Timeline of Brno

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.