1918 in Czechoslovakia

none 1918 Events from the year 1918 in Czechoslovakia. The year was marked by the Czechoslovak declaration of independence and the Martin Declaration. The year also saw the election of the first President and Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia, Tomáš Masaryk and Karel Kramář respectively. yes center Incumbents President: Tomáš Masaryk (position established on 14 November).Cook Paxton 2001 42 Prime Minister: Karel Kramář (position established on 14 November).Balík Hloušek Kopeček Holzer 2017 42 Events 22 May – Robert Cecil recognises right of the Czech and Slovak people for full independence on behalf of the Foreign Office.Howard 1949 459 30 May – The Pittsburgh Agreement is signed by representatives of the Czech and Slovak communities in the United States, approving the formation of a state for both.Fawn Hochman 2010 27 4 July – At a mass meeting in Independence Hall in Philadelphia, the Czechoslovak National Council issue a formal declaration of independence.Miller 1949 83 28 October – The formal declaration is made that the Czech and Slovak people are to no longer part of Austria-Hungary and instead the new state of Czechoslovakia.Howard 1949 460 31 October – The Martin Declaration declares Slovak independence from Hungary and adherence to the new state.Graham 1949 109 5 November: The Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren is founded by the merger of many Protestant denominations.Spinka 1949 298 Czech gendarmes cross the Moravian-Hungarian border into Upper Hungary.Brenner 1997 42 8 November – The Czechoslovak War Cross 1918 is created for acts of military valour during the First World War.Bílek Hladký Major Petráček 1987 128 13 November – The Provisional Constitution provides the new President of Czechoslovakia with executive powers, including the right to appoint cabinets.Graham 1949 112 14 November – A National Assembly is created with 260 delegates.Cook Paxton 2001 203 A new cabinet is formed under Prime Minister Karel Kramář.Cook Paxton 2001 120 4 December – The Allies recognise Czechoslovakia as the successor to the Austria-Hungary in Bohemia and Slovakia.Howard 1949 461 21 December – Tomáš Masaryk rejects requests for Czechoslovakia to join the new Republic of German-Austria.Brenner 1997 67 Popular culture Art Alphonse Mucha paints Petr Chelčický at Vodňany and The Last days of Jan Amos Komenský [Comenius] in Naarden, part of The Slav Epic.Husslein-Arco 2009 59 Music Bohuslav Martinů composes Czech Rhapsody, Magic Nights and Puppets.Rybka 2011 30 Leoš Janáček's Taras Bulba is first performed.Jones 2021 460 Births 24 February – Svatopluk Beneš, actor (died 2007).March 2023 13 August – Gertrude Kleinová, thrice World Champion table tennis player (died 1976).Siegman 2020 219 Deaths 27 April – Jan Preisler, artist (born 1872).Novotny 1960 96 References Citations Bibliography Balík Stanislav Hloušek Vít Kopeček Lubomír Holzer Jan Pšej Pavel Roberts Andrew Lawrence Czech Politics: From West to East and Back Again Leverkusen-Opladen Verlag Barbara Budrich 2017 978-3-84740-974-8 https://books.google.com/books?id=VCRpDwAAQBAJ Bílek Jiří Hladký Milan Major Pavel Petráček Jiří Vojenské Dějiny Československa: díl 1918–1939 Military history of Czechoslovakia: 1918–1939 Prague Nase Vojsko 1987 39419270 CS https://books.google.com/books?id=HLkhAAAAMAAJ Brenner Michael Czechoslovakia New Haven Yale University Press 1997 978-0-30017-915-6 Cook Chris Paxton John European Political Facts of the Twentieth Century London Palgrave Macmillan 2001 978-0-33397-746-0 https://books.google.com/books?id=xVKEDAAAQBAJ Fawn Rick Hochman Jiří Historical Dictionary of the Czech State Lanham Scarecrow Press 2010 978-0-81085-648-6 Graham Malbone W. 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