Timeline_of_Budapest

Timeline of Budapest

Timeline of Budapest

Timeline of notable events in the history of Budapest


The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Budapest, Hungary.

Before 16th century

  • 1st C. CE - Romans found the settlements known as Aquincum, Contra-Aquincum and Campona. Aquincum becomes the largest town of the Danubian region and one of the capitals of Pannonia.[1]
  • 376 CE - Aquincum invaded by the Huns.[2]
  • 5th C. - The Age of Huns.[1] King Attila builds a city for himself here according to later chronicles. After his death, the sons of his brother controlled the united Hun tribes.
  • 896 - Following the foundation of Hungary, Árpád, leader of the Hungarians, settles in the "Town of Attila", usually identified as Aquincum.
  • 10th C. - Out of the seven to ten Hungarian tribes, four have settlements in the territory of modern Budapest: Megyer, Keszi, Jenő and Nyék.[citation needed]
  • end of 10th C. - Magyars came into the country and preserved the names of Buda and Pest.[2]
  • 1015 - Matthias Church established (approximate date).[2]
  • 1046 - Bishop Gerard of Csanád dies at the hands of pagans on present-day Gellért Hill.
  • 1241 - Mongol invasion destroys both towns.[1][2]
  • 1244 - Created a royal free city by Bela IV.[2]
  • 1248 - King Béla IV builds the first royal castle on Castle Hill, Buda.[1] The new town adopts the name of Buda from the earlier one (present day Óbuda). Pest is surrounded by city walls.[2]
  • 1255 - Matthias Church reconstruction begins.[2]
  • 1265 - Buda Castle first completed.[2]
  • 1270 - Saint Margaret of Hungary dies in a cloister on the Isle of Rabbits (present day Margaret Island).
  • 1320 - Royal wedding of King Charles I of Hungary and Princess Elizabeth of Poland, Hungarian–Polish alliance formed.[3]
  • 1361 - Buda became the capital of Hungary.[2]
  • 1458 - The noblemen of Hungary elect Matthias Corvinus (in Latin) or Hunyadi Mátyás (in Hungarian) as king on the ice of the Danube. Under his reign Buda becomes a main hub of European Renaissance. He dies in 1490, after capturing Vienna in 1485.
  • 1472 - Printing press established in Buda.[4]

16th to 18th centuries

Buda and Pest in the early 17th century

19th century

  • 1810 - A fire in the Tabán district.
  • 1811 - City Park laid out in Pest.
  • 1823 - Fasori Gimnázium (school) founded.
  • 1825 - Commencement of the Reform Era. Pest becomes the cultural and economic centre of the country. The first National Theatre is built, along with the Hungarian National Museum.
  • 1830 - Steamboat to Vienna begins operating.[9]
  • 1833 - Vigadó Concert Hall opens in Pest.
  • 1836 - Pest-Buda Musical Association [hu] founded.
  • 1838 - 1838 Pest flood [hu].[10] The biggest flood in recent memory in March completely inundates Pest.
  • 1839 - Industrial flour mill begins operating.[11]
  • 1844 - Ganz Works iron foundry in business in Buda.
  • 1846 - Vác-Budapest railway begins operating.[11][12]
  • 1848 - 15 March - Start of the Revolution and War of Independence of 1848-49. Pest replaces Pozsony/Pressburg (Bratislava) as the new capital of Hungary and seat of the Batthyány government and the Parliament.
  • 1849
    • 5 January: Austrians occupy the city.[9]
    • April: Hungarian Honvédsereg (Army of National Defense) reclaims city,[13] taking the fortress of Buda on May 21 after an 18-day Battle of Buda (1849).
    • July: Habsburg army again captures the two towns.[9]
    • 6 October - Lajos Batthyány, the first Hungarian Prime Minister is executed on the present-day Szabadság tér.[9]
    • Széchenyi Lánchíd, or Széchenyi Chain Bridge, the first permanent bridge across the Danube in Budapest was opened linking Buda (West bank) and Pest (East bank).[8]
Buda and Pest in the mid-19th century

1873–1900

Budapest in the 1870s
Hungarian State Opera House in the 1890s
Budapest in the 1890s

20th century

1901–1945

Aerial view of Budapest in 1910

1946–1990s

Hungarian Revolution of 1956 in Budapest

21st century

See also


References

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  2. Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Austria-Hungary: Buda-Pest". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450632 via HathiTrust.
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