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- 1334 – First appearance of the name of Lugoj in a papal tax register.
- 1369 – First official attestation of the district of Lugoj.
- 1376 – First mention of the fortress of Lugoj.
- 1551 – Isabella, the widow of King Ioan Zapolya, gives Lugoj a charter of privileges and a coat of arms.
- 1552-1658 – During the struggles against the Ottoman Turks, the Banat of Lugoj and Caransebeş preserves its autonomy and unites with Transylvania.
- 1658-1718 – Lugoj under Ottoman domination.
- 1699 – The Ottomans demolish the fortress of Lugoj.
- 1718 – Lugoj now comes under Austrian rule and becomes the capital of the Lugoj-Faget district. Beginning of the policy of colonisation with German people the township of “German Lugoj” is founded on the left bank of the river Timiş.
- 1778 – After Banat is incorporated into Hungary, Lugoj becomes the county town of Caraş County.
- 1795 – Romanian and German Lugoj unite to form “the little borough of Lugoj”.
- 1848 – The Great National Assembly on the Field of Liberty, presided over by Eftimie Murgu.
- 1850 – By Imperial decree, Lugoj becomes the headquarters of the Greco-Catholic diocese of Banat.
- 1881 – Caraş-Severin County is set up with Lugoj as its county town.
- 1889 – Lugoj is given the official title of Town.
- 1892-1894 – The Memorandum Movement: identity rights are claimed for the Romanian nation within the Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy.
- 1918 – The Great National Assembly, as a consequence of World War I, after the break-up of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
- 1918 – The Unification of Ardeal and Banat with Romania. Lugoj citizens participate in the Great National Assembly in Alba Iulia.
- 1925 – Caraş-Severin County is divided into two. Lugoj becomes the capital of Severin County.
- 1945– The period of domination by the Communist regime.
- 1989 – Lugoj frees itself from the Communist dictatorship –the second town in Romania to achieve this.
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