Timeline of Bratislava

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bratislava, Slovakia.

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Prior to 17th century

• 2nd century BC - Gerulata Roman military camp established.
• 9th century - Castle built.
• 907 - July 4–7: Battle of Pressburg.
• 1271 - July 2: Peace treaty signed between Ottokar II of Bohemia and Stephen V of Hungary.
• 1286 - City taken by "lords of Kysek."[1]
• 1288 - Rathaus built.[2]
• 1291 - Town privileges granted.
• 1297 - Franciscan Church consecrated.
• 1405 - Free royal town status granted.
• 1436 - Coat of arms of Bratislava adopted.
• 1452 - St. Martin's Cathedral consecrated.
• 1465 - Universitas Istropolitana established.
• 1491 - Peace treaty signed.
• 1529 - Saint James's Chapel and Church of St. Michael demolished.
• 1536 - City becomes capital of the Kingdom of Hungary.
• 1552 - Holy Crown of Hungary housed in Pozsony Castle.
• 1563 - September: Coronation of Hungarian monarchs Maximilian and Maria.
• 1572
  • September: Coronation of Hungarian monarch Rudolf.
  • Roland Fountain installed in Main Square.
• 1599 - Town Hall renovated.

17th century

• 1606 - Lutheran Lyceum established.
• 1608 - November: Coronation of Hungarian monarch Matthias II.
• 1613 - March: Coronation of Hungarian monarch Anna of Tyrol.
• 1618 - July: Coronation of Hungarian monarch Ferdinand II.
• 1619 - City taken by forces of Gabriel Bethlen.[3]
• 1622 - July: Coronation of Hungarian monarch Eleanor Gonzaga.
• 1626 - Peace treaty signed.
• 1632 - Prepoštský Palace built.
• 1638
  • Protestant church built on Franciscan Square.
  • February: Coronation of Hungarian monarch Maria Anna of Spain.
• 1647 - June: Coronation of Hungarian monarch Ferdinand IV.
• 1655 - June: Coronation of Hungarian monarchs Eleanor Gonzaga and Leopold I.
• 1661 - St. Nicholas' Church built.
• 1666 - Summer Archbishop's Palace built (approximate date).
• 1672 - Column of the Virgin erected.[2]
• 1680 - Chapel of Saint Rozalia built.
• 1687 - December: Coronation of Hungarian monarch Joseph I.

18th century

• 1704 – Rákóczi Uprising.
• 1710 – Plague.
• 1712 – May: Coronation of Hungarian monarch Charles III.
• 1714 – October: Coronation of Hungarian monarch Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel.
• 1727 – Trinitarian Church consecrated.
• 1730 – Jesenákov Palace built.
• 1741 – June: Coronation of Hungarian monarch Maria Theresa.
• 1743 – Esterházy Palace built.
• 1747 – Pálffy Palace built.
• 1754 – Notre Dame convent founded.[4]
• 1758 – Michael's Gate rebuilt.
• 1760 – Grassalkovich Palace built.
• 1762 – Apponyi Palace and Balassa Palace built.
• 1763 – 28 June: 1763 Komárom earthquake.[1]
• 1764 – Pressburger Zeitung begins publication.
• 1765 – House of the Good Shepherd built.
• 1769 – Aspremont Palace built.
• 1770 – Mirbach Palace and Erdödy Palace built.
• 1775
  • Old fortifications dismantled.
  • Palace Csaky built.
• 1776 – Sad Janka Kráľa (park) established.
• 1778 – Catholic cemetery established on Račianske mýto.
• 1780 – Magyar hírmondó newspaper begins publication.
• 1781
  • Primate's Palace built.[2]
  • Protestant cemetery established on Račianske mýto.
• 1783
  • Presspurske Nowiny newspaper begins publication.
  • Landhaus built.[2]
• 1784 – Hungarian capital city moves to Buda.
• 1790 – November: Coronation of Hungarian monarch Leopold II.

19th century

• 1802 - Hungarian parliament meetings begin.[2]
• 1805 - Peace agreement signed between France and Austria.[3]
• 1806 - Pressburg Yeshiva founded (approximate date).
• 1808 - September: Coronation of Hungarian monarch Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este.
• 1809 - City besieged by French forces.[3]
• 1825
  • September: Coronation of Hungarian monarch Caroline Augusta of Bavaria.
  • Pontoon bridge constructed over Danube.
• 1828 - Arena Theatre established.[4]
• 1830 - September: Coronation of Hungarian monarch Ferdinand V.
• 1848 - Railway station built.
• 1850 - City designated capital of Military District of Preßburg.
• 1851 - Population: 43,463.[5]
• 1860 - Holy Cross church consecrated.
• 1866 - July 22: Battle of Lamacs.
• 1868
  • Omnibuses begins operating.
  • City Museum established.[6]
• 1870 - Esterházy Palace built.
• 1879
  • Pozsony Singing Society founded.[7]
  • Church Mena Panny Márie built.
• 1885 - Johann Pálffy Palace built (approximate date).
• 1886 - City Theatre built.[2]
• 1890
  • Konig-Franz-Josef Bridge built.[2]
  • Population: 52,500.
• 1895 - Trams begin operating.
• 1898 - Pozsonyi Torna Egyesület football club formed.
• 1900
  • Petržalka Stadium opens.
  • Population: 61,537.[3]

20th century

• 1902 - Westungarische Volksstimme newspaper begins publication.
• 1903 - March: Hungarian Zionist Congress held in city.[8]
• 1908 - Church of St. Elisabeth built.
• 1909 - Trolleybuses begin operating.
• 1912 - Slávičie údolie cemetery established.
• 1919
  • City becomes part of Czechoslovakia.
  • March: City renamed "Bratislava."
  • Comenius University founded.
• 1921 - YMCA built.
• 1923
  • City becomes seat of Bratislava Region.
  • Vajnory Airport in operation.
• 1924 - Agricultural Museum founded.[6]
• 1926 - Synagogue built.
• 1928 - School of Applied Arts founded.[9]
• 1929 - Radio Symphony Orchestra formed.
• 1937 - University of Technology established.
• 1939 - City becomes capital of First Slovak Republic.
• 1940 - College of Commerce established.
• 1942 - Slovak Academy of Sciences and Botanical Garden of the Comenius University established.
• 1943 - Karlova Ves village annexed to city.
• 1945
  • April 4: Soviet Army defeats occupying German forces.
  • Old Bridge rebuilt.
• 1946
  • Devín, Dúbravka, Lamač, Petržalka, Rača, and Vajnory villages annexed to city.
  • Nova Scena Theatre founded.
• 1948
  • Communists in power.
  • New Town Hall built in Primate's Square.
  • Slovak National Gallery established.[6]
• 1949
  • Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Academy of Performing Arts, and Slovak Philharmonic established.
  • Új Szó newspaper begins publication.
• 1951 - M. R. Štefánik Airport opens.
• 1953
  • Museum of Pharmacy active.
  • School of Library and Information Studies established.[6]
• 1957 - Bratislava Castle restoration begins.
• 1959 - Gymnázium Jura Hronca established.
• 1960
  • Slavín military monument unveiled.
  • Bratislava Zoo opens.
• 1961 - Slovak National Museum[6] and Bratislava City Gallery established.
• 1964 - Population: 262,380 (approximate).[10]
• 1966 - Institute of Further Education of Physicians and Pharmacists relocates to Bratislava.
• 1967 - Incheba built.
• 1968 - August 3: Soviets sign Bratislava Declaration.
• 1969 - City becomes capital of Slovak Socialist Republic.
• 1970 - Ladislav Martinák becomes mayor.
• 1972
  • Čunovo, Devínska Nová Ves, Jarovce, Podunajské Biskupice, Rusovce, Vrakuňa, and Záhorská Bystrica villages annexed to city.
  • Novy Most bridge constructed.[11]
• 1974 - Television tower constructed.
• 1975 - Bratislava Jazz Days festival begins.
• 1980 - Fountain installed in Námestie Slobody.
• 1981 - Istropolis cultural center built.
• 1983
  • Central State Archives building established.[6]
  • Cappella Istropolitana chamber orchestra formed.
• 1984 - Technopol built.
• 1985
  • Dukla Heroes' Bridge built.
  • Population: 413,002 (estimate).[12]
• 1988
  • March 25: Candle demonstration against communist regime.
  • Tower 115 built.
• 1989 - Velvet Revolution.
• 1990
  • Peter Kresánek becomes mayor.
  • Lafranconi Bridge opens.
  • Association of Slovak Archivists headquartered in city.[6]
• 1991 - Bratislava Stock Exchange founded.
• 1992 - Museum of Jewish Culture established.[6]
• 1993
  • City becomes capital of Slovak Republic.
  • Slovak Television begins broadcasting.
• 1994 - Bratislava Forest Park[13] and Museum of Carpathian German Culture established.[6]
• 1995 - Evangelical Church opens.
• 1998
  • Jozef Moravčík becomes mayor.
  • Bratislava-Petržalka railway station rebuilt.
• 1999
  • International Film Festival Bratislava begins.
  • Bratislava Transport Museum opens.
• 2000 - Polus City Center shopping mall opens.

21st century

• 2001
  • Tatracentrum built on Hodžovo námestie.
  • Aupark shopping mall opens.
  • Museum of Hungarian Culture in Slovakia established.[6]
• 2002
  • Andrej Ďurkovský becomes mayor.
  • Prievoz viaduct opens.
  • National Bank of Slovakia and Chatam Sofer Memorial built.
  • Slovak Medical University established.
• 2003
  • HIT Gallery founded.[14]
  • Church of Saint Family built.
• 2004 - Slovakia joins European Union.
• 2005
  • Apollo Bridge opens.
  • February: USA-Russia meeting held.
  • Museum of Croatian Culture in Slovakia established.[6]
• 2006 - City Business Center I built.
• 2007
  • Sitina Tunnel and Slovak National Theatre open.
  • Aupark Tower built.
• 2010
  • Eurovea opens.[15]
  • August 30: 2010 Bratislava shooting.
  • Milan Ftáčnik becomes mayor.
• 2012 - Population: 462,603.

See also

• History of Bratislava
• List of Mayors of Bratislava
• Boroughs and localities of Bratislava
• Parks and gardens in Bratislava
• List of palaces in Bratislava
• Other names of Bratislava

References

1. Dušan Škvarna; et al. (2002). Slovak History: Chronology & Lexicon. D. Daniel, translator. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. ISBN 978-0-86516-444-4.
2. Baedeker 1905.
3. Britannica 1910.
4. Julia Pardoe (1840), The city of the Magyar, or Hungary and her institutions in 1839-40, George Virtue, Ivy Lane, OCLC 163149298, OL 23541223M
5. Georg Friedrich Kolb (1862). "Die europäischen Großmächte: Oesterreich". Grundriss der Statistik der Völkerzustands- und Staatenkunde (in German). Leipzig: A. Förstnersche Buchhandlung. Größere Städte ... in UngarnCS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
6. Jela Steinerova; et al. (2010), "Slovakia: Libraries, Archives and Museums", in Marcia J. Bates (ed.), Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, ISBN 9780849397127
7. James A. Grymes (2006). "Bartók's Pozsony: An Examination of Neglected Primary Sources". Studia Musicologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae.
8. "Bratislava". Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Yivo Institute for Jewish Research. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
9. Iva Mojžišová (1992). "Avant-Garde Repercussions and the School of Applied Arts in Bratislava, 1928-1939". Journal of Design History. 5.
10. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
11. "New York Times". May 7, 2006. Missing or empty |url= (help)
12. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.
13. "O nás". Mestské lesy v Bratislave (in Slovak). Retrieved November 28, 2012.
14. "Bratislava's Art Comes Out of the Shadows". New York Times. February 24, 2011.
15. "Near Bratislava's Old Town, a Modern Hive of Activity". New York Times. July 22, 2010.

This article incorporates information from the Czech Wikipedia and the Slovak Wikipedia.

Bibliography

• Edward Brown (1673). "Presburg". Brief Account of Some Travels in Hungaria, Servia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Thessaly, Austria, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, and Friuli. London: Benj. Tooke.
• Richard Brookes (1786), "Presburg", General Gazetteer (6th ed.), London: J.F.C. Rivington
• Abraham Rees (1819), "Presburg", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
• Charles Knight, ed. (1867). "Presburg". Geography. English Cyclopaedia. 4. London.
• Norddeutscher Lloyd (1896), "Pressburg", Guide through Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Holland and England, Berlin: J. Reichmann & Cantor, OCLC 8395555
• "Pressburg", Austria-Hungary, Including Dalmatia and Bosnia, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1905, OCLC 344268
• "Pressburg", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Presburg", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
• "Slovakia: Bratislava", Eastern and Central Europe (17th ed.), Fodor's, 1996, OL 7697674M

External links

• Europeana. Items related to Bratislava, various dates.