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* 1483 – printer in business.
* 1518 –
* 1736 –
* 1801 –
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* 1853 – Marne–Rhine Canal opens.
* 1855 – Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, Orchestra and founded.
* 1861 – Rhine Bridge, Kehl built.
* 1862 - Association philomathique d'Alsace et de Lorraine founded.
* 1870 – history
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...
of the city of Strasbourg
Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...
, Alsace
Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsà ss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had ...
, France.
Ancient history
* 12th C. BCE – Area settled by proto-Celts. * 3rd C. BCE –Celts
The Celts (, see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples () are. "CELTS location: Greater Europe time period: Second millennium B.C.E. to present ancestry: Celtic a collection of Indo-European peoples. "The Celts, an ancien ...
develop township.
* 12 BCE – Nero Claudius Drusus
Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus (38–9 BC), also called Drusus the Elder, was a Roman politician and military commander. He was a patrician Claudian on his birth father's side but his maternal grandmother was from a plebeian family. He was the ...
establishes Argentoratum as a military fort on the western bank of the Rhine River in preparation for his planned invasion of Germania.
* 90 CE – Legio VIII Augusta
Legio VIII Augusta ("Augustus' Eighth Legion") was one of the oldest legions of the Imperial Roman army.
In republican service
They were ordered to Cisalpine Gaul around 58 BC by Julius Caesar and marched with him throughout the entirety of t ...
stationed in Argentoratum
Argentoratum or Argentorate was the ancient name of the city of Strasbourg. The name was first mentioned in 12 BC, when it was a Roman military outpost established by Nero Claudius Drusus. From 90 AD the Legio VIII Augusta was permanently statio ...
.
* 4th C. CE – Catholic diocese of Strassburg established.
* 357 CE – Battle of Argentoratum
The Battle of Strasbourg, also known as the Battle of Argentoratum, was fought in 357 between the Western Roman army under the ''Caesar'' (deputy emperor) Julian and the Alamanni tribal confederation led by the joint paramount King Chnodomar. ...
.
* 407 CE – Vandals
The Vandals were a Germanic peoples, Germanic people who first inhabited what is now southern Poland. They established Vandal Kingdom, Vandal kingdoms on the Iberian Peninsula, Mediterranean islands, and North Africa in the fifth century.
The ...
, Sueves
The Suebi (or Suebians, also spelled Suevi, Suavi) were a large group of Germanic peoples originally from the Elbe river region in what is now Germany and the Czech Republic. In the early Roman era they included many peoples with their own names ...
, and Alans
The Alans (Latin: ''Alani'') were an ancient and medieval Iranian nomadic pastoral people of the North Caucasus – generally regarded as part of the Sarmatians, and possibly related to the Massagetae. Modern historians have connected the Al ...
attack the city after crossing the frozen Rhine on New Year's Eve 406 AD. Sometime later that year, the city is reclaimed by the rebel forces of the usurper Constantine III.
* 451 CE – Attila the Hun
Attila (, ; ), frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in March 453. He was also the leader of a tribal empire consisting of Huns, Ostrogoths, Alans, and Bulgars, among others, in Central and Ea ...
takes Argentoratum during his Gallic campaign.
Prior to 14th century
* 5th C. –Franks
The Franks ( la, Franci or ) were a group of Germanic peoples whose name was first mentioned in 3rd-century Roman sources, and associated with tribes between the Lower Rhine and the Ems River, on the edge of the Roman Empire.H. Schutz: Tools, ...
in power.
* 842 – Oaths of Strasbourg
The Oaths of Strasbourg were a military pact made on 14 February 842 by Charles the Bald and Louis the German against their older brother Lothair I, the designated heir of Louis the Pious, the successor of Charlemagne. One year later the Treat ...
.
* 923 – City acquired by the Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire was a Polity, political entity in Western Europe, Western, Central Europe, Central, and Southern Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, dissolution i ...
.
* 1230 – Saint Stephen’s Church opened
* 1250 – Ponts Couverts opened
* 1262 – Battle of Hausbergen
The Battle of Hausbergen was a military engagement in northeastern France which took place on 8 March 1262 and marked the release of Strasbourg from episcopal authority. The bourgeoisie defenders of the town defeated the combined forces of the ...
, after which the city gains ''Reichsfreiheit
Imperial immediacy (german: Reichsfreiheit or ') was a privileged constitutional and political status rooted in German feudal law under which the Imperial estates of the Holy Roman Empire such as Imperial cities, prince-bishoprics and secular pri ...
''.
14th–16th centuries
* 1307 –Monastery
A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which ...
of Hermits of Saint William
The Hermits of Saint William (Williamites) was a religious community founded by Albert, companion and biographer of William of Maleval, and Renaldus, a physician who had settled at Maleval shortly before the saint's death. It followed the practice ...
built. Gottfried von Hagenau
Gottfried von Hagenau (also known as Götz von Hagenau, Gozzo de Hagenowe, Goetz de Haguenau, Godefridus Haguenonensis, and several other names) was a medieval priest, physician, theologian and poet from Alsace. As his name suggests, he was probab ...
introduces the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
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in Strasbourg.
* 1332 – Straßburger Revolution.
* 1348 – Bubonic plague
Bubonic plague is one of three types of plague caused by the plague bacterium (''Yersinia pestis''). One to seven days after exposure to the bacteria, flu-like symptoms develop. These symptoms include fever, headaches, and vomiting, as well a ...
.
* 1349 – Strasbourg massacre
The Strasbourg massacre occurred on February 14, 1349, when several hundred Jews were publicly burnt to death, and the rest of them expelled from the city as part of the Black Death persecutions.
Starting in the spring of 1348, pogroms aga ...
- Jews burned for "causing a pestilence by poisoning the wells".
* 1354 – Three Kings clock erected.
* 1362 – Fritsche Closener Fritsche Closener or Friedrich Klosener (died between 1372 and 1396) was a priest and historian of Strasbourg. His work was one of the first vernacular city chronicles, a type that became very common in Germany in the century that followed.
Closene ...
writes ''Straßburger Chronik'', a history of the city.
* 1381 - City joined the Städtebund, or league of Swabian towns.
* 1414 – Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
Sigismund of Luxembourg (15 February 1368 – 9 December 1437) was a monarch as King of Hungary and Croatia ('' jure uxoris'') from 1387, King of Germany from 1410, King of Bohemia from 1419, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 until his death in ...
visits Strasbourg (7–14 July)
* 1415 – Paper mill
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established. (timeline)
* 1427 – Kammerzell House
The Kammerzell House ( Alsatian: ''Kammerzellhüs'', French: ''Maison Kammerzell'', German: ''Kammerzellhaus'') is one of the most famous buildings of Strasbourg, France, and one of the most ornate and well-preserved medieval civil housing build ...
built.
* 1439 – Strasbourg Cathedral
Strasbourg Cathedral or the Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg (french: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg, or ''Cathédrale de Strasbourg'', german: Liebfrauenmünster zu Straßburg or ''Straßburger Münster''), also known as Strasbourg ...
finished.
* 1440s – Johannes Gutenberg
Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (; – 3 February 1468) was a German inventor and Artisan, craftsman who introduced letterpress printing to Europe with his movable type, movable-type printing press. Though not the first of its ki ...
develops printing technique.
* 1444 – Population: circa 20,000
* 1458 – Johannes Mentelin
Johannes Mentelin, sometimes also spelled Mentlin, (born around 1410 in Schlettstadt, today Sélestat; died December 12, 1478 in Strasbourg) was a pioneering German book printer and bookseller active during the period during which incunabula we ...
opens print shop (approximate date).
* 1464 – Heinrich Eggestein
Heinrich Eggestein (born around 1415/1420 in Rosheim, Alsace; died 1488 or later; also spelled Eckstein or Eggesteyn) is considered, along with Johannes Mentelin, to be the earliest book printer in Strasbourg and therefore one of the earliest ...
opens print shop (approximate date).
* 1466 – World's first spectacle specialist shop opened in Strasbourg.
* 1468 – World's first printed advertisement published in Strasbourg.
* 1483 – printer in business.
* 1518 – Dancing plague
Dancing mania (also known as dancing plague, choreomania, St. John's Dance, tarantism and St. Vitus' Dance) was a social phenomenon that occurred primarily in mainland Europe between the 14th and 17th centuries. It involved groups of people da ...
.
* 1521 – St. Thomas finished.
* 1523 – Protestant Reformation
The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...
(approximate date).
* 1538
** Lutheran Gymnasium founded.
** University of Strasbourg
The University of Strasbourg (french: Université de Strasbourg, Unistra) is a public research university located in Strasbourg, Alsace, France, with over 52,000 students and 3,300 researchers.
The French university traces its history to the ea ...
founded.
* 1552 – 19 September, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V, french: Charles Quint, it, Carlo V, nl, Karel V, ca, Carles V, la, Carolus V (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain (Crown of Castile, Castil ...
visits Strasbourg.
* 1570 – Christkindelsmärik begins.
* 1574 – Astronomical clock
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Definition
...
erected, designed by Christian Herlin.
* 1585 – Neubau
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inaugurated
* 1588 – Grosse Metzig built.
* 1592 – Strasbourg Bishops' War
The Strasbourg Bishops' War (German: ''Bischöflicher Krieg'' or ''Straßburger Kapitelstreit'';Gerhard Taddey: ''Straßburger Kapitelstreit''. In: Gerhard Taddey (ed.): ''Lexikon der deutschen Geschichte. Personen, Ereignisse, Institutionen. Von ...
breaks out over disputed election to the bishopric
17th–18th centuries
* 1605 – ''Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien
Johann Carolus (26 March 1575 − 15 August 1634) was a German publisher of the first newspaper, called ''Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien'' (Account of all distinguished and commemorable stories). The ''Relation'' is re ...
'' newspaper in publication.
* 1619 – Jardin botanique de l'Université de Strasbourg
The Jardin Botanique de l'Université de Strasbourg (3.5 hectares), also known as the Jardin botanique de Strasbourg and the Jardin botanique de l'Université Louis Pasteur, is a botanical garden and arboretum located at 28 rue Goethe, Strasbour ...
established.
* 1621 – University
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founded.
* 1681 – City annexed
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by Louis XIV
, house = Bourbon
, father = Louis XIII
, mother = Anne of Austria
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
, death_date =
, death_place = Palace of Vers ...
of France
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.
* 1684 – Citadel built.
* 1690 – Barrage Vauban
The ''Barrage Vauban'', or Vauban Dam, is a bridge, weir and defensive work erected in the 17th century on the River Ill in the city of Strasbourg in France. At that time, it was known as the Great Lock (''grande écluse''), although it does not ...
opened.
* 1697 – French annexation recognised by the Holy Roman Empire
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.
* 1701 – Opera house opens.
* 1725 – New Hospital
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completed
* 1728 – World's first school for midwives
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The education and training for a midwife concentrates extensively on the care of women throughout their lifespan; con ...
opened in Strasbourg
* 1732 – Episcopal Palace inaugurated.
* 1736 – Hôtel de Hanau
The ''Hôtel de Hanau'', also known as the ''Hôtel de ville'' and (in German) as the ''Hanauer Hof'', is a historic building located on Place Broglie on the Grande Île in the city center of Strasbourg, in the French department of the Bas-Rhin ...
built. Hôtel de Klinglin
The Hôtel de Klinglin, currently known as the Hôtel du Préfet, is a historic building located near Place Broglie on the Grande Île in the city center of Strasbourg, in the French department of the Bas-Rhin. It has been classified as a Monume ...
built.
* 1742
** Palais Rohan inaugurated.
** Place Broglie
Place Broglie (''Bröjel'' in Alsatian German) is one of the main squares of the city of Strasbourg in the French departement of Bas-Rhin.
The square is located on the Grande ÃŽle, the ancient city center, and has an elongated rectangular s ...
laid out.
* 1755 – Hôtel Gayot built
* 1765 - Saint Aurelia's Church re-inaugurated.
* 1770 – Marie-Antoinette
Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne (; ; née Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child and ...
in Strasbourg.
* 1771 – Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as treat ...
in Strasbourg.
* 1778 – Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his ra ...
in Strasbourg (10 October - 3 November). He meets with Franz Xaver Richter
Franz (Czech: František) Xaver Richter, known as ''François Xavier Richter'' in France (December 1, 1709 – September 12, 1789) was an Austro-Moravian singer, violinist, composer, conductor and music theoretician who spent most of his life fir ...
, Johann Andreas Silbermann
Johann Andreas Silbermann, also known as Jean-André Silbermann (26 June 1712, in Strasbourg – 11 February 1783, in Strasbourg) was an 18th-century organ-builder, as were his father Andreas Silbermann and his paternal uncle Gottfried Silbermann ...
, Johann Baptist Wendling
Johann Baptist Wendling (baptised 17 June 1723 – 27 November 1797) was a flute player and composer of the Mannheim School. He held the position of principal flute in the Mannheim and Munich court orchestras under directors Johann Stamitz and Chr ...
, Maximilian of Zweibrücken, and others.
* 1772 – Place Kléber
The Place Kléber (''Kleberplatz'' in German language, German) is the central square of Strasbourg, France.
Place Kleber, the largest square at the center of the city of Strasbourg in the heart of the city's commercial area, was named after F ...
built.
* 1790 – City becomes part of the Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin (; Alsatian: ''Unterelsà ss'', ' or '; traditional german: links=no, Niederrhein; en, Lower Rhine) is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est super-region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its low ...
souveraineté.
* 1792
** "La Marseillaise
"La Marseillaise" is the national anthem of France. The song was written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg after the declaration of war by France against Austria, and was originally titled "Chant de guerre pour l'Armée du R ...
" composed by Rouget de Lisle
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (), sometimes spelled de l'Isle or de Lile (10 May 1760 – 26 June 1836), was a French army officer of the French Revolutionary Wars. He is known for writing the words and music of the ''Chant de guerre pour l'armé ...
.
** University closed.
* 1793 – Population: 47,254.
19th century
* 1801 – Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg
The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg (Museum of Fine Arts of Strasbourg) is the old masters paintings collection of the city of Strasbourg, located in the Alsace region of France. The museum is housed in the first and second floors of the ...
collection founded.
* 1805 – Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
in Strasbourg (also in 1806 and 1809).
* 1821 – Théâtre Municipal opens.
* 1823 – 5 December: Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...
, aged 12, gives his first concert on French soil.
* 1831 – 
Georg Büchner
Karl Georg Büchner (17 October 1813 – 19 February 1837) was a German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose, considered part of the Young Germany movement. He was also a revolutionary and the brother of physician and philosopher Ludwig Büchn ...
in Strasbourg (until 1833)
* 1832 – Société des Amis des arts founded.
* 1836 – Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was the first President of France (as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte) from 1848 to 1852 and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870. A nephew ...
in Strasbourg
* 1843 – Astronomical clock
An astronomical clock, horologium, or orloj is a clock with special mechanisms and dials to display astronomical information, such as the relative positions of the Sun, Moon, zodiacal constellations, and sometimes major planets.
Definition
...
erected, designed by Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué.
* 1846 – Gare de Strasbourg
Strasbourg-Ville is the main railway station in the city of Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. It is the eastern terminus of the Paris-Est–Strasbourg-Ville railway. The current core building, an example of historicist architecture of the Wilhelmin ...
opens.
* 1849 – Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...
in Strasbourg (also in 1853 ith Liszt
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Location
The Ith is immediatel ...
1858, and 1872 Cosima, and Friedrich Nietzsche">Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (; or ; 15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, Prose poetry, prose poet, cultural critic, Philology, philologist, and composer whose work has exerted a profound influence on contemporary philo ...Siege of Strasbourg
The siege of Strasbourg took place during the Franco-Prussian War, and resulted in the French surrender of the fortress on 28 September 1870.
After the German victory at Wörth, troops from the Grand Duchy of Baden under Prussian General Aug ...
; art museum and city library destroyed.
* 1871 – City becomes capital city of Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen The German word Reichsland (imperial country, or reich country) can refer to several entities in German constitutional history:
* the territory of the Holy Roman Empire
* Alsace-Lorraine as part of the ''Reichsgebiet'' (Germany) between 1871 and 19 ...
, German Empire
The German Empire (),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people. The term literally denotes an empire – particularly a hereditary ...
.
* 1872
** Bibliothek established.
** University
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reopens as Kaiser-Wilhelms-Universität.
** (publisher) in business.
** Population: 85,654.
* 1873 – Théâtre Municipal rebuilt.
* 1874 – Fort Rapp
Fort Rapp (once called Fort Moltke) is part of the 14 fortifications erected in Alsace by the Prussian general Von Moltke after the fall of Strasbourg in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War and following the siege of Strasbourg.
Built between ...
and other fortifications built.
* 1877 – '' Elsäßische Neueste Nachrichten'' begins publication.
* 1878
** Stele of Caius Largennius
Caius Largennius (died c. AD 50) was a legionary of the Legio II Augusta. A scion of the gens Fabia, he was born in Lucca and stationed in Argentoratum. His funerary stele, discovered in 1878 in the Strasbourg district of Koenigshoffen, has been ...
is discovered
** Strasbourg tramway
The Strasbourg tramway (french: Tramway de Strasbourg, german: Straßenbahn Straßburg; gsw-FR, D'Strossabà hn Strossburi(g)), run by the CTS, is a network of six tramlines, A, B, C, D, E and F that operate in the cities of Strasbourg in Alsace, ...
(horse drawn) founded.
* 1880
** Place de la République
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construction begins.
** Population: 104,471.
* 1881 – Observatory
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inaugurated.
* 1883
** Kunstgewerbe Museum founded.
** Strasbourg-Ville station
Strasbourg-Ville is the main railway station in the city of Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. It is the eastern terminus of the Paris-Est–Strasbourg-Ville railway. The current core building, an example of historicist architecture of the Wilhelmin ...
rebuilt.
* 1884 – Palais Universitaire built.
* 1889 – Kaiserpalast inaugurated.
* 1890 – Hohenlohe-Museum, Cabinet des estampes et des dessins
The Cabinet des estampes et des dessins (Print room) is a museum in Strasbourg in the Bas-Rhin department of France. It is dedicated to the municipal collection of prints (''estampes'') and drawings (''dessins''), but also woodcuts and lithographs ...
collection, and Fussball Klub Straßburg founded.
* 1891 – Population: 123,500.
* 1893 – Musée zoologique de la ville de Strasbourg
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The museum is closed since September 2019 and until ...
building constructed.
* 1894 - Strasbourg tramway
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electrified.
* 1897 – St. Paul's Church built.
* 1898
** Palais de Justice built.
** Synagogue du Quai Kléber built.
* 1900
** FC Frankonia 1900 Straßburg (football club) formed.
** Population: 150,268.
20th century
* 1901 –Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune Protestant Church
The Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune Protestant Church (''Église protestante Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune'')
is one of the most important church buildings of the city of Strasbourg, France, from the art historical and architectural viewpoints. It got its name, " ...
restored.
* 1903 – Sängerhaus inaugurated
* 1904
** Hôtel Brion
The Hôtel Brion, also known as Villa Brion, is a small Art Nouveau hôtel particulier on rue Sleidan in the Neustadt district of Strasbourg, in the French department of the Bas-Rhin. It has been classified as a Monument historique since 1975.
H ...
built.
** Sainte-Madeleine Church destroyed by fire.
* 1905 – Population: 167,678.
**Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler (; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and the modernism ...
, Richard Strauss
Richard Georg Strauss (; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer, conductor, pianist, and violinist. Considered a leading composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, he has been described as a successor of Richard Wag ...
and Romain Rolland
Romain Rolland (; 29 January 1866 – 30 December 1944) was a French dramatist, novelist, essayist, art historian and Mysticism, mystic who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915 "as a tribute to the lofty idealism of his literary pro ...
in Strasbourg for the First Alsatian Music Festival (''Premier Festival Alsacien de Musique'')
* 1906 – Fußball Club Neudorf founded.
* 1907
** Musée alsacien opens.
** Sainte-Madeleine Church rebuilt.
* 1911 – Population: 178,891.
* 1914 – Stade de la Meinau
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opens.
* 1918 – Alsace
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returns
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* Return on investment (ROI), the financial gain after an expense.
* Rate of return, the financial term for the profit or loss derived from an investment
* Tax return, a blank document or t ...
to France.
* 1919 – Institut Européen d'Etudes Commerciales Supérieures de Strasbourg
EM Strasbourg Business School is a French business school created in 1919 in Strasbourg, Alsace. Since 2000 it is one of the elite ''grandes écoles'' in France, ranking in the top 17 business schools in the nation. It is the only French Business ...
established.
* 1920
** Musée historique de Strasbourg
The Musée historique (Historical museum) de la ville de Strasbourg is a museum in Strasbourg in the Bas-Rhin department of France. It is located in the Renaissance building of the former slaughterhouse (''Grande boucherie'') and is dedicated to ...
founded.
** City designated headquarters of Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine
The Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine (CCNR; french: link=no, Commission centrale pour la navigation du Rhin; german: link=no, Zentralkommission für die Rheinschifffahrt; nl, link=no, Centrale Commissie voor de Rijnvaart) is an ...
.
* 1928
** Aubette redecorated.
** Strasbourg Illkirch Graffenstaden Basket formed.
* 1931
** Musée de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame
The Musée de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame (or Frauenhausmuseum in German) is the city of Strasbourg's museum for Upper Rhenish fine arts and decorative arts, dating from the early Middle Ages until 1681. The museum is famous for its collection of orig ...
founded.
** Population: 181,465.
* 1935
** Strasbourg Airport
Strasbourg Airport (french: Aéroport de Strasbourg; german: Straßburg Flughafen; gsw-FR, D'r Strossburi(g) Flughà fa) is a minor international airport located in Entzheim and 10 km (6.2 miles) west-southwest of Strasbourg, both ''commun ...
opens.
** 8–10 June: first "International Olympics of Workers' Music and Songs" (''I. Internationale Arbeiter-Musik- und Gesangs-Olympiade''), featuring Hanns Eisler
Hanns Eisler (6 July 1898 – 6 September 1962) was an Austrian composer (his father was Austrian, and Eisler fought in a Hungarian regiment in World War I). He is best known for composing the national anthem of East Germany, for his long artisti ...
, and Ernst Busch.
* 1938 – City co-hosts the 1938 FIFA World Cup
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.
* 1940
** Alsace occupied and annexed to Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. Adolf Hitler
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in Strasbourg.
** July: Frontstalag 210 prisoner-of-war camp
A prisoner-of-war camp (often abbreviated as POW camp) is a site for the containment of enemy fighters captured by a belligerent power in time of war.
There are significant differences among POW camps, internment camps, and military prisons. P ...
established by the Germans.
** November: Frontstalag 210 POW camp dissolved.
** November: Stalag V-D POW camp established by the Germans.
* 1941 – Reichsuniversität Straßburg
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formed.
* 1942 – Stalag V-D POW camp dissolved.
* 1944
** 23 November: City liberated from Germans.
** 27 November: Charles Frey becomes mayor.
* 1945 – Institut d'études politiques de Strasbourg
Sciences Po Strasbourg - Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Strasbourg -(french: Sciences Po Strasbourg '', ''abbreviated'' ''IEP Strasbourg'') ''is a ''Grande école ''located in'' Strasbourg, ''France. It was founded on October 9, 1945'',Décret n ...
established.
* 1947 – Parts of the municipal art collections destroyed by accidental fire in Palais Rohan.
* 1949 – Council of Europe
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headquartered in Strasbourg.
* 1954
** Amis du vieux Strasbourg (historical society) founded.
** Population: 200,921.
* 1959
** Pierre Pflimlin
Pierre Eugène Jean Pflimlin (; 5 February 1907 – 27 June 2000) was a French Christian Democrat politician who served as the Prime Minister of the Fourth Republic for a few weeks in 1958, before being replaced by Charles de Gaulle during the ...
becomes mayor.
** City designated headquarters of European Court of Human Rights
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.
* 1960 - Strasbourg tramway
The Strasbourg tramway (french: Tramway de Strasbourg, german: Straßenbahn Straßburg; gsw-FR, D'Strossabà hn Strossburi(g)), run by the CTS, is a network of six tramlines, A, B, C, D, E and F that operate in the cities of Strasbourg in Alsace, ...
closed.
* 1965 – City designated
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Seat of the European Parliament.
* 1963 – ''La belle Strasbourgeoise
''La Belle Strasbourgeoise'' (''The Beautiful Strasbourg Woman'') is a 1703 painting by the French painter Nicolas de Largillière. It is now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Strasbourg, France. Its inventory number is 2146.
Description and hist ...
'' bought, then the costliest painting ever purchased by a French museum.
* 1967 – Urban Community of Strasbourg
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* Urban area, geographical area distinct from rural areas
* Urban culture, the culture of towns and cities
Urban may also refer to:
General
* Urban (name), a list of people ...
established.
* 1969 – International Institute of Human Rights
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founded.
* 1972
** Administration of Urban Community of Strasbourg
Urban means "related to a city". In that sense, the term may refer to:
* Urban area, geographical area distinct from rural areas
* Urban culture, the culture of towns and cities
Urban may also refer to:
General
* Urban (name), a list of people ...
and City of Strasbourg merged into one entity.
** Opéra du Rhin formed.
* 1973 - Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
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One of the largest of its ...
established.
* 1974
** European Science Foundation
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established.
** Discovery of Johann Sebastian Bach
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's personal copy of the printed edition of the "Goldberg Variations" with the hitherto unknown fourteen canons, BWV 1087.
* 1975 – Palais de la musique et des congrès
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built (twice expanded afterwards: 1989, 2015)
* 1977 – Palace of Europe
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built.
* 1978 – City hosts the 1978 European Figure Skating Championships
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.
* 1982 – Strasbourg becomes part of the Alsace
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region
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.
* 1984 – City hosts UEFA European Football Championship
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.
* 1987 – Internationaux de Strasbourg
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tennis tournament begins.
* 1988 – Pope John Paul II
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addresses the European Parliament and the Council of Europe
* 1989
** Human Frontier Science Program }
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established.
** City designated headquarters of Eurimages
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.
* 1990 – Population: 252,338.
* 1991 – École nationale d'administration
The École nationale d'administration (generally referred to as ENA, en, National School of Administration) was a French ''grande école'', created in 1945 by President of France, President Charles de Gaulle and principal author of the Constitu ...
relocates to Strasbourg.
* 1992
** City designated headquarters of European Audiovisual Observatory
The European Audiovisual Observatory (french: italic=no, Observatoire européen de l’audiovisuel, german: italic=no, Europäische Audiovisuelle Informationsstelle) is a public service organisation, part of the Council of Europe set up in 1992. ...
and Eurocorps
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.
** Arte
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It is made up of three separate companies: the Strasbourg-based European Economic Interest Grouping ARTE, plus ...
television begins broadcasting.
** Musée archéologique renovated.
* 1994 – Trams
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begin operating.
* 1995 – Nuits Européennes begins.
* 1998 – Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
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One of the largest of its ...
building opens.
* 1999 – Louise Weiss building
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inaugurated.
* 2000
** Étoile Noire de Strasbourg
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History
The team currently uses the name of "Étoile Noire de Strasbourg" (Strasbourg Black Star) and was founded in 2000; th ...
ice hockey team formed.
** Strasbourg Cathedral bombing plot
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21st century
* 2001 **Fabienne Keller
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becomes mayor.
** 13 killed and 97 injured by a fallen ''Platanus
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All mature members of ''Platanus'' are tall, reaching in height. All except f ...
'' tree in .
* 2005
** Strasbourg-Ortenau eurodistrict formed.
** Patinoire Iceberg
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rink and Le Vaisseau open.
* 2006 – Population: 272,975.
* 2007 – Musée Tomi Ungerer/Centre international de l'illustration
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opens.
* 2008
** École européenne de Strasbourg opens.
** Le Festival européen du film fantastique de Strasbourg begins.
** Roland Ries
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A member of the Socialist Party and mayor of Strasbourg between 2008 and 2020 Ries also serves as the f ...
becomes mayor.
* 2009 – City hosts NATO Strasbourg–Kehl summit.
* 2011 –- Population: 272,222.
* 2012 – Population: 274,394
* 2014
** Pope Francis
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addresses the European Parliament and the Council of Europe.
** March: held.
** June: City hosts the 2014 European Fencing Championships The 2014 European Fencing Championships were held in Strasbourg, France from 7–14 June 2014 at the Rhénus Sport.
Schedule
Medal summary Men's events
Women's events
Medal table
Results Men Épée individual
Foil individual
Sabre ...
.
* 2015 – Population: 277,270
** December: held.
* 2016 – Strasbourg becomes part of the Grand Est
Grand Est (; gsw-FR, Grossa Oschta; Moselle Franconian/ lb, Grouss Osten;
Rhine Franconian: ''Groß Oschte''; german: Großer Osten ; en, "Great East") is an administrative region in Northeastern France. It superseded three former administrat ...
region
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.
* 2018 – A jihadist attacks civilians near the Christmas market, killing five (December 11).
See also
*History of Strasbourg
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* List of mayors of Strasbourg
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* European institutions in Strasbourg
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* Bishopric of Strasbourg
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* Archbishop of Strasbourg
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*
Other cities in the Grand Est region:
* Timeline of Metz
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Prior to 19th century
* 1st–2nd C. CE – built.
* 2nd C. CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Metz active (approximate date).
* 407(?) – Metz is attack ...
* Timeline of Mulhouse
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Prior to 20th century
* 1273 – Mulhouse becomes an Imperial Free City of the Holy Roman Empire and receives privileges from Rudolph of Hapsburg.
* 1466 – Mulhous ...
* Timeline of Nancy, France
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* Timeline of Reims
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Prior to the 20th century
* 3rd century CE
** Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Reims, Roman Catholic diocese of Reims established.
** Porte de Mars built.
* ...
* Timeline of Troyes
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Troyes, France.
Prior to 14th century
* 330–344 CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Troyes established (approximate date).
* 426 – Lupus of Troyes becomes bishop.
* 9th C. – Abbey o ...
References
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.''
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