page_title: Timeline of Cluj-Napoca
section_title: 20th century
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of Cluj-Napoca / 20th century
caption_attribution_description: Magyar: Bocskai tér, Ortodox katedrális. Location: Romania, Transylvania, Cluj-Napoca Tags: church, Eastern Orthodox Church Title: Bocskai tér, Ortodox katedrális.
context_page_description: The following detailed sequence of events covers the timeline of Cluj-Napoca, a city in Transylvania, Romania.
  Cluj-Napoca, commonly known as Cluj, is located in the Someșul Mic River valley, roughly equidistant from Bucharest, Budapest and Belgrade. Throughout its long history, the area around Cluj-Napoca was part of many empires and kingdoms, including the Roman Empire, Gepidia, Avaria, the Hungarian Kingdom, the Habsburg Monarchy, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Romania. From 1790–1848 and 1861–1867, it was the official capital of the Grand Principality of Transylvania.
  In modern times, the city holds the status of municipiu, is the seat of Cluj County in the north-western part of Romania, and continues to be considered the unofficial capital of the historical province of Transylvania. Cluj continues to be one of the most important academic, cultural, industrial and business centres in Romania. Among other institutions, it hosts the country's largest university, Babeș-Bolyai University, with its famous botanical garden. The current boundaries of the municipality contain an area of 179.52 square kilometres.
context_section_description: 1902
  Palace of Justice built.
  Matthias Corvinus Monument unveiled in Big Market Square.
  1906 - Cluj-Napoca National Theatre opens.
  1907 - CFR Cluj (football club) formed.
  1910 - Hungarian Theatre of Cluj building constructed.
  1911 - Ion Moina Stadium opens.
  1913 - Sebestyén Palace built in Big Market Square.
  1918
  1 December: Union of Transylvania with Romania is declared
  24 December: City taken by Romanian forces; Hungarian rule ends.
  1919
  Iulian Pop becomes the first Romanian mayor.
  U Cluj football club formed.
  Gheorghe Dima Music Academy founded.
  1920
  Based on the Treaty of Trianon, Cluj becomes part of the Kingdom of Romania.
  Population: 85,509.
  1921 - 28 September: Capitoline Wolf Statue, a gift from Italy to Romania as a symbol for its Latinity, unveiled in Unirii Square.
  1922 - Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania founded.
  1925 - Fine Arts School founded.
  1930
  Greek Catholic Diocese of Cluj-Gherla established.
  Population: 100,844.
  1933 - Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral (Romanian Orthodox) built.
  1934 - Goldmark Jewish Symphonic Orchestra founded.
  1940 - City becomes part of Hungary again.
  1944
  27 March: City occupied by German forces.
  25 May: Deportation of Jews begins.
  11 October: City captured by Romanian and Soviet forces; Hungarian rule ends.
  1948
  Protestant Theological Institute established.
  Population: 117,915.
  1966 - Population: 185,663 (56% of Romanian ethnicity; 42% of Hungarian ethnicity).
  1968 - Echinox literary magazine begins publication.
  1973 - CFR Cluj Stadium opens.
  1974
  City renamed to "Cluj-Napoca".
  Population: 218,703.
  1989 - December: Romanian Revolution.
  1992
  Gheorghe Funar becomes mayor.
  Population: 328,602 (75% of Romanian ethnicity).
  1994 - Association for Interethnic Dialogue established in Cluj.
caption: Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral in 1940
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