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Václav Hanka
Václav Hanka
Wooden inn from about 1720 where Václav Hanka was born
Wooden inn from about 1720 where Václav Hanka was born
Hanka's grave in Vyšehrad Cemetery
Hanka's grave in Vyšehrad Cemetery

Václav Hanka (June 10, 1791 - January 12, 1861) was a Czech philologist born at Hořiněves near Hradec Králové, Bohemia). Established in 1869 on the grounds of Vyšehrad Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, the Vyšehrad Cemetery ( Vyšehradský hřbitov Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Czechs (Češi ˈt͡ʃɛʃɪ archaic Čechové) are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic See Comparative linguistics for the narrower field of "comparative philology" Hořiněves is a village in Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. Hradec Králové ( pronounced, Königgrätz meaning Castle of the Queen) is a city of the Czech Republic, in the Hradec Králové Region Bohemia (Čechy; Bohemia Czechy is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands, currently the

He was sent in 1807 to school at Hradec Králové, to escape the conscription, then to the University of Prague, where he founded a society for the cultivation of the Czech language. Year 1807 ( MDCCCVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common At Vienna, where he afterwards studied law, he established a Czech periodical; and in 1813 he made the acquaintance of Josef Dobrovský, an eminent philologist. Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. Law is a system of rules enforced through a set of Institutions used as an instrument to underpin civil obedience politics economics and society Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Josef Dobrovský ( August 17, 1753 – January 6, 1829) was a Bohemian Philologist and Historian, one of the most

On September 16, 1817 Hanka claimed that he had discovered some manuscripts of 13th- and 14th-century Bohemian poems in the church tower of the town of Dvůr Králové nad Labem and later some more at Zelená Hora. Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Dvůr Králové nad Labem (ˈdvuːr ˈkraːlovɛː ˈnad labɛm German: Königinhof an der Elbe) is a Town of the Czech Republic in Hradec The Manuscripts of Dvůr Králové and of Zelená Hora (Czech :Královédvorský Rukopis) were made public in 1818, with a German translation by Swoboda. The Manuscript of Dvůr Králové ( Czech: Rukopis královédvorský, RK, German: Königinhofer Handschrift) and the Manuscript The originals were presented by him to the Bohemian museum at Prague, of which he was appointed librarian in 1818.

Great doubt, however, was felt as to their genuineness, and Dobrovský, by pronouncing The Judgment of Libuše, another manuscript "found" by Hanka, to be an obvious fraud, confirmed the suspicion. Libuše ( Czech; in German Libussa or Libuscha) is a mythical ancestor of the Přemyslid dynasty and the Czech people as

Some years afterwards Dobrovský saw fit to modify his decision, but modern Czech scholars regard the manuscript as a forgery. Forgery is the process of making adapting or imitating objects statistics or documents (see False document) with the intent to deceive. A translation into English, The Manuscript of the Queen's Court, was made by Wratislaw in 1852. The Manuscript of Dvůr Králové ( Czech: Rukopis královédvorský, RK, German: Königinhofer Handschrift) and the Manuscript

In 1848 Hanka, who was an ardent pan-Slavist, took part in the Slavonic congress and other peaceful national demonstrations, being the founder of the political society Slovanská Lípa. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Pan-Slavism was a movement in the mid 19th century aimed at unity of all the Slavic peoples The main focus was in the Balkans where the South Slavs had been He was elected to the imperial diet at Vienna, but declined to take his seat. In the winter of 1848 he became lecturer and in 1849 professor of Slavonic languages in the university of Prague, where he died on the 12th of January 1861. The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages) a group of closely related Languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages

His chief works and editions are the following:

Further reading

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