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Slovakia in 1968

Historical records for Slovakia in 1968, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

4Records
4Events
3Named people
2Places
4Categories

Historical records

January

5 January 1968Prague SpringAlexander Dubcek

Prague · Politics / Prague Spring

Becomes leader of Czechoslovakia during reform period.

April

8 April 1968End of Lenart GovernmentJozef Lenart

Prague · Government / Government of Czechoslovakia

The Lenart Government ends in Prague, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.

August

21 August 1968Warsaw Pact InvasionAlexander Dubcek

Bratislava · Warfare / Warsaw Pact Invasion

Warsaw Pact invasion ends the Prague Spring reforms.

October

28 October 1968Federation LawGustav Husak

Prague · Government / Federalisation

Supports federalisation creating Czech and Slovak republics.

Names involved

Alexander DubcekGustav HusakJozef Lenart

Places involved

BratislavaPrague

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.