Timeline of Sibiu

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania.

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Prior to 17th century

12th century - Area settled by Hermann of Nuremberg.^[1]^[2]
1191 - Mentioned for the first time in a document of the Vatican, under the name "Cibinium" (due to the Cibin River that flows through the city)
1241 - Sibiu gets sacked by the invading Mongols; Hungarian army loses a major battle on April 11
1292 - The first hospital in the Kingdom of Hungary was attested.
1324 - First Rathaus(town hall) is documented, current address Piaţa Mică 31.^[3]
1380 - The first documented school in the Kingdom of Hungary.
1438 - Town besieged by Turkish forces.^[4]
1442 - The Battle of Hermannstadt fought March 18–25 between the army of the Hungarian Kingdom under John Hunyadi and the Ottoman Turks
1494 - The first pharmacy in the Kingdom of Hungary.
1520 - Protestant church finished.^[1]
1534 - The first paper mill in the Kingdom of Hungary.
1544 - The first book in the Romanian language was printed in Sibiu, funded by John II Sigismund Zápolya. This was in Cyrillic letters.
1545 - Rathaus (town hall) in use.^[5]
1551 - Conrad Haas's experiment with rockets.
1570 - The Ottoman-dependent Principality of Transylvania was formed after the Ottoman conquest in Hungary.
1588 - Tower built on the Grosse Ring.^[5]

17th-19th centuries

1671 - Methane gas was discovered near Sibiu.
1699 - Town becomes capital of Austrian Transylvania.^[6]
1717 - Town's brewery is opened, first of the present territory of Romania.^[7]
1726 - Catholic parish church established.^[1]
1769 - The first hall for theater opens in the home of Baron von Möringer in Piata Mare (Blue House, 5 Piata Mare). It operated between 1769-1783^[8]
1782 - Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein discovered the chemical element tellurium.^[9]
1787 - Brukenthal palace built.^[1]
1788 - First theatre in Transylvania.
1795 - The first lightning rod in Transylvania and in Southeastern Europe was installed in Cisnădie (formerly Nagydisznód).
1817 - Brukenthal Museum opens.
1849 - Austrian-Hungarian conflict.^[1]
1861 - Transylvanian Association for Romanian Literature and the Culture of the Romanian People headquartered in Sibiu.
1867 - The Principality of Transylvania was incorporated into Hungary in the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary
1872 - The first railway opened between Sibiu and Copșa Mică
1891 - Population: 21,465.^[4]
1896 - The first use of electricity in Austria-Hungary, and the first power line in Southeastern Europe.

20th century

1900 - Population: 26,077.^[1]
1904 - The second city in Europe to use an electric-powered trolley.
1905 - The Electric Tram is inaugurated(replacing the trolley)
1918 - Upon the Union of Transylvania with Romania, Sibiu became part of Romania.
1927 - Stadionul Municipal (stadium) opens.
1928 - The first zoo in Romania.
1940
- University of Cluj relocates to Sibiu temporarily.
- Sibiu Literary Circle active.
1941 - Saxons lost their historical majority in the population
1948 - Population: 60,602.^[6]
1959 - Sibiu Airport terminal in use.
1985 - Hotel Continental Sibiu in business.
1989 - The third city to take part in the Romanian Revolution.
1989 - Andra Dumitru was born.
1992 - Aurel Maxim becomes mayor.
1993
- Sibiu International Theatre Festival^[10]
- Museum of Universal Ethnography opens.
1994 - Sibiu Stock Exchange established.

21st century

2000 - Klaus Iohannis becomes mayor.
2007
- Sibiu International Airport renovated.
- City designated a European Capital of Culture.^[11]
2011 - Population: 147,245; county 375,992.
2011 - The 17.5 km of motorway forming a partial beltway around Sibiu was fully completed on August 30.
2012 - Host of the NATO Military Committee Conference

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 "Nagyszeben", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica Co., 1910, OCLC 14782424
↑ Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1960, p. 1040, OL 5812502M
↑ http://patrimoniu.sibiu.ro/cladiri_en/piata_mica/116
1 2 "Hermannstadt", Chambers's Encyclopaedia, London: W. & R. Chambers, 1901
1 2 "Hermannstadt", Austria-Hungary, Including Dalmatia and Bosnia, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1905, OCLC 344268
1 2 Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1761, OL 6112221M
↑ http://patrimoniu.sibiu.ro/cladiri_en/turnului/324
↑ http://patrimoniu.sibiu.ro/cladiri_en/piata_mare/80
↑ Marshall, James L.; Marshall, Virginia R. "Rediscovery of the Elements: Tellurium and Fața Băii (Fascebanya), Romania". UNT Digital Library. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
↑ "History". Sibiu International Theatre Festival. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
↑ Daniel Habit (2013). "Peripheral ECOCs between cultural policy and cultural governance: the case of Sibiu 2007". In Kiran Klaus Patel. Cultural Politics of Europe: European Capitals of Culture and European Union Since the 1980s. Routledge. pp. 127–140. ISBN 9780203081082.

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