Important Years in City History

 

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