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Czechoslovakia. 1918 Formed in breakup of Austro-Hungarian Empire. 1920 Little Entente. 1938 -Sudetenland. 1939-45 German occupation. 1949 People’s Democratic Republic. 1968 Prague Spring. 1991 Republic. 1993 Split into Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Prague Spring. 1968. Czech reforms face Soviet intervention. Dubcek.
Defenestration of Prague. 1419. Hussites eject aldermen. 1618. Protestants throw regents out window. Begins Thirty Years War.
Prague, Battle. 1757. Austria defeats Prussia in Seven Years War.
Prague, Peace of. 1635. Ends Swedish phase of Thirty Years War.
Prague, Treaty of. 1866. Ends Austro-Prussian War. Schleswig-Holstein to Prussia.
Praguerie. 1440. French nobles rebel vs Charles VII.
Revolutions of 1848. Vienna, Prague, Venice. Romanticism, economic problems, bad harvest, unrest within Austrian Empire led to concessions, abdication of Emperor Ferdinand I.
Carson, Rachel. 1907-64. US biologist: The Silent Spring 1962.
Feuerbach, Ludwig. 1804-72. German philosopher. God is illusion. Immortality of man is only through works and offspring. Thoughts on Death 1830.
Hooke, Robert. 1635-1703. English inventor of balance spring watch. Diffraction 1672. Wave theory of light.
Prakrit. Family of Indic languages from which Indo-Aryan springs.
Schumann, Robert. 1810-56. German Romantic piano, choral composer. Lyrical works. Spring Symphony 1841. Rhenish Symphony 1850.
Sisley, Alfred. 1839-99. English/French Impressionist painter. Meadows in Spring.
Stravinsky, Igor. 1882-1971. Russian/US composer. New freedom of rhythm. Fire Bird 1910. Rite of Spring 1913, full of energy and virtuosity.