Timeline of Zagreb
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Zagreb, Croatia.
Prior to 19th century
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- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
- 2012
- Sky Office Tower built.
- 2013
- 2014
- xCimos tower built
- New building of the Academy of Music completed.
- 2015
- Strojarska Business Center completed.
- 2016
- Population: 802,338[41]
- 2019
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- 2020
- A strong earthquake causes widespread damage and injuries.[42]
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See also
[edit]- History of Zagreb
- List of mayors of Zagreb
- Timeline of Croatian history
- Timelines of other cities in Croatia: Rijeka, Split
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Šašić, Miroslav. Leko, Petra (ed.). "Zagreb kroz stoljeća" [Zagreb Throughout Centuries]. Zagreb: Program Priredaba (in Croatian) (July/August 2016). Zagreb: Zagreb Tourist Board: 7–8. ISSN 1333-6584.
- ^ Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Kaptol".
- ^ "Gimnazija Tituša Brezovačkog Zagreb - O školi".
- ^ "Frankapan, Nikola IX. | Hrvatska enciklopedija".
- ^ "Prilog tipologiji stambene arhitekture 17. i 18. stoljeća u Zagrebu" [Contribution to the typology of residential architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries in Zagreb] (in Croatian).
- ^ "Hrvatski biografski leksikon".
- ^ Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Ephemerides Zagrabienses".
- ^ Vujasinović, Branko (October 2007). "Uloga rijeke Save u povijesnom razvoju grada Zagreba". Ekonomska i Ekohistorija: Časopis za Gospodarsku Povijest i Povijest Okoliša. 3 (1): 121–155.
- ^ "Zakladna bolnica na Trgu bana Josipa Jelačića — 1930".
- ^ Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Amadéovo kazalište".
- ^ Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Narodne novine".
- ^ "Ban Jelačić prvi je povezao Hrvatsku sa svijetom". retro.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 382.
- ^ Colin Lawson, ed. (2003). "Orchestras Founded in the 19th Century (chronological list)". Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00132-8.
- ^ Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Grički top".
- ^ "Insider's guide to Zagreb", The Guardian, 6 July 2015
- ^ "Vodoopskrba". vio.hr (in Croatian). Zagreb Holding. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
- ^ Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Muzej za umjetnost i obrt, MUO".
- ^ "Zagrebačka telefonija – Zbirka telefona Zlatka Ivkovića". mgz.hr (in Croatian). Zagreb City Museum. 1999. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
- ^ Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Rudolfova vojarna".
- ^ Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Botanički vrt Prirodoslovno-matematičkog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu".
- ^ Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Uspinjača".
- ^ Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Krvavi most".
- ^ Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Zvjezdarnica Zagreb".
- ^ Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Zagrebački velesajam".
- ^ Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Hrvatska radiotelevizija".
- ^ "Glyptotheque History". Retrieved November 14, 2012.
- ^ Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Cibona, Košarkaški klub".
- ^ "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
- ^ Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Most slobode".
- ^ Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Neboder".
- ^ Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Zračna luka Zagreb".
- ^ Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Svjetski festival animiranog filma (Animafest)".
- ^ Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Radiotelevizijski toranj Sljeme".
- ^ 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. pp. 247–289.
- ^ Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Muzej Mimara".
- ^ Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Bolnice, klinike, lječilišta".
- ^ "Global Nonviolent Action Database". Pennsylvania, USA: Swarthmore College. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ "Think Tank Directory". Philadelphia, USA: Foreign Policy Research Institute. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: City of Zagreb". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- ^ "Demografski razvoj".
- ^ "Earthquake rocks Croatia's capital Zagreb". bbc.com. BBC. 22 March 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
Bibliography
[edit]- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 382.
- F. K. Hutchinson (1909), "Agram", Motoring in the Balkans, Chicago: McClurg & Co., OCLC 8647011
- Tony Fabijančić (2003), "Zagreb", Croatia, Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, ISBN 0888643977
- Bilić, Josip; Ivanković, Hrvoje, eds. (2006). "Zagrebački leksikon". Zagrebački leksikon (in Croatian). Zagreb: Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography and Masmedia. ISBN 953-157-486-3.
External links
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