1764

arrival of first Settlers

1767

Flooding of Mures river

1768

Emperor Joseph II [under the name grof Falkenstein] visits Banat

1769

Anti-Hapsburg uprising in Billed and Schöndorf

1825

Church built

1848

Revolt and abolishment of ‘Robot-hours’ Serfdom in the Banat

1853

Introduction of the Land Register

1857

Collapse and reconstruction of the Church tower

1866

Building of the senior school

1868

Building of the community center

1877

Outbreak of war in Bosnia

1888

Fire disaster - 22 houses burned down

1891

Building of the junior school

1893

Fire disaster - 34 houses burned down

Population

1792

1869

1880

1890

1900

1920

1940

1966

German

1130

2111

2087

2287

2298

1996

1748

990

% of total

100

95.5

86.8

92.2

90.5

92.1

97.0

57.0

Romanian

71

112

116

89

20

696

Hungarian

71

63

131

65

Other

28

133

13

20

169

34

2

TOTAL

1130

2210

2403

2479

2538

2165

1802

1753

Religion

1820

1841

1861

1880

1900

1916

1937

1948

Roman Catholic

1421

1774

1982

1745

2693

2157

1804

1050

Orthodox

70

90

91

12

46

40

18

661

Protestant

8

15

38

2

3

6

2

Reform

11

2

2

10

4

Jewish

5

13

6

3

1

Other

34

TOTAL

1510

1884

2126

1767

2742

2216

1882

1752