Česká

 

Adopted 17 Dec 1992

1990-17 Dec 1992

Bohemia-Moravia   1939-1945

c.670                     Czech tribes settle in the area of modern Bohemia

700                       Principality of Bohemia (Čechy)

   Jul 895                Dukedom of Bohemia (Česke knizectví)

28 Sep 995                Unification under Czech control

       1003 - 05 Sep 1004 Polish occupation

       1055               Moravia a vassal of Bohemia, separate government remains under

                          junior Bohemian princes 

1189 - 1197               United with Moravia

15 Aug 1198 - 28 Oct 1918 Kingdom of Bohemia (Česke kralovství)

26 Sep 1212               Golden Bull confirms Bohemia's paramount status

                           within the Holy Roman Empire

10 Jan 1356               Golden Bull formalises Bohemia as an electoral

                           member of the Holy Roman Empire

15 Jul 1490 - 29 Aug 1526 In Personal Union with Hungary

24 Oct 1526 - 28 Oct 1918 In Personal Union with Austria

04 Nov 1619 - 08 Nov 1620 Kingdom of Bohemia (in opposition)

   Nov 1741 - 12 May 1743 War of Austrian succession; Franco-Bavarian occupation

                           of Bohemia, Karl Albrecht of Bavaria crowned King

                           in opposition to the Habsburg dynasty

24 Oct 1648               Habsburg possession confirmed by Peace of Westphalia

11 Aug 1804               Part of the Empire of Austria

21 Dec 1867               Part of the Austrian half of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

28 Oct 1918               Part of Czechoslovakia

05 Nov 1918 - 31 Dec 1948 Bohemia an autonomous county of Czechoslovakia

16 Mar 1939 - 09 May 1945 Part of Bohemia-Moravia (German protectorate)

01 Jan 1949               Bohemia County abolished

01 Jan 1969               Czech Socialist Republic

29 Mar 1990               Czech Republic

31 Dec 1992               Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

01 Jan 1993               Česka (Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia) independent as Czech Republic

01 May 2004 -             Accession to the EU

 

Government: Republic.

Capital: Praha (Prague).

Language: Czech, German.

Religion: Roman Catholic.

National Anthem: "Kde domov muj".

National Day: Independence day, 28th October (1918).

National Emblem:

National Motto: Pravda Vitezi (Truth Prevails).

Currency: Czech Koruna.

 

Monarchs of Bohemia

700 - 720 Praotec Cech

720 - 722 Krok

722 - 745 Premysl, Premysl Orác

745 - 783 Premysl, Nezamysl

783 - 804 Premysl, Mnáta

804 - 831 Premysl, Vojen

831 - 833 Premysl, Unislav

833 - 851 Premysl, Kresonysl

851 - 853 Premysl, Neklan

853 - 856 Premysl, Hostivit

856 - 894 Premysl, Borivoj

894 - 915 Premysl, Spytihiniev I

       915 - 13 Feb 921 Premysl, Vratislav I

13 Feb 921 - 28 Jul 929 Premysl, St Václav I "Good King Wenceslaus"

28 Sep 929 - 15 Jul 967 Premysl, Boleslav I "The Cruel"

15 Jul 967 - 07 Feb 999 Premysl, Boleslav II "The Pious"

07 Feb 999 -         1002 Premysl, Boleslav III "The Blind"

       1002 -    Jan 1003 Premysl, Vladivoj I

   Jan 1003 - 12 Apr 1012 Premysl, Jaromír (1st Time)

12 Apr 1012 -        1033 Premysl, Udalrich

       1033 - 09 Nov 1035 Premysl, Jaromír (2nd Time)

09 Nov 1035 - 10 Jan 1055 Premysl, Brezetislav I

10 Jan 1055 - 28 Jan 1061 Premysl, Spytithiniev II

28 Jan 1061 - 14 Jan 1092 Premysl, Vratislav II

20 Jan      - 06 Sep 1092 Premysl, Konrád I Ota

06 Sep 1092 - 22 Dec 1100 Premysl, Brezetislav II

22 Dec 1100 - 14 May 1107 Premysl, Borivoj II (1st Time)

14 May 1107 - 21 Sep 1109 Premysl, Svatolpluk I

21 Sep 1109 -    Dec 1117 Premysl, Vladislav I (1st Time)

       1117 -        1121 Premysl, Borivoj II (2nd Time)

16 Aug 1121 - 12 Apr 1125 Premysl, Vladislav I (2nd Time)

16 Apr 1125 - 17 Feb 1140 Premysl, Sobislav

17 Feb 1140 -        1172 Premysl, Vladislav II

       1172 -        1173 Premysl, Falcký I (1st Time)

       1173 -        1178 Premysl, Sobislav II

       1178 - 25 Mar 1189 Premysl, Falcký I (2nd Time)

25 Mar 1189 - 09 Sep 1191 Premysl, Konrad II

09 Sep 1191 -    Jan 1192 Premysl, Václav II

   Jan 1192 - 06 Dec 1193 Premysl, Otakar I (1st Time)

06 Dec 1193 - 19 Jun 1197 Premysl, Brzetislav III

19 Jun      - 06 Dec 1197 Premysl, Vladislav III

06 Dec 1197 - 15 Dec 1230 Premysl, Otakar I (2nd Time)

15 Dec 1230 - 22 Sep 1253 Premysl, Václav III Jednooky

22 Sep 1253 - 26 Aug 1278 Premysl, Otakar II Vítezný

26 Aug 1278 - 21 Jun 1305 Premysl, Václav VI Dobrý

21 Jun 1305 - 04 Aug 1306 Premysl, Václav V

22 Aug 1306 - 03 Jul 1307 Habsburg, Ruldof I

03 Jul 1307 - 09 Dec 1310 Habsburg, Jindrich

09 Dec 1310 - 26 Aug 1346 Luxemburg, Jan I "The Blind"

26 Aug 1346 - 29 Nov 1378 Luxemburg, Karel I

29 Nov 1378 - 16 Aug 1419 Luxemburg, Václav IV

16 Aug 1419 - 09 Dec 1437 Luxemburg, Zikmund I

27 Dec 1437 - 27 Oct 1439 Habsburg, Albrecht I

19 Oct 1453 - 23 Nov 1457 Habsburg, Ladíslav "Pohrobek"

02 Mar 1458 - 22 Mar 1471 Podebradý, Jirí z Podebrad a z Kunštátu

03 May 1469 - 22 Mar 1471 Hunyadi, Matyáš I, King of Hungary

22 Mar 1471 - 03 Mar 1509 Habsburg, Vladislav IV ................. 1456-1506

03 Mar 1509 - 28 Aug 1526 Jagellion, Ludvík I .................... 1506-1526

24 Oct 1526 - 30 Oct 1918 The Monarchs of Austria

28 Sep 1619 - 08 Nov 1620 Wittlesbach, Falcký II ................. 1596-1632 "The Winter King"

19 Dec 1741 - 12 May 1743 Wittlesbach, Karel Albrecht ............ 1697-1745

                          (Charles VII Holy Roman Emperor, in opposition)

 

Habsburg Kings of Bohemia (also Archdukes of Austria, Kings of Hungary and Croatia)

 

24 Oct 1526 - 25 Jul 1564 Ferdinand I

19 Feb 1549 - 12 Oct 1576 Maximilián I (Maximilian)

06 Sep 1575 - 23 May 1611 Rudolf II

23 May 1611 - 20 Mar 1619 Matyáš II (Matthias)

06 Jun 1617 - 15 Feb 1637 Ferdinand II

                          (in opposition to Falcký II)

27 Nov 1627 - 02 Apr 1657 Ferdinand III

23 Jun 1646 - 09 Feb 1654 Ferdinand IV

14 Sep 1656 - 05 May 1705 Leopold I

05 May 1705 - 17 Apr 1711 Josef I

17 Apr 1711 - 20 Oct 1740 Karel II (Karl VII)

20 Oct 1740 - 29 Nov 1780 Marie Terezie (Maria Theresia)

29 Nov 1780 - 20 Feb 1790 Josef II

20 Feb 1790 - 01 Mar 1792 Leopold II

01 Mar 1792 - 02 Mar 1835 František I (Franz)

02 Mar 1835 - 02 Dec 1848 Ferdinand V

02 Dec 1848 - 21 Nov 1916 František Josef I (Franz Josef) ......... 1830-1916

21 Nov 1916 - 30 Oct 1918 Karel III (Karl VIII/I) ................. 1887-1922

 

President of Bohemia-Moravia

16 Mar 1939 - 08 May 1945 Emil Hácha .............................. 1872-1945 NS

Chairmen of the Czech National Council

10 Jul 1968 - 26 Nov 1969 Dr. Čestmír Císař ....................... 1920-2013 KSČ

26 Nov 1969 - 18 Jun 1981 Evžen Erban ............................. 1912-1994 KSČ

18 Jun 1981 - 18 Dec 1989 Josef Kempný ............................ 1920-1996 KSČ

18 Dec 1989 - 26 Jun 1990 Jaroslav Šafařík ........................ 1942-     CSS

26 Jun 1990 - 30 Jun 1992 Dagmar Burešová ......................... 1929-     OF

01 Jul      - 31 Dec 1992 Dr. Milan Uhde .......................... 1936-     ODS

Presidents

01 Jan 1993 - 02 Feb 2003 Václav Havel ............................ 1936-2011 OF

02 Feb 2003 - 08 Mar 2013 Václav Klaus ............................ 1941-     OF

08 Mar 2013 -             Miloš Zeman ............................. 1944-     SPOZ

 

 

Presidents of the Administration of Bohemia

1918 - 1926               Jan Kosina

1926 - 1932               Hugo Kubát

1933 - 1939               Josef Sobotka

1939 - 1942               Richard Biernert ........................ 1881-1949 NS

Prime Minister of Bohemia-Moravia

28 Apr 1939 - 28 Sep 1941 Alois Eliás ............................. 1890-1942 NS

28 Apr 1941 - 19 Jan 1945 Jaroslav Krejcí ......................... 1892-1956 NS

19 Jan      - 08 May 1945 Richard Biernert ........................ s.a       NS

President of the Administration of Bohemia

23 May 1945 - 31 Dec 1948 Ladislav Kopřiva ........................ 1897-1971 KCS

Prime Ministers

01 Jan      - 29 Sep 1969 Stanislav Rázl .......................... 1920-1999 KSČ

29 Sep 1969 - 28 Jan 1970 Josef Kempný

28 Jan 1970 - 20 Mar 1987 Josef Korcák ............................ 1921-2008 KSČ

20 Mar 1987 - 12 Oct 1988 Ladislav Adamec                                     KSČ

12 Oct 1988 - 06 Feb 1990 František Pitra ......................... 1932-     KSČ

06 Feb 1990 - 02 Jul 1992 Petr Pithart ............................ 1941-     OF

02 Jul 1992 - 17 Dec 1997 Václav Klaus                                        ODS

17 Dec 1997 - 17 Jul 1998 Josef Tošovský .......................... 1950-

17 Jul 1998 - 12 Jul 2002 Miloš Zemen                                         ČSSD

12 Jul 2002 - 26 Jul 2004 Vladimír Špidla ......................... 1951-     ČSSD

26 Jul 2004 - 25 Apr 2005 Stanislav Gross ......................... 1969-     ČSSD

25 Apr 2005 - 04 Sep 2006 Jiří Paroubek ........................... 1952-     ČSSD

04 Sep 2006 - 08 May 2009 Mirek Topolánek ......................... 1956-     ODS

08 May 2009 - 13 Jul 2010 Jan Fischer ............................. 1951-

13 Jul 2010 - 10 Jul 2013 Petr Nečas .............................. 1964-     ODS

10 Jul 2013 - 17 Jan 2014 Jiři Rusnok ............................. 1960-

17 Jan 2014 -             Bohuslav Sobotka ........................ 1971-     ČSSD

 

 

• Regions

 

ČSSD=Česká strana sociálně demokratická (Czech Social Democratic Party, social-democratic)

ČNSS=Československá narodne socialistická strana (Socialist)

KSČ=Komunistická strana Československa (Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, dissolved 1990)

KSČM=Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy (Communist party of Bohemia and Moravia)

ODS=Občanská democratická strana (liberal conservative, Eurosceptic)

OF=Občanská Fórum (Civic Forum, Conservative, 1991 split to ODS, ODA and OH)

NS=Národní Sourcenství (National Partnership, fascist only legal party 1939-1945)

SPOZ=Strana Práv Občanu-Zemanovci (Party of Citizens Rights-Zeman's people, social-democratic)

Morava (Moravia)

 

 

830 - 906                 Great Moravian Principality

1023 - 1054               Principality of Moravia

1054 - 1200               Split in to three lines, Olomouc, Brno and Znojmo

1055                      Vassal of Bohemia within Lands of the Bohemian Crown

1197                      In Personal union with Bohemia

       1310              

28 Oct 1526               In personal union with Austria

       1611               Incorporated into the Crown of Bohemia

24 Oct 1648               Habsburg possession confirmed by Peace of Westphalia

08 Dec 1849 - 30 Oct 1918 Austrian Crownland

11 Aug 1804               Part of the Empire of Austria

21 Dec 1867               Part of the Austrian half of the Austro-Hungarian Empire         

30 Oct 1918               Part of Czechoslovakia

05 Nov 1918               Moravská (Moravia) an autonomous county

       1928               Moravskoslezská (Moravia-Silesia) county

16 Mar 1939 - 09 May 1945 Part of Bohemia-Moravia protectorate

31 Dec 1948               County abolished

 

Princes

830 - 846               Mojmír

846 - 869               Rastislav

869 - 871               Svatopluk(1st Time)

871                     Slavomír

871 - 894               Svatopluk (2nd Time)

894 - 906               Mojmír II

       961 - 18 Mar 981 Slavnik

18 Mar 981 - 28 Sep 995 Sobeslav

1028 - 1034               Bretislav (1st Time)

1037 - 1054               Bretislav (2nd Time)

Markgraffen

   Sep 1182 - 09 Sep 1191 Premysl, Konrád Ota

06 Dec 1197 - 12 Aug 1222 Premysl, Vladislav I Jindrich

12 Aug 1222 - 1224        Premysl, Premysl I Otakar

       1224 - 18 Feb 1227 Premysl, Vladislav II Jindrich

18 Feb 1227 - 16 Oct 1239 Premysl II

16 Oct 1239 -    Apr 1246 Premysl, Václav I

   Apr 1246 - 03 Jan 1247 Premysl, Vladislav III

   Jan 1247 - 26 Aug 1278 Premysl II Otakar

26 Aug 1278 - 21 Jun 1305 Premysl, Václav II

21 Jun 1305 - 16 Oct 1306 Premysl, Václav III

16 Oct 1306 - 15 Aug 1307 Habsburg, Rudolf

15 Aug 1307 - 31 Aug 1310 Meinhardiner, Jindrich Koruntanský

31 Aug 1310 -    Dec 1333 Luxemburg, Jan

   Dec 1333 - 26 Dec 1349 Luxemburg, Karel I

26 Dec 1349 - 12 Nov 1375 Luxemburg, Jan Jindrich

12 Nov 1375 - 12 Oct 1394 Luxemburg, Jan Sobeslav, Patriarch of Aquileia

12 Nov 1375 - 24 Sep 1405 Holý, Prokop "The Great"

12 Nov 1375 - 17 Jan 1411 Luxemburg, Jošt

17 Jan 1411 - 16 Aug 1419 Luxemburg, Václav IV

16 Aug 1419 - 04 Oct 1423 Luxemburg Zikmund

04 Oct 1423 - 27 Oct 1439 Habsburg, Albrecht

22 Feb 1440 - 23 Nov 1457 Habsburg, Ladislav

23 Nov 1457 - 27 May 1471 Podebradý, Jirí z Podebrad a z Kunštátu

                          (regent to 09 Apr 1458)

27 May 1471 - 25 Jul 1479 Vladislav IV (1st Time)

25 Jul 1479 - 06 Apr 1490 Hunyadi, Matyáš of Hungary

06 Apr 1490 - 25 Jul 1516 Jagiellon, Vladislav IV (2nd Time)

13 Mar 1516 - 29 Aug 1526 Jagiellon, Ludvík

28 Oct 1526 - 28 Oct 1918 The Monarchs of Austria

 

Presidents of the Administration

05 Nov 1918 - 14 Apr 1939 Jan Černý ............................... 1874-1959

   Jun 1939 - 23 Jan 1941 Jaroslav Jan Caha ....................... 1883-1941

1940 - 1945               Karl Schwabe ............................ 1899-1945 NS

                          (vice-president)

01 May      - 07 Nov 1941 Jaroslav Mezník ......................... 1884-1941

12 May 1945 - 31 Jul 1946 František Loubal ........................ 1893-1950

01 Aug 1946 - 28 Apr 1948 František Píšek

28 Apr      - 31 Dec 1948 Karel Svitavský

 

Slezská (Silesia)

 

 

1138 - 1160               Duchy of Silesia

1160 - 1335               Divided in upper and lower Silesia

1335 - 1526               To Bohemia

24 Oct 1526 - 08 Dec 1849 In personal union with Austria

11 Jan 1742               Treaty of Breslau cedes most of Silesia to Prussia

11 Aug 1804               Part of the Empire of Austria

08 Dec 1849 - 02 Nov 1918 Austrian Crownland

01 Aug 1860 - 01 Apr 1861 Amalgamated with Moravia

21 Dec 1867               Part of the Austrian half of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

02 Nov 1918 - 31 Dec 1992 Part of Czechoslovakia

05 Nov 1918 - 1927        Autonomous County of Czechoslovakia

14 Jun 1927               County abolished, incorporated into Moravia

 

Dukes

1138 - 1146               Piast, Vladislav I

1146 - 1160               Piast, Boleslav I

 - Upper Silesia -

1160 - 1211               Piast, Miecislav I

1211 - 1230               Piast, Kasimir

1230 - 1246               Piast, Miecislav II

1246 - 1282               Piast, Vladislav II

- Lower Silesia -

1160 - 1200               Boleslav II

Dukes of Silesia

24 Oct 1526 - 02 Nov 1918 The Monarchs of Austria

 

President of the Administration

05 Nov 1918 - 14 Jun 1927 Josef Šrámek ............................ 1875-1937

 

Československo (Czechoslovakia)

1990-31 Dec 1992

C.S.S.R 1960-1990

Large CoA 1918-1938

1918-1938, 1945-60

 

c. 820 - c. 907           Empire of Greater Moravia

15 Sep 1915               Czech National Council formed in exile in Paris

28 Oct 1918 - 23 Nov 1938 Czechoslovak Republic

01 Oct 1938 - 08 May 1945 Sudetenland ceded to Germany

16 Mar 1939 - 07 May 1945 Secession of Slovakia

16 Mar 1939 - 07 May 1945 Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia under German occupation

03 Apr 1945 - 11 Jun 1960 Republic of Czechoslovakia

29 Jun 1945               Ruthenia ceded to U.S.S.R

11 Jun 1960               Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

29 Mar 1990               Czechoslovak Federal Republic

20 Apr 1990               Czech and Slovak Federal Republic

31 Dec 1992               State dissolved (neither republic claims to be successor nation)

 

Government: Federal Republic.

Capital: Praha (Prague).

Language: Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, German.

Religion: Roman Catholic.

National Anthem: "Hymna Ceskoslovensko."

National Day: Independence day, 28th October (1918).

National Emblem: Lion of Bohemia.

National Motto: Pravda Vitezi (Truth Prevails).

Currency: Czechoslovak Koruna.

 

Presidents

28 Oct      - 14 Nov 1918 Karel Kramář ........................... 1860-1937

14 Nov 1918 - 18 Dec 1935 Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk ................. 1850-1937

18 Dec 1935 - 05 Oct 1938 Edvard Beneš (1st Time) ................ 1884-1948 CNSS

20 Nov 1938 - 04 May 1939 Emil Hácha ............................. 1872-1945

08 May      - 11 May 1945 Albert Prazák .......................... 1880-1956

11 May 1945 - 07 Jun 1948 Edvard Beneš (2nd Time)

29 Dec 1989 - 20 Jul 1992 Václav Havel ........................... 1936-2011 OF

20 Jul      - 31 Dec 1992 Jan Stráský ............................ 1940-

 

Prime Ministers

16 Nov 1918 - 08 Jul 1919 Karel Kramář ........................... 1860-1937

08 Jul 1919 - 16 Sep 1920 Vlastimil Tusar ........................ 1880-1924

16 Sep 1920 - 20 Sep 1921 Jan Černý (1st Time) ................... s.a

20 Sep 1921 - 08 Oct 1922 Edvard Beneš ........................... s.a

08 Oct 1922 - 18 Mar 1926 Antonio Švehla (1st Time) .............. 1873-1933

18 Mar      - 12 Oct 1926 Jan Černý (2nd Time)

12 Oct 1926 - 31 Jan 1929 Antonio Švehla (2nd Time)

01 Feb 1929 - 09 Oct 1932 František Udržal ....................... 1866-1938

09 Oct 1932 - 05 Nov 1935 Jan Malypetr ........................... 1873-1947

05 Nov 1935 - 22 Sep 1938 Milan Hodža ............................ 1878-1944

22 Sep      - 01 Dec 1938 Jan Syrový ............................. 1888-1970

01 Dec 1938 - 27 Apr 1939 Rudolf Beran ........................... 1887-1954

07 Apr 1945 - 03 Jul 1946 Zdenek Fierlinger ...................... 1891-1976

10 Dec 1989 - 01 Jul 1992 Marián Čalfa ........................... 1946-

01 Jul      - 31 Dec 1992 Jan Stráský ............................ s.a

 

CSSD=Czech Social Democratic Party (Social Democratic)

KCS=Communist party of Czechoslovakia

ODS=Obcanské Democratická Strana (Far Right, Conservative)

OF=Obcanské Fórum (Civic Forum, Conservative, 1991 split to ODS, ODA and OH)

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Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

 

Government: Republic.

Capital: Praha (Prague).

Language: Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, German.

Religion: Roman Catholic.

National Anthem: "Hymna Československo".

National Day: Liberation Day, 09 May (1945).

National Emblem: Lion of Bohemia.

National Motto: Pravda Vitezi (Truth Prevails).

Currency: Czechoslovak Koruna.

 

General Secretaries of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia

07 Jun 1948 - 06 Sep 1951 Rudolf Slansky ......................... 1901-1952

06 Sep 1951 - 14 Mar 1953 Klement Gottwald ....................... 1896-1953

14 Mar 1953 - 05 Jan 1968 Antonín Zapotocký ...................... 1904-1975

05 Jan 1968 - 17 Apr 1969 Alexandar Dubček ....................... 1921-1992

17 Apr 1969 - 17 Dec 1987 Gustáv Husák ........................... 1913-1991

17 Dec 1987 - 24 Nov 1989 Miloš Jakeš ............................ 1922-

24 Nov      - 20 Dec 1989 Karel Urbánek .......................... 1941-

20 Dec 1989 - 01 Sep 1990 Ladislav Adamec ........................ 1926-2007

 

Presidents

07 Jun 1948 - 14 Mar 1953 Klement Gottwald ....................... s.a

14 Mar 1953 - 13 Nov 1957 Antonín Zapotocký ...................... 1884-1957

19 Nov 1957 - 22 Mar 1968 Antonín Novotný ........................ s.a

29 Mar      - 30 Mar 1968 Jozef Lenárt ........................... 1923-2004

30 Mar 1968 - 29 May 1975 Ludvík Svoboda ......................... 1895-1979

29 Mar 1975 - 10 Dec 1989 Gustáv Husák ........................... s.a

 

Prime Ministers

03 Jul 1946 - 15 Jun 1948 Klement Gottwald ....................... s.a

15 Jun 1948 - 21 Mar 1953 Antonín Zápotocký ...................... 1884-1957

21 Mar 1953 - 22 Sep 1963 Viliám Široký .......................... 1902-1971

22 Sep 1963 - 04 Apr 1968 Josef Lenárt ........................... s.a

04 Apr 1968 - 28 Jan 1970 Oldřich Černik ......................... 1921-1994

28 Jan 1970 - 11 Oct 1988 Lubomír Štrougal ....................... 1924-

11 Oct 1988 - 10 Dec 1989 Ladislav Adamec ........................ s.a

 

KSČ=Komunistická strana Československa (Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, dissolved 1990)