Portal:Czech Republic/Selected anniversaries

1 January 1993 – Czechoslovakia dissolves, resulting in the establishment of the Czech Republic and Slovakia
1 January 2000 – 14 new regions are established
4 January 1896 – The Czech Philharmonic (pictured) plays its first concert
6 January 1977 – Charter 77 is published, with the names of 242 signatories
21 January 1930 – The nation's first traffic light is installed at the junction of Wenceslas Square with Jindřišská and Vodičková streets

2 February 1993 – Václav Havel takes office as the first President of the Czech Republic
5 February 1796 – The Society of Patriotic Friends of the Arts is founded, later to become known as the National Gallery in Prague
8 February 1993 – The Czech koruna (pictured) becomes the national currency
11 February 1929 – The lowest temperature is recorded in Litvínovice, where it reaches -42.2°C
22 February 1998 – The Czech Republic ice hockey team wins gold in the 1998 Winter Olympics

2 March 1978 – Vladimír Remek becomes the first man in space from a country other than the USA and USSR
6 March 1645 – One of the bloodiest battles of the Thirty Years' War, the Battle of Jankau takes place 50km from Prague
15 March 1939 – The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia is established following the end of the Second Czechoslovak Republic
29 March 1896 – The first Prague derby is played between Sparta and Slavia. The match ends 0–0
30 March 1968 – Ludvík Svoboda (pictured) is elected President of Czechoslovakia

5 April 1937 – Prague Václav Havel Airport (pictured) opens as Prague Ruzyně Airport
7 April 1348 – Charles University in Prague is founded
17 April 1969 – First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, Alexander Dubček, is replaced by Gustáv Husák
18 April 1920 – The first parliamentary elections are held in Czechoslovakia
26 April 1945 – The Red Army liberates the city of Brno at the end of World War II

1 May 2004 – The Czech Republic joins the European Union
9 May 1974 – The Prague Metro begins operation
14 May 1855 – The book The Grandmother by Božena Němcová is released
27 May 1942 – An assassination attempt (pictured) on acting Reichsprotektor Reinhardt Heydrich in Prague as part of Operation Anthropoid results in him dying on 4 June – the villages of Lidice and Ležáky are razed to the ground in response
29 May 1975 – Gustáv Husák becomes President of Czechoslovakia, remaining in office until 1989

2 June 1541 – A fire destroys much of Malá Strana and the northern part of Prague Castle
10 June 1348 – The foundation stone of Karlštejn Castle (pictured) is laid
20 June 1976 – The Czechoslovakia national football team win UEFA Euro 1976
23 June 1955 – The first national Spartakiad is held, marking ten years after the nation's liberation at the end of World War II
30 June 1945 – State security service StB is established

2 September 1347 – Charles IV is crowned King of Bohemia
11 September 1951 – Opponents of Czechoslovakia's communist regime escape into West Germany on the Freedom Train
23 September 1875 – The first of the trams in Prague (Tatra T3 pictured) gets underway, under the power of horse
28 September 935 – Death of St Wenceslaus, marked in the Czech Republic by a national holiday since 2000
30 September 1938 – Leaders of Nazi Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, permitting Germany to annex portions of Czechoslovakia

5 October 1842 – The first batch of Pilsner Urquell beer is produced
6 October 1923 – Foundation of Czechoslovak Airlines, now known as Czech Airlines
9 October 1410 – First mention of the Prague astronomical clock (pictured)
24 October 1526 – Ferdinand I becomes King of Bohemia, starting a period of nearly 400 years of Habsburg rule over Czech lands
28 October 1918 – The independent state of Czechoslovakia is founded in Prague

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