7000 B.C.
First neolithic settlement
end of I century A.D.
The Romans colonize Singidunum
91 A.D.
Singidunum is a Roman military camp of Flavius' IV legion
441
The Huns destroyed Belgrade
after 450
Singidunum under the rule of the Sarmatians
c. 470
The Eastern Goths expelled the Sarmatians from the town
488
The Gepidaes conquered Singidunum
504
The Goths capture the town
510
According to the peace treaty, the town went to the Byzantine Empire
535
Byzantine emperor Justinian I renews Singidunum
584
The Avars conquer and sack the ancient Singidunum
592
Byzantine Empire regained the town
VII century
The Avars destroyed and burnt down the town
c. 630
The Slavs conquered Singidunum
827
The Bulgarians take the fortress under control
878
First written record of the Slavic name "Beograd"
896
Hungarian army attacked Belgrade
971
Byzantine Empire conquers Belgrade
after 976
The town is taken by Emperor Samuel
1018
Emperor Basil II destroys Macedonian empire and Belgrade once more went to Byzantine Empire
1072
Belgrade was taken by Byzantine Empire
1096
Hungarian army destroyed Belgrade, but it remained under Byzantine control
1096-1189
Crusaders pass through Belgrade
1127
Hungarian king Stefan II destroys Belgrade and uses the stones to build Zemun
1154
Byzantine emperor Manuel I destroys Zemun and takes the stones back to rebuild Belgrade
1182
Hungary attacked and ransacked Belgrade
1185
Byzantine Empire regained Belgrade by diplomatic means
1230
Belgrade belongs to Bulgaria
1232
Belgrade became part of Hungary
1284
Serbian king Dragutin was given Belgrade from Hungarian Crown, and it is the first time Belgrade came under Serbian rule
1316
Dragutin's brother Milutin takes Belgrade by military force
1319
The Hungarians deprive King Milutin of the rule over Belgrade
1382
Enemies of Hungarian Crown, Horvat brothers, conquer Belgrade
1386
Hungary regained control over Belgrade
1403
Under Despot Stefan Lazarević Belgrade becomes the capital of medieval Serbia
1427.
The Hungarians take Belgrade from Despot Đurađ Branković
1440
Turkey attacked Belgrade, but it remained unconquered, although it was heavily damaged
1456
Sultan Mahmud II conducted unsuccessful siege of Belgrade
1521
Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent conquers Belgrade
1688
Duke Maximilian of Bavaria conquers Belgrade
1690
Belgrade falls again under the Turkish rule
1717
Prince Eugene of Savoy captures Belgrade
1723-1736
Construction of Belgrade fortress by the plans of colonel Nikola Doksat de Mores
1739
Belgrade peace treaty, made between Austria and Turkey, giving Belgrade again to the Turks
1789
Marshal Gideon Ernst Laudon captures Belgrade
1791
Peace treaty of Svishtov gives Belgrade back to the Turks
1806
Karađorđe liberates Belgrade town and Belgrade becomes the capital of Serbia again
1808
The Great School was established in Belgrade
1813
The Turks reconquer Belgrade
1815
Miloš Obrenović started the Second Serbian Insurrection
1830
Sultan's hatišerif (charter) on Serbian autonomy
1831
First printing-house in Belgrade was put into operation
1835
First newspaper - "Novine srbske" is published in Belgrade
1840
Opening of the first post office in Belgrade
1841
Belgrade becomes the capital of the Princedom of Serbia in the first period of rule of Mihailo Obrenović
1844
The National Museum was established in Belgrade
1855
First telegraphic line Belgrade - Aleksinac was established
1862
Conflict at Čukur-česma and bombardment of Belgrade town from the fortress under Turkish control led to international decision that the Turks must leave Belgrade
1867
In Kalemegdan, the Turkish commander of Belgrade Ali-Riza pasha gives the keys of Belgrade to Knez Mihailo. The Turks finally leave Belgrade
1878
The Berlin Congress recognized the independence of Serbia
1882
Serbia becomes a kingdom, and Belgrade its capital
1883
First telephone lines are installed in Belgrade
1884
Railway station and railway bridge over Sava were constructed
1892
First water supply network in Belgrade was put into operation
1893
Electric lighting was introduced
1894
First electric tram was put into operation
1903
May coup d'etat - after the assassination of King Aleksandar Obrenović, King Petar I Karađorđević comes to the throne of Serbia
1914
The Austrians bombard and capture Belgrade, but in the same year the Serbs liberate it
1915
German and Austrian troops under the command of field marshal Mackensen capture Belgrade
1918
The Serbs and parts of allied forces liberate Belgrade
1918
Belgrade becomes the capital of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
1923
Paris - Budapest air line was extended to Belgrade
1926
King Aleksandar Karađorđević dissolves the National Assembly on January 6, and imposes dictatorship
1927
Belgrade Airport was opened
1929
Radio Belgrade started to broadcast
1935
First bridge over the Danube - Pančevački most - was put into operation
1937
Belgrade Fair was opened
1941
Massive protests against Yugoslav joining to the Axis on March 27
The Germans bomb Belgrade on April 6, and occupy it on April 12
1944
The Americans and other allies bomb Belgrade
On October 20, Belgrade was liberated by the People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia with help of Russian Red Army
The new communist government arrests and liquidates political opponents, and mobilizes Belgrade youth, sending them to the Sremski Front
1945
On November 29 in Belgrade the Constitutional Assembly proclaimed the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia
Monarchy was abolished and the communist rule of Josip Broz Tito officially started
1946
Nationalization of property of prewar industrialists
1948
Due to political differences between Stalinists and Titoists, a large number of people were arrested and sentenced to hard labour
1950
The "workers' self-management" was officially introduced upon the property seized from prewar owners
1958
Regular TV Belgrade broadcast began
1961
The First Conference of Non-aligned Countries was held
1967
First BITEF was held
1968
Students' protests
1969
The "Beograd" palace was built
1971
The Gazela bridge and highway through Belgrade were built
First FEST was held
1974
New Constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was adopted, later causing a row of negative consequences to the Serbian national issue
1977-78
The Conference on European Security and Cooperation took place in Belgrade
1979
Annual meetings of the World Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Monetary Fund
1980
XXI UNESCO General Assembly
1983
UNCTAD Annual Conference
1988
First meeting of the ministers of foreign affairs of the Balkan States
1992
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was proclaimed
The UN Security Council imposed economic sanctions on FR Yugoslavia on May 30
1993
Highest hyperinflation in the history of mankind brought many citizens of Belgrade to the edge of existence
1994
New, convertible dinar was introduced
1995
Underground railway station "Vukov spomenik" was put into operation
1996
Mass citizens' and students' protests against annulment of the results of local elections
1997
After half a century, a first noncommunist City government
1999
For three months NATO has bombed Yugoslavia, including targets in the center of Belgrade
2000
After elections and citizens' protests, Serbia was liberated from the dictatorship of Slobodan Milošević
2001
The outer wall of sanctions against the FR of Yugoslavia was lifted
Serbia got its first democratic government
Slobodan Milošević was handed over to the Tribunal in The Hague
2002
The Constitutional Charter of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro was adopted
2003
The Prime Minister of the Government of Serbia Dr Zoran Đinđić was assassinated
Serbia and Montenegro admitted in the Council of Europe
2004
Serbia got its first democratic president
2006
Belgrade is once more the capital of the independent state of Serbia
New Constitution of the Republic of Serbia adopted |
