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Bratislava in History

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

15 records9 event labels4 people1939โ€“1989

Historical events in Bratislava

1939

11 March 1939
Independence of Czech Republic
Karol Sidor ยท Government of Czech Rep

2 members of the German Government arrive with 5 Generals and demand Slovak independence

11 March 1939
Independence of Slovakia
Karol Sidor ยท Government of Czech Rep

2 members of the German Government arrive with 5 Generals and demand Slovak independence

14 March 1939
Independence of Czech Republic
Jozef Tiso ยท Government of Czech Rep

Tiso reads out a declaration of independence prepared by Ribbentrop to Slovak deputies

14 March 1939
Independence of Slovakia
Jozef Tiso ยท Government of Czech Rep

Tiso reads out a declaration of independence prepared by Ribbentrop to Slovak deputies

14 March 1939
Slovak Independence
Jozef Tiso ยท Slovak Independence

Slovakia declares independence under German pressure.

1968

June 1968
Prague Spring
Alexander Dubcek ยท Communist Party Government

Representatives from Russia, East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakia meet in Bratislava and sign the Bratislava Declaration

3 August 1968
Bratislava Declaration
Alexander Dubcek ยท Communist Party Government

In the Bratislava Declaration Russia expresses its intention to intervene in a Warsaw Pact country if a bourgeois system-a pluralist system of several political parties is ever established

3 August 1968
Bratislava Declaration
Alexander Dubcek ยท Communist Party Government

The Bratislava Declaration aaffirms unshakable fidelity to Marxism-Leninism and proletarian internationalism and declares an implacable struggle against bourgeois ideology and all antisocialist forces.

3 August 1968
Declaration of Bratislava
Alexander Dubcek ยท Communist Party Government

In the Bratislava Declaration Russia expresses its intention to intervene in a Warsaw Pact country if a bourgeois system-a pluralist system of several political parties is ever established

3 August 1968
Declaration of Bratislava
Alexander Dubcek ยท Communist Party Government

Representatives from Russia, East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakia meet in Bratislava and sign the Bratislava Declaration.

3 August 1968
Declaration of Bratislava
Alexander Dubcek ยท Communist Party Government

The Bratislava Declaration aaffirms unshakable fidelity to Marxism-Leninism and proletarian internationalism and declares an implacable struggle against bourgeois ideology and all antisocialist forces.

3 August 1968
Prague Spring
Alexander Dubcek ยท Communist Party Government

In the Bratislava Declaration Russia expresses its intention to intervene in a Warsaw Pact country if a bourgeois system-a pluralist system of several political parties is ever established

3 August 1968
Warsaw Pact
Alexander Dubcek ยท Communist Party Government

In the Bratislava Declaration Russia expresses its intention to intervene in a Warsaw Pact country if a bourgeois system-a pluralist system of several political parties is ever established

1989

16 November 1989
Demonstrations
Gustav Husak ยท Communist Party Government

Slovak high school and university students stage a peaceful demonstration

16 November 1989
Velvet Revolution
Gustav Husak ยท Revolution of Czech Rep

On the eve of International Students Day, 50th anniversary of death of Jan Opletal murdered by Nazi occupiers during World War II, Slovak students demonstrate

Provenance

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