Timeline of Bucharest

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

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.
  • 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).

• 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.
• 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

External links

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