Edvard Beneš
1884 – 1948 · aged 64
Czechoslovak politician (1884-1948)
- Born
- 28 May 1884 · Kožlany
- Died
- 3 Sept 1948 · Sezimovo Ústí
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 28 May 1884BornBorn in Kožlany
- 1918 – 1935RoleMinister of Foreign Affairs (Czechoslovakia)
- 1919AwardCzechoslovak War Cross 1918
- 1919 – 1940AwardHonorary citizen of Prague
- 1920AwardOrder of St. Sava
- 1921 – 1922RolePrime Minister of Czechoslovakia
- 1921AwardDoctor honoris causa from the University of Paris
- 1921AwardKnight grand cross of the order of the crown of Italy
- 1921AwardOrder of the Crown of Romania
- 1922AwardHonorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg
- 1934AwardHonorary citizenship
- 1935AwardHonorary citizen of Třebíč
- 1935 – 1938RolePresident of Czechoslovakia
- 1936 – 1939AwardHonorary citizen of Chrudim
- 1936AwardHonorary citizen of Brno
- 1936AwardHonorary citizen of Moravské Budějovice
- 1945 – 1948RolePresident of Czechoslovakia
- 3 Sept 1948DiedDied in Sezimovo Ústí
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1884 – 1948).
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
- 1914 – 1918World War I
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
Biography
Edvard Beneš (Czech: [ˈɛdvard ˈbɛnɛʃ] ; 28 May 1884 – 3 September 1948) was a Czech politician and statesman who served as the president of Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1938, and again from 1939 to 1948. During the first six years of his second stint, he led the Czechoslovak government-in-exile during World War II.
As president, Beneš faced two major crises, which both resulted in his resignation. His first resignation came after the Munich Agreement and subsequent German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1938, which resulted in his government's exile in the United Kingdom. The second came about with the 1948 Communist coup, which created a Communist regime in Czechoslovakia. Before his time as president, Beneš was also the first foreign affairs minister (1918–1935) and the fourth prime minister (1921–1922) of Czechoslovakia. The de facto leader of the Czech National Social Party, he was known as a skilled diplomat.
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