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Timeline of Cluj Napoca

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Contents

Prior to 20th century

  • 1178 - Site "colonized by Saxons" in Transylvania.
  • 1408 - Cluj becomes a free city.
  • 1430s - St. Michael's Church built.
  • 1541 - City became part of the independent Principality of Transylvania after the Ottoman Turks occupied the central part of the Kingdom of Hungary.
  • 1543 - Bonțida Bánffy Castle built near city.
  • 1550 - Printing press established by Gáspár Heltai.
  • 1565 - Witch trials begin (approximate date).
  • 1572 - Filstich Wolf House built on Unirii Square.
  • 1581 - Gymnasium (school) founded.
  • 1695 - Hungarian Szakácskönyv (cookbook) published.
  • 1699 - City becomes part of the Habsburg Monarchy per Treaty of Karlowitz.
  • 1715 - Citadel (Cluj-Napoca) construction begins.
  • 1785
  • Bánffy Palace built.
  • Gherla prison begins operating in vicinity.
  • 1790 - City becomes capital of the Grand Principality of Transylvania.
  • 1792 - Hungarian Theatre founded.
  • 1798 - Fire.
  • 1803 - Bob Church consecrated.
  • 1812 - Reduta Palace built.
  • 1828 - Josika Palace expanded.
  • 1829 - Cluj-Napoca Evangelical Church built.
  • 1830s - Cluj-Napoca Central Park / Népkertnek (park) opens.
  • 1845 - Town Hall built.
  • 1848 - 25 December: City taken by Hungarian forces.
  • 1869 - Institute of Agronomic Studies founded.
  • 1870
  • Railway to Budapest begins operating.
  • Population: 26,382.
  • 1872 - Franz Joseph University and Botanical Garden founded.
  • 1880 - Population: 29,923 (70% of Hungarian ethnicity).
  • 1887 - Neolog Synagogue built.
  • 1890 - Population: 32,739.
  • 1895 - New York Café (Cluj-Napoca) built.

    • 20th century

  • 1900 - Population: 46,670.
  • 1902
  • Palace of Justice built.
  • Matthias Corvinus Monument unveiled in Unirii Square.
  • 1906 - Cluj-Napoca National Theatre opens.
  • 1907 - CFR Cluj (football club) formed.
  • 1910 - Hungarian Theatre of Cluj building constructed.
  • 1911 - Stadionul Ion Moina (stadium) opens.
  • 1913 - Sebestyén-palota built on Unirii Square.
  • 1918 - 24 December: City taken by Romanian forces; Hungarian rule ends.
  • 1919
  • Iulian Pop becomes mayor.
  • U Cluj football club formed.
  • Gheorghe Dima Music Academy founded.
  • 1920
  • City becomes part of Romania.
  • Population: 85,509.
  • 1921 - Capitoline Wolf Statue unveiled in Unirii Square.
  • 1922 - Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania founded.
  • 1925 - Fine Arts School founded.
  • 1930
  • Greek Catholic Diocese of Cluj-Gherla established.
  • Population: 100,844.
  • 1933 - Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral built.
  • 1934 - Goldmark Jewish Symphonic Orchestra founded.
  • 1940 - City becomes part of Hungary again.
  • 1944
  • 27 March: City occupied by German forces.
  • 25 May: Deportation of Jews begins.
  • 11 October: City captured by Romanian and Soviet forces; Hungarian rule ends.
  • 1948
  • Protestant Theological Institute established.
  • Population: 117,915.
  • 1966 - Population: 185,663 (56% of Romanian ethnicity; 42% of Hungarian ethnicity).
  • 1968 - Echinox literary magazine begins publication.
  • 1973 - CFR Cluj Stadium opens.
  • 1974 - City renamed "Cluj-Napoca."
  • 1977 - Population: 262,858.
  • 1989 - December: Romanian Revolution.
  • 1992
  • Gheorghe Funar becomes mayor.
  • Population: 328,602 (75% of Romanian ethnicity).
  • 1994 - Association for Interethnic Dialogue established in Cluj.

    • 21st century

  • 2001 - Peace Action, Training and Research Institute of Romania founded.
  • 2004 - Emil Boc becomes mayor.
  • 2008
  • Sorin Apostu becomes mayor.
  • Cluj-Napoca metropolitan area created.
  • 2011 - Population: 324,576 city; 411,379 metro.
  • 2012 - Emil Boc becomes mayor again.
  • 2016 - Emil Boc becomes mayor yet again.

    • References

    Timeline of Cluj-Napoca Wikipedia
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