Portal:Czech Republic/Selected anniversaries/February

• 2 February 1993 – Václav Havel takes office as the first President of the Czech Republic
• 5 February 1796 – The Society of Patriotic Friends of the Arts is founded, later to become known as the National Gallery in Prague
• 8 February 1993 – The Czech koruna (pictured) becomes the national currency
• 11 February 1929 – The lowest temperature is recorded in Litvínovice, where it reaches -42.2°C
• 22 February 1998 – The Czech Republic ice hockey team wins gold in the 1998 Winter Olympics