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- 1 July 1991 – The Warsaw Pact is dissolved in Prague
- 6 July 1415 – Church reformer Jan Hus is burned at the stake, marked by a state holiday since 1925.
- 9 July 1357 – Charles IV reportedly lays the first stone at the Charles Bridge (pictured) in Prague
- 29 July 1817 – Foundation of Moravské zemské muzeum in Brno under the name Františkovo muzeum, the second-oldest museum in the country
- 30 July 1419 – The first of the Defenestrations of Prague: a group led by priest Jan Želivský go to Prague's New Town Hall, where they throw councillors out of the windows, starting the Hussite Wars