Timeline of Augsburg

Timeline of Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany.

Prior to 16th century

* 14 BCE – Roman colony established (approximate date).
* 5th century CE – Settlement sacked by Huns.
* 6th century CE - Catholic Diocese of Augsburg established.
* 778 – Simpert becomes Bishop of Augsburg.
* 788 – Town sacked by forces of Charlemagne.
* 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.
* 1251 – Dominican Monastery of St. Katharine active.
* 1276 – Augsburg becomes a Free Imperial City.
* 1300 – Barfüsserkirche (church) founded.
* 1321 – St. Anna-Kirche (church) founded.
* 1364 – Three Moors Inn in business (approximate date).
* 1370 - Public clock installed (approximate date).
* 1407 - Paper mill established.
* 1431 – Augsburg Cathedral remodeled.
* 1468 - Burkhard Zingg writes ''Augsburger Chronik'', a history of the city (approximate date).
* 1472 – Printing press in operation.
* 1487 - Fuggers Bank established.
* 1493 – Artist Hans Holbein the Elder active (approximate date).
* 1500 – Church of St. Ulrich and St. Afra built.

16th century

* 1502 – Catholic Holy Cross Church built.
* 1509 – '' Fortunatus'' (book) published.
* 1515 – Dominikaner-Kirche (church) built.
* 1517 - St. Anne's Church, Augsburg built.
* 1518 - Fire engine built.
* 1523 – Fuggerei residential area developed.
* 1530 – Lutheran Confession of Augsburg introduced.
* 1534 – Augsburg Protestant Cemetery established.
* 1537
** Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg (city library) founded.
** Augsburg joins the Schmalkaldic League.
* 1540 – Augsburger Börse (stock exchange) established.
* 1546 – Maximilian Museum and Rotes Tor (gate) built.
* 1573 - Sugar refinery begins operating.
* 1577 – St. Ulrich's and St. Afra's Abbey active.
* 1582 – St. Salvator Jesuit school founded.
* 1594 – Augustusbrunnen (fountain) created for Maximiliansstrasse.
* 1599 – Herkulesbrunnen (fountain) created for Maximiliansstrasse.

17th century

* 1607 – Augsburger Zeughaus (armory) built.
* 1609 - Metzg (butchers' house) built.
* 1612 – Engravers Lucas Kilian and Wolfgang Kilian in business.
* 1620 – Augsburg Town Hall built.
* 1631 - Augsburg Art Cabinet sent to Sweden as a gift.
* 1632 – Swedish Empire occupation begins.
* 1635
** Swedish occupation ends.
** Population: 16,432.
* 1650 – Augsburger Hohes Friedensfest (festival) begins.

18th century

* 1703 – Town besieged by Bavarian forces.
* 1712 – Academy of painting founded.
* 1765 – Gignoux-Haus built.
* 1770 – Ballroom built in the Schaezlerpalais.
* 1782 – Dollische bookseller in business.
* 1786 - Hot-air balloon flight of Joseph Maximilian Freiherr von Lütgendorf.

19th century

* 1805 – 10 October: French in power.
* 1806
** 4 March: Augsburg becomes part of the Kingdom of Bavaria.
** Population: 26,200.
* 1810 – '' Allgemeine Zeitung'' (newspaper) in publication.
* 1817 – Augsburg becomes an administrative capital of the Oberdonaukreis.
* 1825 – Chapel built in Protestant Cemetery.
* 1833 – Holbein-Gymnasium (school) established.
* 1837 – Town becomes administrative capital for the Swabia and Neuburg district.
* 1840
** Sander'sche Maschinenfabrik in business.
** Cotton mill established.
* 1846 – Augsburg Hauptbahnhof (train station) opens.
* 1847
** Augsburg Morellstraße station opens.
** Turnverein Augsburg (sport club) formed.
* 1854 – Maximilian Museum founded.
* 1858 - Population: 43,616.
* 1870 – Konigl. Industrieschule (industrial school) established.
* 1875 – Paar Valley Railway begins operating.
* 1876 – ''Der Volkswille'' newspaper in publication.
* 1878
** Stadttheater Augsburg (theatre) built.
** Augsburger Eislaufverein (ice hockey team) formed.
* 1885
** Stadtarchiv Augsburg (town archive) building established.
** Population: 65,905.
* 1898 – Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg and Augsburg-Oberhausen Acetylene Factory in business.
* 1900 – Population: 89,109.

20th century

* 1903 – TSV Schwaben Augsburg (football club) formed.
* 1905 - Population: 94,923.
* 1907 – FC Augsburg (football club) formed.
* 1910
** Landsberg Prison established in vicinity of Augsburg.
** Population: 102,487.
* 1911 – Oberhausen becomes part of Augsburg.
* 1917 - Augsburg Synagogue built.
* 1919 - Population: 154,555.
* 1920 – Stadtbücherei Augsburg (public library) founded.
* 1924 – Augsburger Kajak Verein (kayak club) formed.
* 1926 – Messerschmitt (aircraft works) in business.
* 1930 - 8 September: Hitler gives speech, German federal election, 1930.
* 1933 – Gau Swabia (Nazi administrative region) established.
* 1937
** Augsburg Zoo opens.
** 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.
* 1948
** Weltbild (publisher) in business.
** Augsburger Puppenkiste (theatre) opens.
* 1951
** Rosenaustadion (stadium) opens.
** Town art collections installed in the Schaezlerpalais.
* 1954 - Fürst Fugger Privatbank established.
* 1956 – United States military 11th Airborne Division stationed in Augsburg.
* 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
** Kulturhaus Kresslesmühle (cultural space) opens.
** Romanistentheater founded.
* 1989 – Sparkassen-Planetarium opens.
* 1996
** Kulturhaus Abraxas (cultural space) active.
** S’ensemble Theater founded.
* 1998 – Brechthaus (museum) opens.

21st century

* 2008 – Kurt Gribl becomes mayor.
* 2009 – (public library) building opens.
* 2012 – Population: 272,699.

See also

* List of mayors of Augsburg
* Diet of Augsburg

References

Bibliography

in English

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* Lewis, "The Roman Antiquities of Augsburg and Ratisbon", in volume xlviii, ''Archæological Journal'', (London, 1891).

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* Werner, ''Geschichte der Stadt Augsburg'', (Augsburg, 1900).
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