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| 1913 | Husak, Gustav |  |
| 10th Jan Birth of Gustav Husak |
| 1921 | Dubcek, Alexander | |
| 27th Nov Uhrovec Rep Birth of Alexander Dubcek |
| 1921 | Gottwald, Klement | |
| Prague Rep Founds the Czechoslovak Communist Party |
| 1927 | Gottwald, Klement | |
| Prague Rep Appointed General Secretary of the Czechoslovak Communist Party |
| 1936 | Havel, Vaclav | |
| 5th Oct Prague Rep Birth of Vaclev Havel |
| 1938 | Benes, Eduard | |
| 20th Oct Sudetenland Rep Czechoslovakia, complying with Nazi policy, outlaws the Communist Party and begins persecuting Jews |
| 1945 | Benes, Eduard | |
| 3rd April Establishes a provisional government with the aid of the Russian liberation forces |
| 1945 | Svboda, Ludwik | |
| Appointed Minister of Defense |
| 1946 | Mlynar, Zdenek | |
| Prague Rep Appointed Member of the Czech Communist Party |
| 1948 | Benes, Eduard | |
| Death of Eduard Benes |
| 1948 | Gottwald, Klement | |
| Appointed President of Czechoslovakia |
| 1948 | Masaryk, Jan Garrigue | |
| 10th Mar Prague Rep Death of Jan Garrigue Masaryk |
| 10th Mar Prague Rep Dies by suicide or murder, then a communist putsch leads to Soviet power in Czech |
| 1948 | Zapotocky, Antonin | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Czech |
| 1953 | Zapotocky, Antonin | |
| Appointed President of Czech |
| 1962 | Dubcek, Alexander | |
| Appointed full member of the Central Committee of the KSC |
| 1962 | Svestka, Oldrich | |
| Prague Rep Appointed Member of the Central Committee |
| 1963 | Dubcek, Alexander | |
| Prague Rep Appointed First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Slovakia |
| 1964 | Dubcek, Alexander | |
| Appointed Member of the Slovak parliament (Slovak National Council) |
| 1964 | Mlynar, Zdenek | |
| Appointed Secretary of the Legal Commission of the Central Committee |
| 1967 | Dubcek, Alexander | |
| Prague Rep Appointed First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia |
| 1968 | Dubcek, Alexander | |
| 5th Jan Prague Rep Starts when Alexander Dubcek comes to power & runs until August 20 when the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies (except for Romania) invade the country |
| April Dubcek launches an "Action Programme" of liberalisations which include increased freedom of the press, emphasis on consumer goods, and the possibilty of a more democratic multi-party government |
| May Anounces the Fourteenth Party Congress will convene on September 9 & incorporate the Action Programme into the party statutes, draft a federalization law, and elect a new Central Committee |
| June Brezhnev and the leadership of the Warsaw Pact countries are concerned about Dubcek's reforms, which they fear weaken the position of the Communist Bloc during the Cold War |
| June Bratislava Representatives from Russia, East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakia meet in Bratislava and sign the Bratislava Declaration |
| June Russia agrees with Czechoslovakia to withdraw their troops (still stationed in Czechoslovakia since the June maneuvers) and permit the September 9 Party Congress |
| June Warsaw Pact military practice manoeuvers are held in Czechoslovakia in late June |
| 3rd Aug Bratislava In the Bratislava Declaration Russia expresses its intention to intervene in a Warsaw Pact country if a "bourgeois" system-a pluralist system of several political parties is ever established |
| 3rd Aug Bratislava Representatives from Russia, East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakia meet in Bratislava and sign the Bratislava Declaration |
| 3rd Aug Bratislava The Bratislava Declaration ffirms unshakable fidelity to Marxism-Leninism & proletarian internationalism & declares an implacable struggle against "bourgeois" ideology and all "antisocialist" forces |
| 20th Aug Prague Rep Dubcek calls upon his people not to resist |
| 20th Aug Prague Rep Dubcek, who had been arrested on the night of August 20, ss taken to Moscow for negotiations, it was agreed that Dubcek would remain in office and that a program of moderate reform would continue |
| 20th Aug Prague Rep Eastern Bloc armies from 5 Warsaw Pact countries invaded the CSSR, Russian tanks ranging in number from 5,000 to 7,000 fill the streets, followed by Warsaw Pact troops ranging from 200,000 to 600,000 |
| 20th Aug Russian troops & vehicles cross the Czech border at 18 points without any resistance |
| 20th Aug The Dubcek reforms go too far for Russia & Russia invades |
| 20th Aug Prague Rep The occupation is followed by a wave of emigration, unseen before and stopped shortly after (estimate: 70,000 immediately, 300,000 in total), typically of highly qualified people |
| 20th Aug The relaxation after the "Prague Spring" ends when 200,000 Soviet troops invade Czech |
| 20th Aug The Soviet Press prints an unsigned request, allegedly by Czechoslovak party and state leaders, for "immediate assistance, including assistance with armed forces" |
| 20th Aug Prague Rep Tries to introduce more contact with the west & "socialism with a human face" |
| 21st Aug Prague Rep Appointed First Secretary of the Communiust Party of Czech |
| 27th Aug Prague Rep Dubcek returns from the Kremlin announces the repeal of democratic reforms |
| 27th Aug The Russians increase their occupation force to 650,000 |
| 28th Aug The Czech National Assembly declares the Soviet occupation illegal |
| 6th Sep Dubcek bans political clubs |
| 9th Sep At the 14th KSC Party Congress (conducted secretly, immediately following the intervention), it was emphasised that no member of the leadership had invited Russian intervention |
| 4th Oct Czech leaders visit Moscow & agree to dismantle reforms |
| 16th Oct Russia & Czech sign a treaty on the withdrawal of Warsaw Pact forces from Czech |
| 1968 | Gernik, Oldrich | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia |
| Prague Rep Gernik persues a more liberal regime after the "Prague Spring" |
| 1968 | Husak, Gustav | |
| Prague Rep Appointed First Secretary of Slovak Communist Party |
| Appointed President of Czechoslovakia |
| 20th Aug Appointed Prime Minister of Czech Rep |
| 20th Aug Forms a government after Warsaw Pact occupation |
| 1968 | Mlynar, Zdenek | |
| Prague Rep Appointed to a group to prepare the Cezech Communist Party's "Action Programme" |
| 5th April Prague Rep Appointed Member of the Central Committee |
| 1st June Appointed Member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party |
| 1968 | Svboda, Ludwik | |
| Appointed President of Czechoslovakia |
| 1968 | Svestka, Oldrich | |
| Prague Rep Appointed Member of the Presidium of the Central Committee |
| 1969 | Dubcek, Alexander | |
| Dubcek is replaced as First Secretary by Gust v Hus k, and a period of "Normalisation" begins |
| 1st Jan Prague Rep Czechoslovakia becomes a two state federation |
| April Following the Czechoslovak Hockey Riots , Dubcek is forced to resign as First Secretary |
| 15th Dec Constantinople Rep Appointed Ambassador to Turkey |
| 1969 | Husak, Gustav | |
| Prague Rep Leader of Communist Party of Czechoslovakia |
| 1969 | Palac, Jan | |
| 19th Jan Student Jan Palach sets himself on fire in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest the renewed suppression of free speech |
| 1970 | Dubcek, Alexander | |
| Prague Rep Exiled after launching a Liberalizing campaign following the Soviet invasion |
| 1975 | Husak, Gustav | |
| Appointed President of Czechoslovakia, pro-democracy President |
| 1977 | Havel, Vaclav | |
| Prague Rep Helps found Charter 77 to petition for human rights |
| 1977 | Mlynar, Zdenek | |
| Prague Rep Helps found the human rights group, Charter 77 |
| 1985 | Husak, Gustav | |
| The Czechoslovak Communist leadership verbally support Peres troika, but did little to institute real changes, and speaking of the Prague Spring of 1968 is still a taboo |
| 1987 | Husak, Gustav | |
| 19th Mar Prague Rep Announces similar reforms to those by Gorbachev in Russia |
| 1988 | Husak, Gustav | |
| The 1st anti-governmental demonstrations |
| 1989 | Dubcek, Alexander | |
| Prague Rep Appointed Chairman of the National Assembly |
| Supports the Civic Forum of V clav Havel. When Dubcek appears with Havel on a balcony overlooking Wenceslas Square, he is greeted with uproarious applause |
| 28th Dec Prague Rep Alexander Dubcek is elected speaker of the federal parliament on December 28 and V clav Havel the President of Czechoslovakia on December 29 1989 |
| 1989 | Havel, Vaclav | |
| Prague Rep Anti-Communist demonstrations lead to elected independent government under Havel |
| Prague Rep Holds talks on reform & power sharing with Gustav Husak |
| Prague Rep Husak resigns during mass protests & Havel announces his candidacy for the presidency |
| 29th Dec Prague Rep 1st non-Communist President in more than 40 yrs |
| 29th Dec Prague Rep An elected independent non-Communist Government is formed under Havel |
| 29th Dec Appointed President of Czechoslovakia |
| 29th Dec Prague Rep Leader of the Civic Forum, Havel becomes President by a unanimous vote of the Federal Assembly |
| 29th Dec Prague Rep The Federal Assembly unanimously elects Havel |
| 1989 | Husak, Gustav | |
| 9th Nov Berlin Rep Fall of the Berlin Wall |
| 16th Nov Bratislava Rep Slovak high school and university students stage a peaceful demonstration |
| 17th Nov Prague Rep Beginning of the Velvet Revolution in Czech |
| 28th Nov The Communist Party of Czech announces it will give up it's monopoly of power |
| 6th Dec Most members of the government of Czechia were replaced by non-Communists |
| 8th Dec Hus k declares an amnesty on political crimes |
| 10th Dec Forms the 1st non-communist government in Czech since 1948 |
| 10th Dec Husak resigns |
| 10th Dec Hus k nominates a federal cabinet, headed by Mari n Calfa |
| 1989 | Urb nek, Karel | |
| 21st Nov Milos Jakes is replaced by puppet politician Karel Urb nek as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia |
| 1992 | Dubcek, Alexander | |
| Nov Sl vicie Udolie Rep Buried in Sl vicie Udolie, in Bratislava, Slovakia |
| 7th Nov Death of Alexander Dubcek |
