2007-03-14 11:49:32 · 13 answers · asked by alyssa 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Prague is the capital of Czech Republic
Timeline of important moments in Prague history
870 Prague Castle founded
1085 Prague became the seat of kings - 1st king Vratislaus II.
1344 the Prague Bishopric became an Archdiocese
1346 the rule of Charles IV. - Prague capital of Holy Roman Empire
1348 University of Prague (Charles University) founded
1415 in Konstanz, Jan Hus is burned at the stake as a heretic
1419 1st Prague defenestration
1420 battle on Vítkov Mountain - Hussites win over crusaders
1583 rule of Rudolf II - city for the 2nd time the capital of Holy Roman Empire and cultural center of Europe
1618 2nd Prague defenestration sparked off the Thirty Years' War
1621 execution of 27 Czech nobles on the Old Town Square as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain
1648 west bank of Prague (including the Prague Castle) occupied and looted by Swedish armies
1741 occupation by French-Bavarian armies
1744 occupation by Prussian armies
1848 revolutionary uprising crushed by imperial army
1890 big flood caused extreme damage
1918 after World War I Prague became the capital of Czechoslovakia
1922 Great Prague created by uniting Prague with its suburbs and neighboring towns
1938 after political betrayal of allies (France and Britain at Munich) Germany occupied Sudetenland and in 1939 the whole country
1942 Czechoslovak paratroopers kill Reinhard Heydrich, Nazis respond with wave of terror
1945 U.S. Air Force conducts bombing of Prague in World War II, killing hundreds of Praguers by mistake. (Target was Dresden, 134 km away).
1945 Prague uprising against the Nazi German occupants during the last days of World War II, ended with the arrival of the Red Army – followed by an expulsion of German citizens
1948 communist takeover of power
1968 the Prague Spring and Soviet army invasion to repress political liberalization
1989 Prague is the main center of Velvet Revolution (the fall of communist regime)
2000 Anti-globalization Protests in Prague (some 15,000 protesters) turned violent during the IMF and World Bank summits
2002 Prague suffers from flooding, parts of the city evacuated but no major landmarks destroyed
2007-03-15 13:05:51 · answer #1 · answered by roptor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The capital of the Czech Republic is Prague
-pronounced pra-g
-population 1,216,500
-largest city in the Czech Republic
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2007-03-14 12:11:51 · answer #2 · answered by B-Ball Hottie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prague
2007-03-14 18:37:56 · answer #3 · answered by Bobwhitegal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prague
2007-03-14 12:22:47 · answer #4 · answered by J3nn@ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prague
2007-03-14 11:53:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Praha aka Prague
2007-03-14 11:53:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prague.
2007-03-15 10:03:12 · answer #7 · answered by 3lixir 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prague.
2007-03-14 12:31:26 · answer #8 · answered by starjammer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prague is the capital.
2007-03-15 08:51:17 · answer #9 · answered by steiner1745 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prague, it is magic
2007-03-14 11:57:39 · answer #10 · answered by beachloveric 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋