Timeline Monday 28 October 1918

Events on Monday 28 October 1918 1

• 1918 Czechoslovakia declares independence Czechoslovak National Council proclaims independence in Prague The Czechoslovak National Council declared independence from Austria-Hungary, founding the new state of Czechoslovakia with Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk as its first president. The declaration capitalized on the collapse of Austro-Hungarian authority in the war's final weeks. Czechoslovakia remained an independent state until its dissolution in 1993.