Timeline of Brno
Appearance
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Brno, Moravia, Czech Republic.
Prior to 20th century
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- 1180 - Church of St. Peter built (approximate date).[citation needed]
- 1229 - Brno charter endorsed by Ottocar I of Bohemia.[1]
- 1243 - City incorporated.[1]
- 1296 - Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul established.[2]
- 1343 - de in use.[citation needed]
- 1356 - Church of St. Thomas consecrated.[citation needed]
- 1428 - Brno besieged by Hussites.[3]
- 1451 - 27 July: Jews expelled.[4]
- 1468 - Brno besieged by forces of George of Bohemia.[3]
- 1485 - Printing press in operation.[5]
- 1645 - Brno besieged by forces of Swedish Torstensson.[3]
- 1742 - Brno besieged by Prussians.[3]
- 1766 - Cloth factory begins operating.[6]
- 1777 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Brno established;[7][2] Mathias Franz Graf von Chorinsky Freiherr von Ledske becomes bishop.
- 1782 - Brno becomes capital of Moravia-Silesia.
- 1786 - cs park established.
- 1805 - 2 December: Battle of Austerlitz occurs near Brno; forces of Napoleon headquartered in city.[1]
- 1818 - Museum Francisceum founded.[8]
- 1843 - Labor unrest.[9]
- 1848 - October: Labor demonstration.[9]
- 1849
- German Technical University in Brno founded.[10]
- Population: 45,189.[11]
- 1855 - Synagogue consecrated.[12]
- 1864 - Vankovka engineering works built near Brno.[13]
- 1866 - 13 July: Prussians in power.[14]
- 1867 - Czech-language secondary school founded.[15]
- 1869 - Population: 73,771.[11]
- 1872 - Starobrno Brewery built.
- 1880 - cs becomes mayor.
- 1881 - Organ School founded.[16]
- 1882 - Deutsches Stadttheater built.[17]
- 1884 - National Theatre Brno established.
- 1891 - de opens.
- 1894 - cs becomes mayor.
- 1899 - Imperial Czech Technical University of Franz Joseph founded.[1]
20th century
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- 1900 - Population: 108,944.[3]
- 1910 - Population: 125,737.
- 1913 - SK Židenice football club formed.
- 1918
- Československá zbrojovka manufactory in business.
- Moravia becomes part of Czechoslovakia.
- Brno City Archive Library established.[18]
- 1919
- Bohunice and Slatina become part of Brno.[citation needed]
- Masaryk University[1] and Brno Conservatory founded.
- 1926 - 18 December: Premiere of Janáček's opera Makropulos Affair.
- 1928
- Brno Exhibition Centre opens.
- Exhibition of Contemporary Culture held.[6]
- Centrum department store built.[6]
- 1930
- Modernist Villa Tugendhat built.
- Population: 264,925.
- 1935 - cs in use.
- 1939 - Brno (and whole country) occupied by German Nazis.
- 1941 - First Martial Law, 239 people executed in Brno, another 1000 in concentration camps.
- 1945
- Brno City Theatre established.
- Liberation of Brno
- many Germans fled Brno, the rest was later expelled.[1]
- 1946 - Brno–Tuřany Airport opens.
- 1947
- Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts established.[19]
- Královo Pole indoor arena opens.
- Population: 133,637 city; 934,437 province.[1]
- 1953 - Brno Zoo and Stadion Za Lužánkami open.
- 1955 - Julius Fucik Theatre active.[17]
- 1956 - Moravian Karst nature reserve established near city.
- 1961
- Moravian Gallery in Brno established.
- Population: 314,235.
- 1963
- 1965 - Janáček Theatre opens.
- 1980 - cs theatre troupe active.[17]
- 1982 - Starobrno Rondo Aréna opens.
- 1985 - Dukovany Nuclear Power Station commissioned near city.[10]
- 1987 - Motorsport Masaryk Circuit opens.
- 1990
- Brno becomes a statutory city.
- City divided into 29 districts.[citation needed]
- cs founded.[20]
- cs becomes Catholic bishop.
- 1991 - cs cultural space founded.
- 1994 - cs becomes mayor.
- 1997 - M-Palace hi-rise built.
- 1998 - Petr Duchoň becomes mayor.
21st century
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- 2001 - Cinema City Velky Spalicek opens.[21]
- 2004
- University of Defence (Czech Republic) established.[20]
- ProtestFest begins.[22][1]
- cs becomes mayor.
- 2006 - cs becomes mayor.
- 2009 - September: Catholic pope visits Brno.
- 2010 - Cinema Mundi International Film Festival begins.
- 2011
- Labyrinth under Vegetable Market, Brno (historic site) opens.
- Population: 385,913.
- 2012
- Spielberk Towers built.
- Brno Ossuary (historic site) opens.
- 2013 - AZ Tower built.
- 2014 - cs becomes mayor.
- 2015 - June: Anti-immigration demonstration.[23]
See also
- History of Brno
- Other names of Brno
- List of mayors of Brno
- de
- List of churches of Brno
- History of Moravia
- Timeline of Prague
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Brno", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 273, OL 6112221M
- ^ a b Lins 1908.
- ^ a b c d e Britannica 1910.
- ^ Frankl-Grün 1907.
- ^ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Austria-Hungary: Brunn". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company – via HathiTrust.
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- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Czech Republic". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved February 2015.
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(help) - ^ David Murray (1904). Museums, Their History and Their Use. Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons.
- ^ a b Stanley Z. Pech (1967). "Czech Working Class in 1848". Canadian Slavonic Papers. 9. JSTOR 40867492.
- ^ a b David Turnock (2006). Eastern European Economy, 1800-2000: Stages of Transformation in a Peripheral Region. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-67876-1.
- ^ a b Kay 1880.
- ^ "Brno". Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. New York: Yivo Institute for Jewish Research. Retrieved February 2015.
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(help) - ^ Worldwatch Institute (2007). State of the World 2007: Our Urban Future. W.W. Norton. ISBN 978-0-393-32923-0.
- ^ Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Moravia", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co. – via Hathi Trust
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- ^ Jiří Hochman (1998). Historical Dictionary of the Czech State. USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-3338-8.
- ^ a b c Don Rubin; et al., eds. (1994). "Czech Republic". World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Europe. Routledge. pp. 196–210. ISBN 9780415251570.
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- ^ Associated Press (26 June 2015), Hundreds Rally Against Refugees in 2nd Largest Czech City, New York Times
This article incorporates information from the Czech Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- Abraham Rees (1819), "Brunn", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
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in German
- C.J. Schmidt (1835). Brünn und seine Umgebungen (in German). Brünn: Seidel.
- Gustav Trautenberger. Chronik der Landeshauptstadt Brünn (in German). Brünn: de . 1891-1897
- B. Bretholz (1911). Geschichte der Stadt Brünn (in German). Brünn: Verlag des Vereines. (includes timeline 1091-1411)
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