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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 following is a timeline of the history of the city of Prague, ... 1742 – Siege of Prague (1742). ... Timelines of other cities in the Czech Republic: Brno;
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Brno, ... 1742 - Brno besieged by Prussians. ... Timelines of other cities in the Czech Republic: Prague;
Internet TLD. .cz [ b ] 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 ]
Part of the War of the Austrian Succession. Austrian attack on Prague held by the French in 1742 (G.-L. Le Rouge, c. 1742) Date. June–December 1742. Location. Prague, Bohemia. Result. France successfully defends the city but withdraws on 18 December. Belligerents.
Kingdom of Bohemia. The Kingdom of Bohemia (Czech: České království), [a] sometimes referenced in English literature as the Czech Kingdom, [8][9][a] was a medieval and early modern monarchy in Central Europe. It was the predecessor state of the modern Czech Republic. The Kingdom of Bohemia was an Imperial State in the Holy Roman Empire.
Czech historical lands and current administrative regions ()The Czech lands or the Bohemian lands [1] [2] [3] (Czech: České země, pronounced [ˈtʃɛskɛː ˈzɛmɲɛ]) is a historical-geographical term which, in a historical context, denotes the three historical regions of Bohemia, Moravia, and Czech Silesia out of which Czechoslovakia, and later the Czech Republic, were formed.
Prague Castle at night Charles Bridge Bridges of Prague St. Vitus Cathedral Old Town Square in Prague, Town Hall Tower and astronomical clock The astronomical clock Vltava River Týn Church – a view from east of Prague The Church of St. Nicolas The Jerusalem Synagogue, built in 1905 to 1906 by Wilhelm Stiassny, of Bratislava, is the largest Jewish place of worship in Prague.