# Timeline of Prague

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Prague, Czech Republic.

## Prior to 16th century

Part of a series on the :
History of Czechoslovakia :
| Origins of Czechoslovakia | 1918 |
| Washington Declaration | 1918 |
| First Czechoslovak Republic | 1918–1938 |
| Munich Agreement | 1938 |
| Second Czechoslovak Republic | 1938–1939 |
| German occupation | 1938–1945 |
| Bohemia and Moravia | 1939–1945 |
| Slovak Republic | 1939–1945 |
| Czechoslovak government-in-exile | 1939–1945 |
| Third Czechoslovak Republic | 1945–1948 |
| Coup d'état | 1948 |
| Czechoslovak Socialist Republic | 1948–1989 |
| Prague Spring/Invasion | 1968 |
| Velvet Revolution | 1989 |
| Post-revolution | 1989–1992 |
| Federative Republic | 1990–1992 |
| Dissolution of Czechoslovakia | 1992 |
vte :
* 870 CE – Prague Castle founded
* 10th C. - Vyšehrad (the "upper castle") is built.
** Prague is one of the biggest slave markets in Europe as a center of the Prague slave trade.
* 973
** St. George's Convent established in Prague Castle.
** St. George's Basilica building expanded.
* 1085 – Coronation of Vratislaus II of Bohemia.
* 1172 – Judith Bridge [cs] built.
* 1235 – Wenceslaus I of Bohemia organised the building of a City wall.
* 1261 - Ottokar II of Bohemia crowned in Prague.
* 1270 – Great Synagogue built.
* 1344 – Catholic Archdiocese of Prague established.
* 1345 – University of Prague founded.
* 1347 - The black death killed millions.
* 1347 – 2 September: Coronation of Charles IV as King of Bohemia; Prague becomes capital of the Holy Roman Empire.
* 1348 – New Town founded outside Prague city walls.
* 1354 - Public clock installed (approximate date).
* 1363 – St. Wenceslas Chapel built
* 1370 – Tyn Church construction begins.
* 1386 – Karolinum rebuilt.
* 1391 – Bethlehem Chapel built.
* 1398 – Town Hall built in New Town.
* 1410 – Astronomical clock installed in City Hall.
* 1419 – Defenestration (political unrest).
* 1458 – Coronation of George of Poděbrady as King of Bohemia.
* 1475 – Powder Tower built.
* 1478 - Printing press in operation.
* 1483 - second Defenestration of Prague.

## 16th-18th centuries

* 1501 - Czech-language Protestant hymnal published.
* 1503 – Charles Bridge built.
* 1568 - High Synagogue (Prague) finished.
* 1580 - Loew reportedly invents the Golem of Prague.
* 1586 - Jewish Town Hall (Prague) constructed.
* 1590 - Maisel Synagogue construction begins.
* 1604 - October: Kepler observes a Milky Way supernova.
* 1618 – 23 May: 2nd Prague defenestration sparked off the Thirty Years' War.
* 1621 – 21 June: Execution of 27 Czech nobles on the Old Town Square as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.
* 1631 - Gustavus Adolphus, king of Sweden, briefly occupied the town.
* 1635 – 30 May: City hosts signing of the Peace of Prague (1635).
* 1648
** West bank of Prague (including the Prague Castle) occupied and looted by Swedish armies.
** Peace of Westphalia "put a stop to hostilities".
* 1650 – Column of the Virgin erected in Old Town Square.
* 1724 – Sporck theatre active.
* 1738 – Palais Sylva-Tarouca built on Na příkopě.
* 1739 – Kotzentheater active.
* 1741 – November: Occupation by French-Bavarian armies.
* 1742 – Siege of Prague (1742).
* 1744 – City occupied by Prussian forces.
* 1755 – St. Nicholas Church built.
* 1757 - 6 May: Siege of Prague.
* 1765 – Goltz Palace built.
* 1783 – Nostitz Theatre opens.
* 1784 – Administration of Hradčany, Malá Strana, New Town, and Old Town unified as one city.
* 1787
** 19 January: Premiere of Mozart's Prague Symphony.
** 29 October: Premiere of Mozart's opera Don Giovanni.
* 1791
** 6 September: Coronation of Leopold II as King of Bohemia.
** 6 September: Premiere of Mozart's La clemenza di Tito.
* 1796
** Lithography invented.
** Academy of Fine Arts and the Picture Gallery established.

## 19th century

* 1813 – July–October: City hosts meeting of the Coalition forces of the Napoleonic Wars.
* 1818 – Bohemian Museum founded.
* 1825 – Savings bank established.
* 1841 – Bridge of Francis I [cs] built.
* 1847 – Austrian National Bank branch opens.
* 1848
** 2–12 June: Prague Slavic Congress, 1848 held.
** 17 June: Revolutionary uprising near Prague crushed by imperial army.
** Old Town Hall rebuilt.
* 1850
** Josefov becomes part of city.
** Statue of Francis I erected in the Franzensquai.
* 1851 - Prague City Archives established.
* 1857
** Prager Eisenindustrie-Gesellschaft [de] in business.
** Industrial school established.
* 1862
** Sokol sport club founded.
** Provisional Theatre opens.
* 1866 – City hosts signing of the Peace of Prague (1866).
* 1868
** Živnostenská banka (bank) founded.
** Spanish Synagogue built.
* 1876 – Prager Tagblatt German-language newspaper begins publication.
* 1877 – Premiere of Dvořák's Symphonic Variations.
* 1879 – Anglo-Austrian Bank branch established.
* 1880 – Population: 293,822 metro.
* 1882 – Charles University reorganized into German- and Czech-language institutions.
* 1883
** Vyšehrad becomes part of city.
** Czech Theatre built.
** National Theatre Ballet founded.
* 1884
** Café Slavia opens.
** Holešovice-Bubna becomes part of city.
** Klausen Synagogue reconstructed.
* 1885
** Rudolfinum (concert hall) inaugurated.
** Museum of Decorative Arts founded.
* 1888 – Neues Deutsches Theater opens.
* 1890
** 2 February: Premiere of Dvořák's Symphony No. 8.
** September: Flood.
** Population: 182,530.
* 1891
** Petřín Lookout Tower and Bohemian Museum building constructed.
** Hanavský Pavilion built in Letná Park.
** General Land Centennial Exhibition (1891) held.
* 1896
** Czech Philharmonic established.
** Population: 189,157; metro 368,490.
* 1897 - Unrest.
* 1898
** Bohemian Industrial Bank headquartered in city.
** Civic museum opens on Poric Street.
* 1900
** Old Prague Society founded.
** Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague opened.

## 20th century

* 1901
** Liben becomes part of city.
** Francis Bridge built.
* 1905 - Unrest for "an extension of the suffrage".
* 1906
** Prague-Velká Chuchle Racecourse opens.
** Jewish Museum founded.
** Population: 460,849 metro.
* 1907 – Vinohrady Theatre inaugurated.
* 1908
** May–June: City hosts Prague 1908 chess tournament.
** 19 September: Premiere of Mahler's Symphony No. 7.
* 1909 - Smíchov becomes part of Prague.
* 1910 - Population: 223,741.
* 1911 – St.-Antonius-von-Padua-Kirche (church) built on Bubenská-Platz [de].
* 1916 – May: City premiere of Janáček's Jenůfa.
* 1918
** Kino Světozor [cs] (cinema) opens.
** October: City becomes capital of Czechoslovakia.
* 1921 – Communist Party of Czechoslovakia headquartered in city.
* 1922
** Great Prague [cs] created by uniting Prague with its suburbs and neighboring towns; 37 municipalities added.
** Vinohrady and Žižkov become part of Prague.
** Population: 676,000.
* 1930 – Population: 848,823.
* 1931 – Prague Zoo opens.
* 1934 - Prague Symphony Orchestra founded.
* 1939
** March: Nazi German occupation of city begins.
** City becomes seat of German Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
* 1942 – 27 May: German official Reinhard Heydrich assassinated; Nazis respond with wave of terror.
* 1945
** 14 February: Bombing of Prague in World War II.
** 5–8 May: Prague uprising against the Nazi German occupants during the last days of World War II.
** 6–11 May: Prague Offensive: arrival of the Red Army; Nazi German occupation ends.
** Expulsion of German citizens
** Academy of Performing Arts in Prague established.
* 1946
** Prague Spring International Music Festival begins.
** Faculty of Theatre established.
* 1948
** February: 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état.
** May: City hosts The Second International Congress of Composers and Music Critics 1948.
* 1952
** Slánský trial.
** Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra active.
* 1954 – Bethlehem Chapel reconstructed.
* 1958 – Theatre on the Balustrade founded.
* 1955 – Stalin Monument unveiled at Letná Park.
* 1957 – Reduta Jazz Club opens on Národní.
* 1962 - Stalin Monument destroyed.
* 1964 – Prague Ballet active.
* 1968 – Prague Spring; Soviet crackdown.
* 1969
** Jan Palach's self-immolation.
** City becomes capital of the Czech Socialist Republic.
* 1970 – Prague Chamber Ballet [cs] founded.
* 1973 – 11 December: City hosts signing of the Treaty of Prague (1973).
* 1974
** Prague Metro founded.
** Population: 1,095,615.
* 1978 – Charles Bridge pedestrianized.
* 1985 - Population: 1,190,576 (estimate).
* 1989 – November–December: Velvet Revolution.
* 1990 – City divided into 56 districts.
* 1991
** School of International Relations, University of Economics in Prague established.
** Prager Zeitung German-language newspaper begins publication.
** Prague Metronome erected.
* 1992
** Žižkov Television Tower erected.
** Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic headquartered in city.
* 1993 – 1 January: Prague becomes capital of the Czech Republic.
* 1995 – U.S. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty headquartered in city.
* 1996
** City hosts World Congress of Esperanto; manifesto drafted.
** Dancing House built.
* 1997 – Via Foundation headquartered in city.
* 1998 – University of New York in Prague established.
* 1999 - Prague Mosque built.

## 21st century

* 2001 – Prague Fringe Festival begins.
* 2002
** August: Prague suffers from flooding, parts of the city evacuated, many historic archives damaged but no major landmarks destroyed.
** Broadway Theatre (Prague) opens.
** Prague Security Studies Institute established.
** November: City hosts NATO summit.
* 2007 – The Codex Gigas returns to Prague after 379 years
* 2008 - Prague Declaration.
* 2009 – 5 April: U.S. president gives speech on nuclear disarmament.
* 2010 – September: Economic protest.
* 2011 – Population: 1,262,106; metro 2,300,000.
* 2013
** 29 April: 2013 Prague explosion.
** Tomáš Hudeček becomes mayor.
* 2014 Adriana Krnáčová becomes mayor.