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Events relating to bohemia
Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers use mammoth tusks and bones to support hide-covered tents at Dolni Vestonice (in the Czech Republic)
In the earlist known example of ceramics, humans at Dolni Vestonice model figures in burnt clay
The Slavs settle in the regions of eastern Europe and western Russia
The Czechs are the most powerful of the various Slav tribes by now settled in Bohemia
The missionary brothers Cyril and Methodius arrive in Moravia, where they introduce the Greek Orthodox faith in a special Slavonic liturgy
Wenceslas, a prince of the Premsylid family, is murdered on his way into church - and becomes Bohemia's patron saint
The Bohemian prince Otakar II, ruler also of Austria, extends his territories after defeating the Hungarians at Kressenbrunn
Charles IV, king of Bohemia, German king and Holy Roman emperor, makes Prague a glittering centre of learning and architecture
Anne of Bohemia, the wife of Richard II, dies of plague at Richmond and in his distress the king orders the palace to be demolished
John Huss, known for his radical approach to Christianity, is put in charge of the Bethlehem Chapel in Prague
A council is called at Constance, to consider the radical views of John Huss and to deal with the present excess of popes
John Huss, invited to Constance under a promise of safe conduct, is arrested, tried and burnt at the stake as a heretic
The Hussites build a new fortified town at Tabor as their fortress headquarters
Jan Zizka wins a series of victories against papal armies, using the mobile barricade which becomes known as his 'war wagon fortress'
The Compacts of Prague, agreed with the papacy in 1433, allow the Hussite laity to receive the sacrament in both kinds
Albrecht Pfister publishes the first book with printed illustrations - Der Ackermann aus Böhmen ('The farmer of Bohemia')
Tycho Brahe enters the service of the emperor Rudolf II in Prague, where he invites Johannes Kepler to join him
Johannes Kepler, in Prague, puts forward the radical proposition that the planets move in elliptical rather than circular orbits
Bohemian nobles throw the Habsburg regents out of a window in the castle in Prague, thus triggering the Thirty Years' War
The Protestant Frederick V (elector palatine of the Rhine) is elected king by the rebellious Bohemian nobles
The battle of the White Mountain, to the west of Prague, ends the brief reign of Frederick V in Bohemia
Feudal labour laws demanding corvée (compulsory unpaid labour) are imposed by the Habsburgs on the Czech peasants of Bohemia
French and Bavarian armies join the war against Austria, marching through upper Austria into Bohemia
French and Bavarian forces enter Prague, one of the most important cities in the Austrian empire
Mozart's opera Don Giovanni has its premiere in Prague
