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Belgrade (Serbian, Београд, Beograd listen?), is the capital of Serbia since 1404, Serbia and Montenegro (2003–Present) and Yugoslavia (1918–2003). ...
7th millennium BC - First known neolithic settlement in the territory of Belgrade.end of 1st century - The Romans colonize Singidunum . 91 - Roman military camp of Domitian 's IV Flavia Felix legion is located in the city.441 - The Huns destroy the city.after 450 - Sarmatians are holding Singidunum. around 470 - The Ostrogoths expel the Sarmatians. 488 - The Gepids conquer Singidunum.504 - The Goths capture it again.510 - A peace treaty handed over the city to the Byzantine Empire .535 - Byzantine emperor Justinian I rebuilds Singidunum.584 - The Avars conquer and sack it.592 - Byzantine Empire regains the city.7th century - The Avars destroy it again.around 630 - The Slavs conquer Singidunum. 827 - The Bulgarians control the fortress.The city is called Alba Bulgarica.878 - First known written record of the Slavic name "Beograd".896 - Army of Hungarians attack Belgrade.971 - Byzantine Empire conquers Belgradeafter 976 - The city is taken by Samuil of Bulgaria . 1018 - Emperor Basil II regains Belgrade for the Byzantine Empire.between 1018 and 1072 - ? 1072 - Belgrade was retaken by Byzantine Empire.1096 - The city was destroyed by Hungarians, but the Byzantine Empire remained in control of it.1096 -1189 - The Crusaders are passing through Belgrade.1127 - Hungarian king Stefan II destroys Belgrade and used the obtained stones to build a fortress in Zemun .1154 - Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus destroys Zemun and takes the stones back to rebuild Belgrade 1182 - Hungary attack and sacked the city.1185 - Byzantine Empire regained it by diplomacy.1230 - Belgrade belongs to Bulgaria .1232 - The city become part of Hungary.1284 - The Serbian king Stefan Dragutin take Belgrade from Hungary; this is the first time that Belgrade comes under Serbian rule.1316 - Stefan Milutin takes Belgrade from his brother by force.1319 - The Hungarians deprive King Milutin of the city.1382 - The Horvat brothers capture Belgrade.1386 - Hungary regains it.1403 - Stefan Lazarević establish Belgrade as the capital of the Serbia .1427 - The Hungarians retake Belgrade from Đurađ Branković.1440 - The Ottoman Empire attacks Belgrade. The attack fails but the city is heavily damaged.1456 - Sultan Mehmed II besieges Belgrade but fails to capture it.1521 - Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent conquers Belgrade.1688 - Duke Maximilian of Bavaria captures the city.1690 - The Ottomans capture Belgrade anew.1717 - Prince Eugene of Savoy captures it.1723 -1736 - Construction of the Kalemegdan fortress by Nikola Doksat de Mores.1739 - The Treaty of Belgrade between Austria and the Ottomans returns Belgrade to the Ottoman Empire.1789 - Marshal Gideon Ernst Laudon captures the city1791 - The Peace of Svishtov returns Belgrade to the Ottomans.1806 - Karađorđe captures Belgrade and makes it the capital of Serbia.1808 - First high school is established.1813 - The Ottomans reconquer the city.1815 - Miloš Obrenović started the Second Serbian Uprising and conquered Belgrade.1830 - Mahmud II proclaimed charter on Serbian autonomy.1831 - First printing works established.1835 - The first newspaper ("Novine srbske" - Serbian newspaper) published.1840 - The first post office in Belgrade.1841 - Belgrade became the capital of the Princedom of Serbia under Mihailo Obrenović.1844 - The National Museum established.1855 - First telegraph line in Serbia, Belgrade - Aleksinac, established.1862 - After the conflict at Cukur-cesma, Belgrade was bombarded from the Kalemegdan fortress.1867 - In Kalemegdan, the Ottoman commander of the fortress Ali Riza Pasha handed over the keys of Belgrade to Knez Mihailo.1878 - The Berlin Congress recognized the independence of Serbia in the Treaty of Berlin .1882 - Belgrade is the capital of the Kingdom of Serbia .1883 - The first telephone lines in Belgrade1884 - Railway stations and a railway bridge over Sava is constructed (and still in use).1892 - The first modern water supply.1893 - Electrification of the city.1894 - The first electric tramway .1903 - In a coup d'état in May, King Aleksandar Obrenović is assassinated, and King Petar I Karađorđević ascends the throne of Serbia.1914 - Austrians bombard and capture Belgrade.1914 - The Serbs recapture it.1915 - German and Austrian troops led by August von Mackensen captured Belgrade.1918 - The Serbs, with help of allies, recapture it.1918 - Belgrade becomes the capital of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes .1923 - Paris - Budapest air line extended to Belgrade.January 6th 1926 - King Aleksandar Karađorđević dissolved the National Assembly and started his dictatorship.1927 - Belgrade Airport opened.1929 - Radio Belgrade started broadcasting.1935 - The first bridge over the Danube , the Pancevacki most (Bridge of Pancevo ) is built.1937 - Belgrade Fair opened.March 27th 1941 - Huge protests against joining the Axis .April 6th 1941 - Nazi Germany bombs Belgrade.April 12th 1941 - Nazi Germany occupies Belgrade.1944 - American and other Allies bomb Nazi military objects in Belgrade.October 20th 1944 - Belgrade liberated by the Soviet Red Army and the People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia; new communist government was arresting and liquidating political opponents and mobilized Belgrade youth.November 29th 1945 - The Constitutional Assembly proclaimed the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia .Later in 1945 - Monarchy was abolished and Josip Broz Tito started to rule officially. 1946 - Industries nationalised .1948 - Large number of regime opponents arrested and sentenced to hard labour.1950 - Government introduced selfmanagement of the industry by the employees.1958 - TV Belgrade started broadcasting.1961 - The first Conference of Non-aligned Countries held in Belgrade.1967 - The first BITEF held.1968 - Students' protests in Belgrade.1969 - Beograđanka, one of the tallests buildings in the city built.1971 - E75 highway through Belgrade and Gazela (Gaselle) bridge built.1971 - The first FEST held.1974 - New Constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia adopted.1977 -1978 - The Conference on European Security and Cooperation held in Belgrade.1979 - Annual meetings of the World Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Monetary Fund held in Belgrade.1980 - 21st General Assembyl of UNESCO held in Belgrade.1983 - Annual Conference of UNCTAD held in Belgrade.1988 - First meeting of the ministers of foreign affairs of the Balkan States.March 9th 1991 - Around 100.000 people demonstrate against the regime of Slobodan Milošević. Police and army tanks on the streets of Belgrade.1992 - Federal Republic of Yugoslavia proclaimed.May 30th 1992 - The UN Security Council imposed economic embargo on Yugoslavia .1993 - The highest hyperinflation in the history struck Belgrade, bringing many citizens to the limits of existence.1994 - The end of the hyperinflation.1995 - Underground railway station "Vukov spomenik" opened. Similar to the RER of Paris, this is to become thefirst station of Belgrade metro .1996 - Mass protests after cancelling of local elections.1997 - First non-communist government since 1944.1999 - Belgrade was bombed by NATO .October 5 , 2000 - Slobodan Milošević removed from power after huge protests in Belgrade.2003 - Federal Republic of Yugoslavia changed into Serbia and Montenegro .January 10 , 2005 - The organization of the 2009 Summer Universiade is awarded to Belgrade.
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Timeline of Belgrade history - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1109 words)
1427 - The Hungarians retake Belgrade from Đurađ Branković. 1521 - Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent conquers Belgrade . 1882 - Belgrade is the capital of the Kingdom of Serbia .
Belgrade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (5776 words)
Belgrade spreads over 3.6% of the territory of Serbia , and 21% of the Serbian population (excluding that of the Kosovo-Metohia province) lives in the city. Various parts of Belgrade have wildly varying architecture, from the center of Zemun , which is a typical one for a Central European town (Vojvodina), via still remaining Turkish-styled buildings and street layout of the centre of Belgrade , to modern architecture and layout of Novi Beograd. Belgrade is connected by motorways to Zagreb to the west, Novi Sad to the north and Niš to the south.
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