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26 matches to Bohemia
Bohemia. Celts. 5-6C Slavs. 9C Unified. 1061 HRE. 10C + Moravia + Silesia + Galicia. 1158 Kingdom. 1526 Hapsburg. 1918 Czechoslovakia. 1939-45 German. 1993 Czech Republic.
Boleslav the Cruel. -967. Brother, murdered St. Wenceslaus to become Prince of Bohemia, 929.
Czech Republic. Bohemia + Moravia. 1918 Czechoslovakia. 1993 Independent.
George of Podebrady. 1420-71. Utraquist leader. Bohemian king 1458-.
Gluck, Christoph. 1714-87. Bohemian composer: Orpheus 1762. Developed opera as drama with music.
Gold Rush. 1550 Bohemia. 1849 California. 1851 Australia. 1880s Rhodesia. 1886 South Africa. 1897 Klondike.
Holy Roman Empire. 962-1806. Germanic Empire with elected king. Successor to Western Roman Empire. Geographically: Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Austria; most of Italy, Bohemia; part of France. Hapsburg. Austrian Empire.
Huss, Jan. 1372-1415. Bohemian priest. Burnt for advocating Wycliffe. Hussite Wars.
Hussite Wars. 1415-36. Huss followers vs HRE for religious reform and Bohemian nationalism. Utraquists.
Jagiello. 14-16C. Dynasty ruling Bohemia, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania.
Kolin, Battle. 1757. Austrian victory forced Prussia to abandon Bohemia.
Louis II. 1506-26. King of Hungary and Bohemia 1516-. Lost Hungary to Turks.
Marchfeld, Battle. 1278. Rudolf I defeats Bohemians.
Moravia. 5C Slavs settle. 9C Empire. 1029 Bohemia. 1526 Hapsburg. 1918 Czechoslovakia. 1939-45 German protectorate. 1993 Czech Republic.
Otakar II. -1278. King of Bohemia 1252-. Killed at Dürnkrut opposing HRE Rudolf I.
Paris School. 1900-30. Bohemian golden age of arts in Montparnasse.
Procopius the Great. c1380-1434. Bohemian leader in Hussite War.
Silesia. c300BC Vandal. c4C Slav. 11C Polish. 1163 Divided. 13C German colony/Tatars invade. 1335 Bohemia. 15C Divided. 1526 Hapsburg. 1675 Bohemia. 1694 Austria. 1742 Prussia. 1921 Czechoslovakia/Poland/Germany. 1938/9 German. 1945 Poland/GDR.
Slavs. Asian peoples. c2500BC migrated to eastern Europe. 5-6C to Bohemia, Moravia, Hungary, Balkans.
Taborites. -1452. Militant Bohemian Hussites. Defeated by Catholic-Utraquist alliance.
Utraquists. 15C. Moderate Bohemian Hussite sect; most re-absorbed by Roman Catholic Church 1620. Moravian Church.
Villon, François. 1431-63+. French bohemian poet in “jargon”, secret language of Conquillades. Banished. Le Testament 1461.
Wallenstein, Albrecht von. 1583-1634. Bohemian HRE general in Thirty Years War.
Wenceslas. 1361-1419. German king 1378-1400. Deposed. King of Bohemia 1378-. Hussite Wars.
White Mountain, Battle. 1620. First battle of Thirty Years War. Catholic League defeats Bohemian nobles.