Portal:Czech Republic/Selected anniversaries/March

• 2 March 1978 – Vladimír Remek becomes the first man in space from a country other than the USA and USSR
• 6 March 1645 – One of the bloodiest battles of the Thirty Years' War, the Battle of Jankau takes place 50km from Prague
• 16 March 1939 – The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia is established following the end of the Second Czechoslovak Republic
• 29 March 1896 – The first Prague derby is played between Sparta and Slavia. The match ends 0–0
• 30 March 1968 – Ludvík Svoboda (pictured) is elected President of Czechoslovakia