History of Medias

1283: another reference appears in a document: Mediaș is listed as "villa Medgyes".

1318: the Hungarian king Charles Robert of Anjou offers the complete rights for the Sibiu region to the people living in Mediaș, Şeica and Biertan.

1359: Mediaș is called for the first time a city ("civitas"). The first seal of Mediaș was used in 1448.

1414: The St. Margaret church was the first church built in Mediaș. The first document that notes the presence of a hospital in the city is dated 1487.

1448: during his preparations for the campaign against the Turks, John Hunyadi passed through Mediaș.

1490-1534: The city is fortified by the people living in Mediaș and Șeica, after a document signed in 1477 by the king Matthias Corvinus's office.

1517: it gets the right to organise annual fairs.

1557: The population of Mediaş was hit by leprosy. The plague has also devastated the population of Mediaş several times in history, in 1586, 1601–1604, 1633, 1646, 1653, 1656–1658, 1660–1661 and 1717-1718.

1562: 34 guilds are registered.

1586: the first mentioning of a school in Mediaş ("Schola civitatis").

1611: it is plundered by the soldiers of Gabriel Báthory.

1705: besieged for the last time in its