Calendarium 2020

CALENDARIUM (important anniversaries) 2020

July 1420	Four Articles of Prague formulation – the unifying program of all Hussite streams (while Prague was besieged by crusaders)
8. 11. 1620	White Mountain Battle
? 1350	* Matěj of Janov, Czech religious reformer, predecessor of Master John Huss
? 1460	* Petr of Chelčice, Czech theologian, philosopher and pacifist
? 1460	* Lukáš of Prague, bishop anf theologian of the Unity of Brethren
1500	* Jan Augusta, theologian and bishop of the Unity of Brethren
1520	* Matěj Dvorský of Hájek, utraquist theologian, professor and rector of the Charles University, coauthor of the Czech Confession
1560	first synod of Polish Unity of Brethen in Poznań
? 1640	† Pavel Skála of Zhoř, historian, exile for belief, writer
January
1420	Nekmíř Battle (first using of the wagon fort by Hussites)
8. 1. 1920	Czechoslovak (Hussite) Church founded
9. 1. 1420	throwing of Hussites into old mines in Kutná Hora
10. 1. 1890	† Ignaz von Döllinger, German theologian, who refused the Papal infallibility dogma
23. 1. 1500	† Matěj of Kunvald, first Unity of Brethren’s bishop
31. 1. 1990	† Prof Amedeo Molnár, Czech theologian and historian
February
1. 2. 1510	† Zdeňka of Bohemia, daughter of George od Poděbrady
4. 2. 1820	* Božena Němcová, Czech writer
March
12. 3. 1930	† Alois Jirásek, Czech writer, author of historical novels from Hussite epoch and Post-White-Mountain period
15. 3. 1420	† Jan Krása, Prague burgher and Hussite emissary, dragged to death in Wrocław ordered by king Sigismund
20. 3. 1485	Kutná Hora Treaty – first milestone of conscience plurality in Europe (even for serfs)
25. 3. 1420	Hussites’ victory at Sudoměř Battle
April
2. 4. 1910	† Fridrich von Bodelschwingh, founder od Diaconia
3. 4. 1420	first Hussite manifesto requesting negoations instead of war
5. 4. 1420	Mladá Vožice Battle
12. 4. 1870	* Josef Pekař, Czech historian, president candidate
13. 4. 1920	* Karel Otčenášek, Roman Catholic bishop
16. 4. 2010	† Tomáš Špidlík, Roman Catholic priest and cardinal
19. 4. 1560	† Philipp Melanchthon, “Teacher of Germany”, Luther’s successor, author of the Augsburg Confession
21. 4. 1990	first visit of pope John Paul II in Czechoslovakia
23. 4. 1420	* George of Poděbrady, Czech king
May
9. 5. 1760	† Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, founder of the Unity of Brethren in Herrnhut (*26.5.1700)
10. 5. 1990	Catholic Faculty of Theology, Evangelic Faculty of Theology and Hussite Faculty of Theology incorporated into the Charles University
18. 5. 1575	Czech Confession presewnted to the Emperor Maximilian II
18. 5. 1920	* Karol Wojtyla, later pope St John Paul II
21. 5. 1760	† Anna Caritas Nitschmann, missionary, second wife of N. L. von Zinzendorf
June
1420	Four Articles of Prague formulation – the unifying program of all Hussite streams (while Prague was besieged by crusaders)
1600	Jan Jessenius performed the first public autopsy of a human body in Bohemia
7. 6. 1930	* Vladimír Sakař, historian and archeologist
14. 6. 2010	† Jaroslav Škarvada, titular bishop of Litomyšl and auxiliary bishop of Prague
21. 6. 1621	27 Representatives of the Czech Estates Revolt’s execution at the Old Town Square in Prague
27. 6. 1950	† Milada Horáková, Czech politician, executed
30. 6. 1420	Tábor Battle
July
6. 7. 1415	Master John Huss burnt to death in Constance
14. 7. 1420	Battle at Vítkov Hill
16. 7. 1410	Wycliff’s works burnt in archbishop’s palace in Prague
18. 7. 1410	annathema proclaimed upon Master John Huss
18. 7. 1870	Papal infallibility dogma declared at First Vatican Council
26. 7. 1880	* Karel Farský, first patriarch of the Czechoslovak (Hussite) Church
28. 7. 1750	† Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer and organ virtuoso
August
1. 8. 1870	* Ladislav Jan Šaloun, sculptor, author of John Huss Monument’s at the Old Town Square in Prague
13. 8. 1910	* Florence Nightingale, diaconia and nursing care pioneer in Britain (*12.5.1820)
18. 8. 1990	† Josef Zvěřina, Czech Roman Catholic theologian and historian
26. 8. 1910	* St Mother Teresa, nun, probably the most famous missionary of the 20th century; worked in India
September
1. 9. 1310	John the Blind and Elizabeth of Bohemia wedding
23. 9. 1530	Konrád Krajíř of Krajek with other noblemen joined the Unity of Brethren
26. 9. 1650	Virgin Mary Column at the Old Town Square in Prague was erected
27. 9. 1540	pope Paul III approved the constitution of the Jesuit Religious Order
October
3. 10. 1780	† Jan Jílek, exile for belief, writer
11. 10. 1424	† John Žižka of Trocnov, brilliant Hussite general
12. 10. 1900	* Jaroslav Šimsa, YMCA Secretary
16. 10. 1870	beginning of the missionary work of the Herrnhut Unity of Brethren in Potštejn
21. 10. 1435	Prague Archbishopric vicar general Jan of Rokycany elected as Prague archbishop
27. 10. 1760	† Matěj Antonín Koniáš, preacher, writer, censor
30. 10. 1910	† Henri Dunant, Red Cross Movement founder
31. 10. 1517	International Day of the Reformation (this day Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses on the church door in Wittenberg)
November
1. 11. 1420	the Battle beneath Vysehrad
8. 11. 1620	White Mountain Battle
15. 11. 1670	† John Amos Comenius, Brethren bishop, educationalist, the “Teacher of Nations”
16. 11. 1810	* Karel Hynek Mácha, Czech poet
20. 11. 1910	† Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer and philosopher
21. 11. 1920	claiming of the church in Radhošť by the Czechoslovak Church members
December
7. 12. 1870	† Ján Palárik, Slovak Roman Catholic priest and revivalist
8. 12. 1870	František Palacký and F. L. Rieger protested against national oppression in Austria-Hungary
8. 12. 1965	reform Second Vatican Council concluded
10. 12. 1520	Martin Luther burnt pope’s bulla that he should have been excluded from the Church through
13. 12. 1620	Land Assembly of Moravia surrendered to the imperial army
23. 12. 1620	after hopeless attemps to begin a new campaign Frederick of the Palatinate left Silesia to Haag
24. 12. 1420	† Mikuláš of Hus, Hussite general
29. 12. 1170	† St Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury, murdered by king’s knights