Timeline of Bucharest

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bucharest, Romania.

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Before the 17th century

• 1459 – Bucharest chartered by Drăculeşti Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia.
• 1559 – Old Court Church built by Mircea Ciobanul
• 1587 – Mărcuța Church built.
• 1589 – Lipscani (street) completed.
• 1595 – Burned by the Turks.

17th century

• 1633 – Bucharest Bărăția (church) built.
• 1658 – Metropolitan Church consecrated.
• 1667 – Slobozia Church built.
• 1688 – Romanian-language Bucharest Bible published.
• 1692 – Podul Mogoșoaiei paved with wood.
• 1694 – Princely Academy of Bucharest founded.
• 1698 – Constantin Brâncoveanu, Prince of Wallachia changed the capital from Târgoviște to Bucharest.

18th century

• 1702 – Mogoşoaia Palace built near city.
• 1715 – Antim Monastery built.
• 1722 – Kretzulescu Church built.
• 1724 – Stavropoleos Church built.
• 1739 – Gabroveni Inn built.
• 1757 – Lutheran church established.
• 1769 – City taken by Russians.
• 1789 – City taken by Austrians.
• 1793 – Plague & Earthquiake.

19th century

• 1808 – Manuc's Inn built.
• 1812 – 28 May: City hosts signing of the Treaty of Bucharest (1812).
• 1813 – Plague.
• 1821 – Greek uprising.
• 1828 – City taken by Russians who handed it to the prince of Walachia in 1829.
• 1847
  • Great Fire of Bucharest.
  • Cișmigiu Gardens inaugurated.
• 1848
  • September: City occupied by Turkish forces.
  • October: City occupied by Russian forces.
• 1852
  • Grand Theatre inaugurated.
  • Casa Capșa confectionery in business.
• 1853
  • July: City temporarily occupied by Russians.
  • 8 August: Turks in power.
  • 6 September: Austrians in power.
• 1856 – Austrian occupation ends.
• 1857 – Street lighting installed.
• 1858 – Bellu cemetery in use.
• 1861 – City becomes capital of Romania.
• 1862 – Orphanage founded.
• 1863 – Music and Drama Conservatory established.
• 1864
  • University of Bucharest, Bucharest National University of Arts, School of Bridges and Roads, Mines and Architecture, and National Museum of Antiquities founded.
  • Barbu Vlădoianu becomes mayor.
• 1865 – Flooding of Bucharest
• 1866
  • Romanian Academy founded.

    File:Târg, 1868, A. Preziosi.jpg

    Bucharest in 1868, by Amedeo Preziosi

  • Alexandru Ioan Cuza, first ruler of the Romanian Principalities, driven from his throne by an insurrection in Bucharest.
• 1867
  • Templul Coral (synagogue) built.
  • Population: 141,754.
• 1871 – Societatea Română de Tramvaiuri (tram society) established.
• 1872 – Gara Târgoviștei (railway station) built.
• 1880 – Bukarester Tagblatt German-language newspaper begins publication.
• 1881 – City becomes capital of Kingdom of Romania
• 1883
  • Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucharest established.
  • Saint Joseph Cathedral completed.
  • Orient Express (Paris-Bucharest) begins operating.
• 1884 – Doamna Balasa church built.
• 1886
  • Romanian Philharmonic Society founded.
  • Capșa Hotel in business.
  • City hosts signing of the Treaty of Bucharest (1886).

File:Ateneo Rumano, Bucarest, Rumanía, 2016-05-29, DD 73.jpg

Romanian Athenaeum

• 1888
  • Romanian Athenaeum built.
  • Pache Protopopescu becomes mayor.
  • Piața Rosetti laid out.
• 1890 – League for the Cultural Unity of All Romanians founded.
• 1891 – Bucharest Botanical Garden opens.
• 1894
  • Electric tram begins operating.
  • Central School for Girls built.
• 1895 – Central University Library of Bucharest established.
• 1900
  • House of Savings built.
  • Population: 282,071.

20th century

• 1906 – Bucharest Jubilee Exhibition held.
• 1909
  • Bucharest Russian Church built.
  • Saint Basil the Great Cathedral opened.
• 1912 – Military Circle built.
• 1913 – City hosts signing of the Treaty of Bucharest (1913).
• 1914 – Anglican Church (Bucharest) built.
• 1916
  • 6 December: German occupation of city begins.
  • August: City hosts signing of the Treaty of Bucharest (1916).
• 1918
  • German occupation of city ends.
  • May: City hosts signing of the Treaty of Bucharest (1918).
  • December: Typographers' strike is violently suppressed
• 1925 – Dramă şi Comedie (theatre troupe) active.
• 1929 – Dem I. Dobrescu becomes mayor.
• 1930 – Italian Church built.
• 1931 – Scînteia newspaper begins publication.
• 1933
  • Grivița Strike of 1933.
  • Bucharest Telephone Palace built.
• 1936
  • Herăstrău Park opens.
  • Arcul de Triumf erected on Kiseleff Road.
  • Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum in Bucharest established.
• 1937
  • Scala Cinema opens.
  • Royal Palace built.
• 1938 – Cașin Church built.
• 1940
  • Political unrest.
  • Germans in power.
  • November: 1940 Vrancea earthquake.
• 1941 – January: Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom.
• 1944
  • Bombing of Bucharest in World War II begins.
  • 31 August: City occupied by Russian forces.
  • Geography Institute founded.
• 1945 – Bombing of Bucharest in World War II ends.
• 1946 – Textile school founded.
• 1947 – City becomes capital of the newly formed Romanian People's Republic.
• 1948
  • Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers' Parties headquarters relocated to Bucharest from Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
  • City streets renamed.
  • FC Dinamo București founded.
  • Population: 886,110; metro 1,041,807.
• 1952 – Băneasa Airport terminal opens.
• 1953
  • August: City hosts 4th World Festival of Youth and Students.
  • National Stadium opens.
• 1956
  • Bucharest student movement.
  • Casa Scînteii built.
• 1958
  • World Festival of Puppet Theatres held.
  • George Enescu Festival of music begins.
• 1959
  • Basarab railway station built.
  • 500th anniversary of city founding.
• 1964 – Population: 1,239,458 city; 1,372,130 urban agglomeration.
• 1970 – Otopeni Airport terminal built.
• 1971 – New St. Eleftherios Church consecrated.
• 1974 – Systematization, a program of urban planning, begins.
• 1976
  • Unirea Shopping Center opens.
  • Ion Dincă becomes mayor.
• 1977
  • March: 1977 Vrancea earthquake.
  • Population: 1,807,044 city; 1,934,025 urban agglomeration.
• 1979
  • Bucharest Metro begins operating.
  • Piața Unirii metro station opens.
• 1981 – Republica metro station opens.
• 1985
  • Victory of Socialism Boulevard laid out.
  • Palace of the People construction begins.
• 1989
  • December: Romanian Revolution.
  • 21 December: Ceaușescu's final speech takes place at Palace Square.
  • 22 December: Ceaușescu flees city.
  • Adevărul newspaper in publication.
• 1990
  • April: Golaniad protest begins.
  • June 1990 Mineriad protest.
• 1993 – Basarab metro station opens.
• 1994 – Coat of arms of Bucharest re-adopted.
• 1996 – Victor Ciorbea becomes mayor.
• 1997 – Palace of the Parliament built.
• 2000
  • Pavilion Unicredit (art centre) established.
  • Traian Băsescu becomes mayor.
  • Centre for Defence and Security Strategic Studies headquartered in city.

21st century

• 2002
  • Bamboo Club (nightclub) opens.
  • Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania building constructed.
• 2005
  • Bucharest Biennale begins.
  • Adriean Videanu becomes mayor.
• 2007 – January: Romania becomes part of the European Union.
• 2008
  • Sorin Oprescu becomes mayor.
  • April: City hosts NATO summit.
  • 1st Infantry Division (Romania) headquartered in Bucharest.
• 2009 – City Gate Towers built.
• 2010
  • May: Economic protest.
  • Nusco Tower built.
• 2011
  • Basarab Overpass opens.
  • National Stadium rebuilt.
  • Population: 1,883,425; metro 2,272,163.
• 2012
  • 5 March: 2012 Bucharest hair salon shooting.
  • 2012 Romanian protests.
  • National Library of Romania new building opens.
• 2013
  • Dinamo Polyvalent Hall (arena) opens.
  • Floreasca City Center built.
• 2015
  • Colectiv nightclub fire kills at least 26 people; deadliest-ever nightclub fire in Romania and one of the deadliest incidents in the city and the country since the end of the anti-communist revolution in 1989.
  • Bucharest Nine (B9) organization is established by the President of Romania Klaus Iohannis and the President of Poland Andrzej Duda on 4 November.

See also

• History of Bucharest
• List of mayors of Bucharest

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia and Romanian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

Published in 19th century

Published in 20th century

Published in 21st century

External links

• Map of Bucharest, 1980
• Europeana. Items related to Bucharest, various dates.