Important days
18. 11. 2011
Autumn 1939 – Student demonstrations and the closure of Czech universities
On the 17th of November, in addition to the events of 1989, we commemorate the memory of the murdered and imprisoned students of 1939. Following popular demonstrations, the German occupation authorities decided to close universities and punish student functionaries in an exemplary fashion.
11. 11. 2011
The first meeting of the Revolutionary National Assembly and the election of T.G. Masaryk as President of the Republic
The 14th of November each year marks the beginnings of parliamentary democracy in the independent Czechoslovak Republic. It was on this day in 1918 in Thun Palace in Prague that the first meeting of the Legislative Assembly of Czechoslovakia, the Revolutionary National Assembly, took place.
3. 3. 2011
The February Constitution
13. 1. 2011
The First Session of the UN General Assembly
65 years have gone by since the first session of the General Assembly of the United Nations Organizations.
30. 11. 2010
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
We have been commemorating the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December since 1981.
12. 11. 2010
Battle of White Mountain 8 November 1620
390 years ago, armies of the Czech estates and the emperor Ferdinand II encountered in the Battle of the White Mountain. The defeat of the Czech estates meant the end of the rebellion against the ruler and it entered in the memory of the Czech nation as one of the most tragic moments of the Czech history and as the beginning of the "Dark Age".
3. 10. 2010
Reunification of Germany 3 October 1990
The reunification of Germany in 1990 is one of the most important historical milestones of the European history after 1945. However, it is not possible to narrow circumstances preceding this historical event only to the period between November 1989 and October 1990, it means to the time period between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the act of the German reunification. The entire second half of 1980’ was an important political prologue to this process.
25. 9. 2010
Restored Premiere of the Film Saint Wenceslas (1930)
The restored premiere of the silent epic film, with the original music accompaniment, is held on the occasion of the celebration of the Czech Statehood Day on 28 September under the auspices of the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Nečas and the Prague Archbishop Mons. Dominik Duka
13. 9. 2010
Czech Statehood Day 28 September 2010
The gala evening at the Dvořák Hall of the Rudolfinum in Prague will be an outstanding event in the framework of celebration of the Czech Statehood Day.
10. 9. 2010
Saint Wenceslas (1930)
Restored premiere of the silent epic film with the original music accompaniment will be held on the occasion of celebration of the Czech Statehood Day on 28 October 2010 under the auspices of the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Nečas and the Prague Archbishop Mons. Dominik Duka.
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