Timeline of Prague

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Prague , Czech Republic.

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16th-18th centuries

19th century

20th century

21st century

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Bibliography

in English

in Czech

  • Edvard Herold (1884). Malebné cesty po Praze [Picturesque Walks through Prague] (in Czech). Praze: Tiskem a nákladem E. Grégra. v.2, Malá Strana, 1896
  • Václav Vladivoj Tomek [in Czech] (1892), Dějepis města Prahy [History of the Town of Prague], Prague. Naródní Museum / Spisy (in Czech), V Praze: Nákl. knihkupectví Fr. Řivnáče
  • Jan Dolenský (1903), Praha ve své sláv i utrpení[Prague in Good Times and Bad] (in Czech), V Praze: Nakladatel B. Kocí, OL   23326708M

in German

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