Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index 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 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.