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Timeline of Prague

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

Contents

Prior to 16th century

  • 870 CE – Prague Castle founded
  • 973
  • St. George's Convent established in Prague Castle.
  • St. George's Basilica building expanded.
  • 1085 – Coronation of Vratislaus II of Bohemia.
  • 1172 – Judith Bridge built.
  • 1235 – City wall constructed.
  • 1270 – Great Synagogue built.
  • 1344 – Catholic Archdiocese of Prague established.
  • 1345 – University of Prague founded.
  • 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 (approximate date).
  • 1363 – St. Wenceslas Chapel built
  • 1370 – Tyn Church construction begins.
  • 1386 – Karolinum rebuilt.
  • 1391 – Bethlehem Chapel built.
  • 1398 – Town Hall built in New Town.
  • 1410 – Astronomical clock installed in City Hall.
  • 1419 – Defenestration (political unrest).
  • 1458 – Coronation of George of Poděbrady as King of Bohemia.
  • 1475 – Powder Tower built.
  • 1478 - Printing press in operation.

    • 16th-18th centuries

  • 1501 - Czech-language Protestant hymnal published.
  • 1503 – Charles Bridge built.
  • 1580 - Loew reportedly invents the Golem of Prague.
  • 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.
  • 1635 – 30 May: City hosts signing of the Peace of Prague (1635).
  • 1648 – West bank of Prague (including the Prague Castle) occupied and looted by Swedish armies.
  • 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: Battle of Prague (1757).
  • May–June: 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.
  • 1819 – Bohemian Museum founded.
  • 1825 – Savings bank established.
  • 1841 – Bridge of Francis I 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
  • Prager Eisenindustrie-Gesellschaft 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 (bank) 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.
  • 1885
  • Rudolfinum (concert hall) 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.
  • 1898
  • Bohemian Industrial Bank headquartered in city.
  • Civic museum opens on Poric Street.

    • 20th century

  • 1900 – Old Prague Society founded.
  • 1901
  • Liben becomes part of city.
  • Francis Bridge built.
  • 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 (church) built on Bubenská-Platz.
  • 1916 – May: City premiere of Janáček's Jenůfa.
  • 1918
  • Kino Světozor (cinema) opens.
  • October: City becomes capital of Czechoslovakia.
  • 1921 – Communist Party of Czechoslovakia headquartered in city.
  • 1922
  • Great Prague 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 – Prague Chamber Ballet founded.
  • 1973 – 11 December: City hosts signing of the Treaty of Prague (1973).
  • 1978 – Charles Bridge pedestrianized.
  • 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
  • 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.

    • References

    Timeline of Prague Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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