1918: Proclamation of the independence of Czechoslovakia. Prague becomes the capital of the new state.
1939-1945: Occupation by Nazi Germany.
1945: The Prague uprising, "liberation" of Prague by the Soviet army.
1948: Seizure of power by KSC after the February putsch.
1968: Prague Spring - an attempt to reform socialism, intervention of 5 states of the Warsaw Pact.
1989: Velvet revolution, Vaclav Havel elected President of Czechoslovakia.
1990: First free elections.
1993: January 1, Czechoslovakia splits in two and the Czech Republic is founded.
1993: January 26, Vaclav Havel elected first president of the Czech Republic.
1999: March 12, Czech Republic becomes a member of NATO.
2004: May 1, Czech Republic joins the European Union (E.U.).