Timeline of Cluj-Napoca

The following detailed sequence of events covers the timeline of Cluj-Napoca, a city in Transylvania, Romania.

Timeline of Cluj-Napoca
Roman Napoca on Tabula Peutingeriana
Ruins of Napoca
City coat of arms (starting 1377)
Cluj in 1617 by Joris Hoefnagel
Cluj Bridge Gate in 1860
Central Cluj in 1930

Cluj-Napoca (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈkluʒ naˈpoka] , German: Klausenburg; Hungarian: Kolozsvár, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈkoloʒvaːr] ; Medieval Latin: Castrum Clus, Claudiopolis; and Yiddish: קלויזנבורג, Kloiznburg), commonly known as Cluj, is located in the Someșul Mic River valley, roughly equidistant from Bucharest (324 kilometres (201 miles)), Budapest (351 km (218 mi)) and Belgrade (322 km (200 mi)). Throughout its long history, the area around Cluj-Napoca was part of many empires and kingdoms, including the Roman Empire (as part of the Dacia province and later a sub-division of Dacia Porolissensis), Gepidia, Avaria, the Hungarian Kingdom, the Habsburg monarchy, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Romania. From 1790 to 1848 and 1861–1867, it was the official capital of the Grand Principality of Transylvania.

In modern times, the city holds the status of municipiu, is the seat of Cluj County in the north-western part of Romania, and continues to be considered the unofficial capital of the historical province of Transylvania. Cluj continues to be one of the most important academic, cultural, industrial and business centres in Romania. Among other institutions, it hosts the country's largest university, Babeș-Bolyai University, with its famous botanical garden. The current boundaries of the municipality contain an area of 179.52 square kilometres (69.31 sq mi). The Cluj-Napoca metropolitan area has a population of 411,379 people, while the population of the peri-urban area (Romanian: zona periurbană) exceeds 420,000 residents, making it one of the most populous cities in Romania.

2nd century

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Napoca in Roman Dacia
 
Text of Roman milliarium from 108, describing the construction of the road from Potaissa to Napoca, by request of the Emperor Trajan. It indicates the distance of ten thousand feet (P.M.X.) to Potaissa. The complete inscription is: "Imp[erator]/ Caesar Nerva/ Traianus Aug[ustus]/ Germ[anicus] Dacicus/ pontif[ex] maxim[us]/ [sic] pot[estate] XII co[n]s[ul] V/ imp[erator] VI p[ater] p[atriae] fecit/ per coh[ortem] I Fl[aviam] Vlp[iam]/ Hisp[anam] mil[liariam] c[ivium] R[omanorum] eq[uitatam]/ a Potaissa Napo/cam / m[ilia] p[assuum] X".

3rd century

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Napoca in the Roman Dacia fragment of the 1st–4th century AD Tabula Peutingeriana (upper center)
 
Ruined buildings with hypocaust from the Roman Napoca

4th century

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  • 295-320s – After a peace treaty with the Romans, Goths proceed to settle down in parts of Roman Dacia (starting to be called Gothia), dividing some of the land with the Taifals,[45] and co-existing with the remaining semi-Romanized population.[43]
  • c.300–350 – Ruralization of the urban life in Dacia.[46]
  • c.350 – Sântana de Mureş-Černjachov culture/Goths enter intra-Carpathian Transylvania.[47]
  • 376 – Huns arrive, attacking the Thervingi[48] and leading to a collapse of the Gothic dominance in the area.[49]

5th century

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Gepid Thesaurus from Apahida

6th century

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  • c.501–568
    • More Gepid power centers appear in Transylvania.[33]
    • New settlements appear along the Someş, Mureş, and Târnava rivers, reflecting a period of tranquillity in Gepidia.[58]
    • A "circle" of Gepid settlements develops around Napoca.[59]
    • Gepids start to adopt Arian Christianity through their connection with the Goths.[60]
    • Farming is the primary activity, but looms, combs, and other items are produced in local workshops.[58]
    • Gepidia is trading with faraway regions such as Crimea, Mazovia or Scandinavia.[61]
  • 568 – The Avar invasion ends the independent Gepidia.[62]
  • c.568 – Carpathian Basin is incorporated in the Avar Khaganate established by khagan Bayan I.
  • c.599–600 – Gepids under assimilation but settlements still exist within Avaria.[63][64]

7th century

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Avars, Slavs and Bulgars in the areas around Transylvania
  • c.600–800 – Avars bring with them and allow Slavs to settle inside Transylvania.

8th century

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  • c. 700–800 – Center and northern Transylvania under Moravian influence.[33]
  • 791–795 – Plunder of the Avar state by the Franks of Charlemagne.[65]
  • 794 – Avars, in small numbers, and mixed with Slavs, still inhabit parts of Transylvania.[65]
  • 796 – Avar Khaganate suffers a crippling blow by the Franks.[65]

9th century

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10th century

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The Hungarians' arrival in the Carpathian Basin depicted in the Illuminated Chronicle

11th century

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12th century

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13th century

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Mongol invasion of the Hungarian Kingdom depicted in Johannes de Thurocz's Chronica Hungarorum

14th century

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Seal of Cluj granted in 1377 by King Louis I of Hungary, with the inscription S[igilium] CIVIVM de CLVS WAR

15th century

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Interior of St. Michael's Church

16th century

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17th century

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1617 engraving of Kolozsvár/Klausenburg by Joris Hoefnagel & son

18th century

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19th century

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The Kolozsvár/Klausenburg Bridge Gate in 1860
 
Franz Joseph University in Kolozsvár/Klausenburg, c. 1900

20th century

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Inauguration of the Matthias Corvinus Monument in 1902
 
Romanian troops (Regiment 16 Dorobanți "Fălticeni") marching in Cluj, 1918
 
U Cluj football team on 27 October 1923
 
Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral in 1940

21st century

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See also

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Sources

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Primary sources

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  • Anonymus, Notary of King Béla (c. 1200). Gesta Hungarorum [The Deeds of the Hungarians] (in Latin).

Secondary sources

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