Timeline 1642 1642-1650 Swedish occupation of Olomouc A new element appears in the outdated medieval defence system - the Bastion Ferdinand III (1637-1657) 1650 1655-1742 Period of unsuccessful attempts to rebuild the town into a bastion fortress Leopold I (1657-1705) 1656-1676 Construction of Locatelli Bastion 1656 - Emperor Ferdinand III declares Olomouc a provincial fortress 1660 1658 - Project by Louis De Rochetz, realized in a torso 1670 1680 1690 1700 1699 - Project of the unknown according to the most modern fortification trends Joseph I (1705-1711) 1710 1717 - Project by Louis De Rochetz, realized in a torso Charles VI (1711-1740) 1720 1730 1740 1740 -1742 War of the Habsburg Succession December 1741- April 1742 Friedrich II controls Olomouc Maria Theresa (1740-1780) May 1742 - As a result of the Prussian occupation, Olomouc is rebuilt into the Imperial-Royal main frontier fortress June 1742 - Maria Theresa loses almost all of Silesia with the Peace of Wroclaw 1750 1756-1763 Seven Years' War Conversion of Olomouc into a modern bastion fortress by pkl. Bechade De Rochepine May-July 1758 Prussian siege of Olomouc 28-30 June 1758 Destruction of Prussian supply convoy 2.7.1758 - Prussians withdraw from Olomouc The appearance of the fortress did not change substantially 1789-1799 Great French Revolution 1760 Coalition wars against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France 1770 1780 Joseph II (1780-1790) 1790 Leopold II (1790-1792) Franzis II (1792-1835) 1800 1805 - Battle of the Three Emperors at Austerlitz 1810 1820 The bastion type is surpassed by the polygonal system Olomouc fortress becomes obsolete 1830 First conception of Maj. Zitta's first concept of rebuilding the fortress into Verschanztes Lager (not realized) Partial modernisation Ferdinand V (1835-1848) Construction of forts on Šibeniční and Tabulový hill 1840 Revolutionary year, October 1848 - the imperial court flees from Vienna to Olomouc. December 1848 - Ferdinand abdicates the throne in favour of Franz Joseph I, it is decided to modernise the Olomouc fortress. 1866 - Prusso-Austrian War Francis Joseph I (1848-1916) 1850 Project of the fortress - Verchanztes Lager, by Colonel Julius Von Wurmb Construction of permanent forts according to the project of J. Von Wurmb 1860 1866 - Prusso-Austrian War The first projects of the outpost groups of forts at Sv. Kopeček, Baba and Chlum Catastrophic defeat of the Austrian army at Hradec Králové, the defeated troops retreat to Olomouc. The fortress again prepares for the siege by the Prussian army. 1870 Completion of the fortress wreath. 1871-1876 Realization of a single building - Werk II Svatý Kopeček - fort Radíkov 1876 - Beginning of demolition of the bastion fortress 1880 9.3.1886 - by decree of Francis Joseph I abolished the fortress status of Olomouc 7.11.1888 - Official announcement of the dissolution of the Olomouc fortress Most of the erratic land is purchased by the town Olomouc becomes an important garrison town in the future 1890 1900 1910 Charles I (1916-1918) The demolition of the fortress continued during the Czechoslovakia 1920