Historical figures in Prague
The atlas holds 29 people and 56 moments here, from 1356 to 2011. The most recorded lives are Franz Kafka, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Hans Christian Andersen. Among them Writers, Musicians and Composers and Philosophers, across the Cold War and the Space Age.
Notable people
René Descartes
in 1620
1 moment here
French philosopher, mathematician, and natural philosopher whose methodic doubt, mind-body distinction, analytic techniques, and mechanical account…
Satyendra Nath Bose
in 1953
1 moment here
Indian theoretical physicist and mathematician whose 1924 work founded Bose-Einstein statistics.…
Willy Brandt
in 1973
1 moment here
German Social Democratic politician, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm in Lübeck. He lived in exile in Norway and Sweden during the Nazi era, became…
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
from 1787 to 1791
5 moments here
Austrian composer and performer of the Classical era. Born in Salzburg, Mozart toured Europe as a child prodigy, made three formative journeys to…
Yuri Gagarin
in 1961
1 moment here
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human to travel into outer space and to orbit Earth on Vostok 1 on 12 April…
Moments
- 1984 State visit to Prague in 1984 Kim Il Sung
- 1986 Stop in Prague Rajiv Gandhi
- 1987 State visit to Prague Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1990 Velvet Revolution anniversary George H. W. Bush
- 2003 Filming in Prague Chester Bennington
- 2011 Symphonica Tour premiere George Michael