Pseudo Guinness Book Sibiu

PSEUDO GUINESS BOOK

  • After the Roman conquest of Dacia in 106, a Dacian „mint” in Tilisca, a village next to Sibiu, alreaddy coined Roman Dinars. We might say, they were the first native counterfeiters in this field.
  • The Tatarian invaders in 1241 left only 100 survivors behinde.
  • Gradually the medieval city strengthened its defence walls; thus, its 5 bastions and 39 defences tower made it the most powerful fortress in Transylvania in the 14th century.
  • In the timestretch between 1432 and 1436 the fortress had to face several besieges by the Turkich troups under the lead of Murad II, the conqueror of Constantinopol. Nevertheless, the inhabitants withheld all the attacks.
  • In 1292 the first hospital in Romania was build in Sibiu.
  • The existence of a manuscrip library goes back to the year 1300.
  • In 1376 the number of guilds in Sibiu had already reached 19. During the same period, other cities such as Ulm, Augsburg, Cologne and Strassbourg had 17, 15, 22, respectively 25 guilds.
  • The first Romanian school was opened in 1380.
  • The medieval city of Sibiu streched over an area comparabel with that of Viena.
  • Thomas Altenberger wrote the famous „Codex Altenberger” in 1480.
  • An official mint was inaugurated in 1456.
  • In 1472 an scholar named Toma the Transylvanian is one of the first to print books  in Mantua and Modena.
  • The year 1493 witnesses the birth of the well known humanist Nicolaus Olahus who was later a friend of Erasmus of Rotterdam and counselor of Queen Mary.
  • In 1494 the first pharmacy in the Romanian Counties was opened.
  • Theobaldus Griffius from Reutlingen, together with the printer Filip Moldoveanu and Lucas Trapoldner laid the cornerstone of the first printing house in Transylvania. Great works such as Thomas Gemmarius’ “latin Grammar” and the first treaty for the heaking of plague  were printed here.
  • In 1529 the leader of the city arsenal, Conrad Haas, is worldwide the first  man who made experiments with dirigible rockets and “delta” wings.
  • The first papermill was built in 1534.
  • Georg Reicherstorffer, born in Sibiu, draws the first map of Moldavia in 1542.
  • 1557: the first bookshop in Sibiu is opened.
  • 1585: the first organ is installed in the cathedral.
  • 1699: Morando Visconti draws the first map of Sibiu.
  • The writer Valentin Frank von Frankenstein mentiones in a poem written in 1671 the discovery of methane by Romanian peasants who lived in the area of Sibiu.
  • 1673 – 1676: the Sibian chemist Georgius  Vette  publishes the first studies on natural sciences.
  • 1717: the first mining treaty is published.
  • Martin Hochmeister published the first theatre magazine in Romania in 1778. He also set the foundations of the first theatre in Transilvania.
  • After years of experiments and work the chemist Franz Joseph Muler discovered Telur in 1782.
  • 1789: the Romanian physician Ioan Puiariu Molnar lays the based of the first Romanian newspaper. He is also the first Romanian ophtalmologist who publishes a medical study.
  • Hahnemnn Samuel, the founder of Momeopathie experiments his metod for the first time in Sibiu.
  • German newspapers in Sibiu.
  • „Siebenburger Zeitung” (since 1748).
  • „Der Kriegsbote” (since 1788).
  • „Siebenburgische Quartalschrift” (since 1789).
  • 1817: the Brukenthal Museum opens its gates to the public.
  • 1821: Michael Blitz and the painter Franz Nauhauser founded the first lithographical printing house in Transylvania at Sadu.
  • 1844: the Law Academy is founded.
  • During the years foregoing the 1848 revolution Sibiu becomes the centre of the Romanian revolution. The Romanian National Committee organizes 15 armed legions which start fighting for the rights of the Romanian.
  • 1859 the first cast – iron bridge in the country was built in Sibiu.
  • The German Bishopric moves from Biertan to Sibiu under Bishop George Daniel Teutsch.
  • 1868: Visarion Roman founded the first society for the assistance and finanicinf of the peasants.
  • 1870: the insurance company “Transylvania” is founded.
  • 1871: the most important credit institution of the Romanians in Transylvania, the “Albina” Bank is founded.
  • 1872: the railway between Sibiu and Copsa Mica started functioning.
  • 1894: birthyear of Hermann Oberth, the founder of astrophysics.
  • 1896: the first hydroelectric power station in Romania was built in Sadu.
  • 1898 – 1908: the first Romanian Encyclopedia is published in Sibiu.
  • 1905: the first tramway is built.
  • Sibiu is the headquarters of the Romanian Transition Government until 1919.
  • Romanian crystal is manufactured in Medias.
  • Formaldehyde was discovered in Copsa Mica in  1941.
  • Saliste, a village in the district of Sibiu, is the birthplace of seven Romanian academicians.
  • Sibiu is  also the city where 3 forms of government co-exist: Republic, Monarchie (represented by His Highness Ciaba, the king of the gipsies in Romania) and Empire (in the person of Iulius the I, Emperor of the gipsies over 5 continents).
  • 1990 December: the first and the only one arested terrorist of the Romanian Revolution was juged. Later he was discharged.
  • This year – we have met!