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| 1884 | Birth |  |
| Birth of Eduard Benes |
| 1918 | Constitution |  |
| Masaryk & Benes found the Czech Republic |
| 1918 | Convention Geneva |  |
| Geneva Rep Eden sets up a committee to expel terrorists from Hungay & Yug |
| 1918 | Czech Rep |  |
| Masaryk & Benes found the Czech Republic |
| 1918 | Independence |  |
| Masaryk & Benes found the Czech Republic |
| 1918 | Minister of Foreign Affairs |  |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1935 | Diplomacy |  |
| 16th May Soviet-Czechoslovakian pact, valid only if France supports both parties |
| 1935 | Pact |  |
| 16th May Soviet-Czechoslovakian pact, valid only if France supports both parties |
| 1935 | President |  |
| Appointed President of Czechoslovakia |
| 1938 | Communist Party |  |
| 20th Oct Sudetenland Rep Czechoslovakia, complying with Nazi policy, outlaws the Communist Party and begins persecuting Jews |
| 1938 | Conference of Munich |  |
| 30th Jan Munich Rep Mussolini, Chamberlain & Daladier agree to the German claims to the Sudetenland |
| 29th Oct Munich Rep The Czechs are not invited but Benes attends & is abused by Hitler |
| 29th Oct Munich Rep The future of the Sudentland is discussed by Hitler, Chamberlain, Daladier & Mussolini |
| 1938 | Diplomacy |  |
| Prague Rep Britain tries to get the Czechs to make concessions to Germany before 12th Sept |
| 24th April Sudetenland Rep The Sudeten German's demands for autonomy is rejected by the Prague Government |
| 20th May Prague Rep Recalls the Czech reservists & mans the border with Germany |
| 11th Aug Sudetenland Rep Under British & French pressure Benes opens negotiations with the Sudetens |
| 4th Sep Sudetenland Rep Henlein rejects Benes ' offer of full autonomy for Sudetenland |
| 4th Sep Sudetenland Rep Promises to meet Sudetenland leaders demands knowing they cannot be met |
| 12th Sep Nuremberg Germa Rep In a speech at Nuremberg Hitler demands that Benes meets the German Czech claims |
| 13th Sep Sudetenland Rep The Sudentenland leaders break off negotiations with Benes |
| 18th Sep Sudetenland Rep Britain & France persuade the Czechs to hand over areas greater than 50% German |
| 1938 | Invasion of Czech |  |
| 12th Aug Hitler commences mobilzation |
| 1st Oct Sudetenland Rep Czech loses 11,000 sqr miles of territory |
| 1st Oct Sudetenland Rep German troops march into the Sudetenland, the promised plebiscite is never held |
| 20th Oct Sudetenland Rep Czechoslovakia, complying with Nazi policy, outlaws the Communist Party and begins persecuting Jews |
| 1938 | Invasion of Sudetenland |  |
| 1st Oct Sudetenland Rep German troops march into the Sudetenland, the promised plebiscite is never held |
| 1938 | Rebellion |  |
| 14th Sep Sudetenland Rep The 24 hour rebellion of Sudetenland is crushed |
| 1938 | Resignation |  |
| 1st Oct Prague Rep Press urized into resignation by Hitler after the Munich agreement |
| 1st Oct Signs the Munich Treaty & resigns |
| 1938 | Rule of Slovakia |  |
| 2nd Nov Germany gives southern Slovakia to Hungary |
| 1938 | Treaty of Munich |  |
| Oct Signs the Munich Treaty & resigns |
| 1939 | Exile of Benes |  |
| 18th July London Rep Arrives in London to form a government in exile |
| 1940 | Government |  |
| Leads the Czech Government in exile |
| 23rd July Leads the Czech Government in exile, 1st in Paris then in London |
| 1940 | President |  |
| 23rd July Appointed President of Czech |
| 23rd July Appointed President of Czechoslovakia |
| 1941 | Diplomacy |  |
| July Prague Rep The Czech Government in exile is recognized by Great Britain |
| 1945 | Constitution |  |
| 3rd April Prague Rep Establishes a provisional government with the aid of the Russian liberation forces |
| 1945 | Government |  |
| 3rd April Establishes a provisional government with the aid of the Russian liberation forces |
| 1945 | President |  |
| 3rd April Appointed President of Czechoslovakia |
| 1948 | Death |  |
| Death of Eduard Benes |