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Ceska
 
28 Oct 1918 - 16 Mar 1939 Part of Czechoslavakia
16 Mar 1939 - 03 Apr 1945 Bohemia-Moravia, under German protectorate
03 Apr 1945 - 31 Dec 1992 Part of Czechoslavakia
01 Jan 1969 - 10 Dec 1989 Czech Socialist Republic
10 Dec 1989 - 31 Dec 1992 Czech Republic
01 Jan 1993 -             Ceska (Czech Republic) independent

 
Bohemia                                              
Bohemia, historical coat of arms of kingdom
         To 1918

Lands of the Bohemian Crown

 
c.670 Czech tribe settles in the area of modern Bohemia                 
700                       Principality of Bohemia
   Jul 895                Dukedom of Bohemia
28 Sep 995                Unification under Czech control
15 Aug 1198 - 28 Oct 1918 Kingdom of Bohemia
26 Sep 1212               Golden Bull confirms Bohemia in the Holy Roman Empire
10 Jan 1356               Golden Bull fomarlizes Bohemis 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)
28 Oct 1918               Part of Czechoslovakia
 
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, Fridrich Falcký I (1st Time)
       1173 -        1178 Premysl, Sobislav II
       1178 - 25 Mar 1189 Premysl, Fridrich 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
03 Jul 1307 - 09 Dec 1310 Habsburg, Jindrich
09 Dec 1310 - 26 Aug 1346 Luxemburg, Jan
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
19 Oct 1453 - 23 Nov 1457 Habsburg, Ladíslas
02 Mar 1458 - 22 Mar 1471 Podebrad, Jiríz
22 Mar 1471 - 03 Mar 1509 Habsburg, Vladislav IV ................. 1456-1506
03 Mar 1509 - 28 Aug 1526 Jagellion, Ludvík ...................... 1506-1526
24 Oct 1526 - 28 Sep 1619 The Monarchs of Austria
28 Sep 1619 - 08 Nov 1620 Wittlesbach, Fridrich Falcký II ........ 1596-1632
                           "The Winter King"
13 Nov 1620 - 30 Oct 1918 The Monarchs of Austria

 
        To 1918
Moravia
 

830 - 906                 Great Moravian Principality

1023 - 1054               Principality of Moravia

1054 - 1200               Split in to three Olomouc, Brno & Znojmo

1197                      In Personal union with Bohemia

28 Oct 1526               In personal union with Austria

08 Dec 1849 - 30 Oct 1918 Austrian Crownland

30 Oct 1918 -             To Czechoslovakia therafter

 

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)

   Sep 1182 - 09 Sep 1191 Konrád Ota

06 Dec 1197 - 12 Aug 1222 Vladislav I Jindrich

12 Aug 1222 -        1224 Premysl I Otakar

       1224 - 18 Feb 1227 Vladislav II Jindrich

18 Feb 1227 - 16 Oct 1239 Premysl II

16 Oct 1239 -    Apr 1246 Václav I

   Apr 1246 - 03 Jan 1247 Vladislav III

   Jan 1247 - 26 Aug 1278 Premysl II Otakar

26 Aug 1278 - 21 Jun 1305 Václav II

21 Jun 1305 - 16 Oct 1306 Václav III

16 Oct 1306 - 15 Aug 1307 Rudolf

15 Aug 1307 - 31 Aug 1310 Jindrich

31 Aug 1310 -    Dec 1333 Jan

   Dec 1333 - 26 Dec 1349 Karel

26 Dec 1349 - 12 Nov 1375 Jan Jindrich

12 Nov 1375 - 12 Oct 1394 Jan Sobeslav

12 Nov 1375 - 24 Sep 1405 Prokop

12 Nov 1375 - 17 Jan 1411 Jost

17 Jan 1411 - 16 Aug 1419 Václav IV

16 Aug 1419 - 04 Oct 1423 Zikmund

04 Oct 1423 - 27 Oct 1439 Albrecht

27 Oct 1439 - 23 Nov 1457 Ladislav

23 Nov 1457 - 27 May 1471 Jiríz

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

25 Jul 1479 - 06 Apr 1490 Matyás

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

13 Mar 1516 - 29 Aug 1526 Ludvík

28 Oct 1526 - 28 Oct 1918 The Monarchs of Austria


 
          To 1918
Silesia
 

1138-1160 Duchy of Silesia

1160-1335 Divieded 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

08 Dec 1849 - 02 Nov 1918 Austrian Crownland

02 Nov 1918 -             Part of Czechoslovakia therafter

 

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

24 Oct 1526 - 02 Nov 1918 The Monarchs of Austria


 
Ceskoslovensko (Czechoslovakia)
1990-31 Dec 1992
 Czechoslovakia, coat of arms
C.S.SR 1960-1990
Large CoA 1918-1938
1918-1938, 1945-60
 

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 Sessecion of Slovakia

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

03 Apr 1945 - 11 Jun 1960 Republic of Czechoslovakia

29 Jun 1945               Ruthynia ceded to USSR

11 Jun 1960 - 29 Mar 1990 Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

29 Mar 1990 - 31 Dec 1992 Czech & Slovak Federal Republic

 

Government: Republic

Capital: Praha (Prague)

Language: Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, German

Religion: Roman Catholic

National Anthem: "Hymna Ceskoslovensko"

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

Nathonal Emblem: Lion of Bohemia

National Motto: Pravda Vitezi (Truth Prevails)

Currency: Czechoslovak Koruna

 

Presidents

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

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

18 Dec 1935 - 05 Oct 1938 Edvard Beneš ........................... 1884-1948 CNSS

                          (1st Time)

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 Kramár ........................... 1860-1937

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

16 Sep 1920 - 20 Sep 1921 Jan Cerný .............................. 1866-1959

                          (1st Time)

20 Sep 1921 - 08 Oct 1922 Edvard Beneš

08 Oct 1922 - 18 Mar 1926 Antonio Švehla ......................... 1873-1933

                          (1st Time)

18 Mar      - 12 Oct 1926 Jan Cerný (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 Calfa ........................... 1946-

01 Jul      - 31 Dec 1992 Jan Stráský

 

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 & OH)

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Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

 

Government: Republic.

Capital: Praha (Prague).

Language: Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, German.

Religion: Roman Catholic.

National Anthem: "Hymna Ceskoslovensko".

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

Nathonal 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 Dubcek ....................... 1921-1992

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

17 Dec 1987 - 24 Nov 1989 Milouš 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

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

19 Nov 1957 - 22 Mar 1968 Antonín Novotný

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

 

Prime Ministers

03 Jul 1946 - 15 Jun 1948 Klement Gottwald

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

04 Apr 1968 - 28 Jan 1970 Oldrich Cernik ......................... 1921-1994

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

11 Oct 1988 - 10 Dec 1989 Ladislav Adamec

 

KCS=Communist Party of Czechoslovakia


 
Ceská (Czech Republic)
Czech Republic (Czechia), coat of arms
Adopted 17 Dec 1992
File:Bohemia Moravia Greater Arms 1939-1945.svg

Bohemia-Moravia   1939-1945

 

16 Mar 1939 - 09 May 1945 Protectorate of Bohemia-Moravia

01 Jan 1969 - 31 Dec 1992 Autonomy within Czechoslovakia

01 Jan 1993 -             Independent as the Czech Republic

 

Government: Republic.

Capital: Praha (Prague).

Language: Czech, German.

Religion: Roman Catholic.

National Anthem: "Kde domov muj".

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

Nathonal Emblem:

National Motto: Pravda Vitezi (Truth Prevails).

EU Accession: May 1st 2004.

Currency: Czech Koruna.

 

Presidents

16 Mar 1939 - 08 May 1945 Emil Hácha

01 Jan 1993 - 02 Feb 2003 Václav Havel                                        OF

02 Feb 2003 -             Václav Klaus ............................ 1941-     OF

 

Prime Ministers

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

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

19 Jan      - 08 May 1945 Richard Biernert ........................ 1881-1949

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

29 Sep 1969 - 28 Jan 1970 Josef Kempný ............................ 1920-1996 KCS

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

20 Mar 1987 - 12 Oct 1988 Ladislav Adamec                                     KCS

12 Oct 1988 - 06 Feb 1990 František Pitra                                     KCS

06 Feb 1990 - 02 Jul 1990 Petr Pithart                                        OF

02 Jul 1992 - 17 Dec 1997 Václav Klaus                                        ODS

17 Dec 1997 - 17 Jul 1998 Josef Tošovský

17 Jul 1998 - 12 Jul 2002 Miloš Zemen                                         CSSD

12 Jul 2002 - 26 Jul 2004 Vladimír Špidla                                     CSSD

26 Jul 2004 - 25 Apr 2005 Stanislav Gross                                     CSSD

25 Apr 2005 - 04 Sep 2006 Jirí Paroubek                                       CSSD

04 Sep 2006 - 08 May 2009 Mirek Topolánek                                     ODS

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

13 Jul 2010 -             Petr Necas

 

CSSD=Czech Social Democratic Party (Social Democratic)

CNSS=Ceskoslovenská Narodne Socialistická Strana (Socialist)

KSCM=Communist party of Bohemia and Moravia

KCS=Communist Party of Czech Republic (Banned)

ODS=Obcanské Democratická Strana (Far Right, Conservative)

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


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