Brno

Country

Czechoslovakia

Coordinates

49.1953, 16.6083

History

• Brno (–1526), Lands of the Bohemian Crown
• Brno (1526–1804), Habsburg monarchy
• Brno (1804–1867), Austrian Empire
• Brno (1867–1918), Austria–Hungary
• Brno (1918–1939), Czechoslovakia
• Brno (1939–1945), Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
• Brno (1945–1992), Czechoslovakia
• Brno (1992–1993)
• Brno (1993–), Czech Republic

Composers

• Franz Lauska (1764–1825), was born in Brno
• Franz Xaver Neruda (1843–1915), was born in Brno
• František Neumann (1874–1929), died in Brno
• Jan Kunc (1883–1976), died in Brno
• Václav Kaprál (1889–1947), died in Brno
• Felix Petyrek (1892–1951), was born in Brno
• Osvald Chlubna (1893–1971), was born and died in Brno
• Břetislav Bakala (1897–1958), died in Brno
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957), was born in Brno
• Pavel Haas (1899–1944), was born in Brno
• Hans Schimmerling (1900–1967), was born in Brno
• Theodor Schaefer (1904–1969), died in Brno
• Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915–1940), was born in Brno
• Jiří Hudec (1923–1996), was born in Brno
• Čestmír Gregor (1926–2011), was born in Brno
• Josef Berg (1927–1971), was born and died in Brno
• Vlastimil Lejsek (1927–2010), was born and died in Brno
• Miloslav Ištvan (1928–1990), died in Brno
• Ctirad Kohoutek (1929–2011), died in Brno
• Jiří Bárta (1935–2012), died in Brno