Timeline of Ljubljana

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Prior to 19th century[]

1270 – Ottokar II of Bohemia in power.^[1]
1277 – Habsburgs in power.^[2]
1335 – Town becomes capital of Carniola, province of the Holy Roman Empire.^[1]
1370 – St. Bartholomew's Church first mentioned.
1461 – Roman Catholic diocese of Laibach established.^[3]
1484 – Town Hall built.
1504 – Janez Lantheri becomes first elected mayor.^[1]
1511 – 1511 Idrija earthquake.^[1]
1536 – Protestant Latin school established.^[1]
1599 – Jesuit school established.^[1]
1622 – 5 May: 1622 Slovenia earthquake.
1658 – [sl] built.
1660 – Franciscan Church of the Annunciation built.
1693 – Academia Operosorum Labacensium founded.^[4]
1701 – Academia Philharmonicorum Labacensis founded.^[4]
1703 – Tivoli Castle built.
1707 – St. Nicholas's Cathedral rebuilt.
1747 – Visitation of Mary Church built.
1751 – Robba Fountain installed in the Town Square.
1755 – Cekin Mansion built.
1767 – Society of Agriculture and the Useful Arts in the Duchy of Carniola founded.^[5]
1777 – Gruber Palace built.
1778 – Laibacher Zeitung German-language newspaper begins publication.
1780 – [sl] constructed (approximate date).^[1]
1797 – Town occupied by French forces.

19th century[]

1809 – Town occupied by French forces again.^[1]
1810 – Botanical Garden established.^[6]
1813 – French occupation ends.^[1]
1821
- January–May: International congress held in Laibach.^[1]
- Congress Square laid out.
- Estate Museum of Carniola founded.
1837 – Casino Building constructed.
1842 – Franz's Bridge built.^[7]
1848 – Railway station built.
1849 – Vienna-Laibach railroad begins operating.^[4]
1857 – Trieste-Laibach railway built.^[1]
1861 – Gas lighting installed.^[1]
1867 – Hradecky Bridge built.
1869 – Population: 22,593.^[1]
1871 – Tobačna Ljubljana (tobacco factory) begins operating.^[8]
1889 – Vodnik statue erected in Vodnik Square.
1890
- Waterworks introduced.^[1]
- Population: 30,691.^[9]
1892 – Provincial Theatre built.
1895 – 14 April: Earthquake.^[2]
1897 – Central Pharmacy built.
1898 – Kresija Palace built.
1899 – Government Palace built.

20th century[]

1901
- Tram begins operating.^[1]
- Dragon Bridge built.
1903 – Jek Bridge rebuilt.
1905
- Grand Hotel Union built.
- Prešeren Monument erected on Prešeren Square.
1907 – Mladika built.
1908 – Slovene Philharmonic Orchestra active.
1911 – Theatre built on [sl].[1]
1918
- City becomes part of the newly established Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.^[1]
- National Gallery of Slovenia founded.^[1]
- St. Peter's Bridge rebuilt.
1919
- University of Ljubljana^[4] and [sl] founded.
- Ljubljana National Drama Theatre in use.
- Population: 60,000.^[10]
1923 – Palace Theatre built.^[11]
1933 – Nebotičnik hi-rise built.^[12]
1935 – City Museum of Ljubljana established.
1937 – [sl] on Čop Street rebuilt.
1938 – Academy of Sciences and Arts founded.^[4]
1939
- Ljubljana Central Market built.
- Academy of Music active.
1941
- April: City annexed by Italy.^[13]
- National and University Library of Slovenia building constructed.^[12]
1942 – "Occupiers surrounded Ljubljana with a 30-kilometre barb wire fence."^[1]
1943 – German occupation begins.^[1]
1945
- Occupation ends.^[1]
- Academy of Theatre established.
- Ljubljanica Sluice Gate built.
1951
- [sl] begins operating.
- Dnevnik newspaper begins publication.^[14]
1953 – Population: 138,211.^[15]
1955 – Biennial of Graphic Arts (Ljubljana) begins.
1959 – Exhibition and Convention Centre (Ljubljana) built.
1965
- Tivoli Hall (arena) opens in Tivoli City Park.
- SKB bank established.^(sl)
1966 – [sl] formed.^[12]
1971
- City bus service no. 1 (Ljubljana) begins operating.
- Population: 173,853 city; 213,298 urban agglomeration.^[16]
1982 – Cankar Hall built.
1984 – Druga godba music festival begins.
1985 – Trail of Remembrance and Comradeship created.
1990 – Ljubljana International Film Festival begins.
1991
- 25 June: Ljubljana designated capital of newly declared independent Slovenia.^[1]
- 27 June: Airport bombed by Yugoslav People's Army.^[13]
- Slovenske novice newspaper begins publication.^[17]
1993 – Prule Bridge built.
1999 – General Maister Monument (Brdar) erected.

21st century[]

2001
- Noisefest begins.
- Kolosej Ljubljana cinema opens.^[11]
2004 – May: Slovenia becomes part of the European Union.^[1]
2005
- 31 October: SKB bank robbery occurs.^(sl)
- November: Economic protest.^[18]
2006
- Filofest of student films begins.
- Zoran Janković becomes mayor.
2010 – City named World Book Capital by UNESCO.
2011 – "Tito Street" issue decided.
2012 – November: Anti-austerity 2012–13 Slovenian protests begin.^[18]
2014 – Population: 277,554.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v "History of Ljubljana". Municipality of Ljubljana. Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015. (includes timeline)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Britannica 1910.
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Slovenia". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Leopoldina Plut-Pregelj; Carole Rogel (2007). A to Z of Slovenia (2nd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8108-7216-5.
^ Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
^ "Garden Search: Slovenia". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
^ Costa 1848.
^ "Tobacco Museum". City Museum of Ljubljana. Municipality of Ljubljana. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
^ "Austria-Hungary: Austria". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899.
^ "Serb, Croat and Slovene State". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Movie Theaters in Ljubljana, Slovenia". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Balkan Peninsula, 1900 A.D.–present: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Slovenia". Political Chronology of Europe. Europa Publications. 2003. pp. 234+. ISBN 978-1-135-35687-3.
^ Europa Publications (2003). "Slovenia". Central and South-Eastern Europe 2004. Europa Publications. ISBN 978-1-85743-186-5.
^ "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.
^ Michael Biggins; Janet Crayne, eds. (2000). Publishing in Yugoslavia's Successor States. New York: Haworth Press. ISBN 978-0-7890-1046-9.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Slovenia Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 30 November 2015.

This article incorporates information from the Slovene Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

Portrait of Heinrich Costa, Slovene historian, 19th c.

in English[]

George Henry Townsend (1877), "Laybach, Austria", Manual of Dates (5th ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co.
David Kay (1880), "Provinces and Principal Towns: Carniola: Laibach", Austria-Hungary, Foreign Countries and British Colonies, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
"Laibach". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
"Laibach". Handbook for Travellers in South Germany and Austria (15th ed.). London: J. Murray. 1903.
"Laibach", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Laybach, Illyria", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
"Laibach", Austria-Hungary (11th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1911
Jörg Stabenow (2009). "Ljubljana". In Emily Gunzburger Makas; Tanja Damljanovic Conley (eds.). Capital Cities in the Aftermath of Empires: Planning in Central and Southeastern Europe. Routledge. pp. 223–240. ISBN 978-1-135-16725-7.

in other languages[]

[sl] (1848). "Laibach". Reiseerinnerungen aus Krain [Travels in Carniola] (in German). Ljubljana: Eger.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
"Laibach". Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon (in German). 10 (14th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1908.

External links[]

Items related to Ljubljana, various dates (via Europeana).
Items related to Ljubljana, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).

[MunicipalityHistory-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v "History of Ljubljana". Municipality of Ljubljana. Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015. (includes timeline)

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Britannica 1910.

[katolsk-3] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Slovenia". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 November 2015.

[Plut2007-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Leopoldina Plut-Pregelj; Carole Rogel (2007). A to Z of Slovenia (2nd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8108-7216-5.

[parrott-5] Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.

[botanic-6] "Garden Search: Slovenia". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 November 2015.

[FOOTNOTECosta1848-7] Costa 1848.

[8] "Tobacco Museum". City Museum of Ljubljana. Municipality of Ljubljana. Retrieved 30 November 2015.

[9] "Austria-Hungary: Austria". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899.

[10] "Serb, Croat and Slovene State". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.

[cinema-11] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Movie Theaters in Ljubljana, Slovenia". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 November 2015.

[heilbrunn11eusb-12] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Balkan Peninsula, 1900 A.D.–present: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 November 2015.

[EuropaChronology2003-13] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Slovenia". Political Chronology of Europe. Europa Publications. 2003. pp. 234+. ISBN 978-1-135-35687-3.

[europa2004-14] Europa Publications (2003). "Slovenia". Central and South-Eastern Europe 2004. Europa Publications. ISBN 978-1-85743-186-5.

[15] "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.

[16] United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.

[Biggins2000-17] Michael Biggins; Janet Crayne, eds. (2000). Publishing in Yugoslavia's Successor States. New York: Haworth Press. ISBN 978-0-7890-1046-9.

[bbc-timeline-18] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Slovenia Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 30 November 2015.

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