Timeline of Prague

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

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Prior to 16th century

• 870 CE – Prague Castle founded
• 10th C. - Vyšehrad (the "upper castle") is built.^[1]
  • Prague is one of the biggest slave markets in Europe as a center of the Prague slave trade.^[2]
• 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 (cs) built.
• 1235 – Wenceslaus I of Bohemia organised the building of a City wall.^[1]
• 1261 - Ottokar II of Bohemia crowned in Prague.
• 1270 – Great Synagogue built.^[3]
• 1344 – Catholic Archdiocese of Prague established.^[4]
• 1345 – University of Prague founded.^[5]
• 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.^[1]
• 1348 – New Town founded outside Prague city walls.^[6]
• 1354 - Public clock installed (approximate date).^[7]
• 1363 – St. Wenceslas Chapel built
• 1370 – Tyn Church construction begins.^[8]
• 1386 – Karolinum rebuilt.
• 1391 – Bethlehem Chapel built.^[6]
• 1398 – Town Hall built in New Town.
• 1410 – Astronomical clock installed in City Hall.^[9]
• 1419 – Defenestration (political unrest).^[10]
• 1458 – Coronation of George of Poděbrady as King of Bohemia.^[8]
• 1475 – Powder Tower built.^[8]
• 1478 - Printing press in operation.^[11]
• 1483 - second Defenestration of Prague.

16th-18th centuries

• 1501 - Czech-language Protestant hymnal published.^[12]
• 1503 – Charles Bridge built.^[1]
• 1568 - High Synagogue (Prague) finished.
• 1580 - Loew reportedly invents the Golem of Prague.^[13]
• 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.^[1]
• 1621 – 21 June: Execution of 27 Czech nobles on the Old Town Square as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.^[1]
• 1631 - Gustavus Adolphus, king of Sweden, briefly occupied the town.^[1]
• 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.^[1]
  • Peace of Westphalia "put a stop to hostilities".^[1]
• 1650 – Column of the Virgin erected in Old Town Square.^[8]
• 1724 – Sporck theatre active.
• 1738 – Palais Sylva-Tarouca built on Na příkopě.^[8]
• 1739 – Kotzentheater active.
• 1741 – November: Occupation by French-Bavarian armies.^[1]
• 1742 – Siege of Prague (1742).
• 1744 – City occupied by Prussian forces.^[6]
• 1755 – St. Nicholas Church built.
• 1757 - 6 May: Siege of Prague.^[10][14]
• 1765 – Goltz Palace built.
• 1783 – Nostitz Theatre opens.^[15]
• 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.^[15]
• 1791
  • 6 September: Coronation of Leopold II as King of Bohemia.
  • 6 September: Premiere of Mozart's La clemenza di Tito.^[15]
• 1796
  • Lithography invented.^[12]
  • 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.^[10]
• 1818 – Bohemian Museum founded.^[16]
• 1825 – Savings bank established.^[17]
• 1841 – Bridge of Francis I (cs) built.^[18]
• 1847 – Austrian National Bank branch opens.^[17]
• 1848
  • 2–12 June: Prague Slavic Congress, 1848 held.
  • 17 June: Revolutionary uprising near Prague crushed by imperial army.^[19]
  • Old Town Hall rebuilt.^[8]
• 1850
  • Josefov becomes part of city.
  • Statue of Francis I erected in the Franzensquai.^[18]
• 1851 - Prague City Archives established.
• 1857
  • Prager Eisenindustrie-Gesellschaft (de) in business.^[20]
  • Industrial school established.^[20]
• 1862
  • Sokol sport club founded.
  • Provisional Theatre opens.
• 1866 – City hosts signing of the Peace of Prague (1866).^[10]
• 1868
  • Živnostenská banka (bank) founded.^[20]
  • Spanish Synagogue built.
• 1876 – Prager Tagblatt German-language newspaper begins publication.
• 1877 – Premiere of Dvořák's Symphonic Variations.
• 1879 – Anglo-Austrian Bank branch established.^[21]
• 1880 – Population: 293,822 metro.^[22]
• 1882 – Charles University reorganized into German- and Czech-language institutions.^[16]
• 1883
  • Vyšehrad becomes part of city.^[1]
  • Czech Theatre built.^[22]
  • National Theatre Ballet founded.
• 1884
  • Café Slavia opens.
  • Holešovice-Bubna becomes part of city.^[1]
  • 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.^[22]
  • Population: 182,530.^[22]
• 1891
  • Petřín Lookout Tower and Bohemian Museum building constructed.^[23]
  • Hanavský Pavilion built in Letná Park.
  • General Land Centennial Exhibition (1891) held.
• 1896
  • Czech Philharmonic established.
  • Population: 189,157; metro 368,490.^[24]
• 1897 - Unrest.^[1]
• 1898
  • Bohemian Industrial Bank headquartered in city.^[25]
  • Civic museum opens on Poric Street.^[23]
• 1900
  • Old Prague Society founded.^[26]
  • Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague opened.

20th century

• 1901
  • Liben becomes part of city.^[1]
  • Francis Bridge built.^[23]
• 1905 - Unrest for "an extension of the suffrage".^[1]
• 1906
  • Prague-Velká Chuchle Racecourse opens.
  • Jewish Museum founded.
  • Population: 460,849 metro.^[1]
• 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.^[27]
• 1911 – St.-Antonius-von-Padua-Kirche (church) built on Bubenská-Platz (de).
• 1916 – May: City premiere of Janáček's Jenůfa.
• 1918
  • Kino Světozor (cs) (cinema) opens.^[28]
  • October: City becomes capital of Czechoslovakia.^[10]
• 1921 – Communist Party of Czechoslovakia headquartered in city.
• 1922
  • Great Prague (cs) 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.^[10]
• 1931 – Prague Zoo opens.
• 1934 - Prague Symphony Orchestra founded.^[29]
• 1939
  • March: Nazi German occupation of city begins.^[10]
  • City becomes seat of German Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.^[6]
• 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.^[30]
  • 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.^[6]
• 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.^[31]
• 1968 – Prague Spring; Soviet crackdown.^[32]
• 1969
  • Jan Palach's self-immolation.
  • City becomes capital of the Czech Socialist Republic.
• 1970 – Prague Chamber Ballet (cs) founded.^[31]
• 1973 – 11 December: City hosts signing of the Treaty of Prague (1973).
• 1974
  • Prague Metro founded.
  • Population: 1,095,615.^[33]
• 1978 – Charles Bridge pedestrianized.^{[citation needed]}
• 1985 - Population: 1,190,576 (estimate).^[34]
• 1989 – November–December: Velvet Revolution.^[35]
• 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.^[6]
• 1995 – U.S. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty headquartered in city.^[36]
• 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.^[37]

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.^[36]
  • Broadway Theatre (Prague) opens.
  • Prague Security Studies Institute established.^[38]
  • 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.^[39]
• 2010 – September: Economic protest.^[36]
• 2011 – Population: 1,262,106; metro 2,300,000.
• 2013
  • 29 April: 2013 Prague explosion.
  • Tomáš Hudeček becomes mayor.
• 2014 Adriana Krnáčová becomes mayor.

See also

• History of Prague
• List of mayors of Prague
• List of rulers of Bohemia, 9th-20th century, official residence in Prague
• Timelines of other cities in the Czech Republic: Brno