Timeline_of_Maribor
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Maribor, Slovenia.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
- 1164 – First mention of Maribor as a castle on Pyramid Hill.[1]
- 1204 – Maribor mentioned as a square.[1]
- 1248 – First mention of the Maribor Cathedral.[1]
- 1254 – Maribor mentioned as a town.[1]
- 1478 – A second castle is built in the northeastern corner of town.[1]
- 1515 – Maribor Town Hall is built.[1]
- 1532 – The Siege of Maribor.[1]
- 1752 – Maribor becomes the seat of the county.[1]
- 1758 – The first gymnasium is established.[1]
- 1795 – The first printing house is established.[1]
- 1846 – The Southern Railway is constructed through the town.[1]
- 1859 – Bishop Anton Martin Slomšek transfers the seat of the Diocese of Lavant to Maribor.[1]
- 1863 – Maribor is connected with Carinthia, with the construction of the Carinthian Railway.[1]
- 1868 – The first daily Slovenian newspaper, called Slovenski narod is established.[2]
- 1883 – The first electric light in Slovene ethnic territory is installed on Castle Square.[3]
- 1899 – Maribor National Hall is built.[1]
- 1913 – The Old Bridge is built.[1]
- 1918 – Rudolf Maister secures the city for the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs.[1]
- 1919 – I. SSK Maribor is established.
- 1922 – Maribor becomes the seat of the Maribor Oblast.[1]
- 1927 – Letalski center Maribor founded.
- 1941
- Nazi Germany occupies Maribor.[1]
- First action against the occupier in Maribor and Slovenia.[1]
- Stalag XVIII-D prisoner-of-war camp for Allied POWs established by the Germans.[4]
- Forced labour camp established by the Germans.[5]
- 1941–1945 – Maribor prison massacres.
- 1942
- 1945 – Maribor liberated.[1]
- 1960 – NK Maribor is established.
- 1962 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Maribor established.
- 1964 – First Women FIS Alpine Ski World Cup held on Pohorje.[1]
- 1975 – University of Maribor established.[1]
- 1991
- First clash between the Yugoslav People's Army and the Slovenian Territorial Defence occurs in Pekre and Maribor.[6]
- Maribor becomes part of independent Slovenia.[1]
- 1997 – NK Maribor wins its first Slovenian football championship.
- 2002 – Maribor hosts the 2002 European Judo Championships.
- 2004 – Slovenia becomes part of the European Union.[1]
- 2006 – Diocese of Maribor promoted to Archdiocese.
- 2007 – Maribor University Medical Centre opened.
- 2009 – Maribor hosts the 2009 World Shotgun Championships.
- 2012
- The 2012-2013 Maribor protests begin, which spread into the 2012-2013 Slovenian protests.[1]
- Maribor becomes the European Capital of Culture.[1]
- 2013 – Maribor becomes the European Youth Capital.[1]
- 2015 – Maribor hosts the 2015 European Shooting Championships.
- "Slovenski narod" (PDF).
- "German Stalag Camps". Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- "Zwangsarbeitslager Marburg an der Drau". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 13 August 2022.