This document provides a history of Arad, Romania from 1028 to present day. It notes several "firsts" for Arad, including the earliest documentary mention in 1028, the establishment of the first guild in Transylvania in the 1700s, and the construction of the first electric railway line in Eastern Europe in the 1900s. It also describes Arad's occupation by the Ottomans from 1550-1687 and its entry into the Habsburg Empire and Europe after 1687. The document outlines Arad's development as a multiethnic and multicultural city with a tradition of coexistence and prosperity.