1919 in Czechoslovakia
Events from the year 1919 in Czechoslovakia. The year saw the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye define the borders of the state and the Treaty of Versailles recognise its independence.
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Incumbents
- President: Tomáš Masaryk.[1]
- Prime Minister:[2]
- Karel Kramář (until 8 July).
- Vlastimil Tusar (from 8 July).
Events
- 28 January – Masaryk University is founded in Brno.[3]
- 12 March – The Commission on Czecho-Slovak Affairs report reports the border of the new state of Czechoslovakia.[4]
- 21 March – Conflict breaks out between the Hungarian Soviet Republic and Czechoslovakia.[5]
- 8 May – The leaders of Carpathian Ruthenia join their country to Czechoslovakia.[6]
- 16 June – The Slovak Soviet Republic is declared in Prešov. The state had collapsed by August.[5]
- 27 June – Comenius University is founded in Bratislava.[7]
- 28 June – The signing of the Treaty of Versailles recognises the independence of the Czechoslovakia.[6]
- 10 September – The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye is signed, which defines the borders of Czechoslovakia.[8]
- 25 September – The Brno Conservatory is founded with composer Leoš Janáček as the first professor.[9]
- 25 November – The Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren is recognised by the state and attracts one-sixth of the members of the Catholic Church.[10]
Popular culture
Art
- Alphonse Mucha's The Slav Epic is shown for the first time.[11]
Music
- Bohuslav Martinů's Czech Rhapsody is first performed.[12]
- Leoš Janáček's song cycle The Diary of One Who Disappeared is first performed. He starts composing the opera Káťa Kabanová.[13]
Births
- 8 May – Hildegard Neumann, overseer at Nazi concentration camps (died 2010).[14]
- 2 June – Florence Marly, actor (died 1978).[15]
- 1 November – Ruth Elfriede Hildner, guard at Nazi concentration camps (died 1947).[16]
- 5 December – Heda Margolius Kovály, writer and translator (died 2010).[17]
Deaths
- 4 May – Milan Rastislav Štefánik, aviator and astronomer, first Minister of War (born 1880).[18]
References
Citations
- Cook & Paxton 2001, p. 42.
- Balík et al. 2017, p. 42.
- Turosienski 1936, p. 129.
- Brenner 1997, p. 58.
- Brenner 1997, p. 61.
- Howard 1949, p. 461.
- Turosienski 1936, p. 130.
- Kohen & Hébié 2018, p. 269.
- Štědroň 1976, p. 218.
- Spinka 1949, p. 298.
- Husslein-Arco 2009, p. 60.
- Rybka 2011, p. 30.
- Jones 2021, p. 460.
- Brown 2002, p. 182.
- Parrish 2002, p. 365.
- Brown 2002, p. 115.
- Wlaschek 1995, p. 141.
- Steiner 1973, p. 20.
Bibliography
- Balík, Stanislav; Hloušek, Vít; Kopeček, Lubomír; Holzer, Jan; Pšej, Pavel; Roberts, Andrew Lawrence (2017). Czech Politics: From West to East and Back Again. Leverkusen-Opladen: Verlag Barbara Budrich. ISBN 978-3-84740-974-8.
- Brenner, Michael (1997). Czechoslovakia. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-30017-915-6.
- Brown, Daniel Patrick (2002). The Camp Women: The Female Auxiliaries who Assisted the SS in Running the Nazi Concentration Camp System. Atglen: Schiffer Military History. ISBN 978-0-76431-444-5.
- Cook, Chris; Paxton, John (2001). European Political Facts of the Twentieth Century. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-33397-746-0.
- Howard, Harry N. (1949). "Chronology". In Kerner, Robert J. (ed.). Czechoslovakia. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 453–478. OCLC 3834800.
- Husslein-Arco, Agnes (2009). Alphonse Mucha. Munich: Prestel. ISBN 978-3-79134-356-3.
- Jones, Barry (2021). Dictionary of World Biography. Acton, Australian Capital Territory: ANU Press. ISBN 978-1-76046-467-7.
- Kohen, Marcelo G.; Hébié, Mamadou (2018). Research Handbook on Territorial Disputes in International Law. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78254-686-3.
- Parrish, James Robert (2002). The Hollywood Book of Death. Chicago: Contemporary Books. ISBN 978-0-80922-227-8.
- Rybka, F. James (2011). Bohuslav Martinu: The Compulsion to Compose. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-81087-762-7.
- Spinka, Matthew (1949). "The Religious Situation in Czechoslovakia". In Kerner, Robert J. (ed.). Czechoslovakia. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 284–301. OCLC 3834800.
- Steiner, Eugen (1973). The Slovak Dilemma. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-52107-793-4.
- Štědroň, Bohumír (1976). Leoš Janáček: K Jeho Lidskému a Uměleckému Profilu [Leoš Janáček: His Human and Artistic Profile] (in Czech). Prague: Panton. OCLC 1032363922.
- Turosienski, Severin K (1936). Education in Czechoslovakia. Washington: Government Printing Office. OCLC 248016228.
- Wlaschek, Rudolf M. (1995). -Biographia Judaica Bohemiae: Volume 1. Dortmund: Forschungsstelle Ostmitteleuropa. ISBN 978-3-92329-347-6.
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