Ghilad

History

• 10th century – According to a legend, there was a battle between the Romanian Voivode Glad and the Hungarian army in the place of the present-day village of Gad. Glad might be the origin of Ghilad.
• 12th century – the locality of Ghilad was named Gyad and then Galad.
• 1212 - the commune was given to a count named Sebus by King Andrew II of Hungary.
• 16th century – the beglerbeg Rami of Timișoara brought several Romanian families from Transylvania to Ghilad.
• 17th century – the village of Gad was plundered by the Ottomans.
• 1717 – present: Ghilad was mentioned under the name of Gor ni Gilad and Dolni Gilad ; the settlement of Gad had 30 houses.
• 1721 - several German families settled in the area.
• 1842 - several Hungarian families settled in the area.
• 1851-1860 – Hungarian and German families settled in the area.
• 1900 – 35% of the inhabitants of the village of Gad were Serbian.
• 1926 – Ghilad had 3,589 inhabitants.
• 1936 – Ghilad had three churches, a primary school, a cultural centre, a historical monument, a military band, two town libraries, a men’s choir, 850 houses, 3,539 inhabitants. Gad had a Serbian and German state school, a men’s choir, a mixed choir, a sports club, a monument dedicated to heroes.
• 20 February 1942 – Ioan Bogdan was born in Gad, instrumental performer and conductor.
• 1947 – Viorel Cristea was born in Ghilad, well-known naive painter.
• 2002 – Ghilad and Gad had 1,849 inhabitants.
• 2004 – the commune of Ghilad was re-founded by separating from the town of Ciacova.
• 2009 – 12 kilometres of road between Ghilad and Gad were paved with stone.