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| 1913 | Birth Czech Rep Husak, Gustav |  |
| 10th Jan Birth of Gustav Husak |
| 1921 | Birth Czech Rep Dubcek, Alexander | |
| 27th Nov Uhrovec Rep Birth of Alexander Dubcek |
| 1921 | Communist Party Czech Rep Gottwald, Klement | |
| Prague Rep Founds the Czechoslovak Communist Party |
| 1927 | General Secretary Czech Rep Gottwald, Klement | |
| Prague Rep Appointed General Secretary of the Czechoslovak Communist Party |
| 1936 | Birth Czech Rep Havel, Vaclav | |
| 5th Oct Prague Rep Birth of Vaclev Havel |
| 1938 | Communist Party Czech Rep Benes, Eduard | |
| 20th Oct Sudetenland Rep Czechoslovakia, complying with Nazi policy, outlaws the Communist Party and begins persecuting Jews |
| 1945 | Government Czech Rep Benes, Eduard | |
| 3rd April Establishes a provisional Government with the aid of the Russian liberation forces |
| 1945 | Minister of Defense Czech Rep Svboda, Ludwik | |
| Appointed Minister of Defense |
| 1946 | Communist Party Czech Rep Mlynar, Zdenek | |
| Prague Rep Appointed Member of the Czech Communist Party |
| 1948 | Assassination Czech Rep Masaryk, Jan Garrigue | |
| 10th Mar Prague Rep Dies by suicide or murder, then a Communist putsch leads to Soviet power in Czech |
| 1948 | Death Czech Rep Benes, Eduard | |
| Death of Eduard Benes |
| 1948 | Death Czech Rep Masaryk, Jan Garrigue | |
| 10th Mar Prague Rep Death of Jan Garrigue Masaryk |
| 1948 | President Czech Rep Gottwald, Klement | |
| Appointed President of Czechoslovakia |
| 1948 | Prime Minister Czech Rep Zapotocky, Antonin | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Czech |
| 1953 | President Czech Rep Zapotocky, Antonin | |
| Appointed President of Czech |
| 1962 | Central Committee Czech Rep Dubcek, Alexander | |
| Appointed full member of the Central Committee of the KSC |
| 1962 | Central Committee Czech Rep Svestka, Oldrich | |
| Prague Rep Appointed Member of the Central Committee |
| 1963 | First Secretary Czech Rep Dubcek, Alexander | |
| Prague Rep Appointed First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Slovakia |
| 1964 | Secretary Legal Commision Czech Rep Mlynar, Zdenek | |
| Appointed Secretary of the Legal Commission of the Central Committee |
| 1964 | Slovak National Council Czech Rep Dubcek, Alexander | |
| Appointed Member of the Slovak parliament (Slovak National Council) |
| 1967 | First Secretary Czech Rep Dubcek, Alexander | |
| Prague Rep Appointed First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia |
| 1968 | Arrest Czech Rep Dubcek, Alexander | |
| 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 |
| 1968 | Central Committee Czech Rep Mlynar, Zdenek | |
| 5th April Prague Rep Appointed Member of the Central Committee |
| 1968 | Constitution Czech Rep Dubcek, Alexander | |
| 27th Aug Prague Rep Dubcek returns from the Kremlin announces the repeal of democratic reforms |
| 1968 | Constitution Czech Rep Mlynar, Zdenek | |
| Prague Rep Appointed to a group to prepare the Cezech Communist Party's "Action Programme" |
| 1968 | Declaration of Bratislava Czech Rep Dubcek, Alexander | |
| 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 |
| 21st Aug Prague Rep Appointed First Secretary of the Communiust Party of Czech |
| 1968 | First Secretary Czech Rep Husak, Gustav | |
| Prague Rep Appointed First Secretary of Slovak Communist Party |
| 20th Aug Forms a Government after Warsaw Pact occupation |
| 1968 | Invasion of Czech Czech Rep Dubcek, Alexander | |
| 4th Oct Czech leaders visit Moscow & agree to dismantle reforms |
| 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 |
| 16th Oct Russia & Czech sign a treaty on the withdrawal of Warsaw Pact forces from Czech |
| 28th Aug The Czech National Assembly declares the Soviet occupation illegal |
| 20th Aug Prague Rep Dubcek calls upon his people not to resist |
| 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" |
| 27th Aug Dubcek returns from the Kremlin announces the repeal of democratic reforms |
| 27th Aug The Russians increase their occupation force to 650,000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 Soviet Press prints an unsigned request, allegedly by Czechoslovak party and state leaders, for "immediate assistance, including assistance with armed forces" |
| 1968 | Prague Spring Czech Rep Gernik, Oldrich | |
| Prague Rep Gernik persues a more liberal regime after the "Prague Spring" |
| 1968 | President Czech Rep Husak, Gustav | |
| Appointed President of Czechoslovakia |
| 1968 | President Czech Rep Svboda, Ludwik | |
| Appointed President of Czechoslovakia |
| 1968 | Presidium of the Central Committee Czech Rep Svestka, Oldrich | |
| Prague Rep Appointed Member of the Presidium of the Central Committee |
| 1968 | Prime Minister Czech Rep Gernik, Oldrich | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia |
| 1968 | Prime Minister Czech Rep Husak, Gustav | |
| 20th Aug Appointed Prime Minister of Czech Rep |
| 1968 | Reform Czech Rep Dubcek, Alexander | |
| 20th Aug Prague Rep Tries to introduce more contact with the west & "socialism with a human face" |
| 1968 | Secretary Central Committee Czech Rep Mlynar, Zdenek | |
| 1st June Appointed Member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party |
| 1968 | Treaty of Warsaw Pact Czech Rep Dubcek, Alexander | |
| 16th Oct Prague Rep Russia & Czech sign a treaty on the withdrawal of Warsaw Pact forces from Czech |
| 1969 | Ambassador Czech Rep Dubcek, Alexander | |
| 15th Dec Constantinople Rep Appointed Ambassador to Turkey |
| 1st Jan Prague Rep Czechoslovakia becomes a two state federation |
| April Following the Czechoslovak Hockey Riots , Dubcek is forced to resign as First Secretary |
| 1969 | Party Leader Czech Rep Husak, Gustav | |
| Prague Rep Leader of Communist Party of Czechoslovakia |
| 1969 | Prague Spring Czech Rep Dubcek, Alexander | |
| Dubcek is replaced as First Secretary by Gust v Hus k, and a period of "Normalisation" begins |
| 1969 | Prague Spring Czech Rep Palac, Jan | |
| 19th Jan Student Jan Palach sets himself on fire in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest the renewed suppression of free speech |
| 1969 | Resignation Czech Rep Dubcek, Alexander | |
| April Following the Czechoslovak Hockey Riots , Dubcek is forced to resign as First Secretary |
| 1970 | Exile of Dubcek Czech Rep Dubcek, Alexander | |
| Prague Rep Exiled after launching a Liberalizing campaign following the Soviet invasion |
| 1975 | President Czech Rep Husak, Gustav | |
| Appointed President of Czechoslovakia, pro-democracy President |
| 1977 | Charter 77 Czech Rep Havel, Vaclav | |
| Prague Rep Helps found Charter 77 to petition for human rights |
| 1977 | Charter 77 Czech Rep Mlynar, Zdenek | |
| Prague Rep Helps found the human rights group, Charter 77 |
| 1985 | Perestroika Czech Rep 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 | Constitution Czech Rep Husak, Gustav | |
| 19th Mar Prague Rep Announces similar reforms to those by Gorbachev in Russia |
| 1988 | Demonstrations Czech Rep Husak, Gustav | |
| The 1st anti-governmental demonstrations |
| 1989 | Amnesty Czech Rep Husak, Gustav | |
| 8th Dec Hus k declares an amnesty on political crimes |
| 9th Nov Berlin Rep Fall of the Berlin Wall |
| 1989 | Chairman National Assembly Czech Rep Dubcek, Alexander | |
| Prague Rep Appointed Chairman of the National Assembly |
| 1989 | Civic Forum Czech Rep Havel, Vaclav | |
| 29th Dec Prague Rep Leader of the Civic Forum, Havel becomes President by a unanimous vote of the Federal Assembly |
| Prague Rep Holds talks on reform & power sharing with Gustav Husak |
| 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 |
| 1989 | Constitution Czech Rep Husak, Gustav | |
| 6th Dec Most members of the Government of Czechia were replaced by non-Communists |
| 10th Dec Forms the 1st non-communist Government in Czech since 1948 |
| 28th Nov The Communist Party of Czech announces it will give up it's monopoly of power |
| 1989 | Demonstrations Czech Rep Havel, Vaclav | |
| Prague Rep Anti-Communist demonstrations lead to elected independent Government under Havel |
| 1989 | Demonstrations Czech Rep Husak, Gustav | |
| 16th Nov Bratislava Rep Slovak high school and university students stage a peaceful demonstration |
| 1989 | Election Czech Rep Havel, Vaclav | |
| 29th Dec Prague Rep The Federal Assembly unanimously elects Havel |
| 1989 | General Secretary Czech Rep 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 |
| 1989 | Government Czech Rep Havel, Vaclav | |
| Anti-Communist demonstrations lead to elected independent Government under Havel |
| 1989 | Government Czech Rep Husak, Gustav | |
| 6th Dec Most members of the Government of Czechia were replaced by non-Communists |
| 10th Dec Hus k nominates a federal cabinet, headed by Mari n Calfa |
| 1989 | President Czech Rep Havel, Vaclav | |
| 29th Dec Appointed President of Czechoslovakia |
| Prague Rep Husak resigns during mass protests & Havel announces his candidacy for the presidency |
| 1989 | Resignation Czech Rep Husak, Gustav | |
| 10th Dec Husak resigns |
| 1989 | Speaker Federal Parliament Czech Rep Dubcek, Alexander | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 1989 | Velvet Revolution Czech Rep Husak, Gustav | |
| 17th Nov Prague Rep Beginning of the Velvet Revolution in Czech |
| 1992 | Burial Czech Rep Dubcek, Alexander | |
| Nov Sl vicie Udolie Rep Buried in Sl vicie Udolie, in Bratislava, Slovakia |
| 7th Nov Death of Alexander Dubcek |
