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

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* Roman era
* Lombard state
* Avar Khaganate

Medieval Slavic states

* Samo's Empire
* Principality of Nitra
* Great Moravia
* Lower Pannonia

Principality of Hungary
(895 – 1000)

* Principality of Hungary

Kingdom of Hungary
(1000 – 1526)

* High Middle Ages
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* Domain of Máté Csák
* Domain of Amade Aba

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(16th–17th century)

* Eastern Hungarian Kingdom
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* Principality of Transylvania
* Principality of Imre Thököly

Habsburg monarchy
(1526–1918)

* Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary
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* 1848–49 Slovak Uprising
* Military District of Preßburg
* Military District of Kaschau
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(1918–1993)

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* 2nd C. BCE - Gerulata Roman military camp established.
* 9th C. CE - Castle built.
* 907 - July 4–7: Battle of Pressburg.
* 1271 - Town captured by Ottokar II of Bohemia[1] and on July 2 he signs a Peace treaty with Stephen V of Hungary.
* 1286 - City taken by "lords of Kysek."[2]
* 1288 - Rathaus built.[3]
* 1291 - Town privileges granted.
* 1297 - Franciscan Church consecrated.[1]
* 1405 - Free royal town status granted.
* 1436 - Coat of arms of Bratislava adopted.
* 1452 - St. Martin's Cathedral consecrated.
* 1465 - Universitas Istropolitana established by Matthias Corvinus.
* 1490 - Universitas Istropolitana closed.
* 1491 - Peace treaty signed.
* 1529 - Saint James's Chapel and Church of St. Michael demolished.
* 1536 - City becomes capital of the Kingdom of Hungary.[1]
* 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

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* 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 (until 1621).[1]
* 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.[3]
* 1680 - Chapel of Saint Rozalia built.
* 1687 - December: Coronation of Hungarian monarch Joseph I.

## 18th century

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* 1704 – Rákóczi Uprising.[citation needed]
* 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.[1]
* 1762 – Apponyi Palace and Balassa Palace built.
* 1763 – 28 June: 1763 Komárom earthquake.[2]
* 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.[citation needed]
* 1780 – Magyar hírmondó newspaper begins publication.
* 1781
* Primate's Palace built.[3]
* Protestant cemetery established on Račianske mýto.[citation needed]
* 1783
* Presspurske Nowiny newspaper begins publication.
* Landhaus built.[3]
* 1784 – Hungarian capital city moves to Buda but remains the seat of parliament until 1848.[1]
* 1790 – November: Coronation of Hungarian monarch Leopold II.

## 19th century

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* 1802 - Hungarian parliament meetings begin.[3]
* 1805 - Peace agreement signed between France and Austria.[1]
* 1806 - Pressburg Yeshiva founded (approximate date).
* 1808 - September: Coronation of Hungarian monarch Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este.
* 1809 - City besieged by French forces.[1]
* 1811 - Bratislava Castle destroyed by fire.[1]
* 1825
* September: Coronation of Hungarian monarch Caroline Augusta of Bavaria.
* Pontoon bridge constructed over Danube.[citation needed]
* 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.[citation needed]
* City Museum established.[6]
* 1870 - Esterházy Palace built.[citation needed]
* 1879
* Pozsony Singing Society founded.[7]
* Church Mena Panny Márie built.
* 1885 - Johann Pálffy Palace built (approximate date).[citation needed]
* 1886 - City Theatre built.[3]
* 1890
* Konig-Franz-Josef Bridge built.[3]
* Population: 52,500.
* 1895 - Trams begin operating.
* 1898 - Pozsonyi Torna Egyesület football club formed.
* 1900
* Petržalka Stadium opens.
* Population: 61,537.[1]

## 20th century

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* 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.[citation needed]
* 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.[citation needed]
* 1974 - Television tower constructed.
* 1975 - Bratislava Jazz Days festival begins.[citation needed]
* 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).[11]
* 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[12] 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

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* 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.[13]
* 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.[14]
* August 30: 2010 Bratislava shooting.
* Milan Ftáčnik becomes mayor.
* 2012 - Population: 462,603.

## See also

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* 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

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Britannica 1910.
2. ^ a b Dušan Škvarna; et al. (2002). Slovak History: Chronology & Lexicon. D. Daniel, translator. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. ISBN 978-0-86516-444-4.
3. ^ a b c d e f g Baedeker 1905.
4. ^ a b 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 [in German] (1862). "Die europäischen Großmächte: Oesterreich". Grundriss der Statistik der Völkerzustands- und Staatenkunde (in German). Leipzig: A. Förstnersche Buchhandlung. "Größere Städte ... in Ungarn"
6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 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. ^ 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.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
12. ^ "O nás". Mestské lesy v Bratislave (in Slovak). Retrieved November 28, 2012.
13. ^ "Bratislava's Art Comes Out of the Shadows". New York Times. February 24, 2011.
14. ^ "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

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* 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. Vol. 4\. London. hdl:2027/nyp.33433000064810. `{{cite book}}`: `|work=` ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
* 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. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 299.
* 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

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