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Slovan Bratislava became the first and so far only club in Slovakia as well as former Czechoslovakia to win one of the European cup competitions, the Cup Winners' Cup when they defeated FC Barcelona in the final in Basel in 1969. The club also supplied seven players to the victorious UEFA Euro 1976 Czechoslovak team.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ŠK_Slovan_Bratislava
One of the first parachute jumps was in Bratislava
Faust Vrancic Faustus Verantius), from Croatia, who constructed the parachute, jumped with it from the tower of St. Martin's Cathedral in Bratislava in the presence of many citizens in 1603
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fausto_Veranzio
One of the first helicopter flights in human history was in Bratislava
one of the earliest helicopter models which he developed using an internal combustion engine as a power source.[4] On 5 May 1905, a version reached a height of 14 ft (4.3 m) and flew 5,300 ft (1,615 m)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ján_Bahýľ
Ice Hockey Legend Golonka
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jozef_Golonka
Krav Maga was invented in Bratislava
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imi_Lichtenfeld
Naval explorer Ludwin von Höhnel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Höhnel
Pianist Johann Nepomuk Hummel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Nepomuk_Hummel
Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archdu...arl_of_Austria
Kempelen famous inventor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_von_Kempelen
Nobel prize winner Lenard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp_Lenard
Father of the water turbine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Andreas_Segner
plasma television, thermographic camera and world's first automatic pilotless aircraft
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kálmán_Tihanyi
Peter Stastny is the second highest scorer of the 1980s after Wayne Gretzky
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Šťastný
Mathematical analysis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Tauber
Inline skating champion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martina_Svobodová
Ski champion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronika_Velez-Zuzulová
Racing sportscar made in bratislava
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-1_Attack
Bratislava had first champagne factory outside of France:
French soldier Johann Evangelist Hubert from champagne region in France, stayed in Slovakia. He fell in love with Slovak girl-Paula. They got married and had many children, but that was not the only fruit of their love. Johann tried several jobs, but later he decided to start what he was doing at home- champagne. So give it a go and learn how is the sparkling wine made and taste it.
https://www.hubertsekt.sk/en/our-story/
In the 9th century, the castles at Brezalauspurc and Devín were important centres of the Slavic states: the Principality of Nitra and Great Moravia
"Brezalauspurc" dates to 907 and is related to the Battle of Bratislava during which the Bavarian army was defeated by the Hungarians.
11 Hungarian kings and queens were crowned in bratislava, the city flourished during the 18th-century reign of Queen Maria Theresa becoming the largest and most important town in Hungary.
1465 - Universitas Istropolitana established.
the city was designated the new capital of Hungary in 1536
1552 - Holy Crown of Hungary housed in Bratislava Castle.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart gave a concert here in 1762. Joseph Haydn performed here. Ludwig van Beethoven was a guest in 1796
The Battle of Blumenau was the last battle fought in the Austro-Prussian War, on 22 July 1866
19th century history was closely tied to the major events in Europe. The Peace of Pressburg between Austria and France was signed here in 1805. Devin Castle was ruined by Napoleon's French troops during an invasion of 1809
The first horse-drawn railway from Bratislava to Svätý Jur, was built in 1840´
Bratislava was bombarded by the Allies, occupied by German troops in 1944, and eventually taken by troops of the Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front on 4 April 1945.
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