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History 13th century (growth) Although some former rulers of Bohemia had enjoyed a non-hereditary royal title during the 11th and 12th centuries (Vratislaus II, Vladislaus II), the kingdom was formally established in 1198 by Přemysl Ottokar I, who had his status acknowledged by Philip of Swabia, elected King of the Romans, in return for his support against the rival Emperor Otto IV.
Česká Beseda (Bohemia Club), founded in 1899, was located at 3659 W. Douglas Boulevard in the Lawndale neighborhood by 1912. Chicago’s Czech elite, as well as the visiting Czech elite of the rest of the United States and Czech lands, frequented the club.
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Mar 24, 2021 · Since 1526, the history of the Kingdom of Bohemia became closely connected to that of the Habsburgs and the Holy Roman Empire. This painting shows the coronation of the only queen of the Austrian Empire, Maria Theresa in 1741. She went on to become a Holy Roman Empress.
Alfonso VI (born before June 1040—died 1109, Toledo, Castile) was the king of Leon (1065–70) and king of reunited Castile and Leon (1072–1109), who by 1077 had proclaimed himself “emperor of all Spain” (imperator totius Hispaniae).
Between 1870 and 1900, Chicago grew from a city of 299,000 to nearly 1.7 million and was the fastest-growing city in world history. Chicago's flourishing economy attracted huge numbers of new immigrants from Eastern and Central Europe, especially Jews, Poles, and Italians, along with many smaller groups.
Two years later, in 1037, he defeated the king of León who died in the battle and, because Fernando was married to the Leonese king's sister, he became king of León and Galicia. For nearly 30 years, until his death in 1065, he ruled over the kingdom of León and the county of Castile as Ferdinand I of León .
Feb 15, 2012 · If you just did a double take, you're not the only one; we did one when we started digging into the long-defunct Cafe Bohemia, a staple of the Chicago restaurant world from the 1930s to the 1980s ...
