Timeline of Prague

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

Prior to 16th century

 * 870 CE – Prague Castle founded
 * 10th C. - Vyšehrad (the "upper castle") is built.
 * 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 (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.
 * 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 (including the Prague Castle) 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 (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.
 * Klausen Synagogue reconstructed.
 * 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.
 * 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 (church) built on.
 * 1916 – May: City premiere of Janáček's Jenůfa.
 * 1918
 * (cinema) 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 (estimate).
 * 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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