In mid-July 1918, the Bolsheviks executed the Russian Tsar Nicholas II, who was the first to die. Only then his wife and five children. The massacre ended in chaotic gunfire until the last victims fell.
On July 16, 1969, at precisely 4.32 p.m., the Apollo 11 crew launched on a historic journey to the Moon. The first to touch the lunar surface was Neil Amstrong.
His short stories from Malostranské Street are among the gems of Czech modern prose. Jan Neruda was also at the birth of the Mayans. He was born at the beginning of July 1834.
He was the first to light up Prague's square with electric light. The name of František Křižík is associated in Bohemia with the idea of an electric century, like Edison's in America.
Josef Ressel's discovery of the propeller accelerated transport on water, although it is disputed whether he was actually the first inventor of this technical innovation. He drew a sketch of an airship powered by an Archimedean spiral during his studies in Vienna.
Queen Victoria only wore her regal mask when receiving official visitors. Otherwise, she was cheerful and had a sense of humour. Her coronation took place at the end of June 1838.
Before the coronation of Maria Theresa as Queen of Hungary, the crown had to be modified because it was made for a man's head. The ceremony took place in June 1741 in Pressburg.
Přemysl Otakar II refused to recognise the election of Rudolf I of Habsburg as King of Rome. He declared an imperial curse on the Czech king. Anyone in the neighbouring countries could now capture Otakar and condemn him
