Timeline of Prague
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Prague, Czech Republic.
Prior to 16th century
- 870 CE – Prague Castle founded
- 10th C. - Vyšehrad (the "upper castle") is built.[1]
- Prague is one of the biggest slave markets in Europe as a center of the Prague slave trade.[2]
- 973
- St. George's Convent established in Prague Castle.
- St. George's Basilica building expanded.
- 1085 – Coronation of Vratislaus II of Bohemia.
- 1172 – Judith Bridge built.
- 1235 – Wenceslaus I of Bohemia organised the building of a City wall.[1]
- 1261 - Ottokar II of Bohemia crowned in Prague.
- 1270 – Great Synagogue built.[3]
- 1344 – Catholic Archdiocese of Prague established.[4]
- 1345 – University of Prague founded.[5]
- 1347 - The black death killed millions.
- 1347 – 2 September: Coronation of Charles IV as King of Bohemia; Prague becomes capital of the Holy Roman Empire.[1]
- 1348 – New Town founded outside Prague city walls.[6]
- 1354 - Public clock installed (approximate date).[7]
- 1363 – St. Wenceslas Chapel built
- 1370 – Tyn Church construction begins.[8]
- 1386 – Karolinum rebuilt.
- 1391 – Bethlehem Chapel built.[6]
- 1398 – Town Hall built in New Town.
- 1410 – Astronomical clock installed in City Hall.[9]
- 1419 – Defenestration (political unrest).[10]
- 1458 – Coronation of George of Poděbrady as King of Bohemia.[8]
- 1475 – Powder Tower built.[8]
- 1478 - Printing press in operation.[11]
- 1483 - second Defenestration of Prague.
16th-18th centuries
- 1501 - Czech-language Protestant hymnal published.[12]
- 1503 – Charles Bridge built.[1]
- 1568 - High Synagogue (Prague) finished.
- 1580 - Loew reportedly invents the Golem of Prague.[13]
- 1586 - Jewish Town Hall (Prague) constructed.
- 1590 - Maisel Synagogue construction begins.
- 1604 - October: Kepler observes a Milky Way supernova.
- 1618 – 23 May: 2nd Prague defenestration sparked off the Thirty Years' War.[1]
- 1621 – 21 June: Execution of 27 Czech nobles on the Old Town Square as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.[1]
- 1631 - Gustavus Adolphus, king of Sweden, briefly occupied the town.[1]
- 1635 – 30 May: City hosts signing of the Peace of Prague (1635).
- 1648
- West bank of Prague (including the Prague Castle) occupied and looted by Swedish armies.[1]
- Peace of Westphalia "put a stop to hostilities".[1]
- 1650 – Column of the Virgin erected in Old Town Square.[8]
- 1724 – Sporck theatre active.
- 1738 – Palais Sylva-Tarouca built on Na příkopě.[8]
- 1739 – Kotzentheater active.
- 1741 – November: Occupation by French-Bavarian armies.[1]
- 1742 – Siege of Prague (1742).
- 1744 – City occupied by Prussian forces.[6]
- 1755 – St. Nicholas Church built.
- 1757 - 6 May: Siege of Prague.[10][14]
- 1765 – Goltz Palace built.
- 1783 – Nostitz Theatre opens.[15]
- 1784 – Administration of Hradčany, Malá Strana, New Town, and Old Town unified as one city.
- 1787
- 19 January: Premiere of Mozart's Prague Symphony.
- 29 October: Premiere of Mozart's opera Don Giovanni.[15]
- 1791
- 6 September: Coronation of Leopold II as King of Bohemia.
- 6 September: Premiere of Mozart's La clemenza di Tito.[15]
- 1796
- Lithography invented.[12]
- Academy of Fine Arts and the Picture Gallery established.
19th century
- 1813 – July–October: City hosts meeting of the Coalition forces of the Napoleonic Wars.[10]
- 1818 – Bohemian Museum founded.[16]
- 1825 – Savings bank established.[17]
- 1841 – Bridge of Francis I built.[18]
- 1847 – Austrian National Bank branch opens.[17]
- 1848
- 2–12 June: Prague Slavic Congress, 1848 held.
- 17 June: Revolutionary uprising near Prague crushed by imperial army.[19]
- Old Town Hall rebuilt.[8]
- 1850
- 1851 - Prague City Archives established.
- 1857
- 1862
- Sokol sport club founded.
- Provisional Theatre opens.
- 1866 – City hosts signing of the Peace of Prague (1866).[10]
- 1868
- Živnostenská banka (bank) founded.[20]
- Spanish Synagogue built.
- 1876 – Prager Tagblatt German-language newspaper begins publication.
- 1877 – Premiere of Dvořák's Symphonic Variations.
- 1879 – Anglo-Austrian Bank branch established.[21]
- 1880 – Population: 293,822 metro.[22]
- 1882 – Charles University reorganized into German- and Czech-language institutions.[16]
- 1883
- Vyšehrad becomes part of city.[1]
- Czech Theatre built.[22]
- National Theatre Ballet founded.
- 1884
- Café Slavia opens.
- Holešovice-Bubna becomes part of city.[1]
- Klausen Synagogue reconstructed.
- 1885
- Rudolfinum (concert hall) inaugurated.
- Museum of Decorative Arts founded.
- 1888 – Neues Deutsches Theater opens.
- 1890
- 2 February: Premiere of Dvořák's Symphony No. 8.
- September: Flood.[22]
- Population: 182,530.[22]
- 1891
- Petřín Lookout Tower and Bohemian Museum building constructed.[23]
- Hanavský Pavilion built in Letná Park.
- General Land Centennial Exhibition (1891) held.
- 1896
- Czech Philharmonic established.
- Population: 189,157; metro 368,490.[24]
- 1897 - Unrest.[1]
- 1898
- 1900
- Old Prague Society founded.[26]
- Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague opened.
20th century
- 1901
- 1905 - Unrest for "an extension of the suffrage".[1]
- 1906
- Prague-Velká Chuchle Racecourse opens.
- Jewish Museum founded.
- Population: 460,849 metro.[1]
- 1907 – Vinohrady Theatre inaugurated.
- 1908
- May–June: City hosts Prague 1908 chess tournament.
- 19 September: Premiere of Mahler's Symphony No. 7.
- 1909 - Smíchov becomes part of Prague.
- 1910 - Population: 223,741.[27]
- 1911 – St.-Antonius-von-Padua-Kirche (church) built on Bubenská-Platz.
- 1916 – May: City premiere of Janáček's Jenůfa.
- 1918
- Kino Světozor (cinema) opens.[28]
- October: City becomes capital of Czechoslovakia.[10]
- 1921 – Communist Party of Czechoslovakia headquartered in city.
- 1922
- 1930 – Population: 848,823.[10]
- 1931 – Prague Zoo opens.
- 1934 - Prague Symphony Orchestra founded.[29]
- 1939
- March: Nazi German occupation of city begins.[10]
- City becomes seat of German Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.[6]
- 1942 – 27 May: German official Reinhard Heydrich assassinated; Nazis respond with wave of terror.
- 1945
- 14 February: Bombing of Prague in World War II.
- 5–8 May: Prague uprising against the Nazi German occupants during the last days of World War II.
- 6–11 May: Prague Offensive: arrival of the Red Army; Nazi German occupation ends.
- Expulsion of German citizens
- Academy of Performing Arts in Prague established.
- 1946
- Prague Spring International Music Festival begins.[30]
- Faculty of Theatre established.
- 1948
- February: 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état.
- May: City hosts The Second International Congress of Composers and Music Critics 1948.
- 1952
- 1954 – Bethlehem Chapel reconstructed.[6]
- 1958 – Theatre on the Balustrade founded.
- 1955 – Stalin Monument unveiled at Letná Park.
- 1957 – Reduta Jazz Club opens on Národní.
- 1962 - Stalin Monument destroyed.
- 1964 – Prague Ballet active.[31]
- 1968 – Prague Spring; Soviet crackdown.[32]
- 1969
- Jan Palach's self-immolation.
- City becomes capital of the Czech Socialist Republic.
- 1970 – Prague Chamber Ballet founded.[31]
- 1973 – 11 December: City hosts signing of the Treaty of Prague (1973).
- 1974
- Prague Metro founded.
- Population: 1,095,615.[33]
- 1978 – Charles Bridge pedestrianized.[citation needed]
- 1985 - Population: 1,190,576 (estimate).[34]
- 1989 – November–December: Velvet Revolution.[35]
- 1990 – City divided into 56 districts.
- 1991
- School of International Relations, University of Economics in Prague established.
- Prager Zeitung German-language newspaper begins publication.
- Prague Metronome erected.
- 1992
- Žižkov Television Tower erected.
- Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic headquartered in city.
- 1993 – 1 January: Prague becomes capital of the Czech Republic.[6]
- 1995 – U.S. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty headquartered in city.[36]
- 1996
- City hosts World Congress of Esperanto; manifesto drafted.
- Dancing House built.
- 1997 – Via Foundation headquartered in city.
- 1998 – University of New York in Prague established.
- 1999 - Prague Mosque built.[37]
21st century
- 2001 – Prague Fringe Festival begins.
- 2002
- August: Prague suffers from flooding, parts of the city evacuated, many historic archives damaged but no major landmarks destroyed.[36]
- Broadway Theatre (Prague) opens.
- Prague Security Studies Institute established.[38]
- November: City hosts NATO summit.
- 2007 – The Codex Gigas returns to Prague after 379 years
- 2008 - Prague Declaration.
- 2009 – 5 April: U.S. president gives speech on nuclear disarmament.[39]
- 2010 – September: Economic protest.[36]
- 2011 – Population: 1,262,106; metro 2,300,000.
- 2013
- 29 April: 2013 Prague explosion.
- Tomáš Hudeček becomes mayor.
- 2014 Adriana Krnáčová becomes mayor.
See also
- History of Prague
- List of mayors of Prague
- List of rulers of Bohemia, 9th-20th century, official residence in Prague
- Timelines of other cities in the Czech Republic: Brno
