The following is a of the history of the city of Bucharest, Romania.
Before the 17th century
17th century
18th century
19th century
20th century
- 1906 â Bucharest Jubilee Exhibition held.
- 1909
- Bucharest Russian Church built.
- Saint Basil the Great Cathedral opened.
- 1912 â Military Circle built.
- 1913 â City hosts signing of the Treaty of Bucharest (1913).
- 1914 â 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 â DramàÃ
Âi Comedie (theatre troupe) active.
- 1929 â Dem I. Dobrescu becomes mayor.
- 1930 â Italian Church built.
- 1931 â Scînteia newspaper begins publication.
- 1933
- GriviÃÂa Strike of 1933.
- Bucharest Telephone Palace built.
- 1936
- HerÃÂstrÃÂu 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 â CaÃÂin Church built.
- 1940
- Political unrest.
- Germans in power.
- November: 1940 Vrancea earthquake.
- 1941 â 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 â Bombing of Bucharest in World War II ends.
- 1946 â Textile school founded.
- 1947 â 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 BucureÃÂti founded.
- Population: 886,110; metro 1,041,807.
- 1952 â BÃÂneasa 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 â Population: 1,239,458 city; 1,372,130 urban agglomeration.
- 1970 â Otopeni Airport terminal built.
- 1971 â New St. Eleftherios Church consecrated.
- 1974 â Systematization, a program of urban planning, begins.
- 1976
- Unirea Shopping Center opens.
- Ion DincÃÂ becomes mayor.
- 1977
- March: 1977 Vrancea earthquake.
- Population: 1,807,044 city; 1,934,025 urban agglomeration.
- 1979
- Bucharest Metro begins operating.
- PiaÃÂa Unirii metro station opens.
- 1981 â Republica metro station opens.
- 1985
- Victory of Socialism Boulevard laid out.
- Palace of the People construction begins.
- 1989
- December: Romanian Revolution.
- 21 December: CeauÃÂescu's final speech takes place at Palace Square.
- 22 December: CeauÃÂescu flees city.
- AdevÃÂrul newspaper in publication.
- 1990
- April: Golaniad protest begins.
- June 1990 Mineriad protest.
- 1993 â Basarab metro station opens.
- 1994 â Coat of arms of Bucharest re-adopted.
- 1996 â Victor Ciorbea becomes mayor.
- 1997 â Palace of the Parliament built.
- 2000
- Pavilion Unicredit (art centre) established.
- Traian BÃÂsescu becomes mayor.
- Centre for Defence and Security Strategic Studies headquartered in city.
21st century
See also
References
This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia and Romanian Wikipedia.
Bibliography
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