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- The roman settlements of Mons Aureus and Vincea use to be on the spot of modern-day Smederevo.
- Smederevo was first mentioned in the 1019 AD Charter by the Byzantine Emperor Basil II, under the name of “Sphenteromon”.
- In 1381 the name “Smederevo” is mentioned in the Ravanica charter where it is stated that King Lazar made a gift of certain villages and settlements to the Ravanica Monastery, including the quote “i u Smederevu Ljudinu Bogosava sa opkinom i baštinom”(“and in Smederevo the people of Bogosava with the municipality and heritage”).
- The Small City of the Smederevo fortress was built between 1428 and 1430. The Great City was built during the following ten years.
- On August 14th 1435 a contract on “Brotherhood and friendship” between the Republic of Venice and Serbia was signed in Smederevo.
- On January 12th 1435, the relics of St. Luke the Apostol and Evangelist were brought to Smederevo.
- On Christmas Eve, December 24th 1456, despot Đurađ Branković died.
- In 1459 the Turks conquered the Smederevo fortress. When it fell, the Serbian State fell as well. Smederevo remained under Ottoman rule until 1805.
- In 1805 Smederevo was freed from the Turks. Beneath the old mulberry tree, on November 8th Dizdar Muharem Guša officially presented Karađorđe with the keys to the city. Smederevo became the capital city for the second time, because it was the seat of the government from 1805 until 1807.
- In 1806 the first Serbian elementary school opened, and the head teacher was Jovan Rančić.
- In 1820 the first tailors’ guild was established.
- On December 15th 1834 the Post office was officially opened.
- The oldest known letter was sent off from Smederevo on July 20th 1841.
- The Smederevo Library was founded in 1846.
- 1850 -1854, the church of St. George was built.
- On November 21st 1866, the hospital was founded in Smederevo.
- In 1871 the Grammar School opened.
- In 1886 the first train traveled the Smederevo-Velika Plana railway.
- In 1888 the first Exhibition of Grapes was organized, known today as the “Smederevo Autumn”.
- In 1904 the building of the Grammar School was erected.
- In 1913 the SARTID steel industry was founded, which is nowadays US Steel Serbia.
- On Mitrovdan 1914 the Serbian Army won one of the greatest battles in World War I.
- On October 7th 1915, after 65 hours of bombarding, the Austro-Hungarian army took over the city.
- On October 17th 1918 Smederevo was liberated.
- On June 5th 1941 there was a powerful explosion of stored ammunition in the Fortress. The city was completely destroyed.
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