One of the cities in Europe was very lucky - in its history it managed to visit the capital of many countries, including Yugoslavia, the united state of Serbia and Montenegro, and, in fact, Serbia, and three times. The history of Belgrade remembers many significant events that influenced the fate of people and entire states.
From the origins to the capital
It is believed that the Celts were the founders of the settlement at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers. Following them, the Romans came to these territories, who sorted out relations with the Goths. We saw the outskirts of the city of Franks, Slavs, learned the Turkish yoke. Historians have calculated that 38 times the city had to recover from almost ruins, after another military campaign of its neighbors.
What was the first name of the settlement, history is silent, the first mention of today's toponym dates back to the 9th century. At that time, the city passed from hand to hand. The history of Belgrade, in short, was associated with the following peoples:
- the Bulgarians who ruled the city during the 9th-10th centuries;
- the Byzantines, who ruled in the XI-XII centuries;
- Hungarians (since 1427);
- Turks (since 1521).
Tellingly, there were no peaceful guests from either the East or the West. Everyone who came to these territories tried to get as much as possible, to grab their piece. The Turks were not the last in the list of invaders, during the 17th-18th centuries there were Austro-Turkish wars, Austrian troops entered Belgrade three times and the Turks returned it three times.
Belgrade in the XIX – XX cent
The year 1806 will forever remain in the history of Belgrade as the year of the beginning of the liberation from the power of Turkey. The city becomes the main city of the Serbian principality, unfortunately, the free life of the capital did not last long. In 1813, the Turks came to the city again, the period of Turkish rule lasted until 1830, it is interesting that the fortress located in the heart of Belgrade remained Turkish until 1867.
The struggle for the city continued in the twentieth century: first, Austrian troops took it, for the first time at the end of 1914. The second time the occupation lasted from September 1915 to October 1918. In December of the same year, Belgrade was fortunate enough to once again try on the status of the capital of the kingdom, where Serbs, Croats and Slovenes united.
Since 1929, the state began to be called Yugoslavia, and Belgrade was its capital. And again the city was occupied, this time by the Germans in April 1941, the liberation came in 1944. Since November 1945, Belgrade has been the capital of the FPRY, since 1963, the SFRY. The end of the twentieth century for the city was marked by participation in hostilities.
