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17.5.1742 Battle of Chotusice 17. 5. 1742

17.5.1742 Battle of Chotusice

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The Austrian army suffered a crushing defeat at the Battle of Chotusice on 17 May 1742. Tens of thousands of men lost their lives. Maria Theresa had to give up her beloved Silesia.
15.5. 1914 Pilot Alois Šiška was born 15. 5. 1914

15.5. 1914 Pilot Alois Šiška was born

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He is one of our most famous war veterans. He served as a pilot in the Royal Air Force and survived a crash landing over the North Sea. Alois Šiška was born on May 15, 1914, and was interested in aviation from an early age.
13.5.1923 Charlotta Garrigue-Masaryk died 13. 5. 1923

13.5.1923 Charlotta Garrigue-Masaryk died

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When President T. G. Masaryk learned that his wife had died, he fell to his knees and wept. He said that without her, he wouldn't have understood the meaning of life. Charlotte died on May 13, 1923, after suffering a stroke.
12 May 1743 Coronation of Maria Theresa 12. 5. 1743

12 May 1743 Coronation of Maria Theresa

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The ceremony of the coronation of Maria Theresa as the Queen of Bohemia was magnificent. It took place on May 12, 1743. It was an act of reconciliation, because the Bohemians did not like the monarch very much because of the betrayal of the nobility.
11 May 1859 Archduke John of Habsburg-Lorraine died 11. 5. 1859

11 May 1859 Archduke John of Habsburg-Lorraine died

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He was one of the most popular members of the Habsburg family, the youngest brother of Emperor Francis I. He also intervened in the Napoleonic Wars. The Austrian archduke and military leader John of Habsburg-Lorraine died on 11 May 1859 at the age of 77.

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