Timeline of Prague

• 870 CE – Prague Castle founded • 10th C. - Vyšehrad (the "upper castle") is built. • Prague is one of the biggest slave markets in Europe as a center of the Prague slave trade. • 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. • 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). • 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. • 1765 – Goltz Palace built. • 1783 – Nostitz Theatre opens. • 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. • 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. • 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. • 1931 – Prague Zoo opens. • 1934 - Prague Symphony Orchestra founded. • 1937 - Prague Ruzyně International Airport began operations. • 1939 • March: Nazi German occupation of city 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. • 1968 – Prague Spring; Soviet crackdown. • 1969 • Jan Palach's self-immolation. • City becomes capital of the Czech Socialist Republic. • 1970 – founded. • 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. ==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. ==See also==