The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Brno, Moravia, Czech Republic.
Prior to 20th century
980-1020 - Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady founded. 11th C. - Vratislaus II of Bohemia bestows the town on his younger brother Otto I of Olomouc. early 13th C. - Church of St. James established. mid 13th C. - Špilberk Castle established. 1229 - Brno charter endorsed by Ottocar I of Bohemia. 1243 - City incorporated. 1296 - Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul established. 1343 - in use. 1356 - Church of St. Thomas consecrated. 1428 - Brno unsuccessfully besieged by Hussites. 1451 - 27 July: expulsion of the Jews. 1467 - Brno besieged by forces of George of Bohemia. 1485 - First printing press in operation. 1645 - Brno besieged by Swedish forces led by Lennart Torstensson. 1655 - Dolní Kounice Synagogue founded. 1742 - Brno besieged by Prussians. 1766 - Cloth factory begins operating. 1777 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Brno established; Mathias Franz Graf von Chorinsky Freiherr von Ledske becomes bishop. 1780s - Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor evicts the friars from St Thomas's Abbey. 1782 - Brno becomes capital of Moravia-Silesia. 1786 - Lužánky Park established. 1805 - 2 December: Battle of Austerlitz occurs near Brno; forces of Napoleon headquartered in city. 1818 - Museum Francisceum founded.
1822/30 - Silvio Pellico, an Italian writer, confined in Špilberk Castle. 1838 - Brno main railway station opened. 1839 - Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway operates to Břeclav. 1843 - Labor unrest. 1848 - October: Labor demonstration. 1849 German Technical University in Brno founded. Population: 45,189. 1855 - Synagogue consecrated. 1861 - Natural History Society established. 1864 - Vankovka engineering works built near Brno. 1866 - 13 July: Prussians in power. 1867 Czech-language secondary school founded. Red Church construction completed. 1869 - Population: 73,771. 1870s - Brno Philharmonic begins its existence at the Besední dům. 1872 - Starobrno Brewery built.
1880 - becomes mayor. 1881 - Organ School founded. 1882 - Deutsches Stadttheater (Mahen Theatre) built. 1891 - opens. 1894 - becomes mayor. 1899 - Imperial Czech Technical University of Franz Joseph founded. 1900 - Population: 108,944.
20th century
1910 - Population: 125,737. 1913 - SK Židenice football club formed. 1918 Československá zbrojovka manufactory in business. Moravia becomes part of Czechoslovakia. Brno City Archive Library established. 1919 Bohunice and Slatina become part of Brno. Masaryk University and Brno Conservatory founded. 1926 - 18 December: Premiere of Janáček's opera Makropulos Affair. 1928 Brno Exhibition Centre opens. Exhibition of Contemporary Culture held. Centrum department store built. 1930 Modernist Villa Tugendhat built. Population: 264,925. 1935 - in use. 1939 Brno (and whole country) occupied by German Nazis. The Germans established an internment camp for Romani people in the city. 1941 - First Martial Law, 239 people executed in Brno by the Germans, another 1,000 in concentration camps. 1943 - October: The Germans established a subcamp of the Auschwitz concentration camp in the city, and brought the first transport of 251 prisoners, mostly Poles, to the subcamp. 1944 - Internment camp for Romani people dissolved. 1945 German Technical University in Brno closed. Subcamp of the Auschwitz concentration camp dissolved and remaining prisoners evacuated to Austria. Many Germans fled Brno, the rest were later expelled. Liberation of Brno Brno City Theatre established. 1946 - Brno–Tuřany Airport opens. 1947 Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts established. Královo Pole indoor arena opens. Population: 133,637 city; 934,437 province.
1953 - Brno Zoo and Stadion Za Lužánkami open. 1955 - Julius Fucik Theatre active. 1956 - Moravian Karst nature reserve established near city. 1961 Moravian Gallery in Brno established. Population: 314,235. 1963 begins. becomes mayor. 1965 - Janáček Theatre opens. 1974 - Population: 343,860. 1976 - falls into a sinkhole created by a tram station collapse. Her remains were not found until 1990s, and the sudden accident accelerated the systematic exploration of the Brno underground. 1980 - theatre troupe active. 1982 - Starobrno Rondo Aréna opens. 1985 - Dukovany Nuclear Power Station commissioned near city. 1987 - Motorsport Masaryk Circuit opens. 1990 Brno becomes a statutory city. City divided into 29 districts. founded. Vojtěch Cikrle becomes Catholic bishop. 1991 - cultural space founded. 1994 - becomes mayor. 1997 - M-Palace hi-rise built. 1998 - Petr Duchoň becomes mayor.
21st century
2001 - Cinema City Velky Spalicek opens. 2004 University of Defence (Czech Republic) established. ProtestFest begins. becomes mayor. 2006 - Roman Onderka becomes mayor. 2009 - September: Catholic pope visits Brno. 2010 - Cinema Mundi International Film Festival begins. 2011 Labyrinth under Vegetable Market, Brno (historic site) opens. Population: 385,913. 2012 Spielberk Towers built. Brno Ossuary (historic site) opens. 2013 - AZ Tower built. 2014 - becomes mayor. 2015 - June: Anti-immigration demonstration. 2018 - 21 March: launched.
See also History of Brno Other names of Brno List of mayors of Brno
List of churches of Brno History of Moravia Timelines of other cities in the Czech Republic: Prague
References
This article incorporates information from the Czech Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.
Bibliography
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1891-1897 (includes timeline 1091-1411)
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