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History of the Czech Republic

29 recorded states lay in what is now the Czech Republic, from the Boii (400 BCE). 8 of them have a full profile, and 5 outside powers ruled here.

ProfileState (capital or seat)7 without a known seat not shownOpen in the atlas →

Profiles

Empires that ruled here

Timeline

5th century BCE

  1. Boii400 BCE – 40 BCE · tribal confederation

1st century BCE

  1. Suebi72 BCE – 260 CE · tribal confederation
  2. Marcomanni58 BCE – 430 CE · tribal confederation
  3. Quadi10 BCE – 406 CE · tribal confederation
  4. Kingdom of Maroboduus9 BCE – 19 CE · kingdom

1st century

  1. Kingdom of Vannius19 CE – 50 CE · kingdom

5th century

  1. Kingdom of the Heruli490 CE – 508 CE · kingdom

7th century

  1. Samo's Empire623 CE – 658 CE · tribal confederation

9th century

  1. Great Moravia833 CE – 907 CE · principality
  2. Duchy of Bohemia870 CE – 1198 CE · duchy

10th century

  1. Kingdom of Germany962 CE – 1806 CE · kingdom

11th century

  1. Duchy of Brno1054 CE – 1200 CE · duchy
  2. Duchy of Olomouc1061 CE – 1200 CE · duchy
  3. Duchy of Znojmo1092 CE – 1200 CE · duchy

12th century

  1. Duchy of Silesia1138 CE – 1248 CE · duchy
  2. Margraviate of Moravia1182 CE – 1918 CE · profile
  3. Kingdom of Bohemia1198 CE – 1918 CE · profile

13th century

  1. Duchy of Opava1269 CE – 1918 CE · duchy
  2. Duchy of Cieszyn1290 CE – 1918 CE · duchy
  3. Duchy of Nysa1290 CE – 1810 CE · prince bishopric

14th century

  1. Duchy of Krnov1377 CE – 1918 CE · duchy

16th century

  1. Habsburg Monarchy1526 CE – 1804 CE · profile

18th century

  1. Kingdom of Prussia1701 CE – 1918 CE · profile
  2. Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia1742 CE – 1918 CE · duchy

19th century

  1. Austrian Empire1804 CE – 1867 CE · profile
  2. German Confederation1815 CE – 1866 CE · profile

20th century

  1. Czechoslovakia1918 CE – 1992 CE · profile
  2. Nazi Germany1933 CE – 1945 CE · profile
  3. Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia1939 CE – 1945 CE · protectorate

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Shared histories

States that also lay in other present-day countries:

States of Germany and Central Europe → All country histories →

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). History of the Czech Republic. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/czech-republic
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“History of the Czech Republic.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/czech-republic. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “History of the Czech Republic.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/czech-republic.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘History of the Czech Republic’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/czech-republic (Accessed: ).