thrown out of window - they were not seriously injured by the 70 foot fall. |
1620-11-08 |
Battle of White Mountain, Prague |
1631-10-10 |
Saxon army occupies Prague |
1632-05-25 |
Albrecht von Wallenstein recaptures Prague on Saksen |
1635-05-30 |
The Peace of Prague signed between the Habsburg Emperor Ferdinand II and the Electorate of Saxony (representing Protestant states of the Holy Roman Empire). It effectively ended the civil war aspect of the Thirty Years' War |
1649-09-30 |
Last Swedish troops vacate Prague |
1655-04-04 |
The miraculous statue entitled the Infant of Prague is solemnly crowned by command of Cardinal Harrach. |
1733-05-12 |
Maria Theresa crowned queen of Bohemia in Prague |
1741-11-26 |
French & Beiers army occupies Prague |
1744-11-25 |
Austrian forces pillage & kill Jews of Prague |
1745-03-31 |
Jews are expelled from Prague |
1757-05-06 |
Battle of Prague: Frederick II of Prussia's forces defeat Austrian army |
1774-12-18 |
Empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia & Moravia |
1787-10-29 |
Opera "Don Giovanni" is produced (Prague) |
1791-09-06 |
Mozart's opera "La Clemenza di Tito" premieres in Prague |
1842-05-25 |
Christian Doppler presents his idea, now known as the Doppler Effect, to the Royal Bohemian Society, Prague |
1848-06-02 |
The Slavic congress in Prague begins. |
1866-01-15 |
Bedrich Smetana's opera "Branibori v Cechach," premieres in Prague |
1866-05-30 |
Opera "Die Verkaufte Braut" premieres (Prague) |
1866-08-23 |
Treaty of Prague ends Austro-Prussian war |
1868-05-16 |
Bedrich Smetana's opera "Dalibor" premieres in Prague |
1872-11-22 |
Franz Grillparzer's "Die Judin von Toledo" premieres in Prague |
1881-05-11 |
Bedrich Smetana's opera "Libusa" premieres in Prague |
1903-11-15 |
Eugen d'Albert's opera "Tiefland" premieres in Prague |
1905-10-01 |
František Pavlík is killed in a demonstration in Prague, inspiring Leoš Janáček to the piano composition 1. X. 1905. |
1908-09-19 |
Gustav Mahler's 7th Symphony premieres in Prague |
1912-01-05 |
The Prague Party Conference takes place. |
1920-03-02 |
Karel Capék's "Loupeznik," premieres in Prague |
1920-11-21 |
Karel Capék's "Vec Makropulos" premieres in Prague |
1921-01-25 |
Karel Capék's "RUR," premieres in Prague |
1933-08-22 |
International Zionists Congress opens in Prague |
1938-08-14 |
BBC's 1st feature film on TV (Student of Prague) |
1942-05-27 |
Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi "Deputy Reich Protector of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia" is shot & mortally wounded in Prague in in Operation Anthropoid |
1942-05-30 |
Reichsfuehrer Herman Himmler arrives in Prague |
1942-09-27 |
Reinhard Heydrich, "butcher of Prague," appointed SS-general (Gruppenfuehrer) |
1945-02-14 |
World War II: Prague is bombed probably due to a mistake in the orientation of the pilots bombing Dresden. |
1945-05-05 |
Uprising against occupying SS troops in Prague |
1945-05-10 |
Russian troops occupied Prague |
1946-05-26 |
Darius Milhauds 3rd Concert for piano/orchestra premieres in Prague |
1950-04-05 |
Prague espionage trial against bishops & priests begins |
1950-11-27 |
Trial against RC clergy "imperialistic conspiracy" begins in Prague |
1962-10-19 |
Stalin monument removed in Prague |
1968-06-27 |
Ludvik Vaculik publishes "Manifest of 2000 words" in Prague |
1968-07-05 |
"Manifest of 1000 words" published in Prague |
1968-08-09 |
Yugoslav president Tito visits Prague |
1968-08-15 |
Romanian president Nicolae Ceausescu visits Prague |
1968-08-20 |
During the night 200,00 Warsaw Pact Soviet led troops begin to invade Czechoslovakia in response to the Prague Spring |
1968-08-21 |
Radio Prague (Czechoslovakia) at 12:50 AM announces a Soviet led invasion |
1968-08-21 |
Warsaw Pact forces contnue their invasion of Czechoslovakia to end the reform movement known as the Prague Spring |
1977-01-07 |
Human Rights Charter 77 established in Prague |
1980-12-07 |
69th Davis Cup: Czechoslovakia beats Italy in Prague (4-1) |
1986-07-27 |
24th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Czechoslovakia in Prague Czech (3-0) |
1989-01-16 |
Police arrest writer Vaclav Havel in Prague |
1989-09-30 |
Foreign Minister of West Germany Hans-Dietrich Genscher's speech from the balcony of the German embassy in Prague. |
1990-10-19 |
HCA, Helsinki Citizens Assembly, forms in Prague |
1992-06-25 |
"Les Miserables" opens at Vinorhady Theatre, Prague |
1993-03-11 |
Men's Figure Skating Championship in Prague won by Kurt Browning CAN |
1993-03-14 |
Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Prague won by Oksana Baiul (UKR) |
1993-03-19 |
Ice Dance Championship in Prague won by M Usova & A Zhulin (RUS) |
1993-03-19 |
Ice Pairs Championship in Prague won by I Brasseur & L Eisler (CAN) |
2000-09-26 |
Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turned violent during the IMF and World Bank summits. |
2012-11-18 |
101st Davis Cup: Czech Republic beats Spain in Prague (3-2) |
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Prague - Notable Birthdays
Prague - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1297-03-25 |
Arnost of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (d. 1364) |
1585-03-05 |
Johann Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague) |
1689-09-01 |
Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Bavarian master builder (Prague) |
1871-01-01 |
Fritz Weidemann, The Student of Prague |
1880-07-04 |
Stellan Rye, The Student of Prague |
1883-05-16 |
Lothar Körner, The Student of Prague |
1887-01-25 |
Klaus Richter, The Student of Prague |
1888-05-28 |
James Francis 'Jim' Thorpe, Prague Oklahoma, versatile American athlete (Olympic gold 1912) (d. 1953) |
1888-12-29 |
Joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal |
1890-09-16 |
Ernst Deutsch, [Dorian], Prague Czech, actor (Moon is Down, 3rd Man) |
1896-01-08 |
Jaromir Weinberger, Prague Czechoslovakia, composer (Bird's Opera) |
1899-06-30 |
Frantisek Tomasek, bishop of Prague/cardinal |
1899-08-19 |
Franz C. Schmelkes, Prague, Czech-born Chemist who discovered azochloramid (chlorazodin), widely used as a disinfectant to sterilize wounds and burns |
1905-06-13 |
Frantisek Bartos, The Prague Castle |
1906-11-06 |
Francis Lederer, Prague Czech, actor (Diary of a Chambermaid) |
1908-04-05 |
George Schick, Prague Czech, conductor (Chicago Symphony) |
1908-04-11 |
Karel Ancerl, Czech conductor (Prague/Toronto) |
1912-01-28 |
William "Bill" Henson, English diplomat (Prague 1939) |
1913-05-01 |
Walter Susskind, Praha (Prague) Czechoslovakia, conductor |
1916-06-19 |
George Pravda, Prague, Austria-Hungary, actor (Thunderball, Firefox), (d. 1985) |
1919-07-12 |
Vera Hruba Ralston, Prague Czech, actress (Dajkota) [or 6/12/1921] |
1921-08-07 |
Karel Husa, Prague Czechoslovakia, composer (Trojan Women) |
1923-01-15 |
Jan Vladislav, Jan's Return from the Parisian Exile to Prague in the Summer of 2003 |
1929-08-08 |
Josef Suk, Prague Czechoslovakia, violinist (Artist of Merit-1977) |
1931-12-15 |
Evald Schorm, Prague Czech, director (Courage for Every Day) |
1933-9-26 |
Borivoj Navrátil, Prague |
1936-07-12 |
Jan Nemec, Prague Czech, director (Diamonds of the Night) |
1937-04-18 |
Jan Kaplicky, Eye Above Prague |
1937-05-15 |
Madeleine Albright, Prague Czechoslovakia, American politician and diplomat and 1st female U.S. Secretary of State (1997-2001) |
1940-04-19 |
Milan Knízák, Eye Above Prague |
1946-10-11 |
Josef Vajnar, Prague |
1957-05-08 |
Otakar Brousek, Prague Duet |
1958-12-11 |
Regina Marsikova, Prague, Czechoslovakian tennis player |
1962-02-19 |
Hana Mandlikova, Prague Czechoslovakia, tennis player (1985 US Open) |
1964-12-09 |
Petr Briza, Prague CZE, hockey goalie (Team Czech Rep) |
1965-02-23 |
Helena Sukova, Prague Czech Rep, tennis star (1985 US Open's Double) |
1968-01-23 |
Petr Korda, Prague Czech, tennis star (1993 Doubles-Cincinnati) |
1968-02-03 |
Frantisek Kucera, Prague Cze, NHL defenseman (Vanc Canucks, Oly-G-98) |
1970-09-10 |
Julie Halard, Versailles France, tennis star (1995 Prague) |
1970-10-14 |
Daniela Pestova, [Chameleon], Prague Czech, model (1995 SI/L'Oreal) |
1971-04-01 |
Daniel Vacek, Prague Czech, tennis star |
1971-11-15 |
Natalia Medvedeva, Kiev Ukraine, tennis star (1993 Prague Essen) |
1971-9-16 |
Boris Zelkin, Prague Duet |
1972-02-22 |
Rolando Villazón, Mozart in Prague: Rolando Villazon on Don Giovanni |
1973-02-02 |
Radka Bobkova, Prague Czech Rep, tennis star (quarter Bournemouth) |
1974-01-22 |
Stephanie Rottier, St Niklaas Belgium, tennis star (1995 semi Prague) |
1974-06-09 |
Jana Nejedly, Prague Czech, Canadian tennis player (Olympics-96) |
1975-03-14 |
Johan Paulik, An American in Prague |
1975-05-18 |
Lola Gross, Prague Exposed |
1976-04-20 |
Tibor, An American in Prague |
1978-05-08 |
Sandra Kleinova, Prague Czech, tennis star (1995 Futures-Turku-FIN) |
1978-11-02 |
Bobby Parks, Prague Rising |
1979-02-02 |
Petra Cada, Prague Czech, Canadian table tennis player (Olympics-96) |
1981-03-07 |
Sarka, Rocco Ravishes Prague 3 |
1984-03-06 |
Olga Spátová, Eye Above Prague |
Prague - Notable Weddings
Prague - Weddings
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1986-07-25 |
Four-time tennis player champ Hana Mandlikova (24) weds restaurateur Jan Sedlak at Prague's old town hall |
1997-01-04 |
Czech Republic's first president Vaclav Havel (60) weds Czech actress Dagmar Havlova (43) in Prague, Czech Republic |
Prague - Notable Deaths
Prague - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
997-04-23 |
Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40 |
1125-10-21 |
Cosmas of Prague, Bohemian writer |
1364-06-30 |
Arnost of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (b. 1297) |
1378-11-29 |
Charles IV, Roman-German King/German emperor (Univ of Prague), dies |
1416-05-30 |
Jerome of Prague, Czech radical Christian teacher burned at the stake for heresy by church Council of Constance |
1528-11-11 |
Lucas van Prague, Czech leader of Bohemian Brothers, dies at about 68 |
1601-10-24 |
Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer, dies in Prague at 54 |
1609-08-22 |
Maharal of Prague, Jewish mystic and philosopher (b. 1525) |
1630-09-11 |
John de White, calvinist/banker to Prague, commits suicide |
1656-10-08 |
Johann Georg I, ruler of Saxon (1611-56, Peace of Prague), dies at 71 |
1751-12-18 |
Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62 |
1914-11-14 |
Stellan Rye, The Student of Prague |
1939-11-11 |
Jan Opletal, Czech student, victim of Nazi violence in Prague |
1948-01-03 |
Klaus Richter, The Student of Prague |
1969-05-17 |
Joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 80 |
1973-07-03 |
Charles Ancerl, Czech conductor (Prague/Toronto), dies at 63 |
1992-08-04 |
Frantisek Tomasek, archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 93 |
2009-01-14 |
Jan Kaplicky, Eye Above Prague |
2009-03-03 |
Jan Vladislav, Jan's Return from the Parisian Exile to Prague in the Summer of 2003 |
2011-10-31 |
Borivoj Navrátil, Prague |
