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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Aachen, Germany.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by with reliable sources.

Prior to 14th century[]

  • 451 – Town "pillaged by the Huns."[1]
  • 786 – Palace of Charlemagne construction begins.[2]
  • 796 – Palatine Chapel construction begins (approximate date).
  • 799 –  [de] (militia) formed.[3]
  • 813 – 13 September: Coronation of Louis the Pious as King of the Franks.[4]
  • 814 – 28 January: Death of Charlemagne.[5]
  • 816 – Catholic Council of Aachen establishes the Rule of Aix.
  • 936 – 7 August: Coronation of King of Germany Otto I in Aachen Cathedral.
  • 961 – Coronation of Otto II.
  • 983
    • Coronation of Otto III as King of Germany.[1]
    • Chapel rebuilt.[4]
  • 1028 – Coronation of Henry III as King of Germany.
  • 1054 – Coronation of Henry IV
  • 1087 – Coronation of Conrad II.
  • 1099 – Coronation of Henry V as King of Germany.
  • 1125 – Coronation of Lothair II as King of the Romans.
  • 1138 – Coronation of Conrad III as King of the Romans.
  • 1147 – Coronation of Henry Berengar as King of Germany.
  • 1152 – Coronation of Frederick I as King of the Romans.
  • 1169 – Coronation of Henry VI as King of the Romans.
  • 1198 – Coronation of Otto IV.
  • 1205 – Coronation of Philip of Swabia.
  • 1215
    • Coronation of Frederick II.
    • Karlsschrein (shrine of Charlemagne) built in cathedral.[4]
  • 1222 – Coronation of Henry as German King.
  • 1248 – Siege of Aachen; followed by coronation of William II of Holland.
  • 1257 – Coronation of Richard as King of the Romans.
  • 1273 – Coronation of Rudolph I.
  • 1292 – Coronation of Adolf, King of Germany.
  • 1298 – Coronation of Albert I.
  • late 13th century – Ponttor (city gate) built, first mentioned in 1320.[6]
  • 1300 –  [de] (gate) built (approximate date).

14th–18th centuries[]

Main article: Free Imperial City of Aachen
  • 1306 – Aachen becomes a Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire.
  • 1309 – Coronation of Henry VII as King of the Romans.
  • 1314 – Coronation of Louis IV as King of the Romans.
  • 1349 – Coronation of Charles IV as King of the Romans.
  • 1353 – Aachen Rathaus (city hall) built.[4]
  • 1376 – Coronation of Wenceslaus IV as King of Germany.
  • 1414 – Coronation of Sigismund as King of the Romans.
  • 1442 – Coronation of Frederick III as King of the Romans.
  • 1486 – Coronation of Maximilian I as King of the Romans.
  • 1520 – Coronation of Charles V as King of Germany.
  • 1531 – Coronation of Ferdinand I as King of Germany.
  • 1580 – Protestant Reformation (approximate date).
  • 1601 – Population: 14,171.
  • 1614 – August: Siege of Aachen.
  • 1656 – Fire.
  • 1668 – May: Town hosts signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668).[7]
  • 1748 – April: Town hosts international Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle and signing of treaty.[7]
  • 1787 –  [de] active.
  • 1794 – Town occupied by French forces.[5]
  • 1795 – Population: 23,413.

19th century[]

  • 1801
  • 1815 – Town becomes part of the Kingdom of Prussia, per Congress of Vienna.
  • 1817
    •  [de] (bookseller) in business.[9]
    • Population: 32,300.[10]
  • 1818 – October: Town hosts international Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle.
  • 1825
    • Theater Aachen opens.
    • Lower Rhenish Music Festival held.
  • 1834 – Lower Rhenish Music Festival held; performers include Frédéric Chopin.
  • 1840 – Population: 44,289.
  • 1841 – Cologne-Aachen railway begins operating.
  • 1846 – Lower Rhenish Music Festival held, directed by Felix Mendelssohn; performers include Jenny Lind.
  • 1849 – Reuters news agency in business.[11]
  • 1853 – Aachen–Mönchengladbach railway begins operating.
  • 1857 – Lower Rhenish Music Festival held, directed by Franz Liszt.
  • 1859 – Church of Our Lady built.[12]
  • 1867 – Population: 67,923.[13]
  • 1870 – Polytechnikum (school) opens.
  • 1880 – Tram begins operating.
  • 1885
    •  [de] (history association) founded.
    • Population: 95,321.
  • 1888 – Church of St. James built.[12]
  • 1890 – Population: 103,470.[4]
  • 1895 – Electric tram begins operating.
  • 1897 – Burtscheid becomes part of Aachen.
  • 1900 – Alemannia Aachen football club formed.

20th century[]

German prisoners of war march through Aachen, October 1944
  • 1905 – Aachen Hauptbahnhof (railway station) opens.
  • 1908 – Jünglingverein Sankt Jakob Aachen (sport club) formed.
  • 1919 – Population: 145,748.[14]
  • 1923 – October: Rhenish Republic established.
  • 1924 – Rhenish Republic ends.
  • 1928 – Tivoli stadium opens.
  • 1944 – October: Battle of Aachen.
  • 1949 – Aachen I parliamentary district created.
  • 1950 – Zimmertheater Aachen founded.
  • 1951 – Theater Aachen rebuilt.
  • 1954 – Elysee Theatre re-opens.[15]
  • 1956 – Belvedere Water Tower built.
  • 1959 – Scotch-Club opens.
  • 1960 –  [de] (zoo) established.[16]
  • 1961 – Museum established in Frankenberg Castle.
  • 1965 –  [de] founded.
  • 1968 –  [de] built.[17]
  • 1970 – July: Aachen Open Air Pop Festival held.
  • 1971
    • Aachen University of Applied Sciences established.
    • Population: 176,626.
  • 1972
    • Brand becomes part of Aachen.
    • Kurt Malangré becomes mayor.
    • Population: 238,570.
  • 1980 – Rugby Club Aachen formed.
  • 1985 – Klinikum Aachen opens.

· 1986 – First independent Theatre (Theater 99) opens

  • 1986 –  [de] (art nonprofit) founded.[18]
  • 1989 – Jürgen Linden becomes mayor.
  • 2000 – Karlsgarten (garden) opens.[19]

21st century[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Aix-la-Chapelle". Galignani's Traveller's Guide through Holland and Belgium (4th ed.). Paris: A. and W. Galignani. 1822. hdl:2027/njp.32101073846667.
  2. ^ "Aix-la-Chapelle", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
  3. ^ Hermann Tallau (2008). "Alteste (100) Schützenvereinigungen 799-1392". Ein Kaleidoskop zum Schützenwesen (in German). Duderstadt: Mecke Druck und Verlag. ISBN 978-3-936617-85-6.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Chambers 1901.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Aix-la-Chappelle", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/loc.ark:/13960/t89g6g776 – via Hathi Trust
  6. ^ Baukunst Nordrhein-Westfalen (German)
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Aix-la-Chappelle". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949.
  8. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Germany". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  9. ^ Allgemeines Adreßbuch für den deutschen Buchhandel ... 1870 (in German). Leipzig: O.A. Schulz. 1870.
  10. ^ Brockhaus 1896.
  11. ^ Chambers's Encyclopaedia. 1891.
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b Joseph Lins (1913). "Aachen". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.
  13. ^ "Aix-la-Chapelle". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. 1901.
  14. ^ "Germany: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440 – via Hathi Trust.
  15. ^ "Movie Theaters in Aachen, Germany". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  16. ^ Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoos and Aquariums of the World (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
  17. ^ Ossama Hegazy (2015). "Towards a German Mosque". In Erkan Toğuşlu (ed.). Everyday Life Practices of Muslims in Europe. Leuven University Press. pp. 193–216. ISBN 978-94-6270-032-1.
  18. ^ "Germany". Art Spaces Directory. New York: New Museum. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  19. ^ Freundeskreis Botanischer Garten Aachen (2000). "Die Eröffnung des Karlsgartens" (in German). BIOZAC – BIOlogisches Zentrum AAChen. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  20. ^ "German mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

in English[]

published in the 18th-19th centuries
published in the 20th century

in German[]

  • Johann Nopp (1643). Aacher Chronick [Chronicle of Aachen] (in German). Cölln: Kalkoven.
  • Zeiller, Martin (1680). "Achen". Topographia Westphaliae. Topographia Germaniae (in German). Frankfurt. p. 6+.. Circa 1647/1660
  • Christian Quix. Beiträge zur Geschichte der Stadt Aachen und ihrer Umgebungen. Mit 14 Urkunden, Dritter Band, Jacob Anton Mayer, 1838.
  • "Aachen". Biblioteca geographica: Verzeichniss der seit der Mitte des vorigen Jahrhunderts bis zu Ende des Jahres 1856 in Deutschland (in German). Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. 1858. (bibliography)
  • Heinrich Benrath (1860), Aachen, Burtscheid und ihre Umgebung [Aachen, Burtscheid and Vicinity] (in German), Aachen: Benrath & Vogelsang, OCLC 225286655, OL 24660587M
  • Hugo Loersch. Aachener Rechtsdenkmäler aus dem 13., 14. und 15. Jahrhundert. Bonn 1871.
  • Friedrich Haagen. Geschichte Achens von seinen Anfängen bis zur neuesten Zeit. Band 2: Vom Jahre 1400–1865. Aachen 1874.
  • Aus Aachens Vorzeit (in German), Aachen: Kommissions-Verlag der Cremerschen Buchhandlung, 1888–1907
  • "Aachen". Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon (in German) (14th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1896. hdl:2027/njp.32101064064429.
  • Aachen (Germany) Oberbürgermeister (1907). Bericht über die Verwaltung der Stadt Aachen ... 1897–1906 [Report on the administration of the city of Aachen] (in German).
  • Max Wohlhage: Aachen im Dreissigjährigen Kriege Aachen 1911.
  • E. Uetrecht (1913). "Aachen". Meyers Deutscher Städteatlas [Meyer's Atlas of German Cities] (in German). Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut Meyer. hdl:2027/njp.32101073695320.
  • Paul Clemen, ed. (1924). Die profanen Denkmäler und die Sammlungen der Stadt Aachen.  [de] (in German). 10.
  • Aachen, Deutscher Städteatlas (in German), 4, Institut für vergleichende Städtegeschichte, 1989, ISBN 3891150008

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