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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. Incumbents *President: Tomáš Masaryk. *Prime Minister: **Karel Kramář (until 8 July). **Vlastimil Tusar (from 8 July). Events *28 January – Masaryk University is founded in Brno. *12 March – The Commission on Czecho-Slovak Affairs report reports the border of the new state of Czechoslovakia. *21 March – Conflict breaks out between the Hungarian Soviet Republic and Czechoslovakia. *4 May - Many ethnic Germans in the Province of German Bohemia demonstrated peacefully demonstrated its right for self determination. The mass demonstrations were put down by the Czech military, involving 54 deaths and 84 wounded. *8 May – The leaders of Carpathian Ruthenia join their country to Czechoslovakia. *16 June – The Slovak Soviet Republic is declared in Prešov. The state had collapsed by August. *27 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treaty Of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919)
The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (french: Traité de Saint-Germain-en-Laye) was signed on 10 September 1919 by the victorious Allies of World War I on the one hand and by the Republic of German-Austria on the other. Like the Treaty of Trianon with Hungary and the Treaty of Versailles with Germany, it contained the Covenant of the League of Nations and as a result was not ratified by the United States but was followed by the US–Austrian Peace Treaty of 1921. The treaty signing ceremony took place at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Background As a preamble, on 21 October 1918, 208 German-speaking delegates of the Austrian Imperial Council had convened in a "provisional national assembly of German-Austria" at the Lower Austrian Landtag. When the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Army culminated at the Battle of Vittorio Veneto, the Social Democrat Karl Renner was elected German-Austrian State Chancellor on 30 October. In the course of the Aster Revolution on 31 Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
