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Tent with wooden sides was invented by the Czech Scout Association in 1913. [4] String bag was invented by Vavřín Krčil in Žďár nad Sázavou in the 1920s. [5] The word robot was first used to denote a fictional humanoid in a 1920 Czech-language play R.U.R. by Karel Čapek, though it was Karel's brother Josef Čapek who was the word's true ...
The Battle of Chotusitz, or Chotusice, [b] sometimes called the Battle of Čáslav, took place on 17 May 1742, in Bohemia, now the Czech Republic; it was part of the 1740 to 1742 First Silesian War, itself a subsidiary of the wider War of the Austrian Succession.
The Czech Republic, [c] [12] also known as Czechia, [d] [13] and historically known as Bohemia, [14] is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. [15]
French forces first under the command of de Broglie were surrounded by a large Austrian army in June 1742. A French relief column forced the Austrians to partially lift the siege in September, at which time de Broglie escaped from the besieged city, leaving it under the command of Belle-Isle.
Czech Republic history-related lists (1 C, 13 P) A. Archaeology of the Czech Republic (5 C, 3 P) C. History of the Czech lands (11 C, 5 P) Czech Socialist Republic (2 ...
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic headquartered in city. 1993 – 1 January: Prague becomes capital of the Czech Republic. [6] 1995 – U.S. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty headquartered in city. [36] 1996 City hosts World Congress of Esperanto; manifesto drafted. Dancing House built. 1997 – Via Foundation headquartered in city.
History portal; Czech Republic portal; Subcategories. This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total. ... Years in the Czech Republic (11 C, 4 P) *
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