# Timeline of Bucharest

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bucharest, Romania.

## Before the 17th century

* 1459 – Bucharest chartered by Drăculeşti Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia.
* 1559 – Old Court Church built by Mircea Ciobanul
* 1587 – Mărcuța Church built.
* 1589 – Lipscani (street) completed.
* 1595 – Burned by the Turks.

## 17th century

* 1633 – Bucharest Bărăția (church) built.
* 1658 – Metropolitan Church consecrated.
* 1667 – Slobozia Church built.
* 1688 – Romanian-language Bucharest Bible published.
* 1692 – Podul Mogoșoaiei paved with wood.
* 1694 – Princely Academy of Bucharest founded.
* 1698 – Constantin Brâncoveanu, Prince of Wallachia changed the capital from Târgoviște to Bucharest.

## 18th century

* 1702 – Mogoşoaia Palace built near city.
* 1715 – Antim Monastery built.
* 1722 – Kretzulescu Church built.
* 1724 – Stavropoleos Church built.
* 1739 – Gabroveni Inn built.
* 1757 – Lutheran church established.
* 1769 – City taken by Russians.
* 1789 – City taken by Austrians.
* 1793 – Plague & Earthquiake.

## 19th century

* 1808 – Manuc's Inn built.
* 1812 – 28 May: City hosts signing of the Treaty of Bucharest (1812).
* 1813 – Plague.
* 1821 – Greek uprising.
* 1828 – City taken by Russians who handed it to the prince of Walachia in 1829.
* 1847
** Great Fire of Bucharest.
** Cișmigiu Gardens inaugurated.
* 1848
** September: City occupied by Turkish forces.
** October: City occupied by Russian forces.
* 1852
** Grand Theatre inaugurated.
** Casa Capșa confectionery in business.
* 1853
** July: City temporarily occupied by Russians.
** 8 August: Turks in power.
** 6 September: Austrians in power.
* 1856 – Austrian occupation ends.
* 1857 – Street lighting installed.
* 1858 – Bellu cemetery in use.
* 1861 – City becomes capital of Romania.
* 1862 – Orphanage founded.
* 1863 – Music and Drama Conservatory established.
* 1864
** University of Bucharest, Bucharest National University of Arts, School of Bridges and Roads, Mines and Architecture, and National Museum of Antiquities founded.
** Barbu Vlădoianu becomes mayor.
* 1865 – Flooding of Bucharest
* 1866
** Romanian Academy founded.Bucharest in 1868, by Amedeo Preziosi
** Alexandru Ioan Cuza, first ruler of the Romanian Principalities, driven from his throne by an insurrection in Bucharest.
* 1867
** Templul Coral (synagogue) built.
** Population: 141,754.
* 1871 – Societatea Română de Tramvaiuri (tram society) established.
* 1872 – Gara Târgoviștei (railway station) built.
* 1880 – Bukarester Tagblatt German-language newspaper begins publication.
* 1881 – City becomes capital of Kingdom of Romania
* 1883
** Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucharest established.
** Saint Joseph Cathedral completed.
** Orient Express (Paris-Bucharest) begins operating.
* 1884 – Doamna Balasa church built.
* 1886
** Romanian Philharmonic Society founded.
** Capșa Hotel in business.
** City hosts signing of the Treaty of Bucharest (1886).
* 1888
** Romanian Athenaeum built.
** Pache Protopopescu becomes mayor.
** Piața Rosetti laid out.
* 1890 – League for the Cultural Unity of All Romanians founded.
* 1891 – Bucharest Botanical Garden opens.
* 1894
** Electric tram begins operating.
** Central School for Girls built.
* 1895 – Central University Library of Bucharest established.
* 1900
** House of Savings built.
** Population: 282,071.

## 20th century

* 1906 – Bucharest Jubilee Exhibition held.
* 1909
** Bucharest Russian Church built.
** Saint Basil the Great Cathedral opened.
* 1912 – Military Circle built.
* 1913 – City hosts signing of the Treaty of Bucharest (1913).
* 1914 – Anglican Church (Bucharest) built.
* 1916
** 6 December: German occupation of city begins.
** August: City hosts signing of the Treaty of Bucharest (1916).
* 1918
** German occupation of city ends.
** May: City hosts signing of the Treaty of Bucharest (1918).
** December: Typographers' strike is violently suppressed
* 1925 – Dramă şi Comedie (theatre troupe) active.
* 1929 – Dem I. Dobrescu becomes mayor.
* 1930 – Italian Church built.
* 1931 – Scînteia newspaper begins publication.
* 1933
** Grivița Strike of 1933.
** Bucharest Telephone Palace built.
* 1936
** Herăstrău Park opens.
** Arcul de Triumf erected on Kiseleff Road.
** Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum in Bucharest established.
* 1937
** Scala Cinema opens.
** Royal Palace built.
* 1938 – Cașin Church built.
* 1940
** Political unrest.
** Germans in power.
** November: 1940 Vrancea earthquake.
* 1941 – January: Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom.
* 1944
** Bombing of Bucharest in World War II begins.
** 31 August: City occupied by Russian forces.
** Geography Institute founded.
* 1945 – Bombing of Bucharest in World War II ends.
* 1946 – Textile school founded.
* 1947 – City becomes capital of the newly formed Romanian People's Republic.
* 1948
** Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers' Parties headquarters relocated to Bucharest from Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
** City streets renamed.
** FC Dinamo București founded.
** Population: 886,110; metro 1,041,807.
* 1952 – Băneasa Airport terminal opens.
* 1953
** August: City hosts 4th World Festival of Youth and Students.
** National Stadium opens.
* 1956
** Bucharest student movement.
** Casa Scînteii built.
* 1958
** World Festival of Puppet Theatres held.
** George Enescu Festival of music begins.
* 1959
** Basarab railway station built.
** 500th anniversary of city founding.
* 1964 – Population: 1,239,458 city; 1,372,130 urban agglomeration.
* 1970 – Otopeni Airport terminal built.
* 1971 – New St. Eleftherios Church consecrated.
* 1974 – Systematization, a program of urban planning, begins.
* 1976
** Unirea Shopping Center opens.
** Ion Dincă becomes mayor.
* 1977
** March: 1977 Vrancea earthquake.
** Population: 1,807,044 city; 1,934,025 urban agglomeration.
* 1979
** Bucharest Metro begins operating.
** Piața Unirii metro station opens.
* 1981 – Republica metro station opens.
* 1985
** Victory of Socialism Boulevard laid out.
** Palace of the People construction begins.
* 1989
** December: Romanian Revolution.
** 21 December: Ceaușescu's final speech takes place at Palace Square.
** 22 December: Ceaușescu flees city.
** Adevărul newspaper in publication.
* 1990
** April: Golaniad protest begins.
** June 1990 Mineriad protest.
* 1993 – Basarab metro station opens.
* 1994 – Coat of arms of Bucharest re-adopted.
* 1996 – Victor Ciorbea becomes mayor.
* 1997 – Palace of the Parliament built.
* 2000
** Pavilion Unicredit (art centre) established.
** Traian Băsescu becomes mayor.
** Centre for Defence and Security Strategic Studies headquartered in city.

## 21st century

* 2002
** Bamboo Club (nightclub) opens.
** Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania building constructed.
* 2005
** Bucharest Biennale begins.
** Adriean Videanu becomes mayor.
* 2007 – January: Romania becomes part of the European Union.
* 2008
** Sorin Oprescu becomes mayor.
** April: City hosts NATO summit.
** 1st Infantry Division (Romania) headquartered in Bucharest.
* 2009 – City Gate Towers built.
* 2010
** May: Economic protest.
** Nusco Tower built.
* 2011
** Basarab Overpass opens.
** National Stadium rebuilt.
** Population: 1,883,425; metro 2,272,163.
* 2012
** 5 March: 2012 Bucharest hair salon shooting.
** 2012 Romanian protests.
** National Library of Romania new building opens.
* 2013
** Dinamo Polyvalent Hall (arena) opens.
** Floreasca City Center built.
* 2015
** Colectiv nightclub fire kills at least 26 people; deadliest-ever nightclub fire in Romania and one of the deadliest incidents in the city and the country since the end of the anti-communist revolution in 1989.
** Bucharest Nine (B9) organization is established by the President of Romania Klaus Iohannis and the President of Poland Andrzej Duda on 4 November.