Historical place archive

Prague in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Prague in Austria. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

31 records27 event labels15 people1307โ€“1939

Historical events in Prague

1307

4 July 1307
Death of Brother
Rudolph III Habsburg ยท House of Habsburg

His death leaves Frederick central to the Austrian Habsburg succession.

1457

23 November 1457
Death of Ladislaus
Ladislaus Posthumous ยท House of Habsburg

His death opens Austrian and Bohemian succession disputes.

1635

30 May 1635
Treaty of Prague
Ferdinand II ยท Thirty Years War

Makes peace with Sweden & France

1741

1741
Siege of Prague
Maria Theresa ยท Silesian War, 1st

Maria Theresas enemies besiege Prague

26 November 1741
Capture of Prague
Maria Theresa ยท Silesian War, 1st

Charles Albert & the French capture Prague

26 November 1741
Loss of Prague
Maria Theresa ยท War of Austrian Succession

Maria Theresa lost Prague to a combined Bavarian, French, and Saxon army.

1743

1743
Siege of Prague
Maria Theresa ยท War of Austrian Succession

Maria Theresa ejects French troops from Prague

1744

1744
Battle of Prague
Otto Friedrich von Traun ยท Silesian War, 2nd

Traun defends Vienna & holds Frederick the Great, forcing him to retreat into Silesia

1757

May 1757
Siege of Prague
Leopold Joseph von Daun ยท Seven Years War

Daun relieves Prague with 60,000 troops after it is occupied by Frederick the Great

1787

29 October 1787
Don Giovanni
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ยท Classical Music

Don Giovanni premieres at the Estates Theatre in Prague.

1791

6 September 1791
Bohemian Coronation
Leopold Habsburg ยท House of Habsburg

Crowned King of Bohemia at Prague

6 September 1791
La clemenza di Tito
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ยท Classical Music

La clemenza di Tito premieres in Prague during Leopold II's coronation festivities.

1842

1842
Doppler Effect
Christian Andreas Doppler ยท Physics

Presents the principle that observed frequency changes with relative motion.

1842
Frequency Shift Principle
Christian Andreas Doppler ยท Physics

Establishes the frequency-shift effect later named for him.

1848

March 1848
Demonstrations
Ferdinand I ยท Military

Demonstrations break out in Prague

1864

1864
Imperial Representitive
Richard Graf Belcredi ยท Government of Austria

Appointed Imperial Representitive

1866

23 August 1866
German Confederation
Franz Joseph Habsburg-Lorraine ยท Seven Weeks War

Austria recognizes the dissolution of the German Confederation and Prussian predominance north of the Main.

23 August 1866
Kleindeutschland
Franz Joseph Habsburg-Lorraine ยท Seven Weeks War

The Peace of Prague excludes Austria from the new Prussian-led organization of Germany.

23 August 1866
Peace of Prague
Franz Joseph Habsburg-Lorraine ยท Seven Weeks War

Franz Joseph accepts a lenient peace that preserves Austria's core territory.

23 August 1866
Peace of Prague
Franz Joseph Habsburg-Lorraine ยท Seven Weeks War

Franz Joseph ratifies the settlement dissolving the German Confederation and recognizing Prussian gains.

23 August 1866
Peace of Prague
Franz Joseph Habsburg-Lorraine ยท Seven Weeks War

The Peace of Prague permits Prussia to organize a confederation north of the Main.

1881

1881
Education
Sigmund Freud ยท Psychology

Earns a medical degree

1883

1883
Relational Mechanics
Ernst Mach ยท Physics

Emphasizes observable relations among bodies in the foundations of mechanics.

1883
The Science of Mechanics
Ernst Mach ยท Physics

Publishes a critique of absolute space and classical mechanical assumptions.

1887

1887
Mach Number Research
Ernst Mach ยท Physics

Advances experimental study of supersonic flow and velocity ratios.

1887
Supersonic Shock Waves
Ernst Mach ยท Physics

Photographs shock waves produced by projectiles moving faster than sound.

1896

1896
Psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud ยท Psychology

First uses the term psychoanalysis

1910

1910
IPA
Sigmund Freud ยท Psychology

Founds the International Psychoanalytic Association

1938

1938
Exile of Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud ยท Psychology

Emigrates from Vienna to London aged 81 to "die in freedom"

1939

July 1939
Czech Jewish Emigration Bureau
Adolf Eichmann ยท NSDAP Government

Extends the Vienna model into the Protectorate.

July 1939
Prague Emigration Office
Adolf Eichmann ยท NSDAP Government

Creates a Central Office for Jewish Emigration in Prague.

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Austria and Prague. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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