Calendarium 2025

CALENDARIUM (important anniversaries) 2025

21/1/1525	the anabaptists detached from the Helvetian reformation
26/3/1775	peasant revolt near Chlumec upon Cidlina suppressed
18/5/1575	Confession of Bohemia proposed to Emperor Maximilian II
6/7/1925	Francesco Marmaggi, papal legate, left Prague in protest against the National Holiday of master John Huss
1/8/1975	the Helsinki Final Act signed at the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe
21/10/1125	† Kosmas, first Czech chronicler
14/11/1535	Brethren Confession proposed to emperor Ferdinand I
28/12/1725	emperor Charles VI’s orders against heretics (other confessions except Roman Catholicism were also illegal from the state view)
January
2/1/1755	† Daniel Stránský, Protestant priest, writer and translator, author of hymns
6/1/1855	* Elena Maróthy Šoltésová, woman writer and journalist, head of the Association Živena, founder of the Women Movement
8/1/1555	† Bohuslav Bílejovský, utraquist priest, author of the Czech Chronicle
14/1/1875	* Albert Schweitzer, theologian, missionary, physician, organ virtuoso, Nobel Peace Prize winner († 4. 9. 1965)
18/1/1850	* Jan Pelíšek, Protestant theologian, author of Protestant songs and poems, translator
21/1/1525	the anabaptists detached from the Helvetian reformation
27/1/1930	† Jur Janoška, Protestant priest, first General Bishop of the Protestant Church AC in Slovakia
February
1/2/1510	† Sidonie of Poděbrady, daughter of the Czech King George of Poděbrady
2/2/1905	† Anna Jurkovičová-Hurbanová, amateur actress, spouse of J. M. Hurban, mother of S. Hurban Vajanský
15/2/1990	StB ceased, secret police of former Czechoslovakia
16/2/1945	† Alois Tuháček, Czechoslovak Hussite priest, fellow of the patriarch Karel Farský
17/2/1425	† Johann von Drändorf, priest and propagator of reformation ideas, burnt to death in Heidelberg
17/2/1865	* Ernst Troeltsch, theologian, sociologist of religion
17/2/1955	† Štefan Krčméry, Protestant priest, literary historian and critic, journalist and editor
24/2/1900	† Adam Ithamar Marian Koch, Protestant preacher, superintendent AC in Bohemia
24/2/1925	† Alois Mrštík, writer and teacher
March
7/3/1850	* Prof PhDr. Thomas Garrigue Masaryk, first Czechoslovak president, philosopher, sociologist
7/3/1905	† Ján Francisci-Rimavský, Slovak statesman, theologian, poet, writer, journalist and translator
8/3/1975	† Prof PhDr. Zdeněk Fiala, historian
16/3/1880	† Matej Hrebenda, bibliophile, collector of folk songs, author of biographic prose and spiritual poetry
19/3/1925	* Prof PhDr. Jaro Křivohlavý, psychologist and writer
24/3/1775	leaders of the peasant revolt, who should have negotiate about the corvée patent, were arrested
26/3/1775	peasant revolt near Chlumec upon Cidlina suppressed
31/3/1675	* Benedikt XIV, pope supporting education and tolerance to Protestants
April
9/4/1945	† Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Protestant theologian, moral philosopher and counter-Nazi fighter
13/4/1900	* JUDr. Prokop Drtina, Czechoslovak politician, lawyer, the Minister of Justice
14/4/1825	* Daniel Maróthy, Protestant priest, poet, journalist and collector of folklore
17/4/1885	* Vladimír Roy, Protestant priest, poet and translator
22/4/1925	* Prof ThDr. Jan Heller, theologian, religionist and translator
May
5/5/1855	* Ľudovít Kubáni, academic painter
8/5/1945	the end of the World War II in Europe
9/5/1760	† Nicolaus Ludwig Count of Zinzendorf, founder of the Renewed Unity of Brethren
11/5/1625	* Alžběta Marie of Minsterberg, the last offspring of George of Poděbrady
11/5/1725	† Jakub Galač, Silesian Protestant Bible expert, peasant and poet
13/5/1795	* Pavel Josef Šafařík, founder of the Slavonic studies, ethnographer, linguist, leading personality of the Czech National Revival
18/5/1575	Confession of Bohemia proposed to Emperor Maximilian II
27/5/1525	† Thomas Müntzer, leader of the German Peasant Revolt
June
1/6/165?	† St Justin Martyr, Church Father, executed
5/6/2000	† Prof PhDr. Miroslav Novák, CHC patriarch
5/6/1415	Huss’ first audience at Council of Constance
7/6/1560	† Leonard Stöckel, Reformation humanist, Luther’s and Melanchton’s follower, also called as the ”Teacher of Hungary”
10/6/1415	John Huss wrote his letter to Faithful Czechs
15/6/1615	General Estates’ assembly of the Czech Kingdom approved the language law preferring Czech
21/6/1621	the 27 Representatives of Czech Estates execution at the Old Town Square in Prague, incl. John Jessenius, physician and diplomat from Slovakia
28/6/1905	* Mária Rázusová-Martáková, teacher, author of books for children and teenagers (the sister of writer Martin Rázus)
29/6/1875	† Ferdinand I the Benevolent, last Czech crowned king
July
1/7/1415	John Huss refused to recant his alleged ”fallacies”
4/7/1935	† Július Bodnár, Protestant priest, Church historian, ethnographer and folklorist, translator and journalist
5/7/1840	† Adam Chalupka, Protestant priest, teacher, Church journalist and historian
6/7/1415	† John Huss, reformer, burnt to death in Constance
6/7/1925	Francesco Marmaggi, papal legate, left Prague in protest against the National Holiday of master John Huss
14/7/1415	† Jan, called Žák, burnt to death in Olomouc
15/7/1900	* ThDr. Viktor Hájek, ECCB Synodal senior
17/7/1995	† Maša Haľamová, poet, one of the most important woman writers of the Slovak poetry in 20th century
21/7/1880	* PhDr. Milan Rastislav Štefánik, astronomer, diplomat, politician, pilot, one of the most significant personalities of the modern Slovak and Czechoslovak history
28/7/1750	† Johann Sebastian Bach, Baroque music composer
August
1/8/1975	the Helsinki Final Act signed at the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe
3/8/1640	* Daniel Sinapius-Horčička, Protestant priest, poet, dramatist, Slavist, homiletic and author of prayers
11/8/1880	† Juraj Daxner, advocate, founding member of Slovak Matica
13/8/1775	Maria Theresa issued the Corvée Patent (for land Bohemia)
16/8/1945	† Prof PhDr. Kamil Krofta, historian, poet and diplomat
16/8/2005	† Roger Schütz, founder of the Taizé community
18/8/1975	† Štěpán Šoltész, parson and thinker
19/8/1860	* Kristína Royová, writer, author of spiritual hymns, leading person of the Blue Cross Society
23/8/1925	* Milan Machovec, Czech philosopher
28/8/1940	ecumenical community in Taizé (Burgundy) founded
September
2/9/1415	Letter of Complaints against burning of John Huss to death sealed by 452 Czech noblemen
4/9/1955	† Prof ThDr. Alois Spisar, Czech reform priest and religious writer, CHC parson
15/9/1920	Czechoslovak (Hussite) Church accepted by the state
17/9/1425	† Čeněk of Vartenberk, Czech noble and politician
25/9/1555	the Peace of Augsburg signed in Germany (rule: whose realm, his religion and confession)
30/9/1740	† Daniel Krman Jr., Protestant priest and superintendent
October
11/10/1424	† John Žižka of Trocnov, Hussites’ general
16/10/1700	* Juraj Radvanský, yeoman, Steward of Zvolen, first Protestant in the rank of king’s advisor
17/10/1425	peace between Taborites and Orphanites with Prague Hussites signed
18/10/1685	Louis XIV canceled the Edict of Nantes, many French Huguenots left to exile abroad
21/10/925	St Ludmila’s corpse moved to Prague
21/10/1125	† Kosmas, first Czech chronicler
21/10/1435	Jan Rokycana elected to be the Archbishop of Prague
24/10/1925	† Jindřich Šimon Baar, priest, poet and writer, in 1918–1921 the head of the Unity of the Czechoslovak Catholic Clergy
28/10/1815	* Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak national revivalist and poet
31/10/1425	Hussite battle near Kamenice upon Limetree
31/10/1517	World Day of the Reformation (this day Martin Luther nailed his 95 thesis on the church door at Wittenberg)
November
1/11/1625	* Ján Sinapius-Horčička, Protestant priest, exile for belief, poet, writer and didactic
2/11/1975	† Prof ThDr. Rudolf Říčan, Protestant historian, theologian and university pedagogue
3/11/1918	Virgin Mary Column at Old Town Square in Prague – political symbol of Habsburg’s absolutism – demolished
6/11/1775	† Jan Tržil, one leader of peasant corvée revolt
8/11/1620	White-Mountain battle
14/11/1535	Brethren Confession proposed to emperor Ferdinand I
15/11/1670	† John Amos Comenius, Unity of Brethren bishop, ”the Teacher of Nations”
23/11/1880	* Oľga Textorisová, teacher, writer, translator
28/11/1695	† Jan Sladký Kozina, Chods’ leader, hanged
30/11/1750	* Tomáš Juren, Bible expert, teacher, folk preacher and painter
December
1/12/1525	* Tadeáš Hájek of Hájek, naturalist, astronomer and physician
4/12/1855	* Ján Slávik, Protestant priest, Church historian, signer of the Martin Declaration
4/12/1875	* Anna Chlebounová, Protestant politician, female deputy and senator
8/12/1965	conclusion of the Second Vatican Council
9/12/1905	strict and absolute separation between the state and Churches in France
13/12/1545	opening of the Trent Council that approved the program of recatholization
17/12/1935	† Mária Zochová, founder and the head of the Association of Wives of Protestant Parsons and Slovakian Evangelic Diaconia
23/12/1555	* Mikuláš Dačický of Heslov, poet and writer
26/12/1725	† Jan František Beckovský, writer and historian
27/12/1950	† PhDr. Antonín Boháč, statistician, demographer, ECCB Synodal curator
28/12/1725	emperor Charles VI’s orders against heretics (other confessions except Roman Catholicism were also illegal from the state view)