Havel's image will be displayed on fountains in Hrvatska Bratska Zajednica Street from 7.30 pm to 11 pm, whereby Zagreb will join in celebrations of his birth anniversary in the Czech Republic and other countries, the Croatian-Czech Society, which organised the event, said.
Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992. He then served as the first president of the Czech Republic (1993–2003) after the Czech–Slovak split. In Czech literature, he is known for his plays, essays and memoirs.
Born in Prague on 5 October 1936, Havel grew up in a well-known, wealthy entrepreneurial family, which limited his educational opportunities after the establishment of the Communist rule in Czechoslovakia in 1948.
Havel, who died on 18 December 2011, was recognised in Europe and beyond as one of the few moral authorities of modern time. He was one of the symbols of the Czech Republic, recognised for his struggle for freedom and democracy, a fighter for politics based on humanism, honesty and morality, and a superb intellectual.
The airport in Prague was named after Havel in 2012, and in 2014 his bust was unveiled in the US Congress. He was the fourth European to be honoured that way. Since 2013 the Council of Europe has presented a human rights award named after him, and one of the European Parliament buildings in Strasbourg bears his name.
Havel's dramas were played in Zagreb theatres at the time when they were banned in Czechoslovakia and he was in prison.
As president, he supported Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and condemned Serbia and Slobodan Milosevic's policy.
In August 1995 he defended the legitimacy of Croatia's liberation operation "Storm" and in 1999 supported NATO's air campaign against Serbia.
In his youth he used to visit Croatia as a tourist and he first visited the country as president in 2000, when he attended the inauguration of the second Croatian president, Stjepan Mesic.
The Croatian-Czech Society has proposed that one of the Zagreb streets be named after Havel.