History of the Czech Republic

Legends about foundation ● Forefather Čech – arrival of Slavic tribes(6-th century AD) ● Princess Libuše ● Přemysl the Ploughman

Přemyslid dynasty ~ ● Saint Wenceslas – killed 935 ● 1212 – hereditary kings

Luxembourgs - Charles IV ( ) ● Charles University ● Karlštejn ● St. Vitus Cathedral ● Charles Bridge

Hussite Movement ● Jan Hus – religious reformer ● 1415 – Hus burned at stake in Constance ● – Hussite wars – army-leader Žižka

Habsbourgs ● Germanisation – “dark age” ● Rudolf II ● Baroque architecture

20-th Century ● 1918 – Independence of Czechoslovakia ● 1939 – 1945 – Protectorate Bohmen-Mahren

20-th century ● 1948 – 1989 – Communist era ● 1968 – Prague Spring – attempt to reform communism ● 1989 – Velvet Revolution ● 1993 – Division of Czechoslovakia ● 2004 – European Union