Czechoslovak declaration of independence

E412381

The Czechoslovak declaration of independence was the 1918 proclamation that established Czechoslovakia as a sovereign state, marking the formal break from Austro-Hungarian rule.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf declaration of independence
founding document
historical document
addressedTo governments of the Allied Powers
aimedToUnite Czechs
Slovaks
alsoKnownAs Washington Declaration
archivedIn archives of the Czechoslovak (Czech) Ministry of Foreign Affairs
author Czechoslovak National Council
committedTo civil rights
equality of nationalities
religious freedom
universal suffrage
country Czechoslovakia
countryEstablished Czechoslovakia
date 1918-10-18
declaredIndependenceFrom Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary
followedBy proclamation of the Czechoslovak Republic in Prague
hasPart political program of the new state
preamble
statement of war aims against Austria-Hungary
historicalRegion Bohemia
Moravia
Silesia
Slovakia
ideology liberal democracy
national self-determination
influencedBy Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points (indirectly)
surface form: Fourteen Points

principle of national self-determination
issuedBy Czechoslovak National Council
language English
legalStatus foundational act of the First Czechoslovak Republic
placeSigned Washington, D.C.
politicalContext World War I
dissolution of Austria-Hungary
recognizedBy Allied Powers of World War I
surface form: Allied Powers
relatedDocument Pittsburgh Agreement
surface form: Cleveland Agreement

Pittsburgh Agreement
relatedEvent proclamation of Czechoslovakia on 1918-10-28
resultedIn establishment of Czechoslovakia as a sovereign state
signedBy Edvard Beneš
Milan Rastislav Štefánik
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
statedFormOfGovernment parliamentary democracy
republic
subjectOf Czechoslovak constitutional history
studies of national movements in Central Europe
year 1918

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Czechoslovak independence movement significantEvent Czechoslovak declaration of independence
Bohemian monarchy endCause Czechoslovak declaration of independence
this entity surface form: establishment of Czechoslovakia
Pittsburgh Agreement influenced Czechoslovak declaration of independence
this entity surface form: Czechoslovak Declaration of Independence