Timeline of Zagreb

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Zagreb, Croatia.

Prior to 19th century

• 1st century – Andautonia was founded
• 5th century – Andautonia was destroyed
• 1094 – Diocese of Zagreb established by Ladislaus I of Hungary; Cathedral construction begins (approximate date).
• 1242
• Gradec and Gornji Grad besieged by Tatars.
• Golden Bull issued by Béla IV of Hungary; Gradec becomes a royal free city.
• 1261 – Gradec fortification walls constructed.
• 1368 – Population: 2,810.
• 1476 – Works begin on Kaptol fortification in August. Bishop Osvald of Zagreb Diocese permits residence of laypeople in Kaptol for defense purposes, leading to resistance among clergy.
• 1479 – Kaptol fortification walls completed.
• 1557 – Croatian Parliament convenes at Gradec.
• 1573 – Matija Gubec, leader of the failed Croatian–Slovene peasant revolt, is executed.
• 1607
• Jesuit high school founded.
• National library founded.
• 1621 – Zagreb designated seat of Ban of Croatia.
• 1631 - Building of the students' seminary completed
• 1632 – St. Catherine's Church built.
• 1647 – Foundation directed towards financing poor students from Croatian regions, Frangepaneum, established by Nikola IX Frankopan
• 1651 – Catastrophic flood of Medveščak stream in July destroys all houses in Tkalčićeva Street. 52 people drown.
• 1662 – Zrinski palace built
• 1669 – Jesuit Academy established.
• 1670 – Fran Krsto Frankopan, poet and conspirator, visits the city in order to secure support from the citizens during the Magnate conspiracy
• 1695 – Pavao Ritter Vitezović starts writing and publishing pamphlets, poetic, historiographical works on Saint Mark's Square
• 1742 – Population: 5,600.
• 1757 – TituÅ¡ Brezovački, notable dramatist and poet is born
• 1758 - First Croatian arithmetics textbook Arithmetika Horvatzka, written by Mihalj Å ilobod BolÅ¡ić, was published
• 1764 - Vojković palace built
• 1771 – Ephemerides Zagrabienses, the first Croatian newspaper, begins publication.
• 1776 – Royal council relocates to Zagreb from Varaždin.
• 1785 – The first bridge over Sava river is built.
• 1786 – A large fire sweeps through Gradec, Kaptol and Tkalčićeva Street.
• 1794
• Maksimir Park opens to the public
• Construction begins on foundation hospital on Harmica square (today's Ban Jelačić Square)
• 1797 – Amadeo's theatre founded.

19th century

• 1805 – Population: 7,706.
• 1827 – Musikverein founded.
• 1829 – Music school established by Agram Musical Society.
• 1833 – City Hall rebuilt.
• 1835 – Novine Horvatzke newspaper begins publication.
• 1845 – July 29: Protest quelled by Austrian Imperial Army.
• 1846
• Sisters of Charity Hospital established.
• Franz Liszt visits Zagreb and performs in the old theatre on St. Mark's Square.
• 1850
• Telegraph service is introduced.
• Population: 16,036.
• 1851
• Janko Kamauf becomes mayor.
• Gradec and Zagreb merged.
• 1852 – Roman Catholic Archdiocese established.
• 1860 – National Theatre established.
• 1862 – Railway begins operating.
• 1866 – Orthodox Cathedral built.
• 1867
• City designated capital of Croatia-Slavonia.
• Synagogue consecrated.
• 1871 – Philharmonic Orchestra founded.
• 1874 - Franz Josef University founded.
• 1875 - Art Society founded.
• 1876 – Mirogoj Cemetery established.
• 1877 – Grič cannon begins daily firing.
• 1878 – Waterworks begin operating.
• 1880
• Earthquake.
• Museum of Arts and Crafts founded.
• 1882 – Vranyczany Palace built.
• 1884 – Strossmayer Gallery of Old Masters opens.
• 1887 – Public telephone network is established.
• 1889 – Rudolf barracks completed.
• 1890 – Population: 38,742.
• 1891
• The first Zagreb tramway, a horsecar, begins operating.
• Botanical Garden opened to public.
• 1892 – Zagreb Glavni railway station built.
• 1893 – Funicular begins operating.
• 1895 – Croatian National Theatre opened, during the visit of Emperor Franz Joseph.
• 1898
• Art Pavilion inaugurated.
• Krvavi Most bridge closes. The bridge today remains as a pedestrian street, as the Medveščak stream, which used to flow under, was covered and built over.
• 1900 – Population: 57,930 (61,002 with garrison).

20th century

• 1901
• Earthquake.
• Taxi service established.
• Women are allowed to enroll at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Zagreb.
• 1903 – Observatory inaugurated.
• 1904 – Kallina House (residence) built.
• 1905 – National Gallery for Croatian Art established.
• 1906 – Works on introducing street lighting begin.
• 1907
• City Museum established.
• Electric power plant built.
• 1909
• Airfield begins operating near Črnomerec.
• Zagreb Fair established (as Zagrebački zbor).
• 1910 – Electric tramway begins operating.
• 1912 – Stadion Maksimir opens.
• 1918
• City becomes part of the newly established Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
• 1918 protest in Zagreb against the new kingdom (December Victims)
• 1919
• Zagreb Quartet founded.
• Ethnographic Museum founded.
• 1921 – Stadion Concordije built.
• 1922
• City becomes capital of Zagreb Oblast.
• Archdiocesan Grand Gymnasium founded.
• 1924
• Stadion Koturaska built.
• NK Maksimir football club formed.
• 1925
• Zoo opens.
• Regent Esplanade hotel built.
• 1926 – Radio-stanica Zagreb (now Croatian Radio) begins broadcasting.
• 1931 – Population: 185,581.
• 1937 – Glyptotheque (Zagreb) founded.
• 1938
• Mestrovic Pavilion and Sava Bridge built.
• V Gymnasium established.
• 1939 – Archaeological Museum established.
• 1940 – Vjesnik newspaper begins publication.
• 1941
• City designated capital of Independent State of Croatia.
• September 14: Sabotage at the General Post Office.
• 1942 – University Hospital established.
• 1944 – 1945 - Bombing by Allied forces.
• 1945 – Mladost sports society is founded.
• 1946 – KK Cibona is founded (as Sloboda).
• 1952 – Peasant Art Gallery founded.
• 1953
• Privredni vjesnik business newspaper begins publication.
• Population: 350,452.
• 1954
• Technical Museum and City Gallery of Contemporary Art founded.
• Gavella Drama Theatre opens.
• 1958
• City government relocates to Stjepan Radic Square.
• 1 Ilica Street and Jankomir Bridge built.
• 1959
• Liberty Bridge opens.
• Večernji list newspaper begins publication.
• 1 Ilica Street skyscraper is completed.
• 1961 – Music Biennale Zagreb begins.
• 1962
• Zagreb Airport begins operating.
• Glas Koncila Catholic newspaper begins publication.
• 1964
• 1964 Zagreb flood, the biggest flooding disaster in the city's history.
• Presidential Palace built.
• XV Gymnasium founded.
• 1967 – Golden Spin of Zagreb ice skating competition begins.
• 1972
• Animafest Zagreb begins.
• Dom Sportova built.
• 1973
• Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall opens.
• Zagreb TV Tower built.
• 1974
• August 30: Train disaster.
• Mamutica residential apartment complex and Youth Bridge built.
• 1976
• SFera science fiction society formed.
• Zagrepčanka built.
• 1981
• Adriatic Bridge opens.
• Population: 649,586.
• 1982
• Klovićevi dvori art gallery opens.
• Podsused Bridge built.
• 1983 – SFeraKon science fiction convention begins.
• 1984 – Radio 101 begins broadcasting.
• 1987
• City hosts Summer Universiade.
• Mimara Museum opens.
• Cibona Tower, Zagreb Mosque, and Cibona Sports Center built.
• 1988 – Clinical Hospital Dubrava founded.
• 1989 – Chromos Tower built.
• 1990
• May 5: Eurovision Song Contest 1990
• May 13: Dinamo Zagreb–Red Star Belgrade riot.
• The Constitution of Croatia designates Zagreb as the capital of the Republic of Croatia.
• Slobodni tjednik newspaper begins publication.
• Globus, the most influential political weekly during the Independence war begins publication at the end of December.
• 1991
• Zagreb Stock Exchange formed.
• October 4: Bombing of Zagreb TV Tower.
• October 7: Bombing of Banski dvori.
• December 7: Murder of the Zec family
• 1995
• Zagreb crisis begins.
• May – Rocket attacks by Serbian forces.
• New building of the National and University Library is opened.
• 1996
• Radio Student begins broadcasting.
• November: Protest against Radio 101 closure.
• Marina Matulović-Dropulić becomes the first female mayor of Zagreb.
• 1998 – Jutarnji list newspaper begins publication.
• 1999 – International Piano Competition Svetislav Stančić begins.
• 2000
• Milan Bandić becomes mayor.
• Amadeo Theatre and Music Company founded.
• Stadion NÅ C Stjepan Spajić built.

21st century

• 2001 – Political Science Research Center founded.
• 2002
• Zagreb Pride march begins.
• Vlasta Pavić becomes mayor.
• Zagreb School of Economics and Management founded.
• 2003
• Zagreb Film Festival begins.
• Nedjeljni Jutarnji weekly newspaper begins publication.
• 2004
• Poslovni dnevnik business newspaper begins publication.
• Zagrebacka Televizija begins broadcasting.
• HOTO Tower built.
• 2005
• Milan Bandic becomes mayor again.
• 24sata newspaper begins publication.
• ZagrebDox film festival begins.
• Serbian Orthodox Secondary School founded.
• 2006
• INmusic festival begins.
• Eurotower and Zagrebtower built.
• 2007
• Homeland Bridge opens.
• Zagreb Jewish Film Festival begins.
• 2008
• Subversive Film Festival begins.
• October 23: assassination of Ivo Pukanić.
• Arena Zagreb built.
• 2009
• Museum of Contemporary Art opens.
• 2010 – Museum of Broken Relationships established.
• 2011
• Population: 790,017.
• Lauba art gallery established.
• 2012
• Sky Office Tower built.
• 2013
• 2013 European Figure Skating Championships
• 2014
• xCimos tower built
• New building of the Academy of Music completed.
• 2015
• Strojarska Business Center completed.
• 2016
• Population: 802,338
• 2019
• []
• 2020
• A strong earthquake causes widespread damage and injuries.
• []

See also

• History of Zagreb
• List of mayors of Zagreb
• Timeline of Croatian history
• of other cities in Croatia: Rijeka, Split

References

Bibliography

External links

• Europeana. Items related to Zagreb, various dates.