Timeline of Prague
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Prague, Czech Republic.
This is an incomplete list that may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
Prior to 16th century
16th-18th centuries
19th century
- 1813 – July–October: City hosts meeting of the Coalition forces of the Napoleonic Wars.[9]
- 1819 – Bohemian Museum founded.[12]
- 1825 – Savings bank established.[13]
- 1842 – Kaiser Franzensbrucke (bridge) built.[14]
- 1847 – Austrian National Bank branch opens.[13]
- 1848
- 1850
- Josefov becomes part of city.
- Statue of Francis I erected in the Franzensquai.[14]
- 1857
- Prager Eisenindustrie-Gesellschaft in business.[16]
- Industrial school established.[16]
- 1862
- 1866 – City hosts signing of the Peace of Prague (1866).[9]
- 1868
- 1876 – Prager Tagblatt German-language newspaper begins publication.
- 1877 – Premiere of Dvořák's Symphonic Variations.
- 1879 – Anglo-Austrian Bank branch established.[17]
- 1880 – Population: 293,822 metro.[18]
- 1882 – Charles University reorganized into German- and Czech-language institutions.[12]
- 1883
- 1884
- 1885
- 1888 – Neues Deutsches Theater opens.
- 1890
- 1891
- 1896
- 1898
- Bohemian Industrial Bank headquartered in city.[21]
- Civic museum opens on Poric Street.[19]
20th century
21st century
- 2001 – Prague Fringe Festival begins.
- 2002
- 2007 – The Codex Gigas returns to Prague after 379 years
- 2009 - 5 April: U.S. president gives speech on nuclear disarmament.[29]
- 2010 – September: Economic protest.[27]
- 2011 – Population: 1,262,106; metro 2,300,000.
- 2013
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 "Prague", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- ↑ "Prague". Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. New York: Yivo Institute for Jewish Research. Retrieved February 2015.
- ↑ C. Wolfsgruber (1913). "Archdiocese of Prague". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.
- ↑ Karl Hilgenreiner (1913). "University of Prague". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Jiří Hochman (1998). Historical Dictionary of the Czech State. USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-3338-8.
- ↑ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (1996). "The First Public Clocks". History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 "Prague", Austria-Hungary (11th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1911
- ↑ Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Clocks". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1960, p. 908, OL 5812502M
- ↑ "Brief History (timeline)", AI Topics (Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence), retrieved April 2015
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Roger Parker, ed. (2001). Oxford Illustrated History of Opera. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-285445-2.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Mitchell G. Ash and Jan Surman, ed. (2012). The Nationalization of Scientific Knowledge in the Habsburg Empire, 1848-1918. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-28987-1.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Gyorgy Kover (1992). "Austro-Hungarian Banking System". In Rondo Cameron and V.I. Bovykin. International Banking 1870-1914. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-534512-4.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Prague". Handbook for Travellers in South Germany and Austria (15th ed.). London: J. Murray. 1903.
- ↑ Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Prague", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Richard L. Rudolph (1976). Banking and Industrialization in Austria-Hungary: The Role of Banks in the Industrialization of the Czech Crownlands, 1873-1914. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-08847-3.
- ↑ Great Britain. Foreign Office (1880). "Austria-Hungary". Reports from Her Majesty's Consuls on the Manufactures, Commerce, &c. of Their Consular Districts. London: Harrison and Sons.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 "Prague". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Francis Lützow (1902), Prague, Mediaeval Towns, London: J.M. Dent & Co., OCLC 150311124
- ↑ Statistisches Handbuch der königlichen Hauptstadt Prague ... 1897 [Statistical Handbook for the City of Prague ... 1897] (in German). Prag. 1900.
- ↑ "Austria-Hungary-Czecho-Slovakia". International Banking Directory. Bankers Publishing Company. 1920.
- ↑ Miles Glendinning (2013). The Conservation Movement: A History of Architectural Preservation. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-49999-6.
- ↑ "Movie Theaters in Prague, Czech Republic". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- ↑ "European Festivals Association". Gent, Belgium. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Vladimir Vasut (1994). "Czech Republic". In Don Rubin et al. World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Europe. Routledge. pp. 196–210. ISBN 9780415251570.
- ↑ "Global Nonviolent Action Database". Pennsylvania, USA: Swarthmore College. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 "Czech Republic Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ↑ "Think Tank Directory". Philadelphia, USA: Foreign Policy Research Institute. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ↑ "Country Profiles: United States: Nuclear". USA: Nuclear Threat Initiative. Retrieved March 2015.
Further reading
Published in the 17th-19th centuries
- "Prag". Topographia Bohemiae, Moraviae et Silesiae. Topographia Germaniae (in German). 1650.
- Abraham Rees (1819), "Prague", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
- David Brewster, ed. (1830). "Prague". Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Edinburgh: William Blackwood.
- Charles Knight, ed. (1866). "Prague". Geography. English Cyclopaedia 4. London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co.
- "Prag", Wien [Vienna ... and parts of Austria-Hungary], Meyers Reisebücher (in German), Hildburghausen: Bibliographisches Institut, 1873
- David Kay (1880), "Principal Towns: Prague", Austria-Hungary, Foreign Countries and British Colonies, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
- Edvard Herold (1884). Malebné cesty po Praze [Picturesque Walks through Prague] (in Czech). Praze: Tiskem a nákladem E. Grégra. v.2, Malá Strana, 1896
- Václav Vladivoj Tomek (1892), Dějepis města Prahy [History of the Town of Prague] (in Czech), V Praze: Nákl. knihkupectví Fr. Řivnáče
- "Prague", Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Germany and Austria, London: W.J. Adams & Sons, 1896
- Norddeutscher Lloyd (1896), "Prague", Guide through Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Holland and England, Berlin: J. Reichmann & Cantor, OCLC 8395555
Published in the 20th century
- O. Klauber, ed. (1902). Prag und Umgebungen [Prague and Surroundings] (in German) (12th ed.). Berlin: Albert Goldschmidt.
- Jan Dolenský (1903), Praha ve své sláv i utrpení [Prague in Good Times and Bad] (in Czech), V Praze: Nakladatel B. Kocí
- "Prague", Jewish Encyclopedia 10, New York, 1907
- Geoffrey Moorhouse (1980), Prague, Great Cities, Time-Life Books, OL 20601092M
- Rob Humphreys (1992), Prague, London: Rough Guides, OL 24217161M
- Prague City Guide, Lonely Planet, 1994
Published in the 21st century
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