Around 870:

Foundation of Prague Castle.

Around 926:

Foundation of St. Vitus Cathedral rotunda in the Prague Castle grounds.

965:

Prague first reported in the narration of Ibrahim Ibn Jakub, a merchant.

973:

Foundation of Prague bishopric.

10th century:

Foundation of Vyšehrad on the opposite bank of the Vltava river.

1085:

Prague becomes the residence of the first Bohemian king Vratislav I.

1172:

Construction of Judita´s Bridge, the 2nd stone bridge in Central Europe.

Around 1230:

Establishment of the Old Town.

1257:

Foundation of Lesser Town.

1310 - 1346:

John of Luxembourg rules as the king of Bohemia.

Around 1320:

Foundation of Hradcany, the area around Prague Castle.

1338:

Foundation of the Old Town Hall - the importance of the city increases.

1344:

Prague bishopric upgraded to archbishopric, beginning of St. Vitus, St. Wenceslas and St. Adalbert Cathedral (finished 1929).

1346-1378:

Charles IV epoch - Prague becomes the capital of the Bohemian Kingdom and the Holy Roman Empire.

1348:

Foundation of the New Town and Charles University, first university in Central Europe.

1419-1437:

Attempts of the clergy to reform the church result in the Hussites revolutionary movement (Jan Hus - the reform preacher and martyr).

1526:

Hapsburg dynasty ascends the Bohemian throne (until 1918).

1583-1611:

Rudolf II becomes the king of Bohemia, and Prague the emperors residence, centre of social and cultural life.

1618-1620:

Defeat of the Czech nobles´ uprising; Czech language and Czech national consciousness begin to decline.

1784:

Union of the four hitherto independent Prague urban units (Hradcany, Lesser Town, Old Town and New Town).

1784-1848:

Period of Czech national revival, beginning of the industrial revolution, establishment of Czech institutions.

1918:

Proclamation of the independence of Czechoslovakia. Prague becomes the capital of the new state.

1939-1945:

Occupation by Nazi Germany.

1945:

The Prague uprising, "liberation" of Prague by the Soviet army.

1948:

Seizure of power by KSC after the February putsch.

1968:

Prague Spring - an attempt to reform socialism, intervention of 5 states of the Warsaw Pact.

1989:

Velvet revolution, Vaclav Havel elected President of Czechoslovakia.

1992:

The entire historical centre of Prague - all 866 hectares - was listed in the UNESCO World Cultural & Natural Heritage Register.

1993:

January 1, Czechoslovakia splits in two and the Czech Republic is founded.

2004:

May 1, Czech Republic joins the European Union (E.U.).