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Timeline of Debrecen

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

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Prior to 20th century

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  • 1317 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Battle of Debrecen (1317)|hu|3=Debreceni csata (1317)}}.
  • 1538 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Debrecen Calvinist College|hu|3=Debreceni Református Kollégium}} founded.
  • 1552 - Town adopted the Protestant faith.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1686 - Town captured by the imperial forces.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1693 - Town was made a royal free city.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1746 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Church of St. Anne, Debrecen|hu|3=Szent Anna-székesegyház}} built.{{cite book|editor1=Dora Wiebenson |editor2=Sisa József |title= Architecture of Historic Hungary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CNKhTFoz0q0C|year=1998|publisher=MIT Press|isbn=978-0-262-23192-3}}
  • 1822 - Reformed Great Church built.
  • 1849
  • 14 April: Lajos Kossuth proclaimed the deposition of the Habsburg dynasty{{sfn|Baedeker|1905}}
  • August: Battle of Debrecen (1849).
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Heroes' Cemetery, Debrecen|hu|3=Hősök temetője (Debrecen)}} established.{{Citation needed|date=November 2015}}
  • Town captured by the Russians.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1857 - Budapest-Debrecen railway begins operating.
  • 1861 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Emlékkert (Debrecen)|hu}} (park) established.{{sfn|Szűcs|1871}}
  • 1869 - Debrecen newspaper in publication.{{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/707 707] |year= 1970|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-42650-4}}
  • 1884 - Horse-drawn tram begins operating.{{Citation needed|date=November 2015}}
  • 1890 - Population: 58,952.{{cite book |title=Statesman's Year-Book |title-link=Statesman's Year-Book |year=1899 |location=London |publisher= Macmillan and Co.|chapter= Hungary: Area and Population: Principal Towns |hdl=2027/nyp.33433081590550?urlappend=%3Bseq=747 |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590550?urlappend=%3Bseq=747 |last1=Hunter |first1=Brian |last2=Paxton |first2=John |last3=Steinberg |first3=S. H. |last4=Epstein |first4=Mortimer |last5=Renwick |first5=Isaac Parker Anderson |last6=Keltie |first6=John Scott |last7=Martin |first7=Frederick }}
  • 1893 - Synagogue built on Pásti Street.{{cite encyclopedia |url= http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Debrecen |title= Debrecen |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe |publisher=Yivo Institute for Jewish Research |access-date=30 November 2015 }}
  • 1895 - De Ruyter obelisk erected.{{sfn|Baedeker|1905}}
  • 1897 - Synagogue opens on Deák Ferenc Street.
  • 1900 - Population: 75,006.

20th century

  • 1902 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Déri Múzeum|hu}} and Debreceni VSC (sport club) established.
  • 1903 - Debreceni Független Újság newspaper in publication.
  • 1910 - Population: 92,729.{{cite book |title=Statesman's Year-Book |title-link=Statesman's Year-Book |year=1916 |location=London |publisher= Macmillan and Co.|chapter= Hungary: Area and Population: Principal Towns |hdl=2027/njp.32101072368341?urlappend=%3Bseq=766 |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072368341?urlappend=%3Bseq=766 |via=HathiTrust }}
  • 1911
  • Electric tram begins operating.{{Citation needed|date=November 2015}}
  • Debreceni Nagy Újság newspaper in publication.

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  • 1912
  • Hungarian Royal University established.
  • Debreceni Hírlap newspaper in publication.
  • 1914 - Lajos Kossuth statue erected in {{Interlanguage link multi|Belváros (Debrecen)|hu}}.
  • 1915 - Grand Hotel Aranybika rebuilt.
  • 1930
  • Debrecen Airport begins operating.
  • Population: 116,013.
  • 1944
  • October: Battle of Debrecen.
  • 21 December: "Provisional National Assembly meets in recently liberated city of Debrecen."{{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: Hungary: the Regency 1918-2000 |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=EvCfTIsTOskC&pg=PA608 }}
  • 1950 - Stadion Oláh Gábor Út (stadium) opens (approximate date).{{Citation needed|date=November 2015}}
  • 1955 - Debreceni VSC wins its first Hungarian women's handball championship.
  • 1958 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Debrecen Zoo|hu|3=Nagyerdei Kultúrpark Állat- és Növénykertje}} opens.{{Citation needed|date=November 2015}}
  • 1960 - Population: 134,930.
  • 1961 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Debrecen Station|hu|3=Debrecen Nagyállomás}} rebuilt.
  • 1966
  • István Ács becomes mayor.
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Debrecen flower festival|hu|3=Debreceni virágkarnevál}} active.[https://web.archive.org/web/20151117063432/http://www.debreceniviragkarneval.hu/tortenet-cikk]
  • 1970 - Debreceni Vadkakasok basketball team formed.
  • 1974 - Population: 179,755.{{cite book |url= https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1970_round.htm |title=Demographic Yearbook 1975 |year=1976 |author=United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office |location=New York |chapter=Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants |pages=253–279 }}
  • 1980 - Population: 198,195.
  • 1981 - Debrecen hosts the 1981 European Judo Championships.
  • 1985 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Debrecen trolleybus|fr|3=Trolleybus de Debrecen}} begins operating.
  • 1988 - Debrecen 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 20th Century (chronological list) |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=1DW1WyiooSMC&pg=PA277 }}
  • 1990 - József Hevessy becomes mayor.
  • 1991
  • Debrecen Reformed Theological University active.
  • 18 August: Visit of Pope John Paul II.
  • 1993 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Debrecen–Nyíregyháza established.{{cite web |title=Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Hungary |url= http://www.katolsk.no/organisasjon/verden/chronology/hungary |publisher=Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo |location=Norway |access-date= 30 November 2015 }}
  • 1995 - Sister city partnership signed between Debrecen and Lublin, Poland.{{cite web|url=https://lublin.eu/lublin/wspolpraca-miedzynarodowa/miasta-partnerskie-i-zaprzyjaznione/debreczyn,9102,w.html|title=Debreczyn|website=lublin.eu|access-date=31 July 2022|language=pl}}
  • 1998 - Lajos Kósa becomes mayor.

21st century

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See also

References

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This article incorporates information from the Hungarian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

{{Refbegin}}

=in English=

  • {{Citation

|publisher = W. & R. Chambers

|date = 1901

|location = London

|title = Chambers's Encyclopaedia

|title-link = Chambers's Encyclopaedia

|chapter-url=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t0vq37095?urlappend=%3Bseq=726

|chapter= Debreczin

|hdl = 2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t0vq37095?urlappend=%3Bseq=726

| ref = {{harvid|Chambers|1901}}

}}

  • {{cite book

|title=Handbook for Travellers in South Germany and Austria

|publisher = J. Murray

|location = London

|year=1903

|edition=15th

|via = Internet Archive

|chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/ahandbookfortra05firgoog#page/n352/mode/1up

|chapter=Hungary: Debreczin

}}

  • {{Citation

| title = Austria-Hungary

| publisher = Karl Baedeker | location=Leipzig |

date = 1905

| oclc = 344268 |chapter= Debreczin

|chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/austriahungaryi00firgoog#page/n547/mode/1up

| ref = {{harvid|Baedeker|1905}}

}}

  • {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Debreczen |volume= 7 | page = 905 |date=1910 |ref= {{harvid|Britannica|1910}} |short= 1}}
  • {{citation

|title =Sexcentenary of Debrecen

|author = L. Passuth

|work=New Hungarian Quarterly |volume=3

|year =1962

}}

=in other languages=

  • {{cite book

|author=István Szűcs |author-link=:hu:Szűcs István (jogász)

|title=Debreczen város tőrténelme

|trans-title=Historic City of Debreczen

|language=hu

|url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006064742

|year=1871

|location=Debreczen

| ref = {{harvid|Szűcs|1871}}

}}

  • {{citation

|author=Bela Toth

|title=Debrecen konyvtari kulturaja a 18. szazadban |trans-title=Library Facilities in 18th century Debrecen

|work={{Interlanguage link multi|Magyar Konyvszemle|hu}}

|year= 1981

|volume=1-2

|language=hu

}}

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External links

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  • Digital Public Library of America. [http://dp.la/search?utf8=✓&page_size=100&q=debrecen+OR+Debreczin+OR+Debreczen Items related to Debrecen], various dates

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