The history of the city of Prague
- Timeline
(By PIS - Prague Information Service) |
| After
870: |
foundation of the Prague Castle |
| After
926: |
foundation of St. Vitus rotunda
within the Prague Castle |
| 10th
century: |
foundation of the Vysehrad Castle
on the opposite Vltava bank |
| 965: |
Prague first reported in the narration
of Ibrahim Ibn Jakub, a merchant |
| 973: |
foundation of Prague bishopric |
| 1085: |
Prague becomes the residence of
the first Bohemian king - Vratislav I |
| 1172: |
the construction of the Judita's
Bridge, the second stone bridge in Central Europe, has finished |
| After
1230: |
establishment of the Old Town |
| 1257: |
foundation of the Lesser Town |
| 1310-1346: |
John of Luxembourg rules as the
king of Bohemia |
| Around
1320: |
foundation of Hradcany |
| 1338: |
foundation of the Old Town Hall
- the importance of the city increases |
| 1344: |
Prague bishopric upgraded to archbishopric,
beginning of St. Vitus, St. Wenceslas and St. Adalbert Cathedral
(finished 1929) |
| 1346-1378: |
the epoch of Charles IV - Prague
becomes the capital of the Bohemian Kingdom and the Holy Roman
Empire |
| 1348: |
foundation of the New Town and
the first university in Central Europe (Charles University) |
| 1419-1437: |
attempts of the clergy tore form
the church result in the Hussite revolutionary movement (Jan
Hus - the reform preacher and martyr) |
| 1526: |
Habsburg dynasty ascends the Bohemian
throne (until 1918) |
| 1583-1611: |
Rudolf II becomes the king of Bohemia,
and Prague the emperor's residence, centre of social and cultural
life |
| 1618-1620: |
defeat of the Czech nobles uprising;
Czech language and Czech national consciousness begin to decline |
| 1784: |
union of the four hitherto independent
Prague urban units (Hradcany, Lesser Town, Old Town and New
Town) |
| 1784-1848: |
period of Czech national revival,
beginning of the industrial revolution, establishment of Czech
institutions |
| 1918: |
proclamation of independence of
Czechoslovakia, Prague becomes the new state capital |
| 1939-1945: |
occupation by the Nazi Germany |
| 1945: |
the Prague uprising, liberation
of Prague by Soviet army |
| 1948: |
seizure of power by KSC after the
February putsch |
| 1968: |
Prague Spring - an attempt to reform
socialism, intervention of 5 states of the Warsaw Pact |
| 1989: |
so-called velvet revolution, formation
of the government of national tolerance, Vaclav Havel elected
the president |
| 1990: |
first free elections |
| 1993: |
January 1, splitting up of the Federation,
formation of the independent Czech Republic |
| 1993: |
January 26, Vaclav Havel elected
the first president of the independent Czech Republic |
