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  1. Czech Republic Chronology
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  3. Following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918, the Republic of Czechoslovakia was established.
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  5. *  1968 "Prague Spring." Invasion by Warsaw Pact countries.
  6. *  1989 Beginning of the "Velvet Revolution." Demonstrations in main cities. Majority of non-communists in parliament.
  7. *  1990 Free legislative elections.
  8. *  1993 Split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.