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 |