Jan Tesař (historian)

	Jan Tesař (historian) Jan Tesař (2 June 1933 – 16 June 2025) was a Czechs, Czech historian and writer who was a dissident in the times of communist Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Czechoslovakia. Life Tesař was born on 2 June 1933 in Skuteč. After having pursued studies in history at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague, he joined the Military Historical Institute in 1956. Expelled from that institution in 1958 for political reasons, he spent two years without a steady position and worked as an independent researcher before finally obtaining a position at the Museum of Pardubice. In 1961, he joined the Military Historical Institute once again. He became a member of the Communist Party in 1966 but resigned his membership in 1969. He was one of the founders of the Committee for the Defense of the Unjustly Prosecuted (VONS), a signatory of Charter 77, and promoter of the meetings between Czech and Polish dissidents in the Giant Mountai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Skuteč Skuteč (; ) is a town in Chrudim District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,100 inhabitants. Administrative division Skuteč consists of 13 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): Skuteč (3,732) Borek (2) Hněvětice (62) Lažany (110) Lešany (41) Lhota u Skutče (62) Nová Ves (12) Radčice (226) Skutíčko (152) Štěpánov (176) Zbožnov (107) Žďárec u Skutče (306) Zhoř (48) Lešany forms an Enclave and exclave, exclave of the municipal territory. Geography Skuteč is located about southeast of Chrudim and southeast of Pardubice. It lies mostly the undulating and hilly landscape of the Iron Mountains (Czech Republic), Iron Mountains, the northern part of the municipal territory extends into the Svitavy Uplands. A part of the Anenské Valley Nature Reserve around the brook Anenský potok is located in the territory. History The first written mention of Skuteč is from 1289. The settlement was l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2025 Deaths The following notable deaths occurred in 2025. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: * Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference. June 17 16 * Nikolay Krasnikov, 40, Russian ice speedway rider, traffic collision. , 89, Chilean actress and actors' rights activist. Nellai S. Muthu, 74, Indian novelist. * John Reid, 61, Scottish record producer, singer ( Nightcrawlers) and songwriter. (death announced on this date) * Julio Retamal Favereau, 91, Chilean historian, philosopher and academic, member of the Academia Chilena de la Historia. * Ron Taylor, 87, Canadian baseball player ( St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets) and team physician (Toronto Blue Jays), four-time World Series champion. (death announced on this date) * Jan Tesař, 92, Czech historian, writer and dissident. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Charter 77 Signatories A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified. It is implicit that the granter retains superiority (or sovereignty), and that the recipient admits a limited (or inferior) status within the relationship, and it is within that sense that charters were historically granted, and it is that sense which is retained in modern usage of the term. In early medieval Britain, charters transferred land from donors to recipients. The word entered the English language from the Old French ', via -4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it wa ... ', via Latin ', and ultimately from Ancient Greek">Greek (', meaning "layer of papyrus"). It has come to be synonymous with a document that sets out a grant of rights or privileges. Other usages The term is used for a special case (or as an exception) of an insti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Czech Magazine Editors Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe Czech language Czechs, the people of the area Czech culture Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus Czech (surname) Czech, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland Czechville, Wisconsin, unincorporated community, United States See also Čech, a surname * Czech lands * Czechoslovakia * List of Czechs * * * Check (other) * Czechoslovak (other) * Czech Republic (other) * Czechia (other) Czechia is the official short form name of the Czech Republic. Czechia may also refer to: * Historical Czech lands Czechoslovakia (1918–1993) Czech Socialist Republic (1969–1990) Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (1939–1945) See also ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Czechoslovak Expatriates In Germany Czechoslovak may refer to: A demonym or adjective pertaining to Czechoslovakia (1918–93) First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–38) Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–39) Third Czechoslovak Republic (1948–60) Fourth Czechoslovak Republic (1960–89) Fifth Czechoslovak Republic (1989–93) ''Czechoslovak'', also ''Czecho-Slovak'', any grouping of the Czech and Slovak ethnicities: As a national identity, see Czechoslovakism The title of Symphony no. 8 in G Major op. 88 by Antonín Dvořák in 1889/90 The Czech–Slovak languages, a West Slavic dialect continuum The Czechoslovak language, a theoretical standardized form defined as the state language of Czechoslovakia in its Constitution of 1920 Comparison of Czech and Slovak See also Slovak Republic (other) * Czech Republic (other) * Czechia (other) * Slovak (other) * Czech (other) Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	People From Skuteč The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Czechoslovak Expatriates In France Czechoslovak may refer to: A demonym or adjective pertaining to Czechoslovakia (1918–93) First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–38) Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–39) Third Czechoslovak Republic (1948–60) Fourth Czechoslovak Republic (1960–89) Fifth Czechoslovak Republic (1989–93) ''Czechoslovak'', also ''Czecho-Slovak'', any grouping of the Czech and Slovak ethnicities: As a national identity, see Czechoslovakism The title of Symphony no. 8 in G Major op. 88 by Antonín Dvořák in 1889/90 The Czech–Slovak languages, a West Slavic dialect continuum The Czechoslovak language, a theoretical standardized form defined as the state language of Czechoslovakia in its Constitution of 1920 Comparison of Czech and Slovak See also Slovak Republic (other) * Czech Republic (other) * Czechia (other) * Slovak (other) * Czech (other) Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Czech Expatriates In Slovakia Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe Czech language Czechs, the people of the area Czech culture Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus Czech (surname) Czech, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland Czechville, Wisconsin, unincorporated community, United States See also Čech, a surname * Czech lands * Czechoslovakia * List of Czechs * * * Check (other) * Czechoslovak (other) * Czech Republic (other) * Czechia (other) Czechia is the official short form name of the Czech Republic. Czechia may also refer to: * Historical Czech lands Czechoslovakia (1918–1993) Czech Socialist Republic (1969–1990) Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (1939–1945) See also ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Charles University Alumni Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (James (wikt:Appendix:Proto-Indo-European/ǵerh₂-">ĝer-, where the ĝ is a palatal consonant, meaning "to rub; to be old; grain." An old man has been worn away and is now grey with age. In some Slavic languages, the name ''Drago (given name), Drago'' (and variants: ''Drago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	21st-century Czech Historians File:1st century collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Jesus is crucified by Roman authorities in Judaea (17th century painting). Four different men (Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian) claim the title of Emperor within the span of a year; The Great Fire of Rome (18th-century painting) sees the destruction of two-thirds of the city, precipitating the empire's first persecution against Christians, who are blamed for the disaster; The Roman Colosseum is built and holds its inaugural games; Roman forces besiege Jerusalem during the First Jewish–Roman War (19th-century painting); The Trưng sisters lead a rebellion against the Chinese Han dynasty (anachronistic depiction); Boudica, queen of the British Iceni leads a rebellion against Rome (19th-century statue); Knife-shaped coin of the Xin dynasty., 335px rect 30 30 737 1077 Crucifixion of Jesus rect 767 30 1815 1077 Year of the Four Emperors rect 1846 30 3223 1077 Great Fire of Rome rect 30 1108 1106 2155 Boudican revolt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

	Jan Tesař (historian) Jan Tesař (2 June 1933 – 16 June 2025) was a Czechs, Czech historian and writer who was a dissident in the times of communist Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Czechoslovakia. Life Tesař was born on 2 June 1933 in Skuteč. After having pursued studies in history at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague, he joined the Military Historical Institute in 1956. Expelled from that institution in 1958 for political reasons, he spent two years without a steady position and worked as an independent researcher before finally obtaining a position at the Museum of Pardubice. In 1961, he joined the Military Historical Institute once again. He became a member of the Communist Party in 1966 but resigned his membership in 1969. He was one of the founders of the Committee for the Defense of the Unjustly Prosecuted (VONS), a signatory of Charter 77, and promoter of the meetings between Czech and Polish dissidents in the Giant Mountai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Skuteč Skuteč (; ) is a town in Chrudim District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,100 inhabitants. Administrative division Skuteč consists of 13 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): Skuteč (3,732) Borek (2) Hněvětice (62) Lažany (110) Lešany (41) Lhota u Skutče (62) Nová Ves (12) Radčice (226) Skutíčko (152) Štěpánov (176) Zbožnov (107) Žďárec u Skutče (306) Zhoř (48) Lešany forms an Enclave and exclave, exclave of the municipal territory. Geography Skuteč is located about southeast of Chrudim and southeast of Pardubice. It lies mostly the undulating and hilly landscape of the Iron Mountains (Czech Republic), Iron Mountains, the northern part of the municipal territory extends into the Svitavy Uplands. A part of the Anenské Valley Nature Reserve around the brook Anenský potok is located in the territory. History The first written mention of Skuteč is from 1289. The settlement was l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2025 Deaths The following notable deaths occurred in 2025. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: * Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference. June 17 16 * Nikolay Krasnikov, 40, Russian ice speedway rider, traffic collision. , 89, Chilean actress and actors' rights activist. Nellai S. Muthu, 74, Indian novelist. * John Reid, 61, Scottish record producer, singer ( Nightcrawlers) and songwriter. (death announced on this date) * Julio Retamal Favereau, 91, Chilean historian, philosopher and academic, member of the Academia Chilena de la Historia. * Ron Taylor, 87, Canadian baseball player ( St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets) and team physician (Toronto Blue Jays), four-time World Series champion. (death announced on this date) * Jan Tesař, 92, Czech historian, writer and dissident. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Charter 77 Signatories A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified. It is implicit that the granter retains superiority (or sovereignty), and that the recipient admits a limited (or inferior) status within the relationship, and it is within that sense that charters were historically granted, and it is that sense which is retained in modern usage of the term. In early medieval Britain, charters transferred land from donors to recipients. The word entered the English language from the Old French ', via -4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it wa ... ', via Latin ', and ultimately from Ancient Greek">Greek (', meaning "layer of papyrus"). It has come to be synonymous with a document that sets out a grant of rights or privileges. Other usages The term is used for a special case (or as an exception) of an insti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Czech Magazine Editors Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe Czech language Czechs, the people of the area Czech culture Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus Czech (surname) Czech, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland Czechville, Wisconsin, unincorporated community, United States See also Čech, a surname * Czech lands * Czechoslovakia * List of Czechs * * * Check (other) * Czechoslovak (other) * Czech Republic (other) * Czechia (other) Czechia is the official short form name of the Czech Republic. Czechia may also refer to: * Historical Czech lands Czechoslovakia (1918–1993) Czech Socialist Republic (1969–1990) Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (1939–1945) See also ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Czechoslovak Expatriates In Germany Czechoslovak may refer to: A demonym or adjective pertaining to Czechoslovakia (1918–93) First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–38) Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–39) Third Czechoslovak Republic (1948–60) Fourth Czechoslovak Republic (1960–89) Fifth Czechoslovak Republic (1989–93) ''Czechoslovak'', also ''Czecho-Slovak'', any grouping of the Czech and Slovak ethnicities: As a national identity, see Czechoslovakism The title of Symphony no. 8 in G Major op. 88 by Antonín Dvořák in 1889/90 The Czech–Slovak languages, a West Slavic dialect continuum The Czechoslovak language, a theoretical standardized form defined as the state language of Czechoslovakia in its Constitution of 1920 Comparison of Czech and Slovak See also Slovak Republic (other) * Czech Republic (other) * Czechia (other) * Slovak (other) * Czech (other) Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	People From Skuteč The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Czechoslovak Expatriates In France Czechoslovak may refer to: A demonym or adjective pertaining to Czechoslovakia (1918–93) First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–38) Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–39) Third Czechoslovak Republic (1948–60) Fourth Czechoslovak Republic (1960–89) Fifth Czechoslovak Republic (1989–93) ''Czechoslovak'', also ''Czecho-Slovak'', any grouping of the Czech and Slovak ethnicities: As a national identity, see Czechoslovakism The title of Symphony no. 8 in G Major op. 88 by Antonín Dvořák in 1889/90 The Czech–Slovak languages, a West Slavic dialect continuum The Czechoslovak language, a theoretical standardized form defined as the state language of Czechoslovakia in its Constitution of 1920 Comparison of Czech and Slovak See also Slovak Republic (other) * Czech Republic (other) * Czechia (other) * Slovak (other) * Czech (other) Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Czech Expatriates In Slovakia Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe Czech language Czechs, the people of the area Czech culture Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus Czech (surname) Czech, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland Czechville, Wisconsin, unincorporated community, United States See also Čech, a surname * Czech lands * Czechoslovakia * List of Czechs * * * Check (other) * Czechoslovak (other) * Czech Republic (other) * Czechia (other) Czechia is the official short form name of the Czech Republic. Czechia may also refer to: * Historical Czech lands Czechoslovakia (1918–1993) Czech Socialist Republic (1969–1990) Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (1939–1945) See also ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Charles University Alumni Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (James (wikt:Appendix:Proto-Indo-European/ǵerh₂-">ĝer-, where the ĝ is a palatal consonant, meaning "to rub; to be old; grain." An old man has been worn away and is now grey with age. In some Slavic languages, the name ''Drago (given name), Drago'' (and variants: ''Drago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	21st-century Czech Historians File:1st century collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Jesus is crucified by Roman authorities in Judaea (17th century painting). Four different men (Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian) claim the title of Emperor within the span of a year; The Great Fire of Rome (18th-century painting) sees the destruction of two-thirds of the city, precipitating the empire's first persecution against Christians, who are blamed for the disaster; The Roman Colosseum is built and holds its inaugural games; Roman forces besiege Jerusalem during the First Jewish–Roman War (19th-century painting); The Trưng sisters lead a rebellion against the Chinese Han dynasty (anachronistic depiction); Boudica, queen of the British Iceni leads a rebellion against Rome (19th-century statue); Knife-shaped coin of the Xin dynasty., 335px rect 30 30 737 1077 Crucifixion of Jesus rect 767 30 1815 1077 Year of the Four Emperors rect 1846 30 3223 1077 Great Fire of Rome rect 30 1108 1106 2155 Boudican revolt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]