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Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...

Timeline of Events

1158

1.11.1158

Vladislav II becomes King of Bohemia.

1212

9.26.1212

Golden Bull of Sicily is certified as an hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty.

1278

8.26.1278

Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Rudolph I of Germany defeat Premysl Ottokar II of Bohemia in the Battle of Marchfield near Dürnkrut in (then) Moravia.

1526

8.29.1526

Battle of Mohács: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia.

1609

7.6.1609

Bohemia is granted freedom of religion.

1741

7.31.1741

Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.

1939

3.15.1939

World War II: German troops occupy the remaining part of Bohemia and Moravia; Czechoslovakia ceases to exist.