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Wenceslaus Hollar Wenceslaus Hollar
Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian etcher Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677) was one of the principal topographical engravers of the seventeenth century. His plates depicting views of London before and after the Great Fire (1666) are some of the most valuable printmaking accomplishments in the world. ... Read more
Wenceslaus Wenceslaus
Wenceslaus 1361-1419, Holy Roman emperor (uncrowned) and German king (1378-1400), king of Bohemia (1378-1419) as Wenceslaus IV, elector of Brandenburg (1373-76), son and successor of Emperor Charles IV. He was, even more than his father, a Bohemian rather than German king. Although gifted, he was... Read more
Saint Wenceslaus Saint Wenceslaus
Saint Wenceslaus , d. 929, duke of Bohemia. He was reared in the Christian faith by his grandmother, St. Ludmilla. He became duke at an early age, and during his minority his mother, Drahomira, acted as regent. She, like many other Czech nobles, opposed Christianity and persecuted the Christians.... Read more
Saint John of Nepomuk Saint John of Nepomuk
Saint John of Nepomuk , d. 1393, patron saint of Bohemia, a martyr. He is also called John Nepomucen. He was vicar general of Bohemia under King Wenceslaus IV (later Holy Roman Emperor Wenceslaus). When the king wished uncanonically to convert an abbey into a cathedral, St. John opposed him, in... Read more
Hussite Wars 1419-1436 Hussite Wars 1419-1436
Hussite Wars series of conflicts in the 15th cent., caused by the rise of the Hussites in Bohemia and Moravia. It was a religious struggle between Hussites and the Roman Catholic Church, a national struggle between Czechs and Germans, and a social struggle between the landed and peasant classes.... Read more
John Huss John Huss
John Huss , Czech Jan Hus , 1369?-1415, Czech religious reformer. Early Life Of peasant origin, he was born in Husinec, Bohemia (from which his name is derived). He studied theology at the Univ. of Prague, was ordained a priest c.1400, and in 1402 was appointed preacher of the Bethlehem Chapel, a... Read more
Albert I (Holy Roman Empire) Albert I (Holy Roman Empire)
Albert I c.1250-1308, Holy Roman Emperor (1298-1308), son of Rudolf I . Albert was invested with Austria and Styria in 1282 by his father, who also hoped to secure the succession as king of the Germans for Albert. However, on Rudolf's death (1291) the electors rejected Albert's candidacy in... Read more
Rupert Rupert
Rupert 1352-1410, German king (1400-1410), elector palatine of the Rhine. He was elected German king after the deposition of Wenceslaus . Seeking the imperial crown, Rupert went to Italy. He attempted to intervene in Italian affairs and regain the former imperial city of Milan from Gian Galeazzo ... Read more
Matthaus Merian Matthaus Merian
Merian, Matthäus (bapt. Basle, 25 Sept. 1593; d Bad Schwalbach, 19 June 1650). German printmaker and publisher of Swiss origin, active mainly in Frankfurt, where he ran an enormously prolific business. It published thousands of prints, many of them views of European towns for various... Read more
Olomouc Olomouc
Olomouc , Ger. Olmütz, city (1991 pop. 105,537), E central Czech Republic, in Moravia, on the Morava River. Olomouc is an industrial city, with factories producing machinery, appliances, and food products, especially candy and chocolate. An ancient town, it was once the leading city of... Read more

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Newspaper article from: The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY) ...THIS DAY -- In 1376, Wenceslaus was elected king of Germany...with the English city's summer celebration of...Memorial in Lancaster's Williamsons Park through...VETS -- One of England's most prolific travel writers...Walter Glowny, Irene ...

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