PERIOD 1701–1850
1702 – The town has 1,429 inhabitants.
1703 – A statue of the Holy Trinity by sculptor Zeidler of Ostrov is erected in front of the Church of St Joachim.
1711 – Imperial Count Franz Karl von Pötting, Chief Mint Master and Chief Mining Captain of the Kingdom of Bohemia, visits the town.
1716 – On 13 October, by order of Emperor Charles VI, the Mining School is founded – the first institution of its kind in the world.
1719 – A new Mining Code is issued on 2 January.
1721 – A Jáchymov delegation pays homage in Karlovy Vary to Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, wife of Charles VI and mother of Maria Theresa.
1726 – Mining activity revives; several mines operate including Svornost and Helena Huber.
1732 – Emperor Charles VI and his wife visit the town.
1733 – Detailed regulations for the Mining School are issued on 3 February.
1734 – A private chapel of St John and the Chapel of St Procopius are founded.
1746 – The arsenic smelter in the lower town is closed.
1755 – A rich silver vein is discovered at 292 metres in the Svornost mine.
1756 – 936 miners work in the mines.
1758 – The town is occupied by Prussian troops.
1760 – Additional silver veins are discovered at depth in Svornost.
1764 – The Svornost mining company takes over the Helena Huber mine.
1766 – Emperor Joseph II visits; the avenue on Turkish Hill becomes the Imperial Avenue.
1774 – Several mines remain in operation.
1777 – The Chapel of St Barbara is founded in the lower town.
1778 – The Chapel of St Anne is restored after 132 years.
1779 – Joseph II issues a decree defining mining offices; Helena Huber mine is renamed Joseph II.
1780 – Püchner’s factory for cobalt smalt and colours is founded.
1782 – A major fire; reconstruction of the Church of All Saints.
1783 – A Mining Court is established.
1784 – An almshouse and orphanage are founded; 617 inhabited houses stand in the town.
1788 – The smalt factory becomes the Miessl enamel factory.
1789 – Martin Heinrich Klaproth discovers uranium.
1792 – Opening of the Rudolf II mine, later renamed Werner and after WWII Rovnost.
1798 – Double air pumps are introduced in the mines.
1799 – A half-height silver smelting furnace is built.
1801 – Svornost becomes state property; seven stamping mills and eleven ore-processing plants operate.
1804 – Svornost reaches 497 metres depth; flooding occurs.
1806 – The mine is drained again.
1735–1810 – 68 tonnes of silver, 6,000 tonnes of lead and 6,238 tonnes of cobalt are mined.
1810 – Svornost is flooded again.
1811 – State bankruptcy; mining halted in several mines. Population 3,691.
1812 – Mining stops at several adits.
1813 – Temporary closures and reopenings; a private lace-making school is founded.
1827 – Work stops at Johann Bock adit.
1830 – 576 houses and 4,337 inhabitants.
1831 – The Sauerstein & Sons glove factory is founded.
1835 – Town walls and gates are demolished during road construction.
1838 – The burned pyramid on Klínovec is replaced with a gloriette.
1840 – Industrial production of uranium colours begins.
1843 – A school for weaving straw mats is founded; 4,837 inhabitants.
1846 – Road to the summit of Klínovec completed; a 37.6 kg silver nugget is found at Svornost.
1848 – Establishment of the Jáchymov district; major reconstruction of Svornost.
1850 – On 7 March the District Mining Authority is founded; mining courts are abolished; Rudolf II mine renamed Werner.
