Timeline
1663
1663
Prince Mihály Apafi exonerates Udvarhely from any burden for two years, so that the inhabitants can recover from devastation of previous years. Large-scale repairs on protestant church and catholic parish church.
1666
1666. 11th of March
The protestant and catholic believers in Udvarhely decide on the use of the cemetery garden and guide roads. The settlement is fixed by contract with the commissaries of the prince.
1670
1670
János Bethlen, Chancellor of Prince Mihály Apafi, founded the town’s protestant school with the rank of college.
1674
11th of February 1674
Prince Mihály Apafi commands the protestant and catholic advocates of the town to live in peace with each other, and to respect the provisions of the previous agreements of 1633 and 1666.
1679
1679
Completing the renovation work at parish church on mount Szent Miklós.
1683
1683
The record of register of the parish church on mount Szent Miklós is started.
1685
1685. 2nd of March
Mihály Apafi gives a letter of defense to the potters guild, not permitting the nobles to hold a dabbler craftsman on their rural estates at a distance less than one mile from the town.
1690
1690. 10th – 11th of October
Imre Thököly, kuruc Commander, Prince of Transylvania, is camping with his army near to Udvarhely, on the field of Bethlenfalva.
1691
1691
Close to their school, the Jesuits are building a seminar. István Gáspár is the judge of the town.
1693
1693
The city’s mill is pledged to the Jesuits. Ferenc Szőcs is the judge of the town.
1694
1694 February
The tatars are robbing and burning off the upper Csík-Seat. The Udvarhely townspeople would also flee, but the castle commander retains them. Mihály Kovács is the judge of the town.
1699
1699. 1st of September
The necessary repairs in the castle are drafted.
1700
1700
In Udvarhely are listed all the tax payers of Udvarhely-Seat. At that time in Udvarhely lived 62 tax paying families.
1701
1701. 6th of March
The imprint of the city’s seal appears on one of the letters of the boot-maker guild.
1702
1702
The latin work of István Lakatos (Siculia delineata… ect.) , which is also the oldest description of Udvarhely, is completed. Tamás Szabó is the judge of the town.
1702. 3rd of January
Szekler National Meeting in Udvarhely.
1703
1703
Lőrinc Pekri the kuruc captain of Udvarhely-Seat repairs the castle. In Udvarhely is set up a home for elderly people.
1705
1705. 25th of October
István Lakatos has donated his house and the land belonging to it, in the lower northwestern part of the Udvarhely- marketplace, to the Franciscans. János Magyari is the judge of the town.
1706
1706
Lőrinc Pekri, the kuruc captain of Udvarhely-Seat, demolishes the “Székelytámadt” castle . Márton Péter is the judge of the town.
1709
1709
Plague epidemic in the town and the whole Udvarhely-Seat.