Biography:With his Civic Forum party, Havel was a major figure in the Velvet Revolution that overthrew communist rule in Czechoslovakia in 1989. Also well known for his plays, essays and memoirs.
After the Czech-Slovak split in 1993, he served as the President of the Czech Republic from 1993-2003.
1997-01-04 Czech Republic's first president Vaclav Havel (60) weds Czech actress Dagmar Havlova (43) in Prague, Czech Republic
Historical Events
1988-01-16 Czech dissident Václav Havel is arrested in Prague for taking part in demonstrations against the communist government
1989-12-29 Václav Havel is selected to be president of Czechoslovakia by the Federal Assembly shortly after the Velvet Revolution
1992-07-20 Václav Havel resigns as President of Czechoslovakia after Slovakia declares independence
1993-02-02 Václav Havel becomes the first president of an independent Czech Republic, after the split with Slovakia
Quotes by Václav Havel
"The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility."
Dorothy Parker
Douglas Adams
Harold Robbins
Maurice Maeterlinck
O. Henry
Upton Sinclair