Timeline of Augsburg
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany.
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Prior to 16th century
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- 14 BCE – Roman colony Augusta Vindelicorum established (approximate date).[1]
- 5th century CE – Settlement sacked by Huns.[1]
- 6th century CE - Catholic Diocese of Augsburg established.[2]
- 778 – Simpert becomes Bishop of Augsburg.
- 788 – Town sacked by forces of Charlemagne.[3]
- 923 – Ulrich becomes Bishop of Augsburg.
- 952 – Diet of Augsburg (meeting of leaders of Holy Roman Empire) active.
- 989 – Perlachturm built.
- 1065 – Augsburg Cathedral consecrated.[4]
- 1251 – Dominican Monastery of St. Katharine active.
- 1276 – Augsburg becomes a Free Imperial City.[1]
- 1300 – Barfüsserkirche (church) founded.[5]
- 1321 – St. Anna-Kirche (church) founded.[4]
- 1364 – Three Moors Inn in business (approximate date).[5]
- 1370 - Public clock installed (approximate date).[6]
- 1407 - Paper mill established.[7]
- 1431 – Augsburg Cathedral remodeled.[4]
- 1472 – Printing press in operation.[8]
- 1487 - Fuggers Bank established.[9]
- 1493 – Artist Hans Holbein the Elder active (approximate date).[4]
16th–18th centuries
- 1500 – Church of St. Ulrich and St. Afra built.[1]
- 1502 – Catholic Holy Cross Church built.[4]
- 1509 – Fortunatus (story) published.
- 1515 – Dominikaner-Kirche (church) built.[4]
- 1517 - Fugger chapel built.[10]
- 1518 - Fire engine built.[11]
- 1523 – Fuggerei residential area developed.
- 1530 – Lutheran Confession of Augsburg introduced.[12]
- 1534 – Augsburg Protestant Cemetery established.
- 1537
- de (city library) founded.[13]
- Augsburg joins the Schmalkaldic League.
- 1540 – de (stock exchange) established.
- 1546 – Boeck house[4] and Rotes Tor (gate)[4] built.
- 1573 - Sugar refinery begins operating.[14]
- 1577 – Imperial Abbey of Saints Ulrich and Afra active.
- 1582 – St. Salvator Jesuit school founded.[15]
- 1594 – de (fountain) created for Maximiliansstrasse.[5]
- 1599 – de (fountain) created for Maximiliansstrasse.[5]
- 1607 – de (armory) built.[4]
- 1609 - Metzg (butchers' house) built.[4]
- 1612 – Engravers Lucas and Wolfgang Kilian in business.[16]
- 1620 – Augsburg Town Hall built.[1]
- 1631 - sv sent to Sweden as a gift.[17]
- 1632 – Swedish occupation begins.[1]
- 1635
- Swedish occupation ends.
- Population: 16,432.
- 1650 – de (festival) begins.
- 1703 – Town besieged by Bavarian forces.[3]
- 1712 – Academy of painting founded.[3]
- 1765 – de built.
- 1770 – Ballroom built in the Schaezlerpalais.[4]
- 1782 – Dollische bookseller in business.[18]
- 1786 - August: Air balloon flight of de .[19]
19th century
- 1805 – 10 October: French in power.[3]
- 1806
- 4 March: Augsburg becomes part of the Kingdom of Bavaria.[1]
- Population: 26,200.
- 1810 – Allgemeine Zeitung (newspaper) in publication.[20]
- 1817 – Augsburg becomes an administrative capital of the Oberdonaukreis.[citation needed]
- 1825 – Chapel built in Protestant Cemetery.
- 1833 – Holbein-Gymnasium (school) established.[citation needed]
- 1837 – Town becomes administrative capital for the Swabia and Neuburg district.[citation needed]
- 1840
- Sander'sche Maschinenfabrik in business.
- Cotton mill established.[5]
- 1846 – Augsburg Hauptbahnhof (train station) opens.
- 1847
- Augsburg Morellstraße station opens.
- Turnverein Augsburg (sport club) formed.
- 1854 – Maximilian Museum founded.[4]
- 1858 - Population: 43,616.[21]
- 1870 – Konigl. Industrieschule (industrial school) established.[22]
- 1875 – Paar Valley Railway begins operating.
- 1876 – Der Volkswille newspaper in publication.[23]
- 1878
- de (theatre) built.[5]
- Augsburger Eislaufverein (ice hockey team) formed.
- 1885
- 1898 – Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg and Augsburg-Oberhausen Acetylene Factory in business.
20th century
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- 1900 – Population: 89,109.[1]
- 1903 – TSV Schwaben Augsburg (football club) formed.
- 1905 - Population: 94,923.[25]
- 1907 – FC Augsburg (football club) formed.
- 1910
- Landsberg Prison established in vicinity of Augsburg.
- Population: 102,487.[26]
- 1911 – Oberhausen becomes part of Augsburg.
- 1917 - de built.
- 1919 - Population: 154,555.[27]
- 1920 – de (public library) founded.
- 1924 – Augsburger Kajak Verein (kayak club) formed.[28]
- 1926 – Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (Bavarian Aircraft Works) in business.
- 1930 - 8 September: Hitler gives campaign speech.
- 1933 – Gau Swabia (Nazi administrative region) established.
- 1937
- Augsburg Zoo opens.[29]
- Mozarthaus (house museum) established.
- 1938
- Messerschmitt aircraft manufactory in business.
- Ice skating rink opens.
- 10 November: Synagogue destroyed during Kristallnacht.
- 1942 – 17 April: Bombing by Allied forces.
- 1944 – 25–26 February: Bombing by Allied forces.
- 1945 – Schwäbische Landeszeitung newspaper begins publication.[20]
- 1948
- Verlagsgruppe Weltbild (publisher) in business.
- Augsburger Puppenkiste (theatre) opens.
- 1951
- Rosenaustadion (stadium) opens.
- Town art collections installed in the Schaezlerpalais.[citation needed]
- 1954 - Fürst Fugger Privatbank established.
- 1956 – United States military 11th Airborne Division stationed in Augsburg.[30]
- 1961 - Population: 208,659.
- 1969 – Part of Göggingen becomes part of Augsburg.
- 1970 – University of Augsburg founded.
- 1971
- Augsburg Eiskanal (artificial whitewater river) opens.
- Augsburg University of Applied Sciences founded.
- 1972
- Inningen becomes part of Augsburg.
- Kongresshalle opens.
- Dorint Hotel Tower built.
- 1977
- 1989 – Sparkassen-Planetarium opens.
- 1996
- Kulturhaus Abraxas (cultural space) active.
- S’ensemble Theater founded.
- 1998 – Brechthaus (house museum) opens.
21st century
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- 2008 – Kurt Gribl becomes mayor.[32]
- 2009 – de (public library) building opens.
- 2012 – Population: 272,699.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Britannica 1910.
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- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 Baedeker 1914.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Murray 1903.
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This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- published in the 17th-19th century
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- Lewis, "The Roman Antiquities of Augsburg and Ratisbon", in volume xlviii, Archæological Journal, (London, 1891).
- published in the 20th century
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- Werner, Geschichte der Stadt Augsburg, (Augsburg, 1900).
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External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Augsburg. |
- Links to fulltext city directories for Augsburg via Wikisource
- Europeana. Items related to Augsburg, various dates
- Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Augsburg, various dates
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