Timeline of Bucharest
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bucharest, Romania.
Before the 17th century
- 1459 – Bucharest chartered by Drăculeşti Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia.
- 1559 – Old Court Church built by Mircea Ciobanul
- 1587 – Mărcuța Church built.
- 1589 – Lipscani completed.
- 1595 – Burned by the Turks.
17th century
- 1633 – Bucharest Bărăția built.
- 1658 – Metropolitan Church consecrated.
- 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.
18th century
- 1702 – Mogoşoaia Palace built near city.
- 1715 – Antim Monastery built.
- 1722 – Kretzulescu Church built.
- 1724 – Stavropoleos Church built.
- 1739 – Gabroveni Inn built.
- 1757 – Lutheran church established.
- 1769 – City taken by Russians.
- 1789 – City taken by Austrians.
- 1793 – Plague & Earthquiake.
19th century
- 1808 – Manuc's Inn built.
- 1812 – 28 May: City hosts signing of the Treaty of Bucharest (1812).
- 1813 – Plague.
- 1821 – Greek uprising.
- 1828 – City taken by Russians who handed it to the prince of Walachia in 1829.
- 1847
- * Great Fire of Bucharest.
- * Cișmigiu Gardens inaugurated.
- 1848
- * September: City occupied by Turkish forces.
- * October: City occupied by Russian forces.
- 1852
- * Grand Theatre inaugurated.
- * Casa Capșa confectionery in business.
- 1853
- * July: City temporarily occupied by Russians.
- * 8 August: Turks in power.
- * 6 September: Austrians in power.
- 1856 – Austrian occupation ends.
- 1857 – Street lighting installed.
- 1858 – Bellu cemetery in use.
- 1861 – City becomes capital of Romania.
- 1862 – Orphanage founded.
- 1863 – Music and Drama Conservatory established.
- 1864
- * University of Bucharest, Bucharest National University of Arts, School of Bridges and Roads, Mines and Architecture, and National Museum of Antiquities founded.
- * Barbu Vlădoianu becomes mayor.
- 1865 – Flooding of Bucharest
- 1866
- * Romanian Academy founded.
- * Alexandru Ioan Cuza, first ruler of the Romanian Principalities, driven from his throne by an insurrection in Bucharest.
- 1867
- * Templul Coral built.
- * Population: 141,754.
- 1871 – Societatea Română de Tramvaiuri established.
- 1872 – Gara Târgoviștei built.
- 1880 – Bukarester Tagblatt German-language newspaper begins publication.
- 1881 – City becomes capital of Kingdom of Romania
- 1883
- * Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucharest established.
- * Saint Joseph Cathedral completed.
- * Orient Express begins operating.
- 1884 – Doamna Balasa church built.
- 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.
- * 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.
- 1895 – Central University Library of Bucharest established.
- 1900
- * House of Savings built.
- * Population: 282,071.
20th century
- 1906 – Bucharest Jubilee Exhibition held.
- 1909
- * Bucharest Russian Church built.
- * Saint Basil the Great Cathedral opened.
- 1912 – Military Circle built.
- 1913 – City hosts signing of the Treaty of Bucharest (1913).
- 1914 – Anglican Church (Bucharest) built.
- 1916
- * 6 December: German occupation of city begins.
- * August: City hosts signing of the Treaty of Bucharest (1916).
- 1918
- * German occupation of city ends.
- * May: City hosts signing of the Treaty of Bucharest (1918).
- * December: Typographers' strike is violently suppressed
- 1925 – Dramă şi Comedie active.
- 1929 – Dem I. Dobrescu becomes mayor.
- 1930 – Italian Church built.
- 1931 – Scînteia newspaper begins publication.
- 1933
- * Grivița Strike of 1933.
- * Bucharest Telephone Palace built.
- 1936
- * Herăstrău Park opens.
- * Arcul de Triumf erected on Kiseleff Road.
- * Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum in Bucharest established.
- 1937
- * Scala Cinema opens.
- * Royal Palace built.
- 1938 – Cașin Church built.
- 1940
- * Political unrest.
- * Germans in power.
- * November: 1940 Vrancea earthquake.
- 1941 – January: Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom.
- 1944
- * Bombing of Bucharest in World War II begins.
- * 31 August: City occupied by Russian forces.
- * Geography Institute founded.
- 1945 – Bombing of Bucharest in World War II ends.
- 1946 – Textile school founded.
- 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.
- * City streets renamed.
- * FC Dinamo București founded.
- * Population: 886,110; metro 1,041,807.
- 1952 – Băneasa Airport terminal opens.
- 1953
- * August: City hosts 4th World Festival of Youth and Students.
- * National Stadium opens.
- 1956
- * Bucharest student movement.
- * Casa Scînteii built.
- 1958
- * World Festival of Puppet Theatres held.
- * George Enescu Festival of music begins.
- 1959
- * Basarab railway station built.
- * 500th anniversary of city founding.
- 1964 – Population: 1,239,458 city; 1,372,130 urban agglomeration.
- 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.
- * Population: 1,807,044 city; 1,934,025 urban agglomeration.
- 1979
- * Bucharest Metro begins operating.
- * Piața Unirii metro station opens.
- 1981 – Republica metro station opens.
- 1985
- * Victory of Socialism Boulevard laid out.
- * Palace of the People construction begins.
- 1989
- * December: Romanian Revolution.
- * 21 December: Ceaușescu's final speech takes place at Palace Square.
- * 22 December: Ceaușescu flees city.
- * Adevărul newspaper in publication.
- 1990
- * April: Golaniad protest begins.
- * June 1990 Mineriad protest.
- 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 established.
- * Traian Băsescu becomes mayor.
- * Centre for Defence and Security Strategic Studies headquartered in city.
21st century
- 2002
- * Bamboo Club 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.
- * 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.
- * National Library of Romania new building opens.
- 2013
- * Dinamo Polyvalent Hall 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 organization is established by the President of Romania Klaus Iohannis and the President of Poland Andrzej Duda on 4 November.