History of Slovakia

Chronology of the Slovak history

: The oldest hearth known on the territory of Slovakia
: Older skeleton of man discovered on the territory of Slovakia current
: Venus, the oldest carved statue, discovered with Moravany close to Piestany
XIX E to the XV E: Copper was extracted in the Slovak mountains from Rudohorie
O C: The Celtes dominate the majority of the territory
II E: Celtic parts were struck as Slovakia
6: The Romains cross the the Danube and take the control of its banks during 400 years
300 - 500: The first Slaves occupy the territory
623 - 658: Period of the empire of Samo (Commercial Frankly), defensive union of the Slavic tribes
824: Mojimir 1 founds the 1st great Empire of the Large-Moravie
828: First established Christian church with the course Pribina with Nitra
863: Arrival of the saints Cyrille and Méthode, founders of the Slavic old man written in Large Moravie
894: Died of Svatopluk Ier, the most famous lord of Large Moravie

Conquest of the country by the Hungarians

10th century: The first Hungarian king Etienne Ier of Hungary. At that time the Hungarian empire extended on the territories from the Hungary, the Slovakia, the Croatia, the Slovenia part of the Romania and Ukraine.
1241 : The Tatares invade the country and devastate it
1381: The representation proportional of Slovak and the Germans to the council of the town of Zilina is guaranteed to its members by Louis Ier of Hungary
1467: Foundation of the first university on the Slovak territory, with Bratislava. " Academia Istropolitana "
1526 : The king Louis Jagellon dies in the Bataille of Mohac against the Turks. Its throne returns to the Habsbourg of Austria.
15th century: The majority of the territory of the Hungarian empire fell under occupation Othoman E. Of this fact the center of the Hungarian empire remaining moved towards the area from Slovakia to Bratislava
1635: Foundation of the university of Trnava
1683: Turkish is beaten at the time of the great battle of Vienna. This one puts an end to the Turkish occupation of the Hungarian territory
1740 - 1780: Reign of the Marie-Therese queen crowned in Bratislava
1763: Foundation of the first mining university with Banska Stiavnica.
1848 : The convention of Bratislava abolishes serfdom. The revolution which founded it was demolished by the emperor of Austria with the intervention of the emperor of Russia in 1849.
1884 : The first Slovak bank " Tatrabanka" as Slovakia in Bratislava
1907 is founded: Foundation of the Slovak League in Cleveland, Ohio, the USA

Towards independence

October 1918: the First Republic Czechoslovakian is created
1919: The university Coménius east creates with Bratislava
1920: The Slovak National theater is created in Bratislava
March 1939: The German army occupies the Sudètes (Czech territory). As Slovakia a satellite state independent of the Nazi Germany is created under the presidency of Jozef Tiso

August 1944: Resistance antinazie appears. After the defeat of the Slovak army, resistance continued in the mountains until the end of the war.
May 1945: The Czechoslovakian Republic is restored
February 1948: The Communists gain the elections and seize the power
January 1968: the era of Alexander Dubček starts. In August, the Russian troops accompanied by four other armies of the Warsaw Pact occupy Czechoslovakia. In October the country becomes a Federal republic.
November 1989: the Révolution of Velvet puts an end to the capacity Communists.
June 1990: First free elections since 1946

Independence

January 1st, 1993: the independent Slovak Republic is created
May 1st, 2004: entry in the European Union

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