Timeline of Cologne

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Prior to the 14th century[]

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  • 13 CE - Germanicus headquartered in Cologne.
  • 15 CE - Town becomes administrative capital of Germania Inferior (approximate date).
  • 50 - Romans establish Colonia.[1]
  • 80 - Eifel Aqueduct built.
  • 90 - Population: 45,000.
  • 260 - Cologne becomes capital of Gallic Empire.
  • 310 - Bridge built over Rhine.
  • 313 - Catholic diocese of Cologne established (approximate date).[2]
  • 451 - The Huns under Attila sack Cologne.
  • 459 - Ripuarian Franks take power.
  • 716 - Battle of Cologne.
  • 795 - City becomes Archbishop's see.
  • 974 - St. Andreas Church consecrated.
  • 980 - Church of St. Pantaleon consecrated.
  • 1003 - Deutz Abbey founded.
  • 1065 - St. Maria im Kapitol built.
  • 1106 - Church of the Holy Virgins built (approximate date).[3]
  • 1114 - Coat of arms of Cologne in use.
  • 1160 - St. Cäcilien church built (approximate date).
  • 1182 - City expands.
  • 1184 - Richerzeche formed (approximate date).
  • 1227 - St. Gereon's Basilica built.
  • 1247 - St. Kunibert church consecrated.
  • 1248 - Cologne Cathedral construction begins.
  • 1250 - Great St. Martin Church built.
  • 1260 - Church of the Minorites built (approximate date).[4]
  • 1288 - Battle of Worringen.

14th-18th centuries[]

Map of Cologne, 1633
  • 1322
    • Cologne Cathedral choir consecrated.
    • Municipal archive in operation (approximate date).
  • 1334 - Cologne Charterhouse founded.
  • 1388 - University of Cologne established.
  • 1396 - Constitution of Cologne in effect.[citation needed]
  • 1400 - Gothic artist known as "Master of Saint Veronica" active (approximate date).[5]
  • 1414 - Jews expelled.[1]
  • 1447 - Gürzenich [de] built.[1]
  • 1450 - Dreikönigsgymnasium founded.
  • 1466 - Ulrich Zell sets up printing press.[6]
  • 1473 - Work on Cologne Cathedral west front and towers suspended until 19th century
  • 1475 - City becomes free imperial city.
  • 1569 - Cologne City Hall building expanded.[7]
  • 1583 - Cologne War begins.
  • 1584 - Apostolic Nuncio established.
  • 1586 - Battle of Werl.
  • 1608 - Protestants banished.[4]
  • 1626
    • Bertram Hilden sets up printing business.
    • Witch trials begin (approximate date).[8]
  • 1709 - Eau de Cologne launched by Giovanni Maria Farina.
  • 1734 -  [de] begins publication.
  • 1783 - Theater an der Schmierstraße built.
  • 1794 - Population: 40,000.[1]
  • 1795 - City directory published.[9]
  • 1796 - City annexed by France.
  • 1798 -  [de] newspaper begins publication.
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19th century[]

20th century[]

Overview of Cologne, April 1945

1900-1945[]

  • 1902 - Theater am Habsburger Ring built.
  • 1904 - Oper der Stadt Köln formed.
  • 1905 - Population: 428,503.[1]
  • 1906 - Schnütgen Museum founded.
  • 1908 - 21 September: Mathematician Minkowski delivers "Raum und Zeit" lecture on spacetime.
  • 1910
    • Kalk and  [de] incorporated into city.[4]
    • Population: 516,527.
  • 1911 - Hohenzollern Bridge built.
  • 1913 - Rheinpark and Köln Messe/Deutz station open.
  • 1914 - Werkbund Exhibition held.[17]
  • 1917 - Konrad Adenauer becomes mayor.
  • 1919 - Population: 633,904.[18]
  • 1921 - Jawne school built.
  • 1925 - Population: 705,477.
  • 1926
  • 1928 - Messeturm Köln built.
  • 1934 - University of Cologne reopens.
  • 1938 - Kristallnacht.
  • 1940 - Bombing begins.
  • 1944 - Ehrenfeld Group executed.
  • 1945 - American troops capture city.

1946-1990s[]

21st century[]

See also[]

References[]

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  2. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Germany". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  3. ^ Albert Gereon Stein (1882), Church of Saint Ursula and Her Companions in Cologne, A. Seche, OCLC 14071164, OL 23525129M
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Baedeker 1911.
  5. ^ "Central Europe (including Germany), 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  6. ^ Bouchot, Henri (1890). Grevel, H. (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
  7. ^ Rathaus (in German), Stadt Köln, retrieved 30 September 2015
  8. ^ Brian P. Levack, ed. (2013). Oxford Handbook of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-164884-7.
  9. ^ A. V. Williams (1913). Development and Growth of City Directories. Cincinnati, USA.
  10. ^ Hänneschen-Theater Puppenspiele der Stadt Köln. "Geschichte" (in German). Retrieved 10 August 2012.
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  12. ^ Colin Lawson, ed. (2003). "Orchestras Founded in the 19th Century (chronological list)". Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00132-8.
  13. ^ Kolb, Georg Friedrich (1862). "Die europaischen Grossmachte: Preussen". Grundriss der Statistik der Völkerzustands- und Staatenkunde (in German). Leipzig: A. Förstnersche Buchhandlung.
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  15. ^ "Prussia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1865. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590311 – via HathiTrust.
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  19. ^ "March 24-April 6, 1947". Chronology of International Events and Documents. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs. 3. 1947. JSTOR 40545021.
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  23. ^ "Stadt Koeln" (in German). Archived from the original on 27 April 1999 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
  24. ^ "German mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

in English[]

  • Thomas Nugent (1749), "Cologne", The Grand Tour, 2: Germany and Holland, London: S. Birt, hdl:2027/mdp.39015030762572
  • Monsieur de Blainville (1757), "Cologne", Travels through Holland, Germany, Switzerland, but especially Italy, Translated by Turnbull, London: John Noon
  • Theodore Alois Buckley (1862), "Cologne", Great Cities of the Middle Ages (2nd ed.), London: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge
  • "Cologne", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
  • "Cologne", The Rhine, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1911, OCLC 21888483
  • "Cologne, Key City of the Rhineland", National Geographic Magazine, Washington DC, 69, 1936
  • Robert E. Dickinson (1961). "Structure of the German City: Cologne". The West European City (2nd ed.). Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-25970-8.
  • John M. Jeep, ed. (2001). "Cologne". Medieval Germany: an Encyclopedia. Garland Publishing. ISBN 0-8240-7644-3.
  • Jonathan Bikker (2006). "Cologne, the 'German Rome,' in Views by Berckheyde and van der Heyden and the Journals of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Tourists". Simiolus: Netherlands Quarterly for the History of Art. 32 (4): 273–290. JSTOR 20355338.
  • Jeffry M. Diefendorf (2008). "Reconciling competing pasts in postwar Cologne". In Gavriel David Rosenfeld; Paul B. Jaskot (eds.). Beyond Berlin: Twelve German Cities Confront the Nazi Past. USA: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-11611-9 – via HathiTrust. (fulltext)
  • E. Rail (29 March 2012). "36 Hours: Cologne, Germany". New York Times.

in German[]

  • "Cölln". Topographia Archiepiscopatuum Moguntinensis, Trevirensis et Coloniensis. Topographia Germaniae (in German). Frankfurt. 1646. p. 60+.
  • Cöln. Die Chroniken der Deutschen Städte (in German). 12–14. Leipzig: S. Hirzel Verlag. 1875–1877 – via HathiTrust.
  • Karl von Hegel (1891). "Koln". Städte und Gilden der germanischen Völker im Mittelalter (in German). 2. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. hdl:2027/wu.89094689700 – via HathiTrust.
  • Paul Clemen, ed. (1906). Kunstdenkmäler der Stadt Koln. Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz (in German). 6. Dusseldorf: Schwann.
  • P. Krauss; E. Uetrecht, eds. (1913). "Coln". Meyers Deutscher Städteatlas [Meyer's Atlas of German Cities] (in German). Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut.
  • Koln, Deutscher Städteatlas (in German), 2, Institut für vergleichende Städtegeschichte, 1979, ISBN 3891150008
  • Wolfgang Adam; Siegrid Westphal, eds. (2012). "Koln". Handbuch kultureller Zentren der Frühen Neuzeit: Städte und Residenzen im alten deutschen Sprachraum (in German). De Gruyter. pp. 1093–1152. ISBN 978-3-11-029555-9.

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