End
of the 5th and
beginning of the
6th century |
Arrival of Slavs in present-day Moravia
and Slovakia |
Second
half of the
9th century |
Arrival of Christian missionaries |
| 9th
century |
1306 a gradual strengthening of the
Czech state during the reign of the Premyslid dynasty |
| 1346-1378 |
The peak in the prestige and power
of the kingdom of Bohemia during the reign of Charles IV |
Beginning
of the
15th century |
A crisis of state leads to the Hussite
movement |
| 1526 |
The Habsburg dynasty succeeds to
the throne of Bohemia, the formation of a multi-national empire |
| 1620 |
The defeat of the Bohemian Estates
at the Battle of White Mountain, continued centralization of the Habsburg
Empire |
| 28.10.1918 |
Foundation of an independent state
of Czechs and Slovaks |
| 15.3.1939
- 9.5.1945 |
German occupation |
| February
1948 |
Communist takeover |
| August
1968 |
Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia
by Warsaw Pact countries brings an end to the "Prague Spring" and
the Communist Party's attempt to build "Socialism with a human face" |
| November
1989 |
Fall of the Communist regime |
| 1.1.
1993 |
Czech Republic founded after the
split of Czechoslovakia |
