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Prague

City

Capital of Bohemia, Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic, on the Vltava.

View on map 50.09° N, 14.42° E Wikipedia

Held by

1789 – August 6, 1806 Holy Roman Empire de facto
December 26, 1805 – March 30, 1867 Austrian Empire de facto
June 8, 1815 – May 18, 1848 German Confederation de facto
November 29, 1850 – August 23, 1866 German Confederation de facto
May 29, 1867 – October 30, 1918 Austria-Hungary de facto
November 5, 1918 – March 14, 1939 Czechoslovakia de facto
March 16, 1939 – May 8, 1945 Germany de facto
July 28, 1944 – May 8, 1945 Germany de facto Military occupation
May 8, 1945 – December 30, 1992 Czechoslovakia de facto
since 1993 Czech Republic de facto

Capital of

October 28, 1918 – December 31, 1992 Czechoslovakia
Czech Republic

Events here 13

June 12–17, 1848 Prague uprising (1848)
August 23, 1866 Peace of Prague (1866)
May 27, 1942 Operation Anthropoid
May 5, 1945 Prague uprising
May 6–11, 1945 Prague offensive
February 25, 1948 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état
January 5 – August 21, 1968 Prague Spring
December 11, 1973 Treaty of Prague (1973)
November 17 – December 29, 1989 Velvet Revolution
January 1, 1993 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia
November 21–22, 2002 2002 Prague NATO summit
April 8, 2010 – February 5, 2021 New START
December 21, 2023 2023 Prague shootings