2013 Event Petr Necas, the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, declares a state of emergency as the swollen Vltava River threaten the center of Prague 2010 Event In Prague, scientists exhume the remains of 16th century astronomer Tycho Brahe, in an effort to solve the mystery of his sudden death 1997 Death Bohumil Hrabal, Czechoslovakian writer, storyteller, wrote hyper-realist texts, studied at Charles Univerisity in Prague, known for novels titled Closely Watched Trains and I Served the King of England, dies at 82 1993 Event Ice Dance Championship at Prague won by M Usova and A Zhulin (RUS) 1993 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Prague won by I Brasseur and L Eisler (CAN) 1993 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Prague won by Oksana Baiul (UKR) 1993 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Prague won by Kurt Browning CAN 1992 Death Frantisek Tomasek, archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 93 1992 Event "Les Miserables," opens at Vinorhady Theatre, Prague 1990 Event HCA, Helsinki Citizens Assembly, forms in Prague 1989 Event Police arrest writer Vaclav Havel in Prague 1986 Event 24th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Czechoslovakia in Prague, Czechoslovakia (3-0) 1979 Birthday Petra Cada, Prague Czechoslovakia, Canadian table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1978 Birthday Sandra Kleinova, Prague, Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Turku-FIN 1977 Event Huyman Rights Charta '77 established in Prague 1974 Birthday Jana Nejedly, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Canadian tennis player 1996 Olympics 1974 Birthday Stephanie Rottier, St. Niklaas Belgium, tennis star, 1995 semi Prague 1973 Death Charles Ancerl, Czechoslovakian conductor (Prague/Toronto), dies at 63 1973 Birthday Radka Bobkova, born in Prague, Czech Republic, tennis star, quarter Bournemouth 1971 Birthday Natalia Medvedeva, born in Kiev, Ukraine, tennis star, 1993 Prague Essen 1971 Birthday Daniel Vacek, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1970 Birthday Daniela Pestova, Chameleon, Prague Czechoslovakia, model, 1995 SI/L'Oreal 1970 Birthday Julie Halard, born in Versailles, France, tennis star, 1995 Prague 1969 Death Joseph Beran, Czechoslovakian archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 80 1968 Event Radio Prague, Czechoslovakia at 12:50 AM announces a soviet led invasion 1968 Event Romanian president Ceausescu visits Prague 1968 Event Yugoslav president Tito visits Prague 1968 Event "Manifest of 1000 words" published in Prague 1968 Event Ludvik Vaculik publishes "Manifest of 2000 words" in Prague 1968 Birthday Frantisek Kucera, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman, Vanciyver Canucks, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics 1968 Birthday Petr Korda, Prague Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1993 Doubles-Cincinnati 1965 Birthday Helena Sukova, Prague, Czech Republic, tennis star, 1985 U.S. Open's Double 1964 Birthday Petr Briza, Prague, Czech Republic, hockey goalie, Team Czech Republic 1962 Event Stalin-monument removed in Prague 1962 Birthday Hana Mandlikova, Prague Czechoslovakia, tennis player, 1985 U.S. Open 1952 Event Prague show trial against 14 communists (9 Jewish) begin 1950 Event Trial against RC clergy "imperialistic conspiracy" begins in Prague 1950 Event Prague espionage trial against bishops and priests begins 1947 Birthday Miroslav Vitous, born in Prague, Czech Republic, bassist, double bass, electric bass, jazz musician, compared to Dave Holland, Christian McBride 1946 Event Darius Milhauds 3rd Concert for piano/orchestra premieres in Prague 1945 Event Russian troops occupied Prague 1945 Event Uprising against SS-occupying troops in Prague 1942 Event Reinhard Heydrich, "butcher of Prague," appointed SS-general 1942 Event Reichsfuhrer Himmler arrives in Prague 1942 Event Top German Nazi Reinhard Heydrich is shot and mortally wounded in Prague 1942 Birthday Petr Kotik, born in Prague, Czech Republic, composer, flutist, minimalist style, founder, S.E.M. ensemble, wrote opera, 'Many Many Women' 1938 Event BBC's 1st feature film on TV (Student of Prague) 1936 Birthday Jan Nemec, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, director, Diamonds of the Night 1935 Birthday Lubos Fiser, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, composer, wrote soundtracks, chamber music, studied at AMU, Prague Conservatory 1934 Birthday Jan Klusak, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, composer, author of incidental music, and music for television, film 1933 Event International Zionists Congress opens in Prague 1931 Birthday Evald Schorm, Prague Czechoslovakia, director, Courage for Every Day 1930 Death Alois Jirasek, writer, taught secondary school, wrote plays, historical novels, including, 'Against Everyone', dies in Prague, Czechoslovakia 1929 Birthday Josef Suk, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, violinist, Artist of Merit-1977 1923 Birthday Ladislav Fuks, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, writer, novelist, psychological novels, involving despair, suffering, experience of Fascist rule, received doctorate at Charles University in Prague 1922 Birthday Ilja Hurnik, born in Poruba, Czechoslovakia, composer, essayist, studied at Prague Conservatory, Prague Academy of Arts, recorded 'sonata da camera', for flute, oboe, cello and harpsichord on Cedille Records 1921 Birthday Karel Husa, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, composer, Trojan Women 1921 Event Karel Capek's "RUR," premieres in Prague 1920 Event Karel Capek's "Vec Makropulos," premieres in Prague 1920 Event Karel Capek's "Loupeznik," premieres in Prague 1915 Birthday Jan Hanus, born in Czechoslovakia, composer, music expressed anti-Nazi, anti-Fascist, anti-Communist sentiments, studied with Otakar Jeremias a the Prague Conservatory 1914 Birthday Bohumil Hrabal, born in Brno-Zidenice, Moravia, Czechoslovakian writer, storyteller, wrote hyper-realist texts, studied at Charles Univerisity in Prague, known for novels titled Closely Watched Trains and I Served the King of England 1914 Birthday Jan Kapr, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, pupil of Jaroslav Ridky, second half of the 20th century's most prolific Czech composer 1913 Birthday Walter Susskind, Praha, Prague, Czechoslovakia, conductor 1913 Birthday Oskar Danon, born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, composer, conductor, earned Ph.D. musicology in Prague, Czechoslovakia, conductor, director for Belgrade Opera, chief conductor Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra 1912 Birthday William "Bill" Henson, English diplomat, Prague 1939 1908 Event Gustav Mahler's 7th Symphony, premieres in Prague 1908 Birthday Karel Ancerl, Czechoslovakian conductor, Prague/Toronto 1908 Birthday George Schick, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, conductor, Chicago Symphony 1906 Birthday Francis Lederer, Prague Czechoslovakia, actor, Diary of a Chambermaid 1903 Event Eugen d'Alberts opera "Tiefland," premieres in Prague 1899 Birthday Frantisek Tomasek, bishop of Prague/cardinal 1896 Birthday Jaromir Weinberger, Prague Czechoslovakia, composer, Bird's Opera 1890 Birthday Ernst Deutsch, Dorian, Prague Czechoslovakia, actor, Moon is Down, 3rd Man 1888 Birthday Joseph Beran, Czechoslovakian archbishop of Prague/cardinal 1882 Birthday Leo Perutz, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, writer, wrote 11 novels, mathematician, emigrated to Palestine during Nazi Anschluss, 1938 1881 Event Bedrich Smetana's opera "Libusa," premieres in Prague 1875 Birthday Rainer Maria Rilke, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary, poet, wrote, 'The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge', 'Letters to a Young Poet' 1872 Event Franz Grillparzer's "Die Judin von Toledo," premieres in Prague 1868 Event Bedrich Smetana's opera "Dalibor," premieres in Prague 1866 Event Treaty of Prague ends Austro-Prussian war 1866 Event Opera "Die Verkaufte Braut" premieres (Prague) 1866 Event Bedrich Smetana's opera "Branibori vs. Cechach," premieres in Prague 1791 Event Mozarts opera "La Clemenza di Tito," premieres in Prague 1787 Event Opera "Don Giovanni" is produced (Prague) 1774 Event Empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia and Moravia 1757 Event Battle at Prague: Frederik II of Prussia beats emperor army 1751 Death Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62 1745 Event Jews are expelled from Prague 1744 Event Austrian forces pillage and kill Jews of Prague 1741 Event French and Beiers army occupies Prague 1733 Event Maria Theresa crowned queen of Bohemia in Prague 1689 Birthday Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Bavarian master builder, Prague 1656 Death Johan Georg I, ruler of Saxon (1611-56, Peace of Prague), dies at 71 1649 Event Last Swedish troops vacate Prague 1635 Event Emperor Ferdinand II and Saksen sign Peace of Prague 1632 Event Albrecht von Wallenstein recaptures Prague on Saksen 1631 Event Saxon army occupies Prague 1630 Death John de White, calvinist/banker to Prague, commits suicide 1620 Event Battle of White Mountain, Prague 1618 Event 2nd Defenestration of Prague; beginning of 30 Years War 1618 Event Imperial civil servants thrown out a window of Prague Castle 1608 Event Matthias von Habsburgs army reaches Lieben, at Prague 1601 Death Tycho Brahe, astronomer, dies in Prague at 54 1601 Death Tycho Brahe, greatest naked-eye observer, dies in Prague 1600 Event Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler meet for 1st time near Prague 1594 Event Fleming Pieter Stevens appointed royal painter of Rudolf II (Prague) 1585 Birthday Johan Georg I, elector of Saxon, 1611-56, Peace of Prague 1559 Event Jewish quarter of Prague burned and looted 1528 Death Lucas van Prague, Czechoslovakian leader of Bohemian Brothers, dies at about 68 1420 Event Battle at Vitkov Zizka's hill (Prague): Taboriets beat Bohemia 1419 Event Anti-Catholic Hussites, followers of executed reformer Jan Hus, stormtown hall in Prague and throw Catholic councillors out the windows 1416 Event Jerome of Prague burned as a heretic by Church 1416 Death Jerome of Prague, burned as a heretic by Church 1378 Death Charles IV, Roman-German King/German emperor (University of Prague), dies 1348 Event Prague University, 1st university in central Europe, formed by Charles IV 997 Death Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40
