History of Slovakia

Chronology of the Slovak History

Fist Settlemnets, First Nations on the Slovak Territory

3rd – 1st Century BC Celts in Slovakia
1st – 4th Century AD Slovakia in times of the Roman Empire
5th – 6th Century First Slavs Tribes in Slovak Territory
years 623 - 658 AD Samo’s Empire
8th Century - King Charlemagne
833 Formation of Great Moravia
863 Constantine and Methodius
896 Hungarians Tribes
1241 - 1242 Tartar Attacks

Slovakia as a part of Hungarian Kingdom

1465 Foundation of Academia Istropolitana
1526 Battle of Mohacs
1530 Turkish Occupation

Habsburg Empire

1635 Foundation of Trnave University
1660 Foundation of Kosice University
1683 Battle of Vienna, Turks are defeated
1781 Edict of Tolerance
1785 state of subjugation to a land owner
1787 Anton Bernolak – frist attempts for codification of Slovak literary language
1805 Battle of Austerlitz

Slovak National Aspirations

1787 Anton Bernolák - first attempt to codify Slovak Language
1805 Battle at Slavkov
1843 Ludovit Stur - codification of Slovak Language
1848 foundation of Slovak National Council
1863 foundation of Matica Slovenska in Martin
1874 three grammar schools in Revaca, Martin and Klastor pod Znievom are closed
1875 Matica slovenska is closed
1907 Apponyi’s Educational Law
1913 formation of Slovak People’s Party

First World War

1914 -1918 World War I
30.5.1918 Pittsburg Agreement

First Czechoslovak Republic

28.10.1918 formation of Czechoslovakia
1919 Matica Slovenska was reopened
1919 foundation of the Comenius University in Bratislava
29.9.1919 Munich Agreement
2.11.1919 Vienna Agreement

Second World War

22.11.1938 Slovak autonomy
1939 II. World War II
14.3.1939 Independent Slovak Republic was formed
1941 Slovakia went to war with the Soviet Union
29.8.1944 Slovak National Uprising
6.10.1944 Dukla
8.5.1945 End of Second World War in Europe

Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

Slovakia Today

Famous Personalities in Slovakia History