Czechoslovak declaration of independence

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Czechoslovak Declaration of Independence
Created	18 October 1918
Location	Washington, D.C.
Author(s)	Czechoslovak National Council
Signatories	Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Milan Rastislav Štefánik Edvard Beneš
Purpose	To announce and explain separation of Czechoslovakia from Austria-Hungary

The Czechoslovak Declaration of Independence or the Washington Declaration (Czech: Washingtonská deklarace; Slovak: Washingtonská deklarácia; German: Washingtoner Erklärung; Hungarian: Washingtoni Nyilatkozat) was drafted in Washington, D.C., and published by Czechoslovakia's Paris-based Provisional Government on 18 October 1918.^[1] The creation of the document, officially the Declaration of Independence of the Czechoslovak Nation by its Provisional Government (Czech: Prohlášení nezávislosti československého národa zatímní vládou československou), was prompted by the imminent collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, of which the Czech and Slovak lands had been part for almost 400 years, following World War I.