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Also Known As Böhmen • Čechy

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Český Krumlov
Charles IV
Jan Hus
areas controlled by the Jagiellon dynasty
White Mountain, Battle of
Figure 230: Bohemian layered-glass vase, painted and gilt by Wilhelm Hoffmann, Prague and Vienna, c. 1850-60. In the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Height 42 cm.
Figure 222: Zwischengoldglas (gold sandwich glass), double-walled beaker decorated with a bear hunt, Bohemian, c. 1730. In the Kestner-Museum, Hannover, Germany. Height 8.9 cm.
How to make traditional Bohemian sweet buns
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Major Events

White Mountain, Battle of
Battle of White Mountain
Schleswig-Holstein after the Seven Weeks' War, 1866
Seven Weeks’ War
Battle of Prague
Defenestration of Prague
Defenestration of Prague

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Holy Roman Empire
historical empire, Europe
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
historical nation, Europe
Sudeten Germans
Sudetenland
historical region, Europe

Key People

Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler
Austrian composer
Jan Hus
Jan Hus
Bohemian religious leader
Maria Theresa
Maria Theresa
Holy Roman empress
Charles IV
Charles IV
Holy Roman emperor
Ferdinand II
Holy Roman emperor
areas controlled by the Jagiellon dynasty
Jagiellon dynasty
European history
Reinhard Heydrich
Reinhard Heydrich
German Nazi official
Ferdinand I
Ferdinand I
Holy Roman emperor
Jerome of Prague
Jerome of Prague
Czech philosopher
Smetana
Bedřich Smetana
Bohemian composer
Wenceslas
Wenceslas
king of Bohemia and Germany
Ditters von Dittersdorf, Carl
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
Austrian composer and violinist
Leoš Janáček
Leoš Janáček
Czech composer
Victor Moreau
Victor Moreau
French general
Casanova, Giacomo
Giacomo Casanova
Italian adventurer
Joseph, Graf Radetzky.
Joseph, Graf Radetzky
Austrian military reformer
Heinrich Biber
Bohemian composer
Martinů, Bohuslav
Bohuslav Martinů
Czech composer
Jan Rokycana
Bohemian archbishop
Purkinje, Jan Evangelista
Jan Evangelista Purkinje
Czech physiologist