Timeline of Zagreb

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Zagreb, Croatia.

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Prior to 19th century

• 1st century – Andautonia was founded
• 5th century – Andautonia was destroyed
• 1094 – Diocese of Zagreb established by Ladislaus I of Hungary; Cathedral construction begins (approximate date).^{[citation needed]}
• 1242
  • Gradec and Gornji Grad besieged by Tatars.
  • Golden Bull issued by Béla IV of Hungary; Gradec becomes a royal free city.
• 1261 – Gradec fortification walls constructed.
• 1368 – Population: 2,810.
• 1476 – Works begin on Kaptol fortification in August. Bishop Osvald of Zagreb Diocese permits residence of laypeople in Kaptol for defense purposes, leading to resistance among clergy.^[1]
• 1479 – Kaptol fortification walls completed.^[2]
• 1557 – Croatian Parliament convenes at Gradec.
• 1573 – Matija Gubec, leader of the failed Croatian–Slovene peasant revolt, is executed.
• 1607
  • Jesuit high school founded.
  • National library founded.^{[citation needed]}
• 1621 – Zagreb designated seat of Ban of Croatia.
• 1631 - Building of the students' seminary completed^[3]
• 1632 – St. Catherine's Church built.
• 1647 – Foundation directed towards financing poor students from Croatian regions, Frangepaneum, established by Nikola IX Frankopan^[4]
• 1651 – Catastrophic flood of Medveščak stream in July destroys all houses in Tkalčićeva Street. 52 people drown.^[1]
• 1662 – Zrinski palace built^[5]
• 1669 – Jesuit Academy established.
• 1670 – Fran Krsto Frankopan, poet and conspirator, visits the city in order to secure support from the citizens during the Magnate conspiracy^[6]
• 1695 – Pavao Ritter Vitezović starts writing and publishing pamphlets, poetic, historiographical works on Saint Mark's Square
• 1742 – Population: 5,600.
• 1757 – Tituš Brezovački, notable dramatist and poet is born
• 1758 - First Croatian arithmetics textbook Arithmetika Horvatzka, written by Mihalj Šilobod Bolšić, was published
• 1764 - Vojković palace built
• 1771 – Ephemerides Zagrabienses, the first Croatian newspaper, begins publication.^[7]
• 1776 – Royal council relocates to Zagreb from Varaždin.
• 1785 – The first bridge over Sava river is built.^[8]
• 1786 – A large fire sweeps through Gradec, Kaptol and Tkalčićeva Street.^[1]
• 1794
  • Maksimir Park opens to the public
  • Construction begins on foundation hospital on Harmica square (today's Ban Jelačić Square)^[9]
• 1797 – Amadeo's theatre founded.^[10]

19th century

• 1805 – Population: 7,706.
• 1827 – Musikverein founded.
• 1829 – Music school established by Agram Musical Society.
• 1833 – City Hall rebuilt.
• 1835 – Novine Horvatzke newspaper begins publication.^[11]
• 1845 – July 29: Protest quelled by Austrian Imperial Army.
• 1846
  • Sisters of Charity Hospital established.
  • Franz Liszt visits Zagreb and performs in the old theatre on St. Mark's Square.^[1]
• 1850
  • Telegraph service is introduced.^[12]
  • Population: 16,036.
• 1851
  • Janko Kamauf becomes mayor.
  • Gradec and Zagreb merged.
• 1852 – Roman Catholic Archdiocese established.
• 1860 – National Theatre established.
• 1862 – Railway begins operating.
• 1866 – Orthodox Cathedral built.
• 1867
  • City designated capital of Croatia-Slavonia.^[13]
  • Synagogue consecrated.
• 1871 – Philharmonic Orchestra founded.^[14]
• 1874 - Franz Josef University founded.^[13]
• 1875 - Art Society founded.^{[citation needed]}
• 1876 – Mirogoj Cemetery established.
• 1877 – Grič cannon begins daily firing.^[15][16]
• 1878 – Waterworks begin operating.^[17]
• 1880
  • Earthquake.
  • Museum of Arts and Crafts founded.^[18]
• 1882 – Vranyczany Palace built.
• 1884 – Strossmayer Gallery of Old Masters opens.
• 1887 – Public telephone network is established.^[19]
• 1889 – Rudolf barracks completed.^[20]
• 1890 – Population: 38,742.^[13]
• 1891
  • The first Zagreb tramway, a horsecar, begins operating.^[1]
  • Botanical Garden opened to public.^[21]
• 1892 – Zagreb Glavni railway station built.
• 1893 – Funicular begins operating.^[22]
• 1895 – Croatian National Theatre opened, during the visit of Emperor Franz Joseph.
• 1898
  • Art Pavilion inaugurated.
  • Krvavi Most bridge closes.^[23] The bridge today remains as a pedestrian street, as the Medveščak stream, which used to flow under, was covered and built over.
• 1900 – Population: 57,930 (61,002 with garrison).^[13]

20th century

• 1901
  • Earthquake.^[13]
  • Taxi service established.
  • Women are allowed to enroll at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Zagreb.^[1]
• 1903 – Observatory inaugurated.^[24]
• 1904 – Kallina House (residence) built.
• 1905 – National Gallery for Croatian Art established.
• 1906 – Works on introducing street lighting begin.^[1]
• 1907
  • City Museum established.
  • Electric power plant built.
• 1909
  • Airfield begins operating near Črnomerec.
  • Zagreb Fair established (as Zagrebački zbor).^[25]
• 1910 – Electric tramway begins operating.
• 1912 – Stadion Maksimir opens.
• 1918
  • City becomes part of the newly established Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
  • 1918 protest in Zagreb against the new kingdom (December Victims)
• 1919
  • Zagreb Quartet founded.
  • Ethnographic Museum founded.
• 1921 – Stadion Concordije built.
• 1922
  • City becomes capital of Zagreb Oblast.
  • Archdiocesan Grand Gymnasium founded.
• 1924
  • Stadion Koturaska built.
  • NK Maksimir football club formed.
• 1925
  • Zoo opens.
  • Regent Esplanade hotel built.
• 1926 – Radio-stanica Zagreb (now Croatian Radio) begins broadcasting.^[26]
• 1931 – Population: 185,581.
• 1937 – Glyptotheque (Zagreb) founded.^[27]
• 1938
  • Mestrovic Pavilion and Sava Bridge built.
  • V Gymnasium established.
• 1939 – Archaeological Museum established.
• 1940 – Vjesnik newspaper begins publication.
• 1941
  • City designated capital of Independent State of Croatia.
  • September 14: Sabotage at the General Post Office.
• 1942 – University Hospital established.
• 1944 – 1945 - Bombing by Allied forces.
• 1945 – Mladost sports society is founded.
• 1946 – KK Cibona is founded (as Sloboda).^[28]
• 1952 – Peasant Art Gallery founded.
• 1953
  • Privredni vjesnik business newspaper begins publication.
  • Population: 350,452.^[29]
• 1954
  • Technical Museum and City Gallery of Contemporary Art founded.
  • Gavella Drama Theatre opens.
• 1958
  • City government relocates to Stjepan Radic Square.
  • 1 Ilica Street and Jankomir Bridge built.
• 1959
  • Liberty Bridge opens.^[30]
  • Večernji list newspaper begins publication.
  • 1 Ilica Street skyscraper is completed.^[31]
• 1961 – Music Biennale Zagreb begins.
• 1962
  • Zagreb Airport begins operating.^[32]
  • Glas Koncila Catholic newspaper begins publication.
• 1964
  • 1964 Zagreb flood, the biggest flooding disaster in the city's history.
  • Presidential Palace built.
  • XV Gymnasium founded.
• 1967 – Golden Spin of Zagreb ice skating competition begins.
• 1972
  • Animafest Zagreb begins.^[33]
  • Dom Sportova built.
• 1973
  • Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall opens.
  • Zagreb TV Tower built.^[34]
• 1974
  • August 30: Train disaster.
  • Mamutica residential apartment complex and Youth Bridge built.
• 1976
  • SFera science fiction society formed.
  • Zagrepčanka built.
• 1981
  • Adriatic Bridge opens.
  • Population: 649,586.^[35]
• 1982
  • Klovićevi dvori art gallery opens.
  • Podsused Bridge built.
• 1983 – SFeraKon science fiction convention begins.
• 1984 – Radio 101 begins broadcasting.
• 1987
  • City hosts Summer Universiade.
  • Mimara Museum opens.^[36]
  • Cibona Tower, Zagreb Mosque, and Cibona Sports Center built.
• 1988 – Clinical Hospital Dubrava founded.^[37]
• 1989 – Chromos Tower built.
• 1990
  • May 5: Eurovision Song Contest 1990
  • May 13: Dinamo Zagreb–Red Star Belgrade riot.
  • The Constitution of Croatia designates Zagreb as the capital of the Republic of Croatia.
  • Slobodni tjednik newspaper begins publication.^[relevant?]
  • Globus, the most influential political weekly during the Independence war begins publication at the end of December.
• 1991
  • Zagreb Stock Exchange formed.
  • October 4: Bombing of Zagreb TV Tower.
  • October 7: Bombing of Banski dvori.
  • December 7: Murder of the Zec family
• 1995
  • Zagreb crisis begins.
  • May – Rocket attacks by Serbian forces.
  • New building of the National and University Library is opened.
• 1996
  • Radio Student begins broadcasting.
  • November: Protest against Radio 101 closure.^[38]
  • Marina Matulović-Dropulić becomes the first female mayor of Zagreb.
• 1998 – Jutarnji list newspaper begins publication.
• 1999 – International Piano Competition Svetislav Stančić begins.
• 2000
  • Milan Bandić becomes mayor.
  • Amadeo Theatre and Music Company founded.
  • Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić built.

21st century

• 2001 – Political Science Research Center founded.^[39]
• 2002
  • Zagreb Pride march begins.
  • Vlasta Pavić becomes mayor.
  • Zagreb School of Economics and Management founded.
• 2003
  • Zagreb Film Festival begins.
  • Nedjeljni Jutarnji weekly newspaper begins publication.
• 2004
  • Poslovni dnevnik business newspaper begins publication.
  • Zagrebacka Televizija begins broadcasting.
  • HOTO Tower built.
• 2005
  • Milan Bandic becomes mayor again.
  • 24sata newspaper begins publication.
  • ZagrebDox film festival begins.
  • Serbian Orthodox Secondary School founded.
• 2006
  • INmusic festival begins.
  • Eurotower and Zagrebtower built.
• 2007
  • Homeland Bridge opens.
  • Zagreb Jewish Film Festival begins.
• 2008
  • Subversive Film Festival begins.
  • October 23: assassination of Ivo Pukanić.
  • Arena Zagreb built.
• 2009
  • Museum of Contemporary Art opens.
• 2010 – Museum of Broken Relationships established.
• 2011
  • Population: 790,017.^[40]
  • Lauba art gallery established.
• 2012
  • Sky Office Tower built.
• 2013
  • 2013 European Figure Skating Championships
• 2014
  • xCimos tower built
  • New building of the Academy of Music completed.
• 2015
  • Strojarska Business Center completed.
• 2016
  • Population: 802,338^[41]
• 2019
  • []
• 2020
  • A strong earthquake causes widespread damage and injuries.^[42]
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See also

• History of Zagreb
• List of mayors of Zagreb
• Timeline of Croatian history
• Timelines of other cities in Croatia: Rijeka, Split