21 The Romans create a buffer state in the territory of the Quadi in southern Slovakia.
40 German tribe Quadi begin settling in today Moravia and Slovakia.
179 Roman legionaries engraved on the rock of the renc
375 Valentinian I leaves Trier to repress the rebellious Quadi in Slovakia. He dies on the Danube of apoplexy, while berating the Quadi emissary.
623 Samo, reputedly a Frankish merchant, is elected the king of the Slavs in Moravia, Slovakia and Lower Austria.
1268 In Slovakia, Guta was founded (currently ol
1467 King Matthias Corvinus founded the first university in Slovakia, the ''Universitas Istropolitana'' in Bratislava.
1551 In Slovakia, Guta (currently ol
1627 Black gun powder is first used in mining, in a mineshaft under ansk
1939 Slovak provincial assembly proclaims independence - priest Jozef Tiso becomes the president of independent Slovak government
1940 World War II: Hungary, Romania and Slovakia join the Axis Powers.
1941 Hungary and Slovakia declare war on the Soviet Union.
1988 The Candle Demonstration in Bratislava, Slovakia is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
1992 The Czechoslovakia Federal Assembly votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, starting on January 1, 1993.
1993 The Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Slovakia and the Czech Republic separate in the so-called Velvet Divorce.
1994 President Clinton meets Presidents of Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland.
2002 NATO Summit in Prague: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia are invited to join NATO.
2004 The largest expansion of NATO to date takes place, allowing Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia into the organization.
2004 The largest expansion to date of the European Union takes place, extending the Union by 10 member-states: Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Malta and Cyprus.