| 5000 BC (Neolithic) |
People of the Linear Ceramics Culture build the 1st archeologically
proven settlement of the territory |
| 400 - 50 BC |
The Celtic tribes of the Boi build Oppidum, the fortified
town with a mint |
| 1st - 5th centuries |
The Romans - the territory of Bratislava is the part of
Limes Romanum, the system of fortified settlements protecting
the Roman Empire from the Barbarian attacks |
| 4th - 6th centuries |
Migration period in Europe - the Slavic tribes arrive around
500 |
| 623 - 658 |
Samo's Empire – the 1st supra-tribal union of the Slavs
under the rule of Samo, the Frankish merchant |
| 833 – 907 |
Great Moravia period – Bratislava is the important citadel
of this Slavic Empire |
| 906 |
Empire defeated by the Magyars - the territory is integrated
into Hungary for more than a millennium |
| 10th – 13th centuries |
Market Settlement under Bratislava Castle grows - the future
centre of Bratislava becomes an important settlement |
| 1291 |
Bratislava is granted city privileges |
| 1405 |
King Sigismund declares Bratislava to be free royal town |
| 1440 – 1443 |
Fights for the throne between the Castle and the city under
it |
| 1465 |
King Mathias Corvinus founds Academia Istropolitana, the
first university in Slovakia and Hungary |
| 1526 |
The tragic Battle of Mohac - the Hungarian Kingdom with
Bratislava as its important centre is integrated into the
Habsburg Monarchy |
| 1536 |
The Turks rule the great part of Hungary including Buda
Bratislava becomes the capital of the country |
| 1563 |
Bratislava is coronation town for Hungarian Emperors
11 kings and 8 queens are crowned in the St. Martin’s Cathedral
until 1830 |
| 1590 |
A fire destroys a large part of the city |
| 17th century |
Bratislava witnessed several anti-Habsburg uprisings by
Hungarian estates
Fights with the Turks continue
Floods, plagues and other disasters trouble the city |
| 1762 |
6-years old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart gives a concert in Bratislava |
| 1784 |
Central Hungarian authorities are moved back to present-day
Budapest
The glory of Bratislav starts to fade |
| 1805 |
Peace of Pressburg - treaty between Austria and France after
Napoleon's victory in the Battle of Austerlitz is signed in
Bratislava Archbishop’s Palace |
| 1809 |
Napoleon's army attacks the city once again |
| 1811 |
Fire by the soldiers protecting Bratislava against Napoleon's
troops destroys the Castle and the great part of city |
| late 19th century |
Modernization of the city (new bridge over the Danube, water
supply system, electrical lighting are telephone network,
trams, the new theatre, etc.) |
| 1918 |
Slovakia is integrated in the new Czechoslovak Republic
after the WWII |
| 1936 |
The Slovaks declare the independent Slovak state as a puppet
to Nazi Germany |
| 1945 |
Liberation by the Soviet Army
Slovakia becomes the part of the Czechoslovak Republic again |
| 1948 |
Communists win the elections - the 40-year long dictatorship
starts |
| 1968 |
Prague Spring, the political liberalization process comes
to an end when Russians and their allies invade the country |
| 1989 |
The so-called Velvet Revolution brings the fall of the Communist
Regime |
| 1993 |
Slovakia becomes an independent state with Bratislava as
the capital |
| 2004 |
Slovakia joins EU |
