Timeline of Bucharest
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Before the 17th century
- 1459 – Bucharest chartered by Drăculeşti Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia.[1]
- 1559 – Old Court Church built by Mircea Ciobanul
- 1587 – Mărcuța Church built.
- 1589 – Lipscani (street) completed.[2]
- 1595 – Burned by the Turks.[2]
17th century
- 1633 – Bucharest Bărăția (church) built.
- 1658 – Metropolitan Church consecrated.[2]
- 1667 – Slobozia Church built.
- 1688 – Romanian-language Bucharest Bible published.
- 1692 – Podul Mogoșoaiei paved with wood.
- 1694 – Princely Academy of Bucharest founded.
- 1698 – Constantin Brâncoveanu, Prince of Wallachia changed the capital from Târgoviște to Bucharest.[2]
18th century
- 1702 – Mogoşoaia Palace built near city.
- 1715 – Antim Monastery built.
- 1722 – Kretzulescu Church built.
- 1724 – Stavropoleos Church built.[3]
- 1739 – Gabroveni Inn built.
- 1757 – Lutheran church established.[4]
- 1769 – City taken by Russians.[5]
- 1789 – City taken by Austrians.[5]
- 1793 – Plague & Earthquiake.[2]
19th century
- 1808 – Manuc's Inn built.
- 1812 – 28 May: City hosts signing of the Treaty of Bucharest (1812).[6][7]
- 1813 – Plague.[2]
- 1821 – Greek uprising.[4]
- 1828 – City taken by Russians who handed it to the prince of Walachia in 1829.[4]
- 1847
- Great Fire of Bucharest.[4][2]
- Cișmigiu Gardens inaugurated.[2]
- 1848
- 1852
- Grand Theatre inaugurated.[8]
- Casa Capșa confectionery in business.
- 1853
- 1856 – Austrian occupation ends.[5]
- 1857 – Street lighting installed.[9]
- 1858 – Bellu cemetery in use.
- 1861 – City becomes capital of Romania.[10][2]
- 1862 – Orphanage founded.[4]
- 1863 – Music and Drama Conservatory established.
- 1864
- University of Bucharest,[11][2] Bucharest National University of Arts, School of Bridges and Roads, Mines and Architecture,[12] and National Museum of Antiquities[13] founded.
- Barbu Vlădoianu becomes mayor.
- 1865 – Flooding of Bucharest
- 1866
- Romanian Academy founded.
Bucharest in 1868, by Amedeo Preziosi - Alexandru Ioan Cuza, first ruler of the Romanian Principalities, driven from his throne by an insurrection in Bucharest.[2]
- Romanian Academy founded.
- 1867
- Templul Coral (synagogue) built.[14]
- Population: 141,754.[4]
- 1871 – Societatea Română de Tramvaiuri (tram society) established.
- 1872 – Gara Târgoviștei (railway station) built.
- 1880 – Bukarester Tagblatt German-language newspaper begins publication.[15]
- 1881 – City becomes capital of Kingdom of Romania
- 1883
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucharest established.
- Saint Joseph Cathedral completed.
- Orient Express (Paris-Bucharest) begins operating.[1]
- 1884 – Doamna Balasa church built.[3]
- 1886
- Romanian Philharmonic Society founded.
- Capșa Hotel in business.
- City hosts signing of the Treaty of Bucharest (1886).
- 1888
- Romanian Athenaeum built.
- Pache Protopopescu becomes mayor.[16]
- Piața Rosetti laid out.
- 1890 – League for the Cultural Unity of All Romanians founded.
- 1891 – Bucharest Botanical Garden opens.
- 1894
- Electric tram begins operating.
- Central School for Girls built.[17]
- 1895 – Central University Library of Bucharest established.[18]
- 1900
20th century
- 1906 – Bucharest Jubilee Exhibition held.[17]
- 1909
- Bucharest Russian Church built.
- Saint Basil the Great Cathedral opened.
- 1912 – Military Circle built.[1]
- 1913 – City hosts signing of the Treaty of Bucharest (1913).
- 1914 – Anglican Church (Bucharest) built.
- 1916
- 6 December: German occupation of city begins.[10][19]
- August: City hosts signing of the Treaty of Bucharest (1916).
- 1918
- German occupation of city ends.[10]
- May: City hosts signing of the Treaty of Bucharest (1918).
- December: Typographers' strike is violently suppressed
- 1925 – Dramă şi Comedie (theatre troupe) active.
- 1929 – Dem I. Dobrescu becomes mayor.
- 1930 – Italian Church built.
- 1931 – Scînteia newspaper begins publication.
- 1933
- 1936
- Herăstrău Park opens.
- Arcul de Triumf erected on Kiseleff Road.
- Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum in Bucharest established.
- 1937
- 1938 – Cașin Church built.
- 1940
- Political unrest.[10]
- Germans in power.[13]
- November: 1940 Vrancea earthquake.[21]
- 1941 – January: Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom.
- 1944
- Bombing of Bucharest in World War II begins.
- 31 August: City occupied by Russian forces.[10]
- Geography Institute founded.[22]
- 1945 – Bombing of Bucharest in World War II ends.
- 1946 – Textile school founded.[13]
- 1947 – City becomes capital of the newly formed Romanian People's Republic.
- 1948
- Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers' Parties headquarters relocated to Bucharest from Belgrade, Yugoslavia.[13]
- City streets renamed.[23]
- FC Dinamo București founded.
- Population: 886,110; metro 1,041,807.[13]
- 1952 – Băneasa Airport terminal opens.
- 1953
- August: City hosts 4th World Festival of Youth and Students.
- National Stadium opens.
- 1956
- 1958
- World Festival of Puppet Theatres held.[24]
- George Enescu Festival of music begins.[25]
- 1959
- Basarab railway station built.
- 500th anniversary of city founding.[26]
- 1964 – Population: 1,239,458 city; 1,372,130 urban agglomeration.[27]
- 1970 – Otopeni Airport terminal built.
- 1971 – New St. Eleftherios Church consecrated.
- 1974 – Systematization, a program of urban planning, begins.
- 1976
- Unirea Shopping Center opens.
- Ion Dincă becomes mayor.
- 1977
- March: 1977 Vrancea earthquake.[28]
- Population: 1,807,044 city; 1,934,025 urban agglomeration.[29]
- 1979
- Bucharest Metro begins operating.
- Piața Unirii metro station opens.
- 1981 – Republica metro station opens.
- 1985
- Victory of Socialism Boulevard laid out.[30]
- Palace of the People construction begins.[30]
- 1989
- December: Romanian Revolution.
- 21 December: Ceaușescu's final speech takes place at Palace Square.
- 22 December: Ceaușescu flees city.[31]
- Adevărul newspaper in publication.[15]
- 1990
- April: Golaniad protest begins.
- June 1990 Mineriad protest.[32]
- 1993 – Basarab metro station opens.
- 1994 – Coat of arms of Bucharest re-adopted.
- 1996 – Victor Ciorbea becomes mayor.
- 1997 – Palace of the Parliament built.
- 2000
- Pavilion Unicredit (art centre) established.[33]
- Traian Băsescu becomes mayor.
- Centre for Defence and Security Strategic Studies headquartered in city.[34]
21st century
- 2002
- Bamboo Club (nightclub) opens.
- Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania building constructed.
- 2005
- Bucharest Biennale begins.
- Adriean Videanu becomes mayor.
- 2007 – January: Romania becomes part of the European Union.
- 2008
- Sorin Oprescu becomes mayor.
- April: City hosts NATO summit.
- 1st Infantry Division (Romania) headquartered in Bucharest.
- 2009 – City Gate Towers built.
- 2010
- May: Economic protest.[28]
- Nusco Tower built.
- 2011
- Basarab Overpass opens.
- National Stadium rebuilt.
- Population: 1,883,425; metro 2,272,163.
- 2012
- 5 March: 2012 Bucharest hair salon shooting.
- 2012 Romanian protests.[35][36]
- National Library of Romania new building opens.
- 2013
- Dinamo Polyvalent Hall (arena) opens.
- Floreasca City Center built.
- 2015
- Colectiv nightclub fire kills at least 26 people; deadliest-ever nightclub fire in Romania and one of the deadliest incidents in the city and the country since the end of the anti-communist revolution in 1989.
- Bucharest Nine (B9) organization is established by the President of Romania Klaus Iohannis and the President of Poland Andrzej Duda on 4 November.[37]
