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- Josef Drechsler was born on 26 May 1782 in Wällischbirken, Bohemia, Habsburg Monarchy, Holy Roman Empire [now Vlachovo Brezi, Czech Republic]. Josef was a composer, known for Der Kegelkönig (1942), Der Bauer als Millionär (1961) and Der Bauer als Millionär (1963). Josef died on 27 February 1852 in Vienna, Austrian Empire [now Austria].
- Václav Kliment Klicpera was a Czech playwright, writer, and poet. He was one of the first presenters of Czech drama, and was especially influential in the foundation of comedic Czech theatre. Klicpera was born in Chlumec nad Cidlinou. After graduating from a gymnasium (a European secondary school) in 1813, he moved to Prague. There he studied philosophy in 1816 and medicine in 1818. In June 1819 he was made a professor at a gymnasium in Hradec Králové. In 1850 he became schoolmaster of a Prague gymnasium. He was skilled in writing chivalric plays and patriotically-themed historical dramas that became the foundation of modern Czech drama. He is also recognized for his farces (in Czech frasky), in the Plautine tradition. He also wrote historical romance stories, plays from his own era, and plays with fairy tale motifs. Klicpera supported the advancement of Czech theatre through the publication of plays in the Klicpera's theatre edition. He died in Prague and is buried in the city's Olsany Cemetery.
- Jan Kalivoda was born on 21 February 1801 in Prague, Bohemia, Habsburg Monarchy, Holy Roman Empire [now Czech Republic]. He died on 3 December 1866 in Karlsruhe, Baden [now Baden-Württemberg, Germany].
- Adalbert Stifter was born on 23 October 1805 in Oberplan, Krumau, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Horní Planá, Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Bergkristall (1949), La valle di pietra (1992) and Die Flucht (1978). He was married to Amalia Mohaupt. He died on 28 January 1868 in Linz, Upper Austria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria].
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Josef Kajetán Tyl was born on 6 February 1808 in Kutná Hora, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Fidlovacka (1930), Palicova dcera (1923) and Prazský flamendr (1926). He was married to Magdalena Forchheimová. He died on 11 July 1856 in Pilsen, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic].- Karel Hynek Mácha was a Czech romantic poet. Mácha grew up in Prague, the son of a foreman at a mill. He learned Latin and German in school. He went on to study law at Prague University; during that time he also became involved in theatre (as an actor he first appeared in Jan Nepomuk Stepánek's play Czech and German in July 1832 in Benesov), where he met Eleonora Somková, with whom he had a son out of wedlock. He was fond of travel, enjoying trips into the mountains, and was an avid walker. Eventually he moved to Litomerice, a quiet town some 60 km from Prague, to prepare for law school exams and to write poetry. Three days before he was to be married to Somková, just a few weeks after he had begun working as a legal assistant, Mácha overexerted himself while helping to extinguish a fire and soon thereafter died of pneumonia. The day after his death had been scheduled as his wedding day in Prague.
- Karel Jaromír Erben was a Czech folklorist and poet of the mid-19th century, best known for his collection Kytice (Czech: Bouquet), which contains poems based on traditional and folkloric themes. He also wrote Písne národní v Cechách (Folk Songs of Bohemia) which contains 500 songs and Prostonárodní ceské písne a ríkadla (Czech Folk Songs and Nursery Rhymes), a five-part book that brings together most of Czech folklore.
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Karel Sabina was born on 29 December 1813 in Prague, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. Karel was a writer, known for Prodaná nevesta (1922), Prodaná nevesta (1913) and Prodaná nevesta (1976). Karel died on 9 November 1877 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic].- Karel Havlícek Borovský was born on 31 October 1821 in Havlickova Borová, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for King Lavra (1950). He was married to Julie. He died on 29 July 1856 in Prague, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic].
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A musical prodigy, Smetana was encouraged and trained by his father. His move to Prague in 1843 was disheartening when he was unable to generate interest in his abilities; however, he did form a friendship with Liszt, and dedicated several of his works to him. He opened a music school and performed privately for deposed Emperor Ferdinand, and by 1849 he had made enough money to enable him to marry Katerina Kolárová, a former student. Bohemia was torn by revolution, and, beset by financial difficulties, Smetana and his family lived hand-to-mouth for a number of years. Three of his four daughters died between 1854 and 1856, and his wife developed the tuberculosis that would kill her in 1859.
Eventually, in 1856, he went to Sweden to work as a conductor and achieved some success. He returned to Prague in 1861 and helped found a national opera house. Fired with patriotism for his native land, Smetana worked on a number of Bohemian-themed operas and also concentrated on learning the Czech language. Unfortunately, his health deteriorated rapidly in his later years; he became deaf as syphilis ravaged his body. He was confined to a mental asylum where he died in 1888, and is buried in Prague.- Soundtrack
Julius Schulhoff was born on 22 August 1825 in Prague, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. Julius died on 13 March 1898 in Berlin, Germany.- Karolina Svetlá was born on 24 February 1830 in Prague, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. She was a writer, known for Nemodlenec (1928), The Cross by the Brook (1937) and Kríz u potoka (1921). She was married to Petr Muzák. She died on 7 September 1899 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic].
- Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach was born on 13 September 1830 in Schloss Zdislawitz, Moravia, Austrian Empire [now Zdislavice, Kromeríz, Czech Republic]. She was a writer, known for Heimatland (1955), Ruf der Wälder (1965) and Krambambuli (1940). She was married to Moritz von Ebner-Eschenbach. She died on 12 March 1916 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now in Austria].
- Jan Neruda was born on 9 July 1834 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria [now Czech Republic]. Jan was a writer, known for Vzhuru nohama (1938), Kam s ním? (1924) and Trhani (1936). Jan died on 22 August 1891 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic].
- Josef Svátek was born on 24 February 1835 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria [now Czech Republic]. Josef was a writer, known for Prazský kat (1927). Josef died on 9 December 1897 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic].
- Vitezslav Halek was born on 5 April 1835 in Dolínek, Melnik, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Muzikantská Liduska (1940). He was married to Dorota Horackova. He died on 8 October 1874 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic].
- Alois Vojtech Smilovský was born on 24 January 1837 in Mladá Boleslav, Bohemia, Austria [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Parnasie (1925) and Za ranních cervánku (1934). He was married to Anna Bílá. He died on 20 June 1883 in Litomysl, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic].
- Ernst Mach was born on 18 February 1838 in Brno, Moravia, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. He died on 19 February 1916 in Munich, Germany.
- Frantisek Ferdinand Samberk was born on 21 April 1838 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Jedenácté prikázání (1925), Podskalák (1929) and Jedenácté prikázání (1935). He died on 25 December 1904 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic].
- Eduard Napravnik was born on 24 August 1839 in Byst, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. He was a composer, known for Dubrovskiy (1961). He was married to Olga E. Schroeder. He died on 23 November 1916 in Petrograd, Russian Empire [now Russia].
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Antonin Dvorak was a son of butcher, but he did not follow his father's trade. While assisting his father part-time, he studied music, and graduated from the Prague Organ School in 1859. He also was an accomplished violinist and violist, and joined the Bohemian Theatre Orchestra, which was under the baton of Bedrich Smetana in 1860s. For financial reasons he quit the orchestra and focused on composing and teaching. He fell in love with one of his students, but she married another guy. Her sister was available, so Dvorak married the sister, Anna, in 1873, and they had nine children.
Dvorak's early compositions were influenced by Richard Wagner and Johannes Brahms, and with their promotion his music became performed in European capitals and received international acclaim. His performances in 1880s of Slavonic Dances, the Sixth Symphony and the Stabat Mater were a success in England, and Dvorak received an honorary doctorate from Cambridge. He made a successful concert tour in Russia in 1890, and became a professor at the Prauge Conservatory. In 1892 he received an invitation to America from Jeaunnette Thurber, the founder of he National Conservatory of Music in New York City. Dvorak was the Director of the National Conservatory in New York for three years (1892-95), where he also taught composition and carried on his cross-cultural studies.
Dvorak broadened his experiences through studying the music of the Native Americans and African Americans, many of whom became his students and friends. Dvorak was inspired by the originality of indigenous American music and culture, as well as by the spirituals and by the singing of his African American students. Dvorac incorporated his new ideas, blended with his Bohemian roots, into his well-known Symphony No.9 in E minor "From the New World". He worked on this symphony for most of the spring and summer of 1893, and made it's glorious premiere in Carnegie Hall in December, 1893. In America he also wrote the remarkable Cello Concerto and two string quartets, including the Quartet in F ("The American"). Dvorak was doing very well in New York financially, but his heart was in Prague and he left America for his Czech Motherland. He had a big family with his wife and nine children in Prague. He became the Director of the Prague Conservatory in 1901 and kept the position until his death in 1904.- Eugen Gura was born on 8 November 1842 in Pressern bei Saaz, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Nové Sedlo, Louny, Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Ein Fest auf Haderslevhuus. Drama in einem Vorspiel und vier Akten (1921) and Der gelbe Würger (1921). He died on 26 August 1906 in Aufkirchen, Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany.
- Bertha von Suttner was born on 9 June 1843 in Prague, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. She was a writer, known for Die Waffen nieder! (2014) and Down with Weapons (1914). She was married to Arthur Gundaccar von Suttner. She died on 21 June 1914 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria].
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David Popper was born on 16 June 1843 in Prague, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. He was an executive. He was married to Olga Löbl and Sophie Menter. He died on 7 August 1913 in Baden, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria].- Ivan Klicpera was born on 9 September 1845 in Hradec Králové, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Jindra, hrabenka Ostrovínová (1934), Jindra (1920) and Jindra, hrabenka Ostrovínová (1924). He died on 17 February 1881 in Prague, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic].
- Jakub Seifert was born on 9 January 1846 in Prague, Cechy, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for The Cathedral Builder (1920). He died on 20 October 1919 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Svatopluk Cech was born on 21 February 1846 in Ostredek, Bohemia, Austria [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Lesetínský kovár (1925), Jestrab kontra Hrdlicka (1953) and Jestráb kontra Hrdlicka (1952). He died on 23 February 1908 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic].
- Anton Ohorn was born on 22 July 1846 in Theresienstadt, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Terezin, Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Die Einödpfarre (1915), In dunkler Tiefe (1918) and Hinter Klostermauern (1928). He died on 30 June 1924 in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany.
- Zikmund Winter was born on 27 December 1846 in Prague-Staré Mesto, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. Zikmund was a writer, known for Wildschütz Jennerwein. Herzen in Not (1930), Nezbedný bakalár (1946) and Rozina, the Love Child (1945). Zikmund died on 12 June 1912 in Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria, Germany.
- Adolf Krössing was born on 5 January 1848 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Legionár (1920), Vdavky Nanynky Kulichovy (1925) and Svéhlavicka (1927). He died on 28 January 1933 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Karel Veselý was born on 28 January 1849 in Trubín, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Z lásky (1929), Dáma z baru (1924) and Prazské deti (1928). He died on 19 April 1930 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Václav Benes-Trebízský was born on 27 February 1849 in Trebíz, Bohemia, Austria [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Bludné duse (1927). He died on 20 June 1884 in Mariánské Lázne, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic].
- Ladislav Stroupeznický was born on 6 January 1850 in Cerhonice, Bohemia, Austria [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Zkazená krev (1914), Nasi furianti (1937) and Nasi furianti (1971). He was married to Anna Turkova. He died on 11 August 1892 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic].
- Tomás Garrigue Masaryk was born on 7 March 1850 in Hodonín, Moravia, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. He was married to Charlotte Garrigue Masaryk. He died on 14 September 1937 in Lány, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
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Zdenek Fibich was born on 21 December 1850 in Seborice, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. He is known for Kolya (1996), Criminal Lovers (1999) and Smír Tantaluv (1978). He was married to Betty Hanusova and Ruzena Hanusova. He died on 15 October 1900 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic].- Alois Jirásek was born on 23 August 1851 in Hronov, Bohemia, Austria [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Filosofská historie (1938), Lucerna (1925) and Psohlavci (1931). He died on 12 March 1930 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Alois Sedlácek was born on 11 December 1852 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Cerní myslivci (1921), Marwille detektivem (1922) and Falesný hrác (1913). He died on 22 July 1922 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Julius Skrlandt was born on 12 June 1853 in Praskolesy, Cechy, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Osud trí srdcí (1930). He died in 1935 in Ceské Budejovice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
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Leos Janácek was born on 3 July 1854 in Hukvaldy/Hochwald, Moravia, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), Cunning Little Vixen and NET Opera Theater (1967). He was married to Zdenka Schulzova. He died on 12 August 1928 in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Ignát Herrmann was born on 12 August 1854 in Horní Mlýn by Chotebor, Bohemia, Austria [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Príbeh jednoho dne (1926), U snedeného krámu (1933) and Otec Kondelík a zenich Vejvara I. (1926). He died on 8 July 1935 in Revnice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Jan Klecanda was born on 5 March 1855 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria [now Czech Republic]. Jan was a writer, known for Páter Vojtech (1929), Prach a broky (1926) and Adjunkt Vrba (1929). Jan died on 10 May 1920 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Cenek Fencl was born on 29 May 1855 in Hrimézdice, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Ceské nebe (1918), Certisko (1919) and Princezna z chalupy (1919). He died on 12 August 1928 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Emilie Boková was born on 22 February 1856 in Prague, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Batalion (1927), Cerní myslivci (1921) and Ircin románek II. (1921). She died on 25 August 1930 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
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Austrian neurologist and 'father of psychoanalysis'. Freud was born to Jacob Freud, a Jewish wool merchant, and Amalia (neé Nathansohn). The family settled in Vienna when Freud was young. In 1873 he started medicine at the University of Vienna, at which time he adopted the shortened form of his name, "Sigmund." Freud served a year of compulsory military service and got his M.D. in 1881. He then stayed on for another year as a demonstrator in the physiology laboratory. From 1882 to 1886, he worked as an assistant at the General Hospital in Vienna. During this period, Dr. Josef Breuer related to Freud how he had treated a young woman suffering from hysteria with 'talking cures' while in a state of self-hypnosis. This is considered the prototype of psychoanalysis. Late in 1885, Freud went to Paris on grant to study at the Salpetriere, a mental hospital, with the famed French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot. Charcot had pioneered the treatment of nervous disorders by hypnosis. On Freud's return to Vienna in 1886 he took up his post as lecturer in neuropathology at the university and also established a private practice in nervous diseases. In 1887 he established a close friendship with Wilhelm Fliess, the Berlin otolaryngologist, with whom he discussed his work and ideas. Fleiss is called "the midwife of psychoanalysis". In 1891 he and his family moved to an apartment at Berggasse, 19. Here for the next 45 years Freud did most of his psychoanalytical treatments on his patients. Freud's first published work was entitled 'On Aphasia, a Critical Study' (1891). Freud first used the term "psychoanalysis" for his new treatment in 1896. Some of his other famous works include: Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality (1905), Selected Papers on Hysteria and Other Psychoneuroses (1909) and The Interpretation of Dreams (1913). Freud was appointed "Professor Extraordinary" of Neurology at the University in 1902. The same year he had also begun to meet informally at Berggasse, 19, with a group of medical colleagues interested in learning about the new discipline. In 1909 Freud was invited to Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, with Carl Jung and Sandor Ferenczi, to speak about his theories. An avid cigar smoker he developed cancer of the jaw in 1923. He underwent operations, radiotherapy and the discomfort of an oral prosthetic device that to some extent affected his speech. In 1930 the city of Frankfurt awarded Freud its Goethe Prize for work that had "opened access to the driving forces of the soul." He was elected in 1936 a corresponding member of the Royal Society of London (in the company of Newton and Darwin). The growing danger of anti-Semitism and Nazi persecution made it apparent that the Freuds would suffer the fate of other Jews if they stayed in Vienna. With the help of US government officials Freud, his wife and daughter Anna were allowed to leave Austria. It was Freud's wish to "die in freedom," and so he did in his new home at 20 Maresfield Gardens, which is now the Freud Museum.- Anna Zelenková was born on 7 September 1856 in Pardubice, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Macocha (1919), Sivooký démon (1919) and Divoká Maryna (1919). She died on 6 June 1927 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Jan Zelenka was born on 9 December 1856 in Pecínov, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Mnichovo srdce (1921), Probuzené svedomí (1919) and Sivooký démon (1919). He died on 1 December 1931 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Václav Cech-Strán was born on 4 February 1857 in Stetí, Bohemia, Austria [now Czech Republic]. Václav was a writer, known for Chudá holka (1930). Václav died on 3 May 1941 in Prague, Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic].
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Alois Wiesner was born on 21 March 1857 in Prague, Cechy, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. He was a director and actor, known for Zkazená krev (1914). He died on 6 November 1923 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Director
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Lawrence Marston was born on 8 June 1857 in the Czech Republic. He was a director and writer, known for The Millionaire Baby (1915), The Woman in Black (1914) and Love's Pilgrimage to America (1916). He was married to Mrs. Lawrence Marston. He died on 1 February 1939 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Alois Charvát was born on 31 December 1857 in Príbram, Bohemia, Austria [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Bogra (1919), Loretánské zvonky (1929) and Príbeh jednoho dne (1926). He died on 4 January 1933 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].