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The oldest evidence of human habitation in the Prague valley is from around 6000 BC. Permanent farming communities were settled in the area by Germanic and Celtic tribes around 4000 BC. Slav tribes came around 1000BC, and by the 600 AD had settled opposite sides of a particularly appealing stretch of the Vltava River. They successfully defended the land now known as Bohemia for generations, but by the 9th century it had been conquered by the Great Moravian Empire. |
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870: foundation of Prague Castle.
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around 926 : building of the St. Vitus rotunda at Prague Castle
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10th century : foundation of the Vysehrad Castle on the opposite Vltava bank
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965: Prague first reported in the narration of Ibrahim Ibn Jakub, a merchant
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973: foundation of Prague bishopric.
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1085: Prague becomes the residence of the first Bohemian king - Vratislav I
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1172: completion of the second stone bridge in Europe – Judith's Bridge
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around 1230: establishment of the Old Town.
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1257: foundation of the Lesser Town
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1310-1346: John of Luxemburg Czech king |
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1320: foundation of Hradčany |
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1338: foundation of the Old Town Hall - the importance of the city increases |
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1344: Prague bishopric promoted to archbishopric and the construction of St. Vitu's cathedral is started ( completed in 1929) |
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1346-1378: Charles IV. – Prague is the capital of the Czech kingdom and the Roman Empire, maybe the most famous era of Prague history. |
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1419-1437: attempts of the clergy tore form the church result in the Hussite revolutionary movement (Jan Hus - the reform preacher and martyr) |
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1348: the New Town and the first university in Central Europe ( Charles University) were founded
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1526: the Hapsburg dynasty comes to the Czech throne ( till 1918) |
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1583-1611: Rudolf II becomes the king of Bohemia, and Prague the emperor's residence, centre of social and cultural life |
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1618-1620: insurrection of the Czech Estates against the Hapsburg is defeated, beginning of the dark era of czech history |
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1784: union of the four hitherto independent Prague urban units (Hradcany, Lesser Town, Old Town and New Town) |
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1784-1848: period of Czech national revival, beginning of the industrial revolution, establishment of Czech institutions |
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1918: proclamation of independence of Czechoslovakia, Prague becomes the new state capital
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1939-1945: occupation by the Nazi Germany |
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1945: the Prague uprising, liberation of Prague by Soviet army |
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1948: the Communist Party comes to power after the February coup |
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1968: Prague Spring : intervention of 5 states of the Warsaw Treaty. |
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After years of gradual liberalization under General Secretary of the Communist Party Dubcek, the "Prague Spring" came into full bloom. The goal of this movement was the "socialism with human face" and it led Moscow to sent his army to Prague. Fifty-eight people died, almost 300,000 sympathizers lost their jobs. |
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1989: so - called velvet revolution , Václav Havel elected the president |
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A series of peaceful demonstrations beginning on November 17 became confrontational, though the essentially nonviolent character of the uprising earned it the name 'Velvet Revolution'. Prague quickly became one of the top tourist destinations in the world during the 1990s. |
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1990:first free general election |
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1993: January 1, splitting up of the Federation, formation of the independent Czech Republic |
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1999: March 12, Czech Republic becomes a member of NATO.
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2002: In August 2002 Prague experienced the worst floods in almost two centuries, with the river Vltava sweeping the city and 16 people died.
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2004: May 1, Czech Republic joins the European Union (E.U.). |
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