Timeline of Prague
The following is a timeline of the history of the [Statutory Statutory city (Czech Republic)|city (Czech Republic)|city] of Prague, Czech Republic.
Prior to 16th century
- 870 CE – Prague Castle founded
- 10th C. - Vyšehrad is built.
- * Prague is one of the biggest slave markets in Europe as a center of the Prague slave trade.
- 973
- * St. George's Convent established in Prague Castle.
- * St. George's Basilica building expanded.
- 1085 – Coronation of Vratislaus II of Bohemia.
- 1172 – built.
- 1235 – Wenceslaus I of Bohemia organised the building of a City wall.
- 1261 - Ottokar II of Bohemia crowned in Prague.
- 1270 – Great Synagogue built.
- 1344 – Catholic Archdiocese of Prague established.
- 1345 – University of Prague founded.
- 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.
- 1348 – New Town founded outside Prague city walls.
- 1354 - Public clock installed.
- 1363 – St. Wenceslas Chapel built
- 1370 – Tyn Church construction begins.
- 1386 – Karolinum rebuilt.
- 1391 – Bethlehem Chapel built.
- 1398 – [New New Town Hall (Prague)|Town Hall (Prague)|Town Hall] built in New Town.
- 1410 – Astronomical clock installed in City Hall.
- 1419 – Defenestration.
- 1458 – Coronation of George of Poděbrady as King of Bohemia.
- 1475 – Powder Tower built.
- 1478 - Printing press in operation.
- 1483 - second Defenestration of Prague.
16th-18th centuries
- 1501 - Czech-language Protestant hymnal published.
- 1503 – Charles Bridge built.
- 1568 - High Synagogue (Prague) finished.
- 1580 - Loew reportedly invents the Golem of Prague.
- 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.
- 1621 – 21 June: Execution of 27 Czech nobles on the Old Town Square as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.
- 1631 - Gustavus Adolphus, king of Sweden, briefly occupied the town.
- 1635 – 30 May: City hosts signing of the Peace of Prague (1635).
- 1648
- * West bank of Prague occupied and looted by Swedish armies.
- * Peace of Westphalia "put a stop to hostilities".
- 1650 – Column of the Virgin erected in Old Town Square.
- 1724 – Sporck theatre active.
- 1738 – Palais Sylva-Tarouca built on Na příkopě.
- 1739 – Kotzentheater active.
- 1741 – November: Occupation by French-Bavarian armies.
- 1742 – Siege of Prague (1742).
- 1744 – City occupied by Prussian forces.
- 1755 – St. Nicholas Church built.
- 1757 - 6 May: Siege of Prague.
- 1765 – Goltz Palace built.
- 1783 – Nostitz Theatre opens.
- 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.
- 1791
- * 6 September: Coronation of Leopold II as King of Bohemia.
- * 6 September: Premiere of Mozart's La clemenza di Tito.
- 1796
- * Lithography invented.
- * 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.
- 1818 – Bohemian Museum founded.
- 1825 – Savings bank established.
- 1841 – built.
- 1847 – Austrian National Bank branch opens.
- 1848
- * 2–12 June: Prague Slavic Congress, 1848 held.
- * 17 June: Revolutionary uprising near Prague crushed by imperial army.
- * Old Town Hall rebuilt.
- 1850
- * Josefov becomes part of city.
- * Statue of Francis I erected in the Franzensquai.
- 1851 - Prague City Archives established.
- 1857
- * in business.
- * Industrial school established.
- 1862
- * Sokol sport club founded.
- * Provisional Theatre opens.
- 1866 – City hosts signing of the Peace of Prague (1866).
- 1868
- * Živnostenská banka founded.
- * Spanish Synagogue built.
- 1876 – Prager Tagblatt German-language newspaper begins publication.
- 1877 – Premiere of Dvořák's Symphonic Variations.
- 1879 – Anglo-Austrian Bank branch established.
- 1880 – Population: 293,822 metro.
- 1882 – Charles University reorganized into German- and Czech-language institutions.
- 1883
- * Vyšehrad becomes part of city.
- * Czech Theatre built.
- * National Theatre Ballet founded.
- 1884
- * Café Slavia opens.
- * Holešovice-Bubna becomes part of city.
- * Klausen Synagogue reconstructed.
- 1885
- * Rudolfinum inaugurated.
- * Museum of Decorative Arts founded.
- 1888 – Neues Deutsches Theater opens.
- 1890
- * 2 February: Premiere of Dvořák's Symphony No. 8.
- * September: Flood.
- * Population: 182,530.
- 1891
- * Petřín Lookout Tower and Bohemian Museum building constructed.
- * Hanavský Pavilion built in Letná Park.
- * General Land Centennial Exhibition (1891) held.
- 1896
- * Czech Philharmonic established.
- * Population: 189,157; metro 368,490.
- 1897 - Unrest.
- 1898
- * Bohemian Industrial Bank headquartered in city.
- * Civic museum opens on Poric Street.
- 1900
- * Old Prague Society founded.
- * Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague opened.
20th century
- 1901
- * Liben becomes part of city.
- * Francis Bridge built.
- 1905 - Unrest for "an extension of the suffrage".
- 1906
- * Prague-Velká Chuchle Racecourse opens.
- * Jewish Museum founded.
- * Population: 460,849 metro.
- 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.
- 1911 – St.-Antonius-von-Padua-Kirche built on.
- 1916 – May: City premiere of Janáček's Jenůfa.
- 1918
- * opens.
- * October: City becomes capital of Czechoslovakia.
- 1921 – Communist Party of Czechoslovakia headquartered in city.
- 1922
- * created by uniting Prague with its suburbs and neighboring towns; 37 municipalities added.
- * Vinohrady and Žižkov become part of Prague.
- * Population: 676,000.
- 1930 – Population: 848,823.
- 1931 – Prague Zoo opens.
- 1934 - Prague Symphony Orchestra founded.
- 1939
- * March: Nazi German occupation of city begins.
- * City becomes seat of German Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
- 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.
- * 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
- * Slánský trial.
- * Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra active.
- 1954 – Bethlehem Chapel reconstructed.
- 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.
- 1968 – Prague Spring; Soviet crackdown.
- 1969
- *Jan Palach's self-immolation.
- *City becomes capital of the Czech Socialist Republic.
- 1970 – founded.
- 1973 – 11 December: City hosts signing of the Treaty of Prague (1973).
- 1974
- * Prague Metro founded.
- * Population: 1,095,615.
- 1978 – Charles Bridge pedestrianized.
- 1985 - Population: 1,190,576.
- 1989 – November–December: Velvet Revolution.
- 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.
- 1995 – U.S. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty headquartered in city.
- 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.
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.
- * Broadway Theatre (Prague) opens.
- * Prague Security Studies Institute established.
- * 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.
- 2010 – September: Economic protest.
- 2011 – Population: 1,262,106; metro 2,300,000.
- 2013
- * 29 April: 2013 Prague explosion.
- * Tomáš Hudeček becomes mayor.
- 2014 Adriana Krnáčová becomes mayor.
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