Timeline of Zagreb
Prior to 19th century
{{History of Croatia}}
- 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
- 1901
- Earthquake.
- Taxi service established.
- Women are allowed to enroll at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Zagreb.
- 1903 – Observatory inaugurated.{{sfn|Zagrebački leksikon|2006|loc="Zvjezdarnica Zagreb"}}
- 1904 – Kallina House (residence) built.
- 1905 – National Gallery for Croatian Art established.
- 1906 – Works on introducing street lighting begin.
- 1907
- City Museum established.
- Electric power plant built.
- 1909
- Airfield begins operating near Črnomerec.
- Zagreb Fair established (as Zagrebački zbor).{{sfn|Zagrebački leksikon|2006|loc="Zagrebački velesajam"}}
- 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.{{sfn|Zagrebački leksikon|2006|loc="Hrvatska radiotelevizija"}}
- 1931 – Population: 185,581.
- 1937 – Glyptotheque (Zagreb) founded.{{cite web |url=http://gliptoteka.mdc.hr/stranica.aspx?id=234 |title=Glyptotheque History |access-date=November 14, 2012}}
- 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).{{sfn|Zagrebački leksikon|2006|loc="Cibona, Košarkaški klub"}}
- 1952 – Peasant Art Gallery founded.
- 1953
- Privredni vjesnik business newspaper begins publication.
- Population: 350,452.{{cite web |url= https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1950_round.htm |work=Demographic Yearbook 1955 |publisher=Statistical Office of the United Nations |location=New York |title=Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants }}
- 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.{{sfn|Zagrebački leksikon|2006|loc="Most slobode"}}
- Večernji list newspaper begins publication.
- 1 Ilica Street skyscraper is completed.{{sfn|Zagrebački leksikon|2006|loc="Neboder"}}
- 1961 – Music Biennale Zagreb begins.
- 1962
- Zagreb Airport begins operating.{{sfn|Zagrebački leksikon|2006|loc="Zračna luka Zagreb"}}
- 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.{{sfn|Zagrebački leksikon|2006|loc="Svjetski festival animiranog filma (Animafest)"}}
- Dom Sportova built.
- 1973
- Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall opens.
- Zagreb TV Tower built.{{sfn|Zagrebački leksikon|2006|loc="Radiotelevizijski toranj Sljeme"}}
- 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.{{cite book |url= https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1980_round.htm |title=1985 Demographic Yearbook |year=1987 |author=United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office |chapter=Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants |pages=247–289 }}
- 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.{{sfn|Zagrebački leksikon|2006|loc="Muzej Mimara"}}
- Cibona Tower, Zagreb Mosque, and Cibona Sports Center built.
- 1988 – Clinical Hospital Dubrava founded.{{sfn|Zagrebački leksikon|2006|loc="Bolnice, klinike, lječilišta"}}
- 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.{{relevance inline|date=May 2019}}
- 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.{{cite web |url= http://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/ |title=Global Nonviolent Action Database |publisher=Swarthmore College |location=Pennsylvania, USA |access-date=27 December 2013 }}
- 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
- 2001 – Political Science Research Center founded.{{cite web |url=http://thinktanks.fpri.org/ |title=Think Tank Directory |location=Philadelphia, USA |publisher=Foreign Policy Research Institute |access-date=27 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110100006/http://thinktanks.fpri.org/ |archive-date=10 November 2013 }}
- 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
- Population: 790,017.{{Croatian Census 2011|S|21}}
- Lauba art gallery established.
- 2012
- Sky Office Tower built.
- 2013
- 2013 European Figure Skating Championships
- 2014
- xCimos tower built
- New building of the Academy of Music completed.
- 2015
- Strojarska Business Center completed.
- 2016
- Population: 802,338{{Cite web|url=https://www.zagreb.hr/demografska-kretanja/126615|title = Demografski razvoj}}
- 2019
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- 2020
- A strong earthquake causes widespread damage and injuries.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51995861|title=Earthquake rocks Croatia's capital Zagreb|date=22 March 2020|work=bbc.com|publisher=BBC|access-date=22 March 2020}}
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See also
- History of Zagreb
- List of mayors of Zagreb
- Timeline of Croatian history
- Timelines of other cities in Croatia: Rijeka, Split
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