Timeline of Augsburg

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Timeline of Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany.

Prior to 16th century[]

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  • 14 BCE – Roman colony Augusta Vindelicorum [de] 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]
  • 1468 - Burkhard Zingg writes Augsburger Chronik, a history of the city (approximate date).
  • 1472 – Printing press in operation.[8]
  • 1487 - Fuggers Bank established.[9]
  • 1493 – Artist Hans Holbein the Elder active (approximate date).[4]
  • 1500 – Church of St. Ulrich and St. Afra built.[1]

16th century[]

  • 1502 – Catholic Holy Cross Church built.[4]
  • 1509 – Fortunatus (book) published.
  • 1515 – Dominikaner-Kirche (church) built.[4]
  • 1517 - St. Anne's Church, Augsburg 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
    • Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg (city library) founded.[13]
    • Augsburg joins the Schmalkaldic League.
  • 1540 – Augsburger Börse (stock exchange) established.
  • 1546 – Maximilian Museum[4] and Rotes Tor (gate)[4] built.
  • 1573 - Sugar refinery begins operating.[14]
  • 1577 – St. Ulrich's and St. Afra's Abbey active.
  • 1582 – St. Salvator Jesuit school founded.[15]
  • 1594 – Augustusbrunnen (fountain) created for Maximiliansstrasse.[5]
  • 1599 – Herkulesbrunnen (fountain) created for Maximiliansstrasse.[5]

17th century[]

  • 1607 – Augsburger Zeughaus (armory) built.[4]
  • 1609 - Metzg (butchers' house) built.[4]
  • 1612 – Engravers Lucas Kilian and Wolfgang Kilian in business.[16]
  • 1620 – Augsburg Town Hall built.[1]
  • 1631 - Augsburg Art Cabinet sent to Sweden as a gift.[17]
  • 1632 – Swedish Empire occupation begins.[1]
  • 1635
    • Swedish occupation ends.
    • Population: 16,432.
  • 1650 – Augsburger Hohes Friedensfest (festival) begins.

18th century[]

  • 1703 – Town besieged by Bavarian forces.[3]
  • 1712 – Academy of painting founded.[3]
  • 1765 – Gignoux-Haus built.
  • 1770 – Ballroom built in the Schaezlerpalais.[4]
  • 1782 – Dollische bookseller in business.[18]
  • 1786 - Hot-air balloon flight of Joseph Maximilian Freiherr von Lütgendorf.[19]

19th century[]

  • 1805 – 10 October: French in power.[3]
  • 1806
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1885
    • Stadtarchiv Augsburg (town archive) building established.[24]
    • Population: 65,905.[1]
  • 1898 – Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg and Augsburg-Oberhausen Acetylene Factory in business.
  • 1900 – Population: 89,109.[1]

20th century[]

  • 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 - Augsburg Synagogue built.
  • 1919 - Population: 154,555.[27]
  • 1920 – Stadtbücherei Augsburg (public library) founded.
  • 1924 – Augsburger Kajak Verein (kayak club) formed.[28]
  • 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.[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
    • 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
    • Kulturhaus Kresslesmühle (cultural space) opens.[31]
    • 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.[32]
  • 2009 –  [de] (public library) building opens.
  • 2012 – Population: 272,699.

See also[]

References[]

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  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l Baedeker 1914.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Murray 1903.
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  7. ^ Wilhelm Sandermann (2013). "Beginn der Papierherstellung in einigen Landern". Papier: Eine spannende Kulturgeschichte (in German). Springer-Verlag. ISBN 9783662091937.
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  13. ^ Julius Petzholdt (1853), "Augsburg", Handbuch Deutscher Bibliotheken (in German), Halle: H.W. Schmidt, OCLC 8363581
  14. ^ Ursula Heinzelmann (2008). Food Culture in Germany. ABC-CLIO. p. xviii. ISBN 9780313344954.
  15. ^ Gernot Michael Müller, ed. (2010). Humanismus und Renaissance in Augsburg (in German). Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-023124-3.
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  18. ^ Allgemeines Adreßbuch für den deutschen Buchhandel ... 1870 (in German). Leipzig: O.A. Schulz. 1870.
  19. ^ Richard Holmes (2013). Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 9780307908704.
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  23. ^ Universitätsbibliothek. "Augsburger Zeitungen" [Newspapers of Augsburg] (in German). Universität Augsburg. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  24. ^ "Aufgaben und Geschichte des Stadtarchivs" (in German). Stadt Augsburg. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
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  28. ^ "Augsburger Kajak Verein" (in German). Augsburg. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  29. ^ Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of Germany (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 9781420039245.
  30. ^ "11th Airborne vets return to Germany". United States Army. 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  31. ^ "Porträt und Bilder" (in German). Augsburg: Kulturhaus Kresslesmühle. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  32. ^ "German mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved 10 December 2013.

Bibliography[]

in English[]

published in the 17th-19th century
  • Thomas Nugent (1749), "Augsburg", The Grand Tour, 2: Germany and Holland, London: S. Birt, hdl:2027/mdp.39015030762572
  • Monsieur de Blainville (1757), "Augsburg", Travels through Holland, Germany, Switzerland, but especially Italy, Translated by Turnbull, London: John Noon
  • "Augsburg". A Geographical, Historical and Political Description of the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Prussia, Italy, Sicily, Corsica and Sardinia: With a Gazetteer. London: John Stockdale. 1800. OCLC 79519893.
  • David Brewster, ed. (1830). "Augsburg". Edinburgh Encyclopædia. Edinburgh: William Blackwood.
  • Frances Trollope (1838), "Augsburg", Vienna and the Austrians, London: R. Bentley, OCLC 2431804
  • Charles Knight, ed. (1866). "Augsburg". Geography. English Cyclopaedia. 1. London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433000064786.
  • "Augsburg", Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Germany, London: W.J. Adams & Sons, 1873
  • Lewis, "The Roman Antiquities of Augsburg and Ratisbon", in volume xlviii, Archæological Journal, (London, 1891).
published in the 20th century
published in the 21st century

in German[]

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