1602 - General Basta sent 400 austrian solders to stay in the town. They behave very badly and townsfolks fled or baricade themselfs in the church's castel.
1602 - General Gabriel Bethlen, with an army of Tatars, Turks, Hungarians and Serbs siege the town. Austian solders aren't allowed to enter in the church's castel and all but 11 are killed. In august Basta retake Transilvania and hung the mayor of Orastie and 2 other important people of the town.
1604 - In town there are 1,500 of Basta's solders. Because of extreme famine, there are cases of cannibalism.
1605 - A large part of the town is destroyed.
1661 - A Turkish army, led by Ali Pasha, in pursuit of Ioan Kemeny, set Orastie and Sebes in flame.
1697 - It is established the first drug store, "Graffius".
1733 - The tax register mention 2,800 inhabitants in 568 families as follow : 240 Romanian families, 170 Hungarian, 100 Saxon Germans, 50 Gypsy and 8 Greek.
1738 - Plague kills 156 people.
1749 - The Roman-catholic church is build in the form that is today. In 1880 a tower is addes.
1752-1756 - Colonists (144 peoples) from Upper Austria settle in town.
1757-1758 - Another 222 colonists from the same region.
1784 - The peasants' rebellion of Horea, Closca and Crisan.
1786 - A census made at the order of Iosif II numbered 3,190 peoples.
1820-1823 - The actual luteran church is build. The tower is added in 1841.
1828 - A large fire destroys 127 houses.
1848 - Fightings between forces of hungarian general Bem and imperial forces.
1853 - Transylvania is reorganised in 10 counties. The third has the center in Orasite. The county has 134,77 square miles/348,90 square km and 214,165 inhabitants. Sorted by nationality : 192,995 Romanians, 7,809 Hungarians, 1,063 Germans, 12,297 others. Sorted by religion : 160,603 Orthodoxs, 38,550 greek-catholic (united), 8,565 Luterans, 4,283 Roman-catholic, 2,141 Calvinists and 23 other religion.
1854 - Orastie has 4,207 inhabitants.
1857 - Census count 5,029 inhabitants. Sored by religion : 1,850 ortodoxs, 1,136 roman-catholic, 884 luterans, 688 reformed, 486 greek-catholic, 24 Jews, 19 united and 5 Armenian gregorians.
1867 - The synagogue is build.
1869 - First bank is established : "Brooser Vorschuss-verein".
1872 - The "Szaszvarosi Takarekpenyatar" bank is established.
1877 - Orastie has 5,661 inhabitans.
1880 - Orastie has 1,086 houses and 5,451 inhabitans. Sorted by nationality : 2,312 Romanians, 1,427 Germans, 1,227 Hungarians, 16 Slovacs, 8 Serbs, 176 other nationalities, 138 foreigs and 147 with maternal language unknown (in this category were counted Gipsies). Sorted by religion : 2,030 ortodox, 1,002 roman-catolic, 964 evangelic, 769 reformed, 523 greek-catolic, 163 jews.
1885 - Another bank is established :"Banca Ardeleana".
1900 - Orastie has 6,238 inhabitans. Electric lights on streets.
1910 - Orastie has 6,937 inhabitans (of which 3,276 Romanians).
