Charles IV and the Habsburgs · event 2 of 14

1348

Charles University and the New Town. Charles IV founds the first university north of the Alps and east of Paris, and lays out the New Town — a planned extension three times the size of the old city, with street widths that still work.

The Charles IV and the Habsburgs era

  1. 1344
  2. 1348
  3. 9 July 1357
  4. 6 July 1415
  5. 30 July 1419
  6. 1583
  7. 23 May 1618
  8. 8 November 1620
  9. 1648
  10. 1784
  11. 29 October 1787
  12. 1848
  13. 18 November 1883
  14. 1893

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