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Timeline of Brno

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Brno, Moravia, Czech Republic.

Contents

Prior to 20th century

  • 1180 - Church of St. Peter built (approximate date).
  • 1229 - Brno charter endorsed by Ottocar I of Bohemia.
  • 1243 - City incorporated.
  • 1296 - Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul established.
  • 1343 - Old Town Hall (Brno) in use.
  • 1356 - Church of St. Thomas consecrated.
  • 1428 - Brno besieged by Hussites.
  • 1451 - 27 July: Jews expelled.
  • 1468 - Brno besieged by forces of George of Bohemia.
  • 1485 - Printing press in operation.
  • 1645 - Brno besieged by forces of Swedish Torstensson.
  • 1742 - Brno besieged by Prussians.
  • 1766 - Cloth factory begins operating.
  • 1777 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Brno established; Mathias Franz Graf von Chorinsky Freiherr von Ledske becomes bishop.
  • 1782 - Brno becomes capital of Moravia-Silesia.
  • 1786 - Lužánky park established.
  • 1805 - 2 December: Battle of Austerlitz occurs near Brno; forces of Napoleon headquartered in city.
  • 1818 - Museum Francisceum founded.
  • 1843 - Labor unrest.
  • 1848 - October: Labor demonstration.
  • 1849
  • German Technical University in Brno founded.
  • Population: 45,189.
  • 1855 - Synagogue consecrated.
  • 1864 - Vankovka engineering works built near Brno.
  • 1866 - 13 July: Prussians in power.
  • 1867 - Czech-language secondary school founded.
  • 1869 - Population: 73,771.
  • 1872 - Starobrno Brewery built.
  • 1880 - Gustav Winterholler becomes mayor.
  • 1881 - Organ School founded.
  • 1882 - Deutsches Stadttheater built.
  • 1884 - National Theatre Brno established.
  • 1891 - Deutsches Haus (Brno) opens.
  • 1894 - August Wieser becomes mayor.
  • 1899 - Imperial Czech Technical University of Franz Joseph founded.

    • 20th century

  • 1900 - Population: 108,944.
  • 1910 - Population: 125,737.
  • 1913 - SK Židenice football club formed.
  • 1918
  • Československá zbrojovka manufactory in business.
  • Moravia becomes part of Czechoslovakia.
  • Brno City Archive Library established.
  • 1919
  • Bohunice and Slatina become part of Brno.
  • Masaryk University and Brno Conservatory founded.
  • 1926 - 18 December: Premiere of Janáček's opera Makropulos Affair.
  • 1928
  • Brno Exhibition Centre opens.
  • Exhibition of Contemporary Culture held.
  • Centrum department store built.
  • 1930
  • Modernist Villa Tugendhat built.
  • Population: 264,925.
  • 1935 - New City Hall (Brno) in use.
  • 1939 - Brno (and whole country) occupied by German Nazis.
  • 1941 - First Martial Law, 239 people executed in Brno, another 1000 in concentration camps.
  • 1945
  • Brno City Theatre established.
  • Liberation of Brno
  • many Germans fled Brno, the rest was later expelled.
  • 1946 - Brno–Tuřany Airport opens.
  • 1947
  • Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts established.
  • Královo Pole indoor arena opens.
  • Population: 133,637 city; 934,437 province.
  • 1953 - Brno Zoo and Stadion Za Lužánkami open.
  • 1955 - Julius Fucik Theatre active.
  • 1956 - Moravian Karst nature reserve established near city.
  • 1961
  • Moravian Gallery in Brno established.
  • Population: 314,235.
  • 1963
  • Biennial of Graphic Design, Brno begins.
  • Oldřich Vaverka becomes mayor.
  • 1965 - Janáček Theatre opens.
  • 1980 - HaDivadlo theatre troupe active.
  • 1982 - Starobrno Rondo Aréna opens.
  • 1985 - Dukovany Nuclear Power Station commissioned near city.
  • 1987 - Motorsport Masaryk Circuit opens.
  • 1990
  • Brno becomes a statutory city.
  • City divided into 29 districts.
  • International Institute for Political Science of Masaryk University founded.
  • Vojtěch Cikrle becomes Catholic bishop.
  • 1991 - Kabinet múz cultural space founded.
  • 1994 - Dagmar Lastovecká becomes mayor.
  • 1997 - M-Palace hi-rise built.
  • 1998 - Petr Duchoň becomes mayor.

    • 21st century

  • 2001 - Cinema City Velky Spalicek opens.
  • 2004
  • University of Defence (Czech Republic) established.
  • ProtestFest begins.[1]
  • Richard Svoboda becomes mayor.
  • 2006 - Roman Onderka becomes mayor.
  • 2009 - September: Catholic pope visits Brno.
  • 2010 - Cinema Mundi International Film Festival begins.
  • 2011
  • Labyrinth under Vegetable Market, Brno (historic site) opens.
  • Population: 385,913.
  • 2012
  • Spielberk Towers built.
  • Brno Ossuary (historic site) opens.
  • 2013 - AZ Tower built.
  • 2014 - Petr Vokřál becomes mayor.
  • 2015 - June: Anti-immigration demonstration.

    • References

    Timeline of Brno Wikipedia
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