day, month, year

9, 4, 1880 Birth day.

He was born at Nachod of Czech.(Austria-Hungary, at that time) His father, Jan Letzel (1847-1900), run the "Letzel Hotel" at Nachod.

1899

He completed an architect course of a technical high school in Pardubice

1901

He began to study modern architecture of Sezession style at UMPRUM (now, Praha Art College) under Professor Jan Koreta (1871-1923). Kotera was a pupil of Otto Wagner (1841-1918).

1904

He graduated at UMPRUM.

1904-5

He joined Quido Belsky's architect office in Praha. He planned the tearoom of Grand Hotel Evropa in Praha.

1905 　

He planned the Dvorana (Hall) of Msene Springs (Czech).

10, 1905 　

He joined Fabricio Pascha's architect office in Cairo, Egypt. Pascha was employed by a superintendent general of Egypt.

12? 7, 1907 　

He came to Japan to join the George DeLalande's architect office in Yokohama. George DeLalande (1872-1914) was a distinguished architect at that time in Japan, Korea and China. Letzel was a head of staff. He lived in Nakamura-cho, Yokohama. He joined to plan the Kobe Oriental Hotel# and the Deutsches Haus of Yokohama.

1908 　

He moved to a house of Higasi-shinano-cho, Yotsuya-ku, Tokyo.

spring 1909 　

Completion of construction of the Seishin Women's School in Shiroganedai, Tokyo.

16, 10, 1909 　

He became an independent architect. He made a limited partnership with Karel Jan Hora (1881-1973). "Letzel & Hora" company; Ginza-Izumo-cho, Tokyo. Letzel's house; Sendagaya, Okutama-gun, Tokyo.

1910 　

He adopted a 5 years old girl; Hanna Mahit.

spring 1910 　

Completion of construction of the Futaba Women's School.

25, 6, 1911 　

Completion of construction of the Japan Private Health

Association [Hall] in Ote-machi, Tokyo.

6, 1911 　

Completion of replica of Mary's cavern in Sekiguchidai Church.# .

around 1911 　

Completion of construction of the Baron Nagayo's residence, in Azabuhujimi-cho, Tokyo.

4, 1912 　

He moved his architect office to the Mitsubishi Building No.3,　Marunouchi, Tokyo.

around 1910-2

He planned to extend a building of Tsukigi Seiyo-ken Hotel#.

30, 6, 1913 　

He dissolved the limited partnership; Letzel and Hora company.　　　　　　　He made the "Jan Letzel's architect office." [Hora returned to his country (Czech) at 16, 2, 1913. Hora came back to Japan again and returned to Czech on September.]

8, 1913

Completion of construction of the Matsushima Park Hotel in Miyagi prefecture.

around 1913 　

He planned the Boehler's residence in Baden (near Vienna).

7, 1914 　

[Outbreak of the world war I.]

8, 1914 　

George DeLalande died suddenly. At that time he was planning the　　　　　　　government-general of Korea.

fall,　 1914 　

Completion of construction of the Sophia University in Tokyo.

5, 4, 1915 　

Completion of construction of the Hiroshima Prefectural Commercial Exhibition Hall. [now, A-bomb Dome]

2, 11, 1915 　

Opening of the Tokyo Station Hotel. He might join to plan this　　　　　　　hotel's interior.

1915

He closed his architect office on the end of the year.

around 1916 　

Completion of construction of the Dr. Bryan's residence in Shimo-sibuya, Tokyo.

6? 1917 　

Completion of construction of the Ueno Seiyo-ken Hotel in Tokyo.　　　　　　　　The hotel was destroyed by a big typhoon at 1st October, 1917.

7, 1917 　

Completion of construction of the Miyajima Hotel in Hiroshima.

11, 1918 　

[Suspension of the world war I.]

12, 1918 　

[Independence of Czechoslovakia.]

27, 8, 1919 　

He got to a attache commercial a.i. of Czechoslovakian legation of Tokyo.

26,　3, 1920 　

He left from Japan and returned to his country (Czech).

7, 1920 　

He retired from attache.

15, 11, 1922 　

He came to Japan, again.

1,　9, 1923 　

He met with the Great Kanto Quake in Tokyo. His works;　　　　　　　the Japan Private Health Association Hall, the Sophia University and the Tsukigi Seiyo-ken Hotel, were destroyed.

27, 11, 1923 　

He left from Yokohama, Japan. He returned to his country the end of the　　　　　　　 year.

26, 12, 1925 　

He died in a hospital of Praha.