Timeline of Belgrade history
Vinča Culture 4800 B.C. |
- Vinča culture is born in what is today Belgrade's suburb of Vinča. Within the coming two millennia it evolves into a dominant neolithic culture in Europe, especially influencing the Balkans. Sometimes this era is called the First Golden Age of Belgrade.
- By 3000 B.C. Vinča culture disperses into several sub-cultures.
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Celtic rule 269 BC |
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Roman rule 1st–5th century |
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Iranian/
Germanic/
Hunnic
invasions 5th century
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Byzantine/
Frankish rule/
Serbian arrival
6–9th centuries
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Byzantine/
Hungarian/
Bulgarian rule
9th–11th centuries
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- 827: The Bulgarians control the fortress.The city is called Alba Bulgarica.
- Frankish Empire annexes Taurunum, today's northern Belgrade.
- 878: First known written record of the Slavic name "Beograd".
- 896: Army of Hungarians attack Belgrade.
- 971: Byzantine Empire conquers Belgrade.
- after 976: The city is taken by Samuil of Bulgaria.
- 1018: Emperor Basil II regains Belgrade for the Byzantine Empire. Occasional clashes with Hungary.
- 1072: Belgrade was retaken by Byzantine Empire.
- 1096: The city was destroyed by Hungarians, but the Byzantine Empire remained in control of it.
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Hungarian/Byzantine rule 11th–12th centuries |
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Serbian rule 13th century |
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Hungarian rule 14th–16th centuries |
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Ottoman/Austrian rule 16th–19th centuries |
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Serbian rule 1804–1914 |
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Austro-Hungarian rule 1915–18 |
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Yugoslav Kingdom 1918–1941 |
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Nazi/Croatian rule |
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Yugoslav Republic 1945–1991 |
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Second Yugoslav Republic 1992–2003 |
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Serbia and Montenegro 2003–2006 |
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Independent Serbia |
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