1996 The centenary of the opening of the rack railway from Strba to Strbske Pleso	1996 The centenary of the birth of Jozef Ciger Hronsky	1996 The centenary of the first Olympic Games in modern times and the first participation of the Slovak Republic at the Summer Olympics
1996 The 200th anniversary of the birth of Samuel Jurkovic	1995 The centenary of the opening of the first tramway in Slovakia, in Bratislava	1995 The European Nature Conservation Year
1995 The centenary of the birth of Mikulas Galanda	1995 The 200th anniversary of the birth of Pavol Jozef Safarik	1994 The Slovensky Raj National Park
1994 The 1,100th anniversary of the death of Svatopluk, Ruler of Great Moravia	1994 The 50th anniversary of the Allied invasion in Normandy and the 50th anniversary of the Slovak national uprising against Fascism	1994 The centenary of the birth of Janko Alexy
1994 The centenary of the establishment of the International Olympic Committee and the first participation of the Slovak Republic in the Olympic Games	1993 The 200th anniversary of the birth of Jan Kollar	1993 The 150th anniversary of the codification of standard written Slovak language
1993 The foundation of the Slovak Republic