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Timeline of Budapest

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Budapest, Hungary.

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Before 16th century

{{See also|Pest, Hungary|Buda|Óbuda}}

{{History of Hungary}}

  • 1st C. CE - Romans found the settlements known as Aquincum, Contra-Aquincum and Campona. Aquincum becomes the largest town of the Danubian region and one of the capitals of Pannonia.{{sfn|David|2009}}
  • 376 CE - Aquincum invaded by the Huns.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 5th C. - The Age of Huns.{{sfn|David|2009}} King Attila builds a city for himself here according to later chronicles. After his death, the sons of his brother controlled the united Hun tribes.
  • 896 - Following the foundation of Hungary, Árpád, leader of the Hungarians, settles in the "Town of Attila", usually identified as Aquincum.
  • 10th C. - Out of the seven to ten Hungarian tribes, four have settlements in the territory of modern Budapest: Megyer, Keszi, Jenő and Nyék.{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}}
  • end of 10th C. - Magyars came into the country and preserved the names of Buda and Pest.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1015 - Matthias Church established (approximate date).{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1046 - Bishop Gerard of Csanád dies at the hands of pagans on present-day Gellért Hill.
  • 1241 - Mongol invasion destroys both towns.{{sfn|David|2009}}{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1244 - Created a royal free city by Bela IV.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1248 - King Béla IV builds the first royal castle on Castle Hill, Buda.{{sfn|David|2009}} The new town adopts the name of Buda from the earlier one (present day Óbuda). Pest is surrounded by city walls.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1255 - Matthias Church reconstruction begins.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1265 - Buda Castle first completed.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1270 - Saint Margaret of Hungary dies in a cloister on the Isle of Rabbits (present day Margaret Island).
  • 1320 - Royal wedding of King Charles I of Hungary and Princess Elizabeth of Poland, Hungarian–Polish alliance formed.{{cite web|url=https://historykon.pl/6-lipca-1320-roku-krol-wegier-karol-robert-poslubil-krolewne-polska-elzbiete-lokietkowne/|title=6 lipca 1320 roku król Węgier Karol Robert poślubił królewnę polską Elżbietę Łokietkównę|website=Historykon|access-date=17 July 2022|language=pl}}
  • 1361 - Buda became the capital of Hungary.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1458 - The noblemen of Hungary elect Matthias Corvinus (in Latin) or Hunyadi Mátyás (in Hungarian) as king on the ice of the Danube. Under his reign Buda becomes a main hub of European Renaissance. He dies in 1490, after capturing Vienna in 1485.
  • 1472 - Printing press established in Buda.{{cite book |title= Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum |author= Robert Proctor |location=London |publisher= Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company |year= 1898 |chapter=Books Printed From Types: Austria-Hungary: Buda-Pest |hdl= 2027/uc1.c3450632?urlappend=%3Bseq=164 |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c3450632?urlappend=%3Bseq=164 |via=HathiTrust }}

16th to 18th centuries

  • 1526 - 26 November: Buda taken by forces of Ottman Suleyman.{{sfn|David|2009}}{{sfn|Haydn|1910}}{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1530 - Siege of Buda (1530).
  • 1540 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Siege of Buda (1540)|hu|3=Buda ostroma (1540)}}.
  • 1541
  • Siege of Buda (1541).
  • Buda becomes part of the Ottoman Empire.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}}{{sfn|Overall|1870}} The Turkish Pashas build multiple mosques and baths in Buda.
  • Budin Eyalet established.{{sfn|David|2009}}
  • 1542 - Siege of Pest.{{sfn|David|2009}}
  • 1550 - Rudas Baths built.
  • 1566 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Sokollu Mustafa Pasha|de|3=Sokollu Mustafa Pascha}} becomes {{Interlanguage link multi|Pasha of Buda|hu|3=Budai pasa}}.{{sfn|David|2009}}

File:Braun & Hogenberg Buda in the 16. century.jpg

  • 1602 - An unsuccessful assault on Budapest under Field Marshal Hermann Christof von Russwurm (2 October - 15 November 1602).Ferenc Szakály, "The Early Ottoman Period, Including Royal Hungary, 1526-1606", in A History of Hungary, edited by Peter F. Sugar, Péter Hanák, Tibor Frank (Indiana University Press, 1994), p. 97: "In both 1602 and 1603, imperial troops under general Hermann Russwurm tried unsuccessfully to attack Buda."
  • 1686 - Battle of Buda (1686).{{sfn|David|2009}} Buda and Pest are reconquered from the Turks with Habsburg leadership. Both towns are destroyed completely in the battles.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}}
  • 1690s - Resettlement, initially only a few hundred German settlers.
  • 1699 - By the Treaty of Karlowitz the emperor of Austria undertook to preserve a small octagonal Turkish mosque beneath which is the grave of a Turkish monk.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1723 - Pest became the seat of the highest Hungarian officials.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1769 - Buda Castle reconstruction completed.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1771 - Citadel built in Buda.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}}
  • 1773 - Election of the first Mayor of Pest.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}}
  • 1777 - Maria Theresa of Austria moves Nagyszombat University to Castle Hill in Buda.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}}
  • 1783 - Joseph II places the acting government (Helytartótanács) and Magyar Kamara on Buda.
  • 1795 - 20 May - Ignác Martinovics and other Jacobin leaders are executed on Vérmező or 'The Field of Blood'.
  • 1799 - Combined population: 54,179.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}

19th century

{{See also|History of Budapest#19th century}}

  • 1810 - A fire in the Tabán district.
  • 1811 - City Park laid out in Pest.
  • 1823 - Fasori Gimnázium (school) founded.
  • 1825 - Commencement of the Reform Era. Pest becomes the cultural and economic centre of the country. The first National Theatre is built, along with the Hungarian National Museum.
  • 1830 - Steamboat to Vienna begins operating.{{Citation |publisher = Funk & Wagnalls |location = New York |title = Cyclopedia of Classified Dates |author = Charles E. Little |date = 1900 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/cyclopediaofclas00littuoft#page/521/mode/1up/search/budapest|chapter= Austria-Hungary }}
  • 1833 - Vigadó Concert Hall opens in Pest.
  • 1836 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Pest-Buda Musical Association|hu|3=Pest-Budai Hangászegyesület}} founded.
  • 1838 - {{Interlanguage link multi|1838 Pest flood|hu|3=1838-as pesti árvíz}}.{{sfn|Eggenberger|1870}} The biggest flood in recent memory in March completely inundates Pest.
  • 1839 - Industrial flour mill begins operating.{{cite book|author=David Turnock|title=Eastern European Economy, 1800-2000: Stages of Transformation in a Peripheral Region|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VbiEAgAAQBAJ|year= 2006|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-67876-1}}
  • 1844 - Ganz Works iron foundry in business in Buda.
  • 1846 - Vác-Budapest railway begins operating.{{sfn|Nemes|2009}}
  • 1848 - 15 March - Start of the Revolution and War of Independence of 1848-49. Pest replaces Pozsony/Pressburg (Bratislava) as the new capital of Hungary and seat of the Batthyány government and the Parliament.
  • 1849
  • 5 January: Austrians occupy the city.
  • April: Hungarian Honvédsereg (Army of National Defense) reclaims city,{{cite book|author=Eric Roman|title=Austria-Hungary & the Successor States: A Reference Guide |year=2003|publisher=Facts on File |isbn=978-0-8160-7469-3 |chapter=Chronologies |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=EvCfTIsTOskC&pg=PA585 }} taking the fortress of Buda on May 21 after an 18-day Battle of Buda (1849).
  • July: Habsburg army again captures the two towns.
  • 6 October - Lajos Batthyány, the first Hungarian Prime Minister is executed on the present-day Szabadság tér.
  • Széchenyi Lánchíd, or Széchenyi Chain Bridge, the first permanent bridge across the Danube in Budapest was opened linking Buda (West bank) and Pest (East bank).{{sfn|Chambers|1901}}

File:Payne Central-Europa (1850) Pesth-Ofen cropped.jpg

  • 1851 - Leopoldstadt Basilica, a Romanesque building begun.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1853 - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra founded.{{cite book|editor= Colin Lawson |title= Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra|year= 2003|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-00132-8 |chapter= Orchestras Founded in the 19th Century (chronological list) |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=1DW1WyiooSMC&pg=PA275 }}
  • 1857 - Pest Academy of Commerce founded.
  • 1859 - Dohány Street Synagogue consecrated in Pest.{{sfn|Büchler|1907}}
  • 1860 - Raitzenbad (bath) rebuilt.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}{{sfn|Heksch|1895}}
  • 1864 - Vigadó Concert Hall built.{{sfn|Nemes|2009}}
  • 1865
  • Esterhazy Gallery of art established.{{sfn|Eggenberger|1870}}
  • Hungarian Academy of Sciences building constructed in Pest.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}}
  • University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest established.
  • 1867
  • 8 June: Coronation of Franz Joseph as King of Hungary.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}}
  • Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, followed by unprecedented civic development, resulting in the style of present-day Budapest.{{sfn|Nemes|2009}}
  • Budapesti Közlöny government newspaper headquartered in Pest.
  • 1868
  • Municipal council established in Pest.{{sfn|Shaw|1897}}
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Borsszem Jankó|hu|3=Borsszem Jankó (élclap)}} humor magazine headquartered in Pest.{{cite book|author= Albert Tezla |title=Hungarian Authors; a Bibliographical Handbook|url=https://archive.org/details/hungarianauthors0000tezl |url-access= registration |page= [https://archive.org/details/hungarianauthors0000tezl/page/697 697] |year= 1970|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-42650-4}}
  • Leopold Basilica built in Pest.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}}
  • 1869
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|János Gundel|hu|3=Gundel János}} restaurant in business.{{sfn|Lukacs|2012}}
  • Margaret Island park opens.{{sfn|Metro-Roland|2012}}
  • Geological Museum of Budapest established.
  • Combined population: 270,685.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1870
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Közmunkatanács|hu}} (metro planning entity) established.{{sfn|Lukacs|2012}}
  • Zagreb-Budapest railway begins operating.
  • Café Gerbeaud moves to Régi Színház Square.
  • 1872
  • Military academy built in Pest.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}}
  • Rumbach Street Synagogue built.

=1873–1900=

File:Budapesti látkép, előtérben a Tabán.jpg

  • 1873
  • 17 November: The former cities: Pest, Buda and Óbuda are united, and with that the Hungarian capital is established with the name of Budapest.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Ráth Károly|hu|3=Ráth Károly (várospolitikus)}} becomes Mayor of Budapest
  • Coat of arms of Budapest design adopted.{{cite book|author= Agata Anna Lisiak |title=Urban Cultures in (Post)colonial Central Europe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4e_nWwUBhSoC|year=2010|publisher=Purdue University Press|isbn=978-1-55753-573-3 }} (about Berlin, Budapest, Prague, Warsaw)
  • Budapesti Szemle scholarly journal headquartered in city.
  • 1874
  • Budapest Cog-wheel Railway service is inaugurated.
  • Customhouse built.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}}
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Egyetértés|hu|3=Egyetértés (napilap)}} newspaper headquartered in city.
  • 1875
  • 26 June: Storm.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}}
  • Liszt Academy of Music founded.
  • 1876
  • Andrássy Avenue opens.
  • Margaret Bridge built.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}}
  • 1877
  • Budapest-Nyugati Railway Terminal opens.{{sfn|Nemes|2009}}
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Országos Pedagógiai Könyvtár és Múzeum|hu}} founded.{{cite book|author= Thirring Gusztáv |author-link= :hu:Thirring Gusztáv |title=Budapest székesfőváros statisztikai es kőzigazgatási évkönyve ... 1906 |trans-title=Budapest statistical and administrative yearbook |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d6gUAQAAMAAJ|year=1908 |location=Budapest |language=hu }}
  • 1878
  • Electric public lighting installed in the city centre.
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Pesti Hírlap|hu}} newspaper in publication.
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Bolond Istók|hu|3=Bolond Istók (élclap)}} humor magazine begins publication.
  • 1880 - Combined population: 360,551.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1881
  • Budapesti Hírlap newspaper begins publication.{{cite book|author=A. de Chambure|title=A travers la presse|year=1914|publisher=Fert, Albouy & cie. |location=Paris |chapter=La presse etrangere: Autriche-Hongrie |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W287AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA222 |language=fr }}
  • Population: 370,767 (75,794 in Buda + 294,973 in Pest).{{sfn|Chambers|1901}}

File:Andrássy út, a Magyar Állami Operaház épülete (Ybl Miklós, 1884.). A felvétel 1890 körül készült. Fortepan 57562.jpg in the 1890s]]

  • 1884
  • Budapest Keleti railway station opens.{{sfn|Nemes|2009}}
  • Hungarian State Opera House opens.{{sfn|Lukacs|2012}}
  • 1885
  • Dobos torte (cake) introduced.
  • 16 June: Újpest FC football club founded.
  • 1886
  • Budapest Opera Ball begins.
  • Manfred Weiss Ammunition Factory begins operating near city.
  • 1887 - the first Electric tram begins operating.{{cite web|url=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/french-forces-occupy-corfu|title=French forces occupy Corfu — History.com This Day in History — 1/11/1916|publisher=History.com|access-date=11 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623131713/http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/french-forces-occupy-corfu|archive-date=23 June 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite book |title=Számos villamos [Numbered tram] |last=Legát |first=Tibor |author2=Zsolt L. Nagy |author3=Gábor Zsigmond |chapter=Bevezető [Introduction] |pages=6–12 |year=2010 |publisher=Jószöveg |location=Budapest |isbn=978-615-5009-15-0|language=hu}}
  • 1888 - MTK Budapest FC football club founded.
  • 1891 - Population: 491,938.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}}
  • 1892 - Cholera epidemic.{{sfn|Shaw|1897}}
  • 1893
  • Electric power plant built.
  • Electrification of Budapest finished.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}}
  • 1894
  • March: Funeral of Lajos Kossuth.{{sfn|Lukacs|2012}}
  • Aquincum Museum{{cite web |url=http://www.btm.hu/eng/?q=125_var |title=Treasures of Budapest - 125 Years of the Budapest History Museum (timeline) |access-date=30 January 2015 }}{{sfn|Hourihane|2012}} and New York Café open.
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Nemzeti Szalon|hu}} (art society) founded.
  • Wampetics (later Gundel) restaurant in business
  • New York Palace Hotel opens.

File:Ring Street, Budapest, Hungary, Austro-Hungary-LCCN2002710864.jpg

  • 1895
  • January: Budapest hosts the 1895 European Figure Skating Championships.
  • Hall of Art, Budapest built.
  • 1896
  • Budapest Metro begins operating.{{sfn|Lukacs|2012}}
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Hungary Millennium Celebrations|hu|3=1896-os millenniumi ünnepségek}}.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}}{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • Franz Joseph Bridge, Grand Boulevard, and Museum of Applied Arts{{sfn|Nemes|2009}} built.
  • 1899
  • Hungarian Transportation Museum opens.
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Uránia Hungarian Scientific Theatre|hu|3=Uránia Nemzeti Filmszínház}} active.{{cite web |url=http://www.urania-nf.hu/history |title=History |publisher={{Interlanguage link multi|Uránia Nemzeti Filmszínház|hu}} |access-date=31 January 2015 }}
  • Institute of Geology built.{{sfn|Nemes|2009}}
  • 3 May: Ferencvárosi TC football club founded.
  • 1900
  • Heroes' Square constructed, with its {{Interlanguage link multi|Millennium Memorial|hu|3=Millenniumi emlékmű}}.
  • Population: 732,222.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}}

20th century

{{See also|History of Budapest#20th century}}

=1901–1945=

  • 1901
  • 21 December: Economic unrest.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}}
  • Postal Savings Bank built.{{sfn|Nemes|2009}}
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Gödöllö artists' colony|hu|3=Gödöllői művésztelep}} founded near city.{{cite web |url= http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=11®ion=euwco#/Key-Events |title= Central Europe, 1900 A.D.–present: Key Events |work= Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History |publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art |location=New York |access-date=30 January 2015 }}
  • 1902
  • Hungarian Parliament Building construction completed.{{sfn|Nemes|2009}}{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • Fortuna cinema opens.
  • 1903
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Cifrapalota|hu}} built.
  • Elisabeth Bridge{{sfn|Nemes|2009}} and Varosliget Picture House open.
  • 1904 - Thalia Theatre opens.{{cite book|author=John Cunningham|title=Hungarian Cinema: from Coffee House to Multiplex|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pxGByL8V24EC|year= 2004|publisher=Wallflower Press |isbn=978-1-903364-79-6}}
  • 1905
  • Museum of Fine Arts built.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • St. Stephen's Basilica reconstruction completed.
  • 1906
  • István Bárczy becomes mayor.{{sfn|Nemes|2009}}
  • Gresham Palace built.
  • 1908 - Nyugat literary magazine begins publication.{{sfn|Fenyo|1987}}
  • 1909
  • January: Budapest hosts the 1909 European Figure Skating Championships and co-hosts the 1909 World Figure Skating Championships.
  • Athletic Club of Kispest established.
  • Endre Nagy cabaret active.{{sfn|Fenyo|1987}}{{cite book|editor=Martin Banham|title=Cambridge Guide to Theatre|year=1995|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-43437-9|chapter=Hungary|author=Eugene Brogyanyi|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8qMTPAPFGXUC&pg=PA505|url=https://archive.org/details/cambridgeguideto0000banh}}
  • 1909–1910 - Electric public lighting expanded to the suburbs, the nearby towns villages had Electric public lighting.

File:Budapest I., látkép a Gellérthegyről. - Fortepan 10953.jpg

  • 1910
  • Population: The census finds 880,000 people in Budapest and 55,000 in the largest suburb of Újpest (now part of Budapest).Történelmi Magyarország atlasza és adattára 1914, Budapest, 2001
  • 1911 - Budapest hosts the 1911 European Wrestling Championships.
  • 1913 - Bozsik Stadion (stadium) built.
  • 1915 - A Tett cultural magazine begins publication.
  • 1916 - Helios cinema and Magyar Zsidó Museum{{cite encyclopedia |url= http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/budapest |title= Budapest |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe |publisher=Yivo Institute for Jewish Research |access-date=28 February 2015 }} open.
  • 1918
  • 31 October: Socialist Aster Revolution begins.{{sfn|Nagy|2002}} Revolution and the 133 days of the Hungarian Republic of Councils (March–August 1919) under the leadership of Béla Kun. It is the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia.
  • 1919
  • 21 March: City becomes capital of the Hungarian Soviet Republic.{{sfn|Nagy|2002}}
  • 6 August: French-supported Romanian forces enter city. The Communist government collapsed and its leaders fled. In retaliation for the Red Terror, reactionary crews now exacted revenge in a two-year wave of violent repression known today as the White Terror.
  • 1 November: Budapest becomes capital of the Hungarian Democratic Republic, established by Mihály Károlyi.{{cite web |url=http://www.indiana.edu/~league/timeline.htm |title= Reference Sources: League of Nations Timeline |via=Indiana University, Center for the Study of Global Change |publisher=League of Nations Archives |location=Geneva |access-date= 28 February 2015 }}
  • 14 November: Romanian occupation ends.
  • 16 November: Miklós Horthy and National Army enter Budapest;{{sfn|Deák|1968}} regency government established in 1920.
  • 1920 - Corvinus University of Budapest founded.{{sfn|Britannica|1922}}
  • 1921
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Magyar Írás|hu|3=Magyar Írás (folyóirat, 1921–1927)}} newspaper begins publication.
  • Population: 1,184,616.{{sfn|Britannica|1922}}
  • 18 December: 1921 Hungary v Poland football match.
  • 1924 - Hungarian National Bank is founded.
  • 1925 - Hungarian Radio commences broadcasting.
  • 1926
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Corvin Áruház|hu}} (shop) in business on {{Interlanguage link multi|Blaha Lujza tér|hu}}.
  • Forum Cinema active.{{cite web |url= http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/hungary/budapest?status=all |title=Movie Theaters in Budapest, Hungary |work=CinemaTreasures.org |publisher= Cinema Treasures LLC |location=Los Angeles |access-date=30 January 2015 }}
  • 1929 - Budapest co-hosts the 1929 World Figure Skating Championships.
  • 1930 - Population: 1,442,869.
  • 1933
  • Disassembly of the Tabán commences.
  • April: National Socialist demonstrations.
  • August: Budapest hosts the 1933 European Rowing Championships.
  • Budapest hosts the 1933 World Fencing Championships.
  • 1934
  • Józef Bem monument unveiled.{{cite web|url=https://kurier.plus/hu/pomnik-Bema|title=Bem József tábornok emlékműve Budapesten|website=Instytut Felczaka Intézet|date=12 September 2018|access-date=17 July 2022|language=hu}}
  • MAFC basketball team founded.
  • 1935
  • February: Budapest co-hosts the 1935 World Figure Skating Championships.
  • August: Budapest hosts the 1935 International University Games.
  • 1937 - Petőfi Bridge built.
  • 1938
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Magyar Optical Works|hu|3=Magyar Optikai Művek}} active.
  • Barlang cinema opens.
  • 1939 - 24 May: Polish Institute in Budapest opened (see also Hungary–Poland relations).{{cite web|url=http://www.75lengyelkultura.hu/pl/historia.php|title=Historia|website=Instytut Polski w Budapeszcie|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190319180358/http://75lengyelkultura.hu/pl/historia.php|access-date=17 July 2022|language=pl|archive-date=19 March 2019}}
  • 1944
  • 19 March - German forces occupy Budapest. At the time of the occupation, there were 184,000 Jews and between 65,000 and 80,000 Christians of Jewish descent in the town. The Arrow Cross collaborated with the Germans in murdering Jews. Fewer than half of Budapest's Jews (approximately 119,000) survived the following 11 months.
  • 19 March: Polish Institute in Budapest closed following German occupation.
  • 3 November: Budapest Offensive by Soviet forces begins.
  • 26 December: Siege of Budapest begins.
  • 1945
  • 15–18 January: Soviet and Romanian troops besiege Budapest. The retreating Germans destroy all Danube bridges. On 18 January, the Soviets complete the occupation of Pest.
  • 13 February: The Buda castle falls; Siege of Budapest ends. World War II took the lives of close to 200,000 Budapest residents and caused widespread damage to the buildings of the city.

=1946–1990s=

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21st century

  • 2001 - December: International academics meet in Budapest, formulate "Open Access" statement.
  • 2002
  • August: Flood.
  • National Theatre (Budapest) rebuilt.
  • Andrássy Avenue is added to the list of World heritage Sites, along with the Millennium Underground railway and Heroes' Square.
  • 2003: László Papp Budapest Sports Arena opens in place of the former Budapest Sportcsarnok.
  • 2004
  • 1 May: Hungary joins the European Union.
  • Budapest City Archives new building opens.
  • December: Budapest co-hosts the 2004 European Women's Handball Championship.
  • 2006
  • September–October: Anti-government protests in Kossuth Lajos square.{{cite news |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17383522 |title=Hungary Profile: Timeline |work=BBC News |date=15 March 2012 |access-date=30 January 2015 }}{{cite book|author=Adrian Webb|title=Routledge Companion to Central and Eastern Europe Since 1919|year= 2008|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-06521-9 |chapter=Key Events since the Fall of Communism |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=vut9AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA96 |pages=96–112 }}
  • Budapest Fringe Festival begins.
  • 200 km of the 1000 km road in capital level local government handling is reconstructed after 80 km in the former year. The world's longest trams, Siemens Combino Supras start service on Grand Boulevard, by the end of the year 150 Volvo 7700 buses take part in replacing the aging BKV fleet. Reconstruction of metro line 2 finishes.
  • 2008
  • The Eastern part of the M0 motorway around the city with Megyeri Bridge is finished and given to public. The new Northern Railway Bridge is finished and is opened to public.
  • By this year 400 km road {{cite web |url=http://www.budapestportal.eu/utfelujitas |title=Road Reconstruction Portal |work=Official Webpage of the Local Government of Budapest |access-date=2015-01-30 |archive-date=2010-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009190410/http://www.budapestportal.eu/utfelujitas/ |url-status=dead }} have been reconstructed due to the road reconstruction program paired with pipe (heating and water) replacements to modern, narrow and heat-conserving ones, and where needed sewer system expansion or replacement.
  • 2009 - The 2007-2009 complete reconstruction of Liberty Bridge{{cite web |url=http://www.budapest.hu/engine.aspx?page=20080610-cikk-kozlekedesi_beruhazasok |title=Article on Infrastructural Investments |work=Official Webpage of the Local Government of Budapest }}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} finishes.
  • 2010
  • István Tarlós is elected mayor.
  • The Central Wastewater Treatment Plant starts its normal operation. This increases biologically treated sewage from 51% to 100%.
  • 2011
  • The 2009-2011 complete and historical reconstruction of Margaret Bridge{{cite web |url=http://www.budapest.hu/engine.aspx?page=2009-villamosfelujitas |title=News on the reconstruction of Margaret Bridge |date=2008-06-10 |work=Official Webpage of the Local Government of Budapest }}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} finishes.
  • Monument to the victims of the Katyn massacre unveiled by Presidents of Hungary and Poland.{{cite web|url=https://dzieje.pl/aktualnosci/prezydenci-polski-i-wegier-odslonili-w-budapeszcie-pomnik-katynski|title=Prezydenci Polski i Węgier odsłonili w Budapeszcie pomnik katyński|website=Dzieje.pl|access-date=17 July 2022|language=pl}}
  • Population: 1,729,040 city; 3,284,110 metro.
  • 2012 - Protest related to new Constitution of Hungary.
  • 2014
  • First phase of Line 4 (Budapest Metro) opens for use by the public.
  • 2014 Hungarian Internet tax protests.
  • 2015
  • June: Budapest co-hosts the EuroBasket Women 2015.
  • September: Demonstration by migrants.{{citation |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-hungary-idUSKCN0R13Q620150901 |title= Migrants protest as Hungary shutters Budapest train station |date= 1 September 2015 |publisher=Reuters }}
  • 2016
  • March: Share of modern, air conditioned low-floor buses increases over 80%.{{cite web |url= http://budapest.hu/Lapok/2016/tovabb-no-az-alacsonypadlos-autobuszok-aranya-budapesten.aspx |title= The ratio of low-floor buses grows higher in Budapest |work= Official site of Municipality of Budapest |date= 2016-03-01}}
  • July–August: Budapest hosts the 2016 European Lacrosse Championship.
  • October: Budapest hosts the 2016 European Table Tennis Championships.
  • October: Monument to Polish solidarity and aid for the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 unveiled.{{cite web|url=https://dzieje.pl/aktualnosci/odslonieto-pomnik-polskiej-solidarnosci-i-pomocy-w-1956-roku|title=Budapeszt: Odsłonięto pomnik polskiej solidarności i pomocy w 1956 roku|website=Dzieje.pl|date=21 October 2016|access-date=17 July 2022|language=pl}}
  • December: Budapest hosts the 2016 World Wrestling Championships.
  • 2017
  • May: Budapest hosts the 2017 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships.
  • 26 June: Henryk Sławik and József Antall monument unveiled.{{cite web|url=https://ipn.gov.pl/pl/upamietnianie/biezaca-dzialalnosc-biu/40773,Odsloniecia-w-Budapeszcie-pomnika-Henryka-Slawika-i-Jozsefa-Antalla-seniora.html|title=Odsłonięcia w Budapeszcie pomnika Henryka Sławika i Jozsefa Antalla seniora|website=Instytut Pamięci Narodowej|access-date=17 July 2022|language=pl}}
  • July: Budapest hosts the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.
  • August–September: Budapest hosts the 2017 World Judo Championships.
  • Ferenc Puskás Stadium (formerly Népstadion) is demolished.
  • 2018
  • April: Monument to the victims of the Smolensk air disaster unveiled.{{cite web|url=https://pestbuda.hu/cikk/20180406_felavattak_a_szmolenszk_emlekmuvet|title=Felavatták a Szmolenszk-emlékművet|website=PestBuda|date=6 April 2018|access-date=17 July 2022|language=hu}}
  • October: Budapest hosts the 2018 World Wrestling Championships.
  • 2019
  • Gergely Karácsony is elected mayor.
  • July: Budapest hosts the 2019 World Fencing Championships.
  • September: Budapest hosts the 2019 World Modern Pentathlon Championships.
  • Puskás Aréna sports stadium opens.
  • 2021
  • May: Budapest co-hosts the 2020 European Aquatics Championships.
  • June: Budapest hosts the 2021 World Judo Championships.
  • 2022
  • January: Budapest co-hosts the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship.
  • June–July: Budapest co-hosts the 2022 World Aquatics Championships.

See also

References

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|publisher = Ward, Lock & Co. |location = London |title = Haydn's Dictionary of Dates |author = Benjamin Vincent |title-link = Haydn's Dictionary of Dates |edition = 25th

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=in other languages=

  • {{cite book

|title=Neuer und vollständiger Führer durch Pest-Ofen |trans-title=New and Complete Guide to Pest-Ofen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QWM_AQAAMAAJ

|year=1870

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