7000 BC
The first Neolithic settlement
91
Singidunum is a Roman military camp housing the legion of Flavius IV
441
The Huns destroy Belgrade
after 450
Singidunum is under the control of the Sarmatians
504
The Goths conquer the town
510
Under a peace treaty, the town becomes part of the Byzantine Empire
584
The Avars conquer and destroy ancient Singdunum
592
The Byzantine Empire retakes the town
around 630
The Slavs conquer Singidunum
878
First written record of the Slavic name 'Beograd'
896
The Hungarian army attacks Belgrade
971
The Byzantine Empire recaptures Belgrade
1096-1189
Crusaders pass through Belgrade
1127
Hungarian King Stephen II destroys Belgrade and builds Zemun from the town's stone
1154
Byzantine emperor Manuel I destroys Zemun and rebuilds Belgrade from the town's stone
1182
The Hungarians attack and plunder Belgrade
1185
The Byzantine Empire regains control of Belgrade through diplomacy
1230
Belgrade becomes part of Bulgaria
1232
The town passes into Hungarian hands
1284
The Hungarian Crown gives Belgrade to Serbian King Dragutin and Belgrade is for the first time under Serbian rule
1403
Under Despot Stefan Lazarević Belgrade becomes the capital of mediaeval Serbia
1427
The Hungarians take Belgrade from Despot Đurađ Branković
1440
The Turks attack Belgrade but the town is successfully defended, although subjected to extensive damage
1456
Sultan Mahmud II unsuccessfully besieges Belgrade
1521
Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent conquers Belgrade
1688
Duke Maximilian of Bavaria conquers Belgrade
1690
Belgrade again falls under Turkish rule
1717
Prince Eugene of Savoy captures Belgrade
1723-1736
Construction of the Belgrade Fortress, according to the plans of Colonel Nicolas Doxat de Démoret
1739
The Peace of Belgrade is signed between Austria and Turkey, which gives the town to the Turks
1806
Karađorđe liberates the town and Belgrade becomes the capital of Serbia again
1813
The Turks recapture Belgrade
1815
Miloš Obrenović instigates the Second Serbian Uprising
1841
Belgrade becomes the capital of the Princedom of Serbia during Mihailo Obrenović's first rule.
1882
Serbia becomes a kingdom, with Belgrade as its capital
1903
May coup d'etat - after the assassination of King Aleksandar Obrenović, King Petar I Karađorđević ascends to the Serbian throne
1914
The Austrians bomb and conquer Belgrade, but the Serbs liberate the city in the same year
1915
German and Austrian troops under the command of Field Marshal Mackensen conquer Belgrade
1918
Serbs and units of the Allied Forces liberate Belgrade
1918
Belgrade becomes the capital of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
1929
Aleksandar Karađorđević revokes the constitution and imposes a dictatorship
1941
27th March, major demonstrations against Yugoslavia joining the Tripartite Pact
The Germans bomb Belgrade on April 6th and occupy the city on April 12th
1944
The American and the rest of the Allied forces bomb Belgrade. 20th October Belgrade is liberated by the People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia, with the help of the Russian Red Army
1945
The monarchy is abolished and a republic is proclaimed under the leadership of the Communist Party and Josip Broz Tito
1961
The First Conference of the Non-Aligned countries is held
1992
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is proclaimed. In May the United Nations Security Council imposes sanctions on the FR Yugoslavia
1993
The highest level of hyperinflation in history drives many of Belgrade's citizens to the breadline
1996
Mass popular and student protests are held due to the regime's refusal to recognise local election results
1997
After half a century, the first democratic, non-communist city government runs Belgrade
1999
For three months NATO bombs Yugoslavia, including targets in central Belgrade
2000
After elections and popular protests, Serbia is liberated from the dictatorship of Slobodan Milošević
2001
Serbia gets its first democratic government
2003
The Prime Minister of Serbia, Dr. Zoran Đinđić is assassinated
2004
Serbia gets its first democratic president
2006
Serbia again becomes an independent country
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