Ságvári Ágnes (szerk.): Budapest. The History of a Capital (Budapest, 1975)
Chronology
1255 c. 1255 1286 13th century 1304 16th June 1309 1335 1347 1395 1418 c. 1470 1473 mid-15th century 1514 1525 llth-20th September 1526 1527 lst-8th September 1529 29th August 1541 c. 1570 2nd September 1686 19th March 1687 7th November January 1688 1692-1711 Buda is granted a charter, giving it trading privileges The Mary Magdalene (later Garrison) Church and the Church of Our Lady (later Matthias Church) are built on Castle Hill The first Diet is held on the Rákos Field in Pest Religious orders settle on Margaret Island The Buda clergy excommunicate the Pope Coronation of King Charles Robert of the House of Anjou with Saint Stephen’s crown in Buda Castle The commercial treaty concluded between the kings of Hungary, Bohemia and Poland at Visegrád gives Buda a Staple right King Louis I (the Great) of the House of Anjou moves the royal seat from Visegrád to Buda King Sigismund of Luxemburg—after the temporary rule of the guilds in Buda—reconfirms the power of the patrician burghers and controls the election of the mayor and the Council King Sigismund orders the construction of a new Royal Palace Pest is given the status of a royal free city The first printing press is established in Buda; the Buda Chronicle (Chronicon Budense) is printed The city walls of Buda, and later of Pest, are built Peasant War in Hungary Popular movements in Buda After the Battle of Mohács the Turkish armies of Suleiman II temporarily occupy Buda King Ferdinand of the House of Hapsburg takes Buda from his rival, King John Szapolyai The Turkish army occupies Buda and Pest, handing them over to their ally, King John Buda is occupied by the Turks, who retain it in their possession for 145 years The Turkish baths in Buda, the Császár, Király, Rác and Rudas baths, still in operation, are built After a siege lasting for several months the Imperial armies liberate Buda from Turkish rule Foundation of the Jesuit College and Seminary in Buda King Leopold I of Hungary, Holy Roman Emperor, confirms the election of the mayors of Buda and Pest The issue of the ordinances of the stonemasons’ and bricklayers’ guild of Pest marks the beginning of the reorganization of the guilds Building of the old Buda Town Hall (today: No. 2, Szentháromság utca in the 1 st district) 138
