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Independence
History of Czech Rep
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| | 1916 | Masaryk, Thomas Garrigue |  |
| Paris Rep Forms the Czech National Council to lobby the Allies for an independent Czech state |
| 1917 | Masaryk, Thomas Garrigue |  |
| Prague Rep Organizes the Nationalist Czechoslovak Legion |
| 1918 | Benes, Eduard |  |
| Masaryk & Benes found the Czech Republic |
| 1918 | Masaryk, Thomas Garrigue |  |
| Prague Rep Independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire is granted |
| 1939 | Durcansky, Ferdinand |  |
| 13th Mar Prague Rep Visits Hitler who demands the separation of Slovakia from the Czech State |
| 1939 | Hacha, Emil |  |
| 14th Mar Prague Rep Slovakia proclaims its independence from the Czech State |
| 1939 | Sidor, Karol |  |
| 11th Mar Bratislava Rep 2 members of the German government arrive with 5 Generals & demand Slovak independence |
| 13th Mar Prague Rep Declares that he will oppose the separation of Slovakia from the Czech State |
| 1939 | Tiso, Josef |  |
| 13th Mar Prague Rep Visits Hitler who demands the separation of Slovakia from the Czech State |
| 14th Mar Prague Rep Tiso reads out a declaration of independence prepared by Ribbentrop to Slovak deputies |
| 16th Mar Prague Rep Requests Hitler take Slovakia under German protection, Hitler obliges the same day |
| 1990 | Havel, Vaclav |  |
| 26th Feb Russia agrees to withdraw troops from Czech by July 1991 |
| 1992 | Havel, Vaclav |  |
| 20th July Resigns after the proclamation of Slovak sovereignty |
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