1993 Event

Velvet Divorce

Name: Velvet Divorce
Start: 1993

Czechia and Slovakia separate peacefully on 1 January, a rare case in Europe.

What leads to what

Declared chains of causation — debatable, like any reading of history.

Downstream

leads to Independence of Slovakia 1993 Une séparation négociée, sans un coup de feu.

Meanwhile, elsewhere

Within twenty-five years of 1993 — the context national timelines leave out.

same year Democratic constitution of Andorra Andorra
1 year earlier Bosnian War Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 year earlier Maastricht Treaty
2 years earlier Independence of Croatia Croatia
2 years earlier Independence of Estonia restored Estonia
2 years later Dayton Accords Bosnia and Herzegovina
2 years earlier Ten-Day War Slovenia
2 years earlier Independence of Latvia restored Latvia

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Which long period

Periods overlap: they are landmarks, not boxes.

European integration 1950 – 2030 From coal and steel to a Union of twenty-seven.

Countries involved

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What was written of it

A day will come when all of you, nations of the continent, without losing your distinct qualities and your glorious individuality, will merge closely into a higher unity, and will form the European brotherhood.

Victor Hugo 1849

Opening address to the Peace Congress, Paris

Translated by the site, not by the author.