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Prague, Czechia
LOCATION
Official Website:
http://www.prague-city.cz/
Population:
1,172,975 (2005)
SCHOOLS
ORCHESTRA
OPERA
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Wenzel Hollar |
Engraver |
13-Jul-1607 |
28-Mar-1677 |
Bohemian-English etcher |
| Franz Kafka |
Novelist |
3-Jul-1883 |
3-Jun-1924 |
Metamorphosis |
| Franz Kotzwara |
Composer |
1730 |
2-Feb-1793 |
The Battle of Prague |
| Vera Ralston |
Actor |
12-Jun-1921 |
9-Feb-2003 |
Dakota |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Tycho Brahe |
Astronomer |
14-Dec-1546 |
24-Oct-1601 |
Copper-nosed Danish astronomer |
| Vera Caslavska |
Gymnastics |
3-May-1942 |
30-Aug-2016 |
11 Olympic medals |
| Antonin Dvorak |
Composer |
8-Sep-1841 |
1-May-1904 |
From the New World |
| Ernest Gellner |
Philosopher |
9-Dec-1925 |
5-Nov-1995 |
Words and Things |
| Miroslav Holub |
Poet |
13-Sep-1923 |
14-Jul-1998 |
Immunologist, important Czech poet |
| Bohumil Hrabal |
Author |
28-Mar-1914 |
3-Feb-1997 |
Closely Watched Trains |
| Jaromil Jires |
Film Director |
10-Dec-1935 |
24-Oct-2001 |
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders |
| St. John of Nepomuk |
Religion |
c. 1345 |
20-Mar-1393 |
Patron saint of Bohemia |
| Jozef Lenart |
Head of State |
3-Apr-1923 |
11-Feb-2004 |
Czech Prime Minister, 1963-68 |
| Bedrich Smetana |
Composer |
2-Mar-1824 |
12-May-1884 |
My Country |
| Ladislas V |
Royalty |
22-Feb-1440 |
23-Nov-1457 |
King of Hungary and Bohemia |
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