Portal:Czech Republic/Selected anniversaries/October
5 October 1842 – The first batch of
Pilsner Urquell
beer is produced
6 October 1923 – Foundation of Czechoslovak Airlines, now known as
Czech Airlines
9 October 1410 – First mention of the
Prague astronomical clock
(pictured)
24 October 1526 –
Ferdinand I
becomes King of Bohemia, starting a period of nearly 400 years of
Habsburg
rule over
Czech lands
28 October 1918 – The independent state of
Czechoslovakia
is founded in Prague