The party was founded in May 2013 by Tomio Okamura,[8][9] an independent senator attached to the Christian Democratic parliamentary group.

[19] On 19 January 2015, Chief Whip Radim Fiala was removed and replaced by Marek Černoch [cs].

On 7 July 2015, Dawn announced plans to merge with the Party of the National Interests, which they did in August the same year.

Retired veteran[clarification needed] Miroslav Lidinský was elected as party chairman and the name was changed to Dawn – National Coalition.

They also began working with the We do not want Islam in the Czech Republic group led by Martin Konvička.