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Timeline of Zagreb

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Zagreb, Croatia.

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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|date=November 2012}}
  • 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.
  • 1479 – Kaptol fortification walls completed.{{sfn|Zagrebački leksikon|2006|loc="Kaptol"}}
  • 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|date=November 2012}}
  • 1621 – Zagreb designated seat of Ban of Croatia.
  • 1631 - Building of the students' seminary completed{{Cite web|url=http://gimnazija-osma-tbrezovackog-zg.skole.hr/skola|title = Gimnazija Tituša Brezovačkog Zagreb - O školi}}
  • 1632 – St. Catherine's Church built.
  • 1647 – Foundation directed towards financing poor students from Croatian regions, Frangepaneum, established by Nikola IX Frankopan{{Cite web|url=https://www.enciklopedija.hr/clanak/frankapan-nikola-ix|title = Frankapan, Nikola IX.}}
  • 1651 – Catastrophic flood of Medveščak stream in July destroys all houses in Tkalčićeva Street. 52 people drown.{{cite journal|last1=Šašić|first1=Miroslav|editor1-last=Leko|editor1-first=Petra|title=Zagreb kroz stoljeća|journal=Zagreb: Program Priredaba|issue=July/August 2016|pages=7–8|trans-title=Zagreb Throughout Centuries|publisher=Zagreb Tourist Board|location=Zagreb|language=hr|issn=1333-6584}}
  • 1662 – Zrinski palace built{{Cite web | url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/328085 | title=Prilog tipologiji stambene arhitekture 17. i 18. stoljeća u Zagrebu | language=hr | trans-title=Contribution to the typology of residential architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries in Zagreb}}
  • 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{{Cite web|url=http://hbl.lzmk.hr/clanak.aspx?id=6288|title = Hrvatski biografski leksikon}}
  • 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.{{sfn|Zagrebački leksikon|2006|loc="Ephemerides Zagrabienses"}}
  • 1776 – Royal council relocates to Zagreb from Varaždin.
  • 1785 – The first bridge over Sava river is built.{{Cite journal|url=http://hrcak.srce.hr/50472|title = Uloga rijeke Save u povijesnom razvoju grada Zagreba|journal = Ekonomska i Ekohistorija: Časopis za Gospodarsku Povijest i Povijest Okoliša|date = October 2007|volume = 3|issue = 1|pages = 121–155|last1 = Vujasinović|first1 = Branko}}
  • 1786 – A large fire sweeps through Gradec, Kaptol and Tkalčićeva Street.
  • 1794
  • Maksimir Park opens to the public
  • Construction begins on foundation hospital on Harmica square (today's Ban Jelačić Square){{Cite web|url=https://vintagezagreb.net/photos/3837437a-6873-4bcd-9a42-d2899ee562cc|title=Zakladna bolnica na Trgu bana Josipa Jelačića — 1930}}
  • 1797 – Amadeo's theatre founded.{{sfn|Zagrebački leksikon|2006|loc="Amadéovo kazalište"}}

19th century

  • 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.{{sfn|Zagrebački leksikon|2006|loc="Narodne novine"}}
  • 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.
  • 1850
  • Telegraph service is introduced.{{cite web|url=https://retro.jutarnji.hr/dolazi-prvi-brzojav-u-zagreb|title=Ban Jelačić prvi je povezao Hrvatsku sa svijetom|work=retro.jutarnji.hr|language=hr|access-date=4 May 2018}}
  • 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.
  • Synagogue consecrated.
  • 1871 – 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 }}
  • 1874 - Franz Josef University founded.
  • 1875 - Art Society founded.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}
  • 1876 – Mirogoj Cemetery established.
  • 1877 – Grič cannon begins daily firing.{{sfn|Zagrebački leksikon|2006|loc="Grički top"}}{{citation |work=The Guardian |date=6 July 2015 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/jul/06/insider-guide-zagreb-greenery-germanisms-suburban-punk |title=Insider's guide to Zagreb }}
  • 1878 – Waterworks begin operating.{{cite web | url=http://www.vio.hr/default.aspx?id=7 | title=Vodoopskrba | work=vio.hr | publisher=Zagreb Holding | language=hr | access-date=11 April 2014}}
  • 1880
  • Earthquake.
  • Museum of Arts and Crafts founded.{{sfn|Zagrebački leksikon|2006|loc="Muzej za umjetnost i obrt, MUO"}}
  • 1882 – Vranyczany Palace built.
  • 1884 – Strossmayer Gallery of Old Masters opens.
  • 1887 – Public telephone network is established.{{cite web

| url=http://www.mgz.hr/hr/izlozbe/zagrebacka-telefonija-%E2%80%93-zbirka-telefona-zlatka-ivkovica,37.html

| title=Zagrebačka telefonija – Zbirka telefona Zlatka Ivkovića

| work=mgz.hr

| year=1999

| publisher=Zagreb City Museum

| language=hr

| access-date=28 November 2012

}}

  • 1889 – Rudolf barracks completed.{{sfn|Zagrebački leksikon|2006|loc="Rudolfova vojarna"}}
  • 1890 – Population: 38,742.{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Agram |volume= 1 | page = 382 }}
  • 1891
  • The first Zagreb tramway, a horsecar, begins operating.
  • Botanical Garden opened to public.{{sfn|Zagrebački leksikon|2006|loc="Botanički vrt Prirodoslovno-matematičkog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu"}}
  • 1892 – Zagreb Glavni railway station built.
  • 1893 – Funicular begins operating.{{sfn|Zagrebački leksikon|2006|loc="Uspinjača"}}
  • 1895 – Croatian National Theatre opened, during the visit of Emperor Franz Joseph.
  • 1898
  • Art Pavilion inaugurated.
  • Krvavi Most bridge closes.{{sfn|Zagrebački leksikon|2006|loc="Krvavi most"}} 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).

20th century

21st century

See also

References

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Bibliography

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  • {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Agram |volume= 1 | page = 382 |short= 1}}
  • {{Citation |publisher = McClurg & Co. |author = F. K. Hutchinson |location = Chicago |title = Motoring in the Balkans |date = 1909 |oclc = 8647011 |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/motoringinbalkan00hutc#page/n391/mode/2up |chapter= Agram }}
  • {{Citation |publisher = University of Alberta Press |isbn = 0888643977 |location = Edmonton |title = Croatia |url = https://archive.org/details/croatiatravelsin00fabi |date = 2003 |author = Tony Fabijančić |chapter = Zagreb |url-access = registration }}
  • {{Zagrebački leksikon|title=Zagrebački leksikon|ref={{SfnRef|Zagrebački leksikon|2006}}}}

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External links

  • Europeana. [https://www.europeana.eu/portal/search.html?query=zagreb&rows=96 Items related to Zagreb], various dates.

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