Timeline of Zagreb

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

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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).^{[citation needed]}
• 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.^[1]
• 1479 – Kaptol fortification walls completed.^[2]
• 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.^{[citation needed]}
• 1621 – Zagreb designated seat of Ban of Croatia.
• 1631 - Building of the students' seminary completed^[3]
• 1632 – St. Catherine's Church built.
• 1647 – Foundation directed towards financing poor students from Croatian regions, Frangepaneum, established by Nikola IX Frankopan^[4]
• 1651 – Catastrophic flood of Medveščak stream in July destroys all houses in Tkalčićeva Street. 52 people drown.^[1]
• 1662 – Zrinski palace built^[5]
• 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^[6]
• 1695 – Pavao Ritter Vitezović starts writing and publishing pamphlets, poetic, historiographical works on Saint Mark's Square
• 1742 – Population: 5,600.
• 1757 – Tituš Brezovački, notable dramatist and poet is born
• 1758 - First Croatian arithmetics textbook Arithmetika Horvatzka, written by Mihalj Šilobod Bolšić, was published
• 1764 - Vojković palace built
• 1771 – Ephemerides Zagrabienses, the first Croatian newspaper, begins publication.^[7]
• 1776 – Royal council relocates to Zagreb from Varaždin.
• 1785 – The first bridge over Sava river is built.^[8]
• 1786 – A large fire sweeps through Gradec, Kaptol and Tkalčićeva Street.^[1]
• 1794
  • Maksimir Park opens to the public
  • Construction begins on foundation hospital on Harmica square (today's Ban Jelačić Square)^[9]
• 1797 – Amadeo's theatre founded.^[10]

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.^[11]
• 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.^[1]
• 1850
  • Telegraph service is introduced.^[12]
  • 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.^[13]
  • Synagogue consecrated.
• 1871 – Philharmonic Orchestra founded.^[14]
• 1874 - Franz Josef University founded.^[13]
• 1875 - Art Society founded.^{[citation needed]}
• 1876 – Mirogoj Cemetery established.
• 1877 – Grič cannon begins daily firing.^[15][16]
• 1878 – Waterworks begin operating.^[17]
• 1880
  • Earthquake.
  • Museum of Arts and Crafts founded.^[18]
• 1882 – Vranyczany Palace built.
• 1884 – Strossmayer Gallery of Old Masters opens.
• 1887 – Public telephone network is established.^[19]
• 1889 – Rudolf barracks completed.^[20]
• 1890 – Population: 38,742.^[13]
• 1891
  • The first Zagreb tramway, a horsecar, begins operating.^[1]
  • Botanical Garden opened to public.^[21]
• 1892 – Zagreb Glavni railway station built.
• 1893 – Funicular begins operating.^[22]
• 1895 – Croatian National Theatre opened, during the visit of Emperor Franz Joseph.
• 1898
  • Art Pavilion inaugurated.
  • Krvavi Most bridge closes.^[23] 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).^[13]

20th century

• 1901
  • Earthquake.^[13]
  • Taxi service established.
  • Women are allowed to enroll at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Zagreb.^[1]
• 1903 – Observatory inaugurated.^[24]
• 1904 – Kallina House (residence) built.
• 1905 – National Gallery for Croatian Art established.
• 1906 – Works on introducing street lighting begin.^[1]
• 1907
  • City Museum established.
  • Electric power plant built.
• 1909
  • Airfield begins operating near Črnomerec.
  • Zagreb Fair established (as Zagrebački zbor).^[25]
• 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.^[26]
• 1931 – Population: 185,581.
• 1937 – Glyptotheque (Zagreb) founded.^[27]
• 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).^[28]
• 1952 – Peasant Art Gallery founded.
• 1953
  • Privredni vjesnik business newspaper begins publication.
  • Population: 350,452.^[29]
• 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.^[30]
  • Večernji list newspaper begins publication.
  • 1 Ilica Street skyscraper is completed.^[31]
• 1961 – Music Biennale Zagreb begins.
• 1962
  • Zagreb Airport begins operating.^[32]
  • 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.^[33]
  • Dom Sportova built.
• 1973
  • Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall opens.
  • Zagreb TV Tower built.^[34]
• 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.^[35]
• 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.^[36]
  • Cibona Tower, Zagreb Mosque, and Cibona Sports Center built.
• 1988 – Clinical Hospital Dubrava founded.^[37]
• 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.^[relevant?]
  • 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.^[38]
  • 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 NŠC Stjepan Spajić built.

21st century

• 2001 – Political Science Research Center founded.^[39]
• 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.^[40]
  • 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^[41]
• 2019
  • []
• 2020
  • A strong earthquake causes widespread damage and injuries.^[42]
  • []

See also

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

References

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21. Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Botanički vrt Prirodoslovno-matematičkog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu".
22. Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Uspinjača".
23. Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Krvavi most".
24. Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Zvjezdarnica Zagreb".
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29. "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
30. Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Most slobode".
31. Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Neboder".
32. Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Zračna luka Zagreb".
33. Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Svjetski festival animiranog filma (Animafest)".
34. Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Radiotelevizijski toranj Sljeme".
35. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
36. Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Muzej Mimara".
37. Zagrebački leksikon 2006, "Bolnice, klinike, lječilišta".
38. "Global Nonviolent Action Database". Pennsylvania, USA: Swarthmore College. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
39. . Philadelphia, USA: Foreign Policy Research Institute. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
40. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: City of Zagreb". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
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• F. K. Hutchinson (1909), "Agram", Motoring in the Balkans, Chicago: McClurg & Co., OCLC 8647011
• Tony Fabijančić (2003), "Zagreb", Croatia, Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, ISBN 0888643977
• Bilić, Josip; Ivanković, Hrvoje, eds. (2006). "Zagrebački leksikon". Zagrebački leksikon (in Croatian). Zagreb: Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography and Masmedia. ISBN 953-157-486-3.

External links

• Europeana. Items related to Zagreb, various dates.