Historical data of Bautzen

3. cen.	Eastern Germanic settlement
7. cen.	immigration of the Slavic tribe of the Milzener
10. cen.	affiliation to the German Empire, subjection
1002	first documentary mention as "Budusin"
1018	Peace of Bautzen between Germans and Poles, affiliation to Poland
1032-1076	affiliation to the Margrave of Meißen, then to Bohemia
1084-1135	affiliation to the count of Groitzsch
1240	first documentary mention of Bautzen´s status as a town
1250	status of a free community
1253	affiliation to Brandenburg
1319	affiliation to Bohemia
1346	foundation of the "Confederation of Six Towns" with Görlitz, Kamenz, Lauban, Löbau, Zittau
1382	extended market right
1391	right to free election of the town council
1400	Craftsmen´s Rebellion
1405-1408	repeated craftsmen´s rebellion, bloody putting down and depriviation of all privileges
1429/1431	unsuccessful siege by the Hussites
1463-1614	devastating epidemic diseases, plague raged eleven times in Bautzen
1469	affiliation to Hungary
1490	affiliation to Bohemia
1524	establishment of the Protestant church in Bautzen, cathedral becomes an interdenominational church
1547	"Pönfall", loss of all privileges and properties
1618-1648	during the Thirty Years´ War repeated occupations and destructions
1635	affiliation to Saxony
1707/1720	large town fires
1756-1763	Seven Years´ War
1790-1794	numerous revolts in Upper Lusatia during the French Revolution (1789-1795)
1813	battle of Bautzen against the Napoleonic army
1815	dissolution of the "Confederation of Six Towns"
1846	opening of the railway line Dresden - Bautzen
1848/1849	civil-democratic revolution
1868	official renaming of Budissin in Bautzen
1933	wrong thousand years´ anniversary
1945	Bautzen is declared a fortress, severe destruction
1974	Bautzen´s reservoir (dam) completed
1991	refoundation of the "Confederation of Six Towns", a foundation trust was set up for the Sorbian community
1995	Bautzen becomes a major regional administrative center