Timeline of Sibiu
| History of Romania |
|---|
 |
 Romania portal |
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania.
Prior to 17th century
![[icon]](/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (January 2014) |
- 12th century - Area settled by Hermann of Nuremberg.[1][2]
- 1191 - Mentioned for the first time in a document of the Vatican, under the name "Cibinium" (due to the Cibin River that flows through the city)
- 1241 - Sibiu gets sacked by the invading Mongols; Hungarian army loses a major battle on April 11
- 1292 - The first hospital in the Kingdom of Hungary was attested.
- 1324 - First Rathaus(town hall) is documented, current address Piaţa Mică 31.[3]
- 1380 - The first documented school in the Kingdom of Hungary.
- 1438 - Town besieged by Turkish forces.[4]
- 1442 - The Battle of Hermannstadt fought March 18–25 between the army of the Hungarian Kingdom under John Hunyadi and the Ottoman Turks
- 1494 - The first pharmacy in the Kingdom of Hungary.
- 1520 - Protestant church finished.[1]
- 1534 - The first paper mill in the Kingdom of Hungary.
- 1544 - The first book in the Romanian language was printed in Sibiu, funded by John II Sigismund Zápolya. This was in Cyrillic letters.
- 1545 - Rathaus (town hall) in use.[5]
- 1551 - Conrad Haas's experiment with rockets.
- 1570 - The Ottoman-dependent Principality of Transylvania was formed after the Ottoman conquest in Hungary.
- 1588 - Tower built on the Grosse Ring.[5]
17th-19th centuries
- 1671 - Methane gas was discovered near Sibiu.
- 1699 - Town becomes capital of Austrian Transylvania.[6]
- 1717 - Town's brewery is opened, first of the present territory of Romania.[7]
- 1726 - Catholic parish church established.[1]
- 1769 - The first hall for theater opens in the home of Baron von Möringer in Piata Mare (Blue House, 5 Piata Mare). It operated between 1769-1783[8]
- 1782 - Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein discovered the chemical element tellurium.[9]
- 1787 - Brukenthal palace built.[1]
- 1788 - First theatre in Transylvania.
- 1795 - The first lightning rod in Transylvania and in Southeastern Europe was installed in Cisnădie (formerly Nagydisznód).
- 1817 - Brukenthal Museum opens.
- 1849 - Austrian-Hungarian conflict.[1]
- 1861 - Transylvanian Association for Romanian Literature and the Culture of the Romanian People headquartered in Sibiu.
- 1867 - The Principality of Transylvania was incorporated into Hungary in the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary
- 1872 - The first railway opened between Sibiu and Copșa Mică
- 1891 - Population: 21,465.[4]
- 1896 - The first use of electricity in Austria-Hungary, and the first power line in Southeastern Europe.
20th century
| This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (January 2014) |
- 1900 - Population: 26,077.[1]
- 1904 - The second city in Europe to use an electric-powered trolley.[citation needed]
- 1905 - The Electric Tram is inaugurated(replacing the trolley)
- 1918 - Upon the Union of Transylvania with Romania, Sibiu became part of Romania.
- 1927 - Stadionul Municipal (stadium) opens.
- 1928 - The first zoo in Romania.
- 1940
- University of Cluj relocates to Sibiu temporarily.
- Sibiu Literary Circle active.
- 1941 - Saxons lost their historical majority in the population
- 1948 - Population: 60,602.[6]
- 1959 - Sibiu Airport terminal in use.
- 1985 - Hotel Continental Sibiu in business.
- 1989 - The third city to take part in the Romanian Revolution.
- 1989 - Andra Dumitru was born.
- 1992 - Aurel Maxim becomes mayor.
- 1993
- 1994 - Sibiu Stock Exchange established.
21st century
| This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (January 2014) |
- 2000 - Klaus Iohannis becomes mayor.
- 2007
- Sibiu International Airport renovated.[citation needed]
- City designated a European Capital of Culture.[11]
- 2011 - Population: 147,245; county 375,992.
- 2011 - The 17.5 km of motorway forming a partial beltway around Sibiu was fully completed on August 30.
- 2012 - Host of the NATO Military Committee Conference
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Nagyszeben", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica Co., 1910, OCLC 14782424
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1960, p. 1040, OL 5812502M
- ^ http://patrimoniu.sibiu.ro/cladiri_en/piata_mica/116
- ^ a b "Hermannstadt", Chambers's Encyclopaedia, London: W. & R. Chambers, 1901
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "Hermannstadt", Austria-Hungary, Including Dalmatia and Bosnia, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1905, OCLC 344268
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1761, OL 6112221M
- ^ http://patrimoniu.sibiu.ro/cladiri_en/turnului/324
- ^ http://patrimoniu.sibiu.ro/cladiri_en/piata_mare/80
- ^ Marshall, James L.; Marshall, Virginia R. "Rediscovery of the Elements: Tellurium and Fața Băii (Fascebanya), Romania". UNT Digital Library. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ^ "History". Sibiu International Theatre Festival. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ Daniel Habit (2013). "Peripheral ECOCs between cultural policy and cultural governance: the case of Sibiu 2007". In Kiran Klaus Patel (ed.). Cultural Politics of Europe: European Capitals of Culture and European Union Since the 1980s. Routledge. pp. 127–140. ISBN 9780203081082.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)
This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia and Romanian Wikipedia.
Further reading
- A. A. Paton (1861). "Herrmanstadt". Researches on the Danube and the Adriatic. Leipzig: Brockhaus.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Charles Boner (1865), "Hermannstadt", Transylvania, London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, OCLC 4572134
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - David Kay (1880), "Principal Towns: Hermannstadt", Austria-Hungary, Foreign Countries and British Colonies, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Adressbuch der k. freien Stadt Hermannstadt (in German). Hermannstadt: W. Krafft. 1898.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - "Hermannstadt", Türkei, Rumänien, Serbien, Bulgarien, Meyers Reisebücher (in German) (6th ed.), Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, 1902
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help); Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - Corneliu Diaconovich [in Romanian], ed. (1904). "Sibiiu". Enciclopedia Română (in Romanian). Vol. 3. Sibiiu: W. Krafft.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help); Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sibiu.
- Europeana. Items related to Sibiu, various dates.