I would like to know what was going on in Bohemia in the years 1858 and in 1863? Thanks for information ! Thanks for this site, learning a lot and is most informative.
In 1958 was published the almanac "Máj" (May) (named after a glorious romantic poem by Karel Hynek Mácha), which was very important for Czech literature. In the 90's of the 19th century, Czechs were persecuted by Austria, Czech literature was censored. This era is called "The Bach's Absolutism", after Austrian politician Alexandr Bach. In the end of this decade came a liberalization - and the almanac Máj was the beginning. It was written by the best writers of that era - like Jan Neruda, Karolína Světlá, Vítězslav Hálek, Jakub Arbes or Karel Sabina. The whole 60's were influed by this book. It was one of the good (but not the best) eras of Czech literature. I was searching for 1863, but I have found nothing very interesting. Just Jindřich Eckert, an important Czech fotographer, died. There is no article on English Wikipedia about them, there is just a Czech one and a German one, but the German one is very short. So the Czech one: http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jind%C5%99ich_Eckert
Hi lmsnow, is there a special reason for your interest in these years? Some other events: 1858 8.1.1858 died Jan Josef Václav hrabě Radecký z Radče (famous austrian marshal of czech origin) 15.1.1858 small earthquake in Olomouc, Přerov and Brodek (Moravia) 1863 establishment of "Umělecká beseda", a syndicate for creative, literary and musical arts establishment of Prague industrial museum (Vojta Náprstek) emperor František Josef I. (ruling 1848-1918)