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The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

Timeline of Events

1942

6.10.1942

World War II: Nazis burn the Czech village of Lidice in reprisal for the killing of Reinhard Heydrich.

1945

5.8.1945

End of the Prague uprising, today celebrated as a national holiday in the Czech Republic.

1969

1.16.1969

Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, in protest against the Soviets' crushing of the Prague Spring the year before.

1992

11.25.1992

The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia from January 1, 1993.

12.31.1992

Czechoslovakia is dissolved, resulting in the creation of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

1993

1.1.1993

Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic.

1.19.1993

Czech Republic and Slovakia join the United Nations.

1996

1.17.1996

The Czech Republic applies for membership of the European Union.

1997

7.8.1997

NATO invites the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland to join the alliance in 1999.

1999

3.12.1999

Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.

2002

12.13.2002

Enlargement of the European Union: The European Union announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members from May 1, 2004.

2004

5.1.2004

Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the Irish President in Dublin.