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| 1 | 1526 | - 1526—1918: HABSBURG DYNASTY
https://www.mzv.cz/tripoli/en/general_information_about_the_czech/history/index.html - Habsburg Dynasty - Czech lands became part of Hapsburg monarchy, Ferdinand I elected as Czech King.
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| 2 | 1848 | - 1848—1949: Humpelec district
Humpolec, Pelhrimov, Vysocina; (VOPALENSKY family of village Dusejov and surrounding villages of Opatov, etc., all villages belonged to district until 1949. Many documents are in District Pelhrimov.)
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| 3 | 1867 | - 1867—1918: Austro-Hungarian Empire
1867 - 1918; Austro-Hungarian Empire (Hapsburg Monarchy divided into Dual Monarchy).
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| 4 | 1889 | - 1889: North Dakota and South Dakota
2 Nov 1889, North Dakota and South Dakota becomes states.
- 1889: Washington
11 Nov 1889, Washington becomes 42nd state.
- 1889: Oklahoma Land Runs
Homestead land becomes available in Oklahoma, with land runs.
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| 6 | 1891 | - 1891: Immigrant Vopalensky
*** 10 Jun 1891, Jan VOPALENSKY, born 1856, immigrated to Baltimore; lived in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA. First cousin of immigrant Frank VOPALENSKY who immigrated in 1862 to Grant County, Wisconsin, USA.
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| 7 | 1892 | - 1 Jan 1892—Nov 1954: Ellis Island
Ellis Island, New York; passenger ship immigration port
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| 8 | 1893 | - 1893: St Norbert Abbey, De Pere, Wisconsin, USA
(Premonstratensian / Norbertine Abbey) In 1893, Father Bernard Pennings and two other Norbertines from Berne Abbey (in Heeswijk, Netherlands) came to the United States to minister to Belgian immigrants in northern Wisconsin. De Pere, Wisconsin, became the site of the first Norbertine Abbey in the new world.
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| 9 | 1894 | - 1894—1895: Smallpox Epidemic in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
*** Jun 1894 - 1895, Smallpox Epidemic in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Jan and Josefa VOPALENSKY family, living in Milwaukee travel back to Dusejov, Bohemia (Czech Republic). The Milwaukee smallpox epidemic of 1895-1895 reported 1074 total cases and 269 deaths. The highest concentration of cases and deaths was in the 11th Ward, which had 420 cases and 120 deaths. On 12th Avenue (the Jan Vopalensky family lived on 12th Avenue in the 11th ward) in the 11th Ward, there were 15 cases and 4 deaths. From http://www.upmchealthsecurity.org/website/resources/multimedia/2004-leadership-guide/exec_summary/case_studies/case_study_24.html : Milwaukee's 1894 public health response contributed greatly to the spread of smallpox and ultimately to the duration of the outbreak. During that time, Milwaukee had an active anti-vaccination movement that touted the dangers of vaccination.
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| 10 | 1898 | - 1898: Spanish-American War
Spanish-American War
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| 11 | 1900 | |
| 12 | 1907 | - 1907: Oklahoma
16 Nov 1907, Oklahoma becomes 46th state.
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| 13 | 1908 | - 1908: Henry Ford car
Henry Ford begins production of Model T cars in USA.
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| 15 | 1914 | - 1914—1918: World War I
28 Jun 1914 - 3 Nov 1918, World War I from 1914 to 1918. USA enters war in 1917.
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| 16 | 1915 | - 1915: Eastland sinks in Chicago River
24 Jul 1915, 844 died in the sinking of the Eastland excursion boat in the Chicago River. The ship rolled over while tied to the dock. It was chartered to take employees from Western Electric Company of Cicero, Illinois to a picnic in Michigan City, Indiana. Many of the passengers were Czech immigrants from Cicero; 220 of them perished.
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| 17 | 1918 | - 1918—1992: CZECHOSLOVAKIA
28 Oct 1918 - 31 Dec 1992, Establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918. First President was Thomas G. Masaryk who died in 1937. According to the 1921 census, its population makup was: Czechs 51%, Slovaks 14.5%, Germans 23.4%, Hungarians 5.5%, plus some Polish, Ukrainians, Russians, Jews and Romy.
- 1918—1919: Spanish Flu in USA
The Spanish Flu or "la gripe" spread quickly across the United States.
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| 18 | 1919 | - 1919: Prohibition
In USA outlaws purchase, sale and transport of alcohol.
- 1919: Sudetenland
28 June 1919, in Paris, Sudetenland, with its 3.5 million German-speaking inhabitants, is assigned to the new republic of Czechoslovakia.
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| 19 | 1921 | - 1921: Civil registration required by law
Civil registration required by law, church registers no longer valid public records.
- 1921: Czech Census
census
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| 20 | 1922 | - 1922: US Immigration Law
Married woman's citizenship becomes independent of her husband's.
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| 21 | 1927 | - 1927: First talking movies.
First talking movies
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| 22 | 1929 | - 1929: Great Depression
24 Oct 1929, Stock Market Crash
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| 23 | 1938 | - 1938—1945: World War II
Sep 1938 - Aug 1945, World War II from 1938 to 1945.
- 1938: Munich Agreement
29 Sep 1938, Munich Agreement ceded the Sudentenland areas of Bohemia and Moravia to Nazi Germany.
- 1938: Vienna Arbitration
Nov 1938, Vienna Arbitation forced ceding large areas of Slovakia to Hungary.
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| 24 | 1939 | - 1939: Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
15 Mar 1939, Nazi Germany took over all Czech lands (annexation of Sudetenland) as the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia - German Occupation.
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| 25 | 1941 | - 1941: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
7 Dec 1941, WWII Japanese attach Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, USA enters war.
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| 26 | 1944 | - 1944: D-Day
6 Jun 1944, WWII Allies invade Normandy, France.
- 1944: Battle of the Bulge
WWII Battle of the Bulge begins to break down Axis position on Western Front.
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| 27 | 1945 | - 1945—1989: Communist Era in Czechoslovakia
1945 - Nov 1989, The Communist Era in Czechoslovakia ended with the Velvet Revolution in November 1989.
- 1945: Sub-Carpathian Russia to Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia loses Sub-Carpathian Russia to Soviet Union.
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| 28 | 1948 | - 1948: CzechoSlovak Community Party
CzechoSlovak Communist party seizes government power.
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| 29 | 1949 | - 1949: Jihlava District
Jihlava, Jihlava, Vysocina; (VOPALENSKY family of village Dusejov and surrounding villages of Opatov, etc., all villages belonged to district from 1949. Many documents are in District Jihlava.)
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| 30 | 1950 | - 1950—1953: Korean War
Korean War
- 1950: Consolidation of all records
Czechoslovakia consolidates all records of genealogical value by the government.
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| 31 | 1952 | - 1952: Passenger Jet
First passenger jet in Britian.
- 1952: Centralization of all records
Czechoslovakia centralizes records into state regional archives.
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| 32 | 1964 | - 1964—1975: Vietnam War
Vietnam War from 1964 to 1975.
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| 33 | 1968 | - 1968: Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
https://www.mzv.cz/tripoli/en/general_information_about_the_czech/history/index.html - August 1968 - Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia
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| 34 | 1989 | - 1989: Velvet Revolution
1989; Velvet Revolution - Fall of communism in Czechoslovakia
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| 35 | 1993 | - 1993: CZECH REPUBLIC and SLOVAKIA
1 Jan 1993, Czechoslovakia splits into two independent countries (known as the Velvet Divorce) - the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Czech Republic is 30,450 square miles (about the size of South Carolina or Maine). Slovakia is 49,035 square milies (about the size of Mississippi).
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