Test: Czech history in data

Test: Czech history in data
Test: Czech history in data
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Czech history, or rather the history of the Czech and Moravian countries, is full of fundamental turning points that influenced the events in the country for decades, or even centuries. Some of the dates will be familiar to you, but do you know what really happened then and what the consequences of that event were? Remember, the test is not entirely easy, and whoever succeeds deserves an A with an asterisk!

1. September 26, 1212 – a date you may remember from school. The Golden Bull of Sicily guaranteed the hereditary royal title for Přemysl Otakar I and confirmed him as King of Bohemia. But do you know how its name came about?

It was signed in Catania, Sicily.

The name is derived from the seal attached to these documents

A messenger originally from Sicily brought it from Basel, where it was signed.

2. 7. 4. 1348 was founded by the Czech and Roman king Charles IV. Prague University. The first of the universities north of the Alps and east of Paris. It followed the model of the oldest European universities. Which ones?
On June 3, 1415, the reformer of the Catholic Church and priest Jan Hus was burned at the church council in Constance. Any idea where exactly it happened?

In the meadow in front of Kostnica, which served as a horse burial ground.

In the middle of the city on Sankt Stephans Platz

In the old harbor overlooking Lake Constance

On 4.8.11.1620, the Battle of Bílá Hora took place, which influenced events in the Czech lands for many centuries. How long did it last?

5. 1. 11. 1781 a patent was issued on the abolition of serfdom in the Czech lands. Which monarch issued it?
6. On 6/28/1914, the Sarajevo assassination of the heir to the throne, Ferdinand d’Este, was committed. What was its consequence?

Extinction of the Habsburg family by the sword

The start of the First World War

7. 29. 9. 1938, the Munich Agreement on the cession of the border territories of Czechoslovakia to Germany was signed. The representatives of which countries signed it?

Germany, Italy, France and Great Britain

Germany, Czechoslovakia, France and Great Britain

Germany, the Soviet Union, France and Great Britain

8. 20. 8. 1968, the troops of five states of the Eastern Bloc crossed the border of the then Czechoslovakia. Who was the Czechoslovak president at that time?

On January 9, 1993, Czechoslovakia was divided and two separate republics, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic, were created. After how many years did the common state of Czechs and Slovaks disappear?

On 10 May 2004, the Czech Republic joined the European Union. It was the widest expansion of this group up to that time to a total of 25 states. Which country was also accepted that day?

So, have you checked all the answers? If so, take the test.

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