| After
870: |
foundation of the Prague
Castle |
| After
926: |
foundation of St. Vitus
rotunda within the Prague Castle |
| 10th
century: |
foundation of the Vysehrad
Castle on the opposite Vltava bank |
| 965: |
Prague first reported
in the narration of Ibrahim Ibn Jakub, a merchant |
| 973: |
foundation of Prague
bishopric |
| 1085: |
Prague becomes the
residence of the first Bohemian king - Vratislav I |
| 1172: |
the construction of
the Judita's Bridge, the second stone bridge in Central
Europe, has finished |
| After
1230: |
establishment of the
Old Town |
| 1257: |
foundation of the Lesser
Town |
| 1310-1346: |
John of Luxembourg
rules as the king of Bohemia |
| Around
1320: |
foundation of Hradcany |
| 1338: |
foundation of the Old
Town Hall - the importance of the city increases |
| 1344: |
Prague bishopric upgraded
to archbishopric, beginning of St. Vitus, St. Wenceslas
and St. Adalbert Cathedral (finished 1929) |
| 1346-1378: |
the epoch of Charles
IV - Prague becomes the capital of the Bohemian Kingdom
and the Holy Roman Empire |
| 1348: |
foundation of the
New Town and the first university in Central Europe
(Charles University) |
| 1419-1437: |
attempts of the clergy
tore form the church result in the Hussite revolutionary
movement (Jan Hus - the reform preacher and martyr) |
| 1526: |
Habsburg dynasty ascends
the Bohemian throne (until 1918) |
| 1583-1611: |
Rudolf II becomes the
king of Bohemia, and Prague the emperor's residence,
centre of social and cultural life |
| 1618-1620: |
defeat of the Czech
nobles uprising; Czech language and Czech national consciousness
begin to decline |
| 1784: |
union of the four hitherto
independent Prague urban units (Hradcany, Lesser Town,
Old Town and New Town) |
| 1784-1848: |
period of Czech national
revival, beginning of the industrial revolution, establishment
of Czech institutions |
| 1918: |
proclamation of independence
of Czechoslovakia, Prague becomes the new state capital |
| 1939-1945: |
occupation by the Nazi
Germany |
| 1945: |
the Prague uprising,
liberation of Prague by Soviet army |
| 1948: |
seizure of power by
KSC after the February putsch |
| 1968: |
Prague Spring - an
attempt to reform socialism, intervention of 5 states
of the Warsaw Pact |
| 1989: |
so-called velvet revolution,
formation of the government of national tolerance, Vaclav
Havel elected the president |
| 1990: |
first free elections |
| 1993: |
January 1, splitting
up of the Federation, formation of the independent Czech
Republic |
| 1993: |
January 26, Vaclav
Havel elected the first president of the independent
Czech Republic |
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