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| 1618 | Mathias of Thurn |  |
| 22nd May Protestant rebels throw Habsburg officials from the window of the Castle Hradshin |
| 1884 | Benes, Eduard | |
| Birth of Eduard Benes |
| 1918 | Benes, Eduard | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| Geneva Rep Eden sets up a committee to expel terrorists from Hungay & Yug |
| Masaryk & Benes found the Czech Republic |
| 1918 | Masaryk, Jan Garrigue | |
| Masaryk & Benes found the Czech Republic after the break up of the Austro-Hungary |
| 1918 | Masaryk, Thomas Garrigue | |
| Appointed President of Czechoslovakia |
| Prague Rep Independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire is granted |
| Bohemia Rep The newly formed Czech includes Bohemia |
| Moravia Rep The newly formed Czech includes Moravia |
| Ruthenia Rep The newly formed Czech includes parts of Ruthenia |
| Teschen Rep The newly formed Czech includes parts of Teschen |
| Silesia Rep The newly formed Czech includes Upper Silesia |
| 1918 | Stefanik, Milan Ratislav | |
| Appointed Minister of War |
| 1920 | Masaryk, Thomas Garrigue | |
| 20th July Teschen Rep Teschen is divided between Czechoslovakia & Poland |
| 1925 | Masaryk, Jan Garrigue | |
| Appointed Minister of Britain |
| 1935 | Benes, Eduard | |
| Appointed President of Czechoslovakia |
| 16th May Soviet-Czechoslovakian pact, valid only if France supports both parties |
| 1936 | Hodza, Milan | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Czochoslovakia |
| 1938 | Benes, Eduard | |
| Prague Rep Britain tries to get the Czechs to make concessions to Germany before 12th Sept |
| 30th Jan Munich Rep Mussolini, Chamberlain & Daladier agree to the German claims to the Sudetenland |
| 24th April Sudetenland Rep The Sudeten German's demands for autonomy is rejected by the Prague Government |
| 20th May Prague Rep Recalls the Czech reservists & mans the border with Germany |
| 11th Aug Sudetenland Rep Under British & French pressure Benes opens negotiations with the Sudetens |
| 12th Aug Hitler commences mobilzation |
| 4th Sep Sudetenland Rep Henlein rejects Benes ' offer of full autonomy for Sudetenland |
| 4th Sep Sudetenland Rep Promises to meet Sudetenland leaders demands knowing they cannot be met |
| 12th Sep Nuremberg Germa Rep In a speech at Nuremberg Hitler demands that Benes meets the German Czech claims |
| 13th Sep Sudetenland Rep The Sudentenland leaders break off negotiations with Benes |
| 14th Sep Sudetenland Rep The 24 hour rebellion of Sudetenland is crushed |
| 18th Sep Sudetenland Rep Britain & France persuade the Czechs to hand over areas greater than 50% German |
| Oct Signs the Munich Treaty & resigns |
| 1st Oct Sudetenland Rep Czech loses 11,000 sqr miles of territory |
| 1st Oct Sudetenland Rep German troops march into the Sudetenland, the promised plebiscite is never held |
| 1st Oct Prague Rep Press urized into resignation by Hitler after the Munich agreement |
| 1st Oct Signs the Munich Treaty & resigns |
| 20th Oct Sudetenland Rep Czechoslovakia, complying with Nazi policy, outlaws the Communist Party and begins persecuting Jews |
| 29th Oct Munich Rep The Czechs are not invited but Benes attends & is abused by Hitler |
| 29th Oct Munich Rep The future of the Sudentland is discussed by Hitler, Chamberlain, Daladier & Mussolini |
| 2nd Nov Germany gives southern Slovakia to Hungary |
| 1938 | Hodza, Milan | |
| 20th May The Czech government calls up reservists |
| 21st May Sudetenland Rep Pro-German riots take place in the Sudetenland |
| 21st May The Czech government orders partial mobilzation |
| 22nd Sep Prague Rep Resigns after the treaty of Munich |
| 1939 | Benes, Eduard | |
| 18th July London Rep Arrives in London to form a government in exile |
| 1939 | Chvalkovsky, Frantisek | |
| Jan Prague Rep Visits Hitler who threatens to break-up Czechoslovakia |
| 1939 | Durcansky, Ferdinand | |
| 11th Mar Slovakia Rep Calls the Slovak Hinka Guard to rise up against the newly formed Slovak government |
| 13th Mar Prague Rep Visits Hitler who demands the separation of Slovakia from the Czech State |
| 1939 | Hacha, Emil | |
| 6th Mar Ruthenia Rep Dismisses the Ruthenian Government from office |
| 10th Mar Slovakia Rep Dismisses the Slovak Government from office |
| 11th Mar Slovakia Rep Martial law is declared in Slovakia |
| 14th Mar Slovakia and Carpatho-Ukraine declare independence from Czechoslovakia (strongly encouraged by the Axis-countries) |
| 14th Mar Prague Rep Slovakia proclaims its independence from the Czech State |
| 15th Mar Bohemia Rep Hitler visits Prague & declares a German Protectorate over Bohemia & Moravia |
| 1939 | Sidor, Karol | |
| 10th Mar Appointed Prime Minister of the Slovak Government |
| 11th Mar Bratislava Rep 2 members of the German government arrive with 5 Generals & demand Slovak independence |
| 13th Mar Prague Rep Declares that he will oppose the separation of Slovakia from the Czech State |
| 1939 | Tiso, Josef | |
| 13th Mar Prague Rep Visits Hitler who demands the separation of Slovakia from the Czech State |
| 14th Mar Prague Rep Tiso reads out a declaration of independence prepared by Ribbentrop to Slovak deputies |
| 16th Mar Prague Rep Requests Hitler take Slovakia under German protection, Hitler obliges the same day |
| 1940 | Benes, Eduard | |
| Leads the Czech Government in exile |
| 23rd July Appointed President of Czech |
| 23rd July Appointed President of Czechoslovakia |
| 23rd July Leads the Czech Government in exile, 1st in Paris then in London |
| 1940 | Masaryk, Jan Garrigue | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1941 | Masaryk, Jan Garrigue | |
| Prague Rep Appointed Vice Premier of the Provisional Government in London |
| 1945 | Benes, Eduard | |
| 3rd April Establishes a provisional government with the aid of the Russian liberation forces |
| 1968 | Husak, Gustav | |
| 20th Aug Forms a government after Warsaw Pact occupation |
| 1989 | Havel, Vaclav | |
| Anti-Communist demonstrations lead to elected independent government under Havel |
| 1989 | Husak, Gustav | |
| 29th Nov Parliament, still dominated by the Communists , removes the article guaranteeing a leadership role to the Communist Party and Marxism as a state ideology from the Constitution |
| 6th Dec Most members of the government of Czechia were replaced by non-Communists |
| 10th Dec Hus k nominates a federal cabinet, headed by Mari n Calfa |
| 1990 | Havel, Vaclav | |
| 26th Feb Russia agrees to withdraw troops from Czech by July 1991 |
| 10th June 1st genuine free elections for 40 yrs |
| 10th June Havels Civic Forum & its Slovak allies win 170 out of 300 seats |
| 1990 | Husak, Gustav | |
| Dec Barbed wire is removed from the border with West Germany and Austria |
| 1991 | Havel, Vaclav | |
| 1st Jan Prices are freed in the Czech Rep |
| Feb Visegrad Rep Hungary, Poland & Czech join the Visegrad Triangle for investment & EU membership |
| 1st July Prague Rep Leaders of the Warsaw Pact sign a protocol terminating the Warsaw Pact Organization |
| 1992 | Havel, Vaclav | |
| Prague Rep Havel strongly supports the retention of the federation of the Czechs and the Slovaks during the breakup of Czechoslovakia, known as the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia |
| 3rd July Prague Rep The Federal Parliament does not elect Havel - the only candidate for presidency - due to a lack of support from Slovak MPs |
| 20th July Prague Rep Resigns after the proclamation of Slovak sovereignty |
| 1993 | Havel, Vaclav | |
| 26th Jan Prague Rep When the Czech Republic is created Havel stands for election as President & wins |
