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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Budapest, Hungary.

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Before 16th century

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See also: Pest, Hungary; Buda; and Óbuda
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  • 1st C. CE - Romans found the settlements known as Aquincum, Contra-Aquincum and Campona. Aquincum becomes the largest town of the Danubian region and one of the capitals of Pannonia.[1]
  • 376 CE - Aquincum invaded by the Huns.[2]
  • 5th C. - The Age of Huns.[1] King Attila builds a city for himself here according to later chronicles. After his death, the sons of his brother controlled the united Hun tribes.
  • 896 - Following the foundation of Hungary, Árpád, leader of the Hungarians, settles in the "Town of Attila", usually identified as Aquincum.
  • 10th C. - Out of the seven to ten Hungarian tribes, four have settlements in the territory of modern Budapest: Megyer, Keszi, Jenő and Nyék.[citation needed]
  • end of 10th C. - Magyars came into the country and preserved the names of Buda and Pest.[2]
  • 1015 - Matthias Church established (approximate date).[2]
  • 1046 - Bishop Gerard of Csanád dies at the hands of pagans on present-day Gellért Hill.
  • 1241 - Mongol invasion destroys both towns.[1][2]
  • 1244 - Created a royal free city by Bela IV.[2]
  • 1248 - King Béla IV builds the first royal castle on Castle Hill, Buda.[1] The new town adopts the name of Buda from the earlier one (present day Óbuda). Pest is surrounded by city walls.[2]
  • 1255 - Matthias Church reconstruction begins.[2]
  • 1265 - Buda Castle first completed.[2]
  • 1270 - Saint Margaret of Hungary dies in a cloister on the Isle of Rabbits (present day Margaret Island).
  • 1320 - Royal wedding of King Charles I of Hungary and Princess Elizabeth of Poland, Hungarian–Polish alliance formed.[3]
  • 1361 - Buda became the capital of Hungary.[2]
  • 1458 - The noblemen of Hungary elect Matthias Corvinus (in Latin) or Hunyadi Mátyás (in Hungarian) as king on the ice of the Danube. Under his reign Buda becomes a main hub of European Renaissance. He dies in 1490, after capturing Vienna in 1485.
  • 1472 - Printing press established in Buda.[4]

16th to 18th centuries

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Buda and Pest in the early 17th century

19th century

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See also: History of Budapest § 19th century
Buda and Pest in the mid-19th century

1873–1900

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Budapest in the 1870s
Hungarian State Opera House in the 1890s
Budapest in the 1890s

20th century

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See also: History of Budapest § 20th century

1901–1945

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Aerial view of Budapest in 1910

1946–1990s

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Hungarian Revolution of 1956 in Budapest

21st century

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See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Britannica 1910.
  3. ^ "6 lipca 1320 roku król Węgier Karol Robert poślubił królewnę polską Elżbietę Łokietkównę". Historykon (in Polish). Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  4. ^ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Austria-Hungary: Buda-Pest". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450632 – via HathiTrust.
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  6. ^ Overall 1870.
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