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The small Roman forts in Závod and Suchohrad in the Morava river region indicate an attempt to penetrate toward northern Bohemia-Moravia and the Oder river, and perhaps into southern Poland. [54] [55] A Roman fort from the period of the Marcomannic wars has been excavated in Stupava near Bratislava. Discoveries include documents, ceramics ...
During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia in World War II, Romani were exterminated by Nazi mobile killing units and in camps such as Lety, Hodonín and Auschwitz.In the Czech areas of the country, 90% of native Romani were killed during the war; the Romani in modern-day Czech Republic are mostly post-war immigrants from Slovakia or Hungary and their descendants.
The history of the Czech lands – an area roughly corresponding to the present-day Czech Republic – starts approximately 800 years BCE. A simple chopper from that age was discovered at the Red Hill ( Czech : Červený kopec ) archeological site in Brno . [ 1 ]
The Romans and the Germanic tribes launched their first invasions against the territories along the Middle Danube in the last decade of the 1st century BC. [7] Roman legions crossed the Danube near Bratislava under the command of Tiberius to fight against the Germanic Quadi in 6 AD, but the local tribes' rebellion in Pannonia forced the Romans ...
Prague Castle, the ancient seat of Bohemian dukes and kings, Roman kings and emperors, and after 1918 the office of the Czechoslovak and Czech presidents On 7 February 1311 the coronation of John of Luxemburg and Elisabeth of Premyslids took place in the Roman basilica of St. Vitus Cathedral , ending with a feast.
Cabada, Ladislav, and Sarka Waisova, Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic in World Politics (Lexington Books; 2012), foreign policy 1918 to 2010; Felak, James Ramon. At the price of the Republic: Hlinka's Slovak People's Party, 1929–1938 (U of Pittsburgh Press, 1995). Korbel, Josef. Twentieth Century Czechoslovakia: The Meaning of its ...
Roman Catholic Diocese of Passau: Victory 1618-1620 Bohemian Revolt: Bohemia: Holy Roman Empire: Defeat 1620-1648 Thirty Years' War: Bohemia Holy Roman Empire Spanish Empire: Protestant states Peace of Westphalia: 1680 Peasant Uprising Czech Peasants Austrian Empire: Defeat 1775 Peasant Uprising Czech Peasants Austrian Empire: Defeat 1848 ...
Romani people (Czech: Romové, commonly known as Gypsies Czech: Cikáni) are an ethnic minority in the Czech Republic, currently making up around 2% of the population.. Originally migrants from North Western India sometime between the 6th and 11th centuries, they have long had a presence in the