The period of greatest development occurred in the first half of the 17th century, but it ended with the advent of the Thirty Years' War, during which the market town was looted several times.

[4] On 29 December 1941, Czechoslovak paratroopers Gabčík and Kubiš sent by the Czech government-in-exile in London to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich were inserted near Nehvizdy (they overflew their predesignated target area near Plzeň by more than a hundred kilometres due to a navigational error).

The soldiers hid themselves in a nearby abandoned quarry and with the help of several local citizens were able to relink with collaborators and later fulfill the mission.

Nehvizdy lies on a road connecting Prague with Poděbrady and Hradec Králové.

Nowadays the D11 motorway runs just south of the market town parallel to the old road.