1257 – Oct.15, the so-called founding decree issued by Přemysl Otakar II.

1258 – the town is granted town privileges, granting of villages, the town is called Nový Velehrad (“New Velehrad”)

1294 – the name Hradiště (“fortress”) used for the first time

1312 – the first record of municipal seal

1362 – municipal hospital with St. Elisabeth chapel founded

1421 – mile privilege for beer brewing and selling, settling of craftsmen

1429 – the privilege of salt storage

1467 – 1470 – Czech-Hungarian wars, the town is besieged

1472 – the town is freed from the appellation to Brno

1481 – the town coat-of-arms improved with Matthias Corvinus

1491 – Franciscan monastery founded

1514 – Jews evicted from the town

1587 – for the first time is Hradiště called Uherské (“Hungarian”)

1644 – Jesuit school opened

1654 – 1662 – Jesuit dormitory built

1658 – 1702 – new fortification built

1670 – 1685 Jesuit church consecrated to St. Francis Xaverius is built

1680 – the bishop gave his consent to built a chapel to honor St. Sebastian, Rochus and Rosalie over the viniferous mountain of Mařatice (finished in 1687)

1681 – the fire that broke out in the Franciscan monastery destroyed much of the town

1686 – the St. Francis Xaverius church is dedicated

1688 – new municipal brewery is built in Jarošov

1715 – one of the most devastating plague epidemics swept through the town; commemorated by many buildings in the town

1721 – the Virgin Mary column is built

1723 – municipal armory built

1742(1) – the town seized by Prussian army

1773 – the Jesuit dormitory and school are disestablished, the Jesuit church becomes parish

1782 – fortress abolished

1785 – St. George church torn down

1786 – regulated magistrate established

1848 – a cell of the Slovanská lípa (“Slavic lime”) organization established – state administration reorganized; Uherské Hradiště becomes a district town

1867 – Měšťanská beseda founded

1867 – 1869 – German-language grammar school built

1875 – synagogue built

1884 – Czech-language grammar school established

1885 – the building of the Czech-language grammar school finished

1891 – 1893 – new town hall built

1891 – 1897 - regional court of justice and prison built

1905 – iron bridge over the Morava river built

1913 – the building of Czech schools at the Comenius square built

1914 – the Museum of Moravian Slovakia established

1945 – the Theater of Moravian Slovakia established