Prague history in dates

Around 870: Foundation of the Prague oppidum (Prague Castle nowadays)

965: Ibrahim-in-Jakub, merchant, mentions for the first Prague like a town made of stone and mortar

973: Foundation of Prague bishopric

1070: Foundation of Vyšehrad Chapter

1085: Coronation of the first Bohemian king, Prague becomes his residence

Around 1170: Construction of the Judita´s Bridge (the second stone bridge in Central Europe

Around 1234: Foundation of the Old Town – the first Prague royal quarter

1257: Foundation of Malá Strana – the second Prague royal quarter

1320: Foundation of Hradčany – the third Prague quarter (in 1598 it is upgraded among royal quarters)

1338: Foundation of the Old Town Hall

1344: Prague becomes the residence of archbishopric as the bishopric was upgraded by the Pope. The epoch of Charles IV, Czech king and the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, and Prague is his residence.

1348: Foundation of the Charles University, first university in Central Europe. Foundation of the New Town – the fourth historical Prague quarter

1419: First Prague Defenestration, beginning of Hussites Wars

1420: Battle of Vítkov and Vyšehrad

1486-1502: Reconstruction of Prague city walls

1583-1611: Prague becomes the residence of emperor Rudolf II Habsburk and starts to develop

1618: Second Prague Defenestration – beginning of the Thirty Years War

1784: Union of the four Prague quarters into independent Prague urban unit

1866: Intense development of Prague, industrial revolution, constructions of new building in the city centre, large-scale slum clearings in the Old Town and Jewish Quarter

1918: Proclamation of the independence of Czechoslovakia, Prague becomes the capital of the new republic and residence of the first president

1968: Prague Spring – an attempt to reform socialism. Intervention of Warsaw Pact´armies

1969: Jan Palach´s death

1974: New quarters and villages join Prague, it becomes the big agglomeration with 1 million inhabitants

1989: Prague – main centre of Velvet Revolution

1993: Czechoslovakia splits in two parts, Prague becomes the capital of the new Czech Republic