Timeline of Belgrade

Timeline of Belgrade:

7th millennium BC - First known neolithic settlement on teritorry of Belgrade
end of 1st century - The Romans colonize Singidunum
91 - Roman military camp of Domitian's IV legion is in the city
441 - The Huns destroyed the city
after 450 - Sarmatians are holding Singidunum
around 470 - The Ostrogoths expelled the Sarmatians from the town
488 - The Gepids conquered Singidunum
504 - The Goths capture it again
510 - A peace treaty handed over the city to the Byzantine Empire
535 - Byzantine emperor Justinian I renews Singidunum
584 - The Avars conquer and sack it
592 - Byzantine Empire regains the town
7th century - The Avars destroy and burn down the town
around 630 - The Slavs conquered Singidunum
827 - The Bulgarians got control of the fortress
878 - First known written record of the Slavic name "Beograd"
896 - Army of Hungarians attacked Belgrade
971 - Byzantine Empire conquers Belgrade
after 976 - The town is taken by Emperor Samuel
1018 - Emperor Basil II regains Belgrade for the Byzantine Empire
between 1018 and 1072 - ?
1072 - Belgrade was again retaken by Byzantine Empire
1096 - The city was destroyed by Hungarians, but remained control of Byzantine Empire
1096-1189 - Crusaders are passing through Belgrade
1127 - Hungarian king Stefan II destroyed Belgrade and used so obtained stones to build a fortress in Zemun
1154 - Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus destroyed Zemun and takes the stones back to rebuild Belgrade
1182 - Hungary attacked and sacked the city
1185 - Byzantine Empire regained it by diplomacy
1230 - Belgrade belongs to Bulgaria
1232 - The city became part of Hungary
1284 - Serb king Dragutin got Belgrade from Hungary; this is the first time that Belgrade came under Serb rule
1316 - Milutin takes Belgrade from his brother by force
1319 - The Hungarians deprive King Milutin of the city
1382 - Brothers Horvat capture Belgrade
1386 - Hungary regained it
1403 - Despot Stefan Lazarević made Belgrade the capital of the medieval Serbia
1427 - The Hungarians overtake Belgrade from Despot Djuradj Branković
1440 - Turkey unsuccesfuly attacked Belgrade and heavily damaged the city
1456 - Sultan Mahmud II sieged Belgrade; this siege was also unsuccessful
1521 - Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent conquered Belgrade
1688 - Duke Maximilian of Bavaria recaptured it
1690 - Turks again capture Belgrade
1717 - Prince Eugene of Savoy recaptured it
1723-1736 - - Construction of the Belgrade fortress by Nikola Doksat de Mores
1739 - Belgrade peace treaty between Austria and Turkey returns Belgrade to Turkey
1789 - Marshal Gideon Ernst Laudon captures the city
1791 - Peace of Svishtov returns Belgrade to the Turks
1806 - Karadjordje liberates Belgrade; Belgrade is again the capital of Serbia
1808 - First high school established
1813 - The Turks reconquer the city
1815 - Milos Obrenović started the Second Serbian Uprising and got hold of Belgrade
1830 - Mahmud II proclaimed charter on Serbian autonomy
1831 - First printing works established
1835 - The first newspaper ("Novine srbske" - Serbian newspaper) published
1840 - The first post office in Belgrade
1841 - Belgrade became the capital of the Princedom of Serbia under Mihailo Obrenović
1844 - The National Museum established
1855 - First telegraph line in Serbia, Belgrade - Aleksinac, established
1862 - After the conflict at Cukur-cesma Belgrade was bombarded from the Kalemegdan fortress
1867 - In Kalemegdan, Turkish commander of the fortress pasha Ali-Riza handed over the keys of Belgrade to Knez Mihailo. The Turks have finally left Belgrade, never to return
1878 - The Berlin Congress recognized independence of Serbia
1882 - Belgrade is the capital of the Kingdom of Serbia.
1883 - The first phone lines in Belgrade
1884 - Railway station and railway bridge over Sava constructed (still in use)
1892 - The first modern water supply
1893 - Electrification of the city
1894 - The first electric tramway
1903 - In May coup d'etat King Aleksandar Obrenović is assassinated, and King Petar I Karadjordjević gets the throne of Serbia
1914 - Austrians bombarded and captured Belgrade
1914 - Serbs liberate it
1915 - German and Austrian troops led by August von Mackensen captured Belgrade
1918 - The Serbs with help of allies liberate it
1918 - Belgrade became the capital of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
1923 - Paris - Budapest air line extended to Belgrade
January 6th 1926 - King Aleksandar Karadjordjević dissolved the National Assembly and started his dictatorship
1927 - Belgrade Airport opened
1929 - Radio Belgrade started broadcasting
1935 - The first bridge over the Danube, the Pancevacki most (Bridge of Pancevo) is built
1937 - Belgrade Fair opened
March 27th 1941 - Huge protests against joining to the Axis
April 6th 1941 - Nazi Germany bombs Belgrade
April 12th 1941 - Nazi Germany occupies Belgrade
1944 - American and other allies bomb Belgrade
October 20th 1944 - Belgrade liberated by the People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia and Soviet Red Army; new communist government was arresting and liquidating political opponents and mobilized Belgrade youth
November 29th 1945 - The Constitutional Assembly proclaimed the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia
Later in 1945 - Monarchy was abolished and Josip Broz Tito started to rule officially
1946 - Industries nationalised
1948 - Large number of regime opponents arrested and sentenced to hard labour
1950 - Government introduced selfmanagement of the industry by the employees
1958 - TV Belgrade started broadcasting
1961 - The first Conference of Non-aligned Countries held in Belgrade
1967 - The first BITEF held
1968 - Students' protests in Belgrade
1969 - Beogradjanka, one of the tallests buildings in the city built
1971 - E75 highway through Belgrade and Gazela (Gaselle) bridge built
1971 - The first FEST held
1974 - New Constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia adopted
1977-1978 - The Conference on European Security and Cooperation held in Belgrade
1979 - Annual meetings of the World Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Monetary Fund held in Belgrade
1980 - 21st General Assembyl of UNESCO held in Belgrade
1983 - Annual Conference of UNCTAD held in Belgrade
1988 - First meeting of the ministers of foreign affairs of the Balkan States
March 9th 1991 - Around 100.000 people demonstrate against the regime of Slobodan Milosevic. Police and army tanks on the streets of Belgrade
1992 - Federal Republic of Yugoslavia proclaimed
May 30th 1992 - The UN Security Council imposed economic embargo on Yugoslavia
1993 - The highest hyperinflation in the history struck Belgrade, bringing many citizens to the limits of existence
1994 - The end of the hyperinflation
1995 - Underground railway station "Vukov spomenik" opened. Similar to the RER of Paris, this is to become thefirst station of Belgrade metro
1996 - Mass protests after cancelling of local elections
1997 - First non-communist government since 1944
1999 - Belgrade was bombed by NATO
October 5 2000 - Slobodan Milosevic removed from power after huge protests in Belgrade
2003 - Federal Republic of Yugoslavia changed into Serbia and Montenegro