Brief History of the Town of Jicin

Review of the most important dates

6th century	The arrival of Slavic tribes, Slavic fortifications in Prachov rocks and Cesov
after 1250	Fortification of the Jicin basin at Brada and Velis castles
1291	The Queen Jitka is the landlord of the Velis demesne with the Stary Jicin (Old Jicin) settlement
1293	The first record of the town as part of the Queen's possession
1297–1304	the founding of the town of Jicin, transfer of city rights from Stary Jicin to the new site
1302	Lev of Konecchlumí gains the town of Jicin and the Brada castle
beg. 14th cent.	The Chapel of St. John the Baptist is built as the first bricklayed building in Jicin
1304–14	Jicin is a royal town
1316	Jicin pledged by Jan of Luxembourg to Puta of Frydlant
1326	The Velis demesne and the town of Jicin pledged to Benes of Vartemberg
1337	Jicin finally sold by Jan of Luxembourg with the consent of Karel Jan of Vartemberg
1348	Charles IV issues a decree declaring Jicin a hereditary property of the Vartembergs
around 1390	The first large bricklayed building – the Church of St Jacob the Greater
1416	Cenek of Vartemberg sold the royal city rights to Jicin
1437–52	Held by Hasek of Valdstejn
1452	Jiri of Podebrady takes over the demesne and the town, the city rights are confirmed, two annual markets allowed
1480–88	Late Gothic redesign of the Church of St Jacob the Greater, interrupted by the Hussite wars
1488–1607	Jicin possessed by the Trcka's of Lipa, becomes the capital of their demesne
after 1540	Beginning of the Late Gothic constructions
1550–78	New fortification with three towers – Valdicka, Holinska and Prazska (Prague)
1578	Valdicka tower finished
po 1580	Renaissance constructions
1589	Large fire in the town
	Tax redemption for three years
1605	Rudolf Trcka confirmed all previous privileges and gives the tax right
1607–20	Jicin and the Kumburk demesne belong to the Smiricky family
1608	Renaissance palace constructed
1620	Argument over the property between Eliska and Marketa Smiřicky, the palace partially demolished in an explosion
1621	Albrecht of Valdstejn takes over the Kumburk part of Smiricky's demesne
1623	Jicin becomes Valdstejn's property upon the Imperial resolution
	Albrecht of Valdstejn appointed the generalissimus (chief commander of the Imperial Army)
	Jičín becomes the capital of Frydlant Duchy
1624	Nove Mesto ("New Town") founded as the quarter of craftsmen and farmers
1625	The Duke's palace constructed according to the revised project by Andrea Spezza
1627	Frydlant Duchy established, Jicin becomes the residential town, the Mint founded in Jicin
	Albrecht of Valdstejn issues a building decree for the town's construction and redesign
	The new Church of St Jacob the Greater constructed according to a plan by Giovanni Pieroni
	A. Spezza's project for a Carthousian monastery in Valdice started
1628	The Jesuit college and Gymnasium under construction
1630	Nicolo Sebregondi becomes the leading architect of the Construction Office in Jicin
	Sebregondi's project for a summer resort with a loggia
1633	Urban plan for the town's rebuilding by N. Sebregondi
	Albrecht of Valdstejn lost the army command
25.II.1634	Albrecht Vaclav Eusebius Valdstejn assassinated in Chebu
1634	Albrecht of Valdstejn's property confiscated
1635	Rudolf of Tiefenbach becomes the holder of Jicin
1635–48	Swedish troops break into Jicin
1656	Jicin inherited by Jan Norbert of Sternberk
1658	The Jesuit College extended
1661	The graveyard Church of P. Marie de Sale finished
1681	Large fire in the town
1684	The Jesuit Seminar and a hospital built
from 1710	Jicin as part of the Trauttmansdorf demesne
1745	Prussian troops break into Jicin
1767	Large fire in the town, Classicist rebuilding
1784	Jicin becomes the land's administration centre and the seat of authorities and schools
1791	Start of regular post service
1813	Building of the roads
	Anti-Napolean Treaty meeting in Jicin palace
from 1816	City walls and towers demolished
1829	National Enlightenment, regional newspaper
after 1840	Late Empire reconstruction
after 1850	Suburbs incorporated
	Secondary schools established
from 1860	Local communities established
1861	The regional museum established
1866	Austro-Prussian battle of Jicin
from 1870	Industrial development
1871, 1888, 1904	Railway connection to Hradec Králové, Turnov and Nymburk opened
1919	Regional gallery built
1920	Urban regulation plan made
1930	Urban regulation plan by ing. arch. Cenek Musil
1934	Valdstejn exhibition
10.V.1945	Jicin liberated by the Russian army
1956	Historical centre declared a protected urban area
1958	Urban regulation and construction plan made