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The following is a timeline of the history of Düsseldorf , Germany.
Prior to 19th century [ ]
1186 – Counts of Berg in power.
1285 – St. Sebastianus Bruderschaft Kaiserswerth (militia ) formed.[1]
1288 – Town privileges granted by Adolf V of Berg.
1316 – St.-Sebastianus-Schützenvereins Düsseldorf (militia ) established.[1]
1385 – Residence of the Counts of Berg established in Düsseldorf.
1567 – Rathhaus built.[3]
1609 – Residence of the Electoral Palatinate relocates to Düsseldorf from Heidelberg .[4]
1629 – Church of St. Andrew built.[3]
1684 – Evangelishche Kirche built.[5]
1710 – Electoral palace remodelled.[3]
1716
Residence of the Electoral Palatinate relocates to Heidelberg .[4]
Neustadt laid out (approximate date).
1760 – Jagerhof (electors' hunting lodge) built.[6]
1762 – Art Academy founded.
1767 – Hofgarten laid out.[7]
1774 – School of Law established (approximate date).[5]
1787 – Karlstadt laid out.
1794 – Town besieged by French forces.[8]
1800 – Musik-Academie established.[9]
19th century [ ]
1802 - Fortifications demolished.[5]
1804 – Kastanienallee laid out.
1805
1806 – French in power.[3]
1812 – Breidenbacher Hof in business.
1813 – Hof-Garten expanded.[6]
1815
Prussians in power.
Engelbert Schramm becomes mayor.
1818 – Lower Rhenish Music Festival held.
1819 – New Kunstakademie Düsseldorf founded as Königlich Preußische Kunstakademie (Royal Prussian Academy of Art); Dusselthal Asylum established.[3]
1829 – Artists' Society for the Rhinelands and Westphalia (Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westphalen) founded.[9]
1838 – Bergisch-Märkische railway station opens.
1841 – Düsseldorf–Elberfeld railway constructed.
1845 – Cologne-Minden railway station opens.
1846 – Ducal palace restored.
1852
August: Singing festival held.[10]
Population: 31,000.[8]
1861 – Malkasten artists' club established.[11]
1864 – Düsseldorfer Symphoniker (orchestra) active.[12]
1867 – Galerie Paffrath in business.[13]
1872 – Electoral palace burns down.[6]
1875
Church of St. John built.[6]
City Theatre opens.[3]
1876
Trams begin operating.
Zoological Gardens established.
1877 – Rhenish railway station built.
1879 – Düsseldorf-Derendorf–Dortmund Süd railway , House of the Rhenish Estates, and Academy of Art building constructed.[6]
1881 – Kunsthalle built.[3]
1884 – Düsseldorf Exchange founded.
1885
City public library established.[15]
Population: 115,190.
1891 – Düsseldorf Central Station opens.
1893 – Mannesmann (manufacturer) relocates to Düsseldorf.
1895 – Population: 175,985.
1896 – Industrial art museum built.
1898 – Bridge constructed.
1899 – Apollo-Theater opens.
1900 – Peek & Cloppenburg in business.
20th century [ ]
21st century [ ]
2001
Arag-Tower built.
Museum Kunstpalast opens.[18]
2002 – Japan Day festival begins.
2005
Lichtburg Studio Theater opens.
AMD Academy of Fashion and Design founded.
2006 – ISS Dome arena opens.
2007 – Kunst im Tunnel established.
2008 – Dirk Elbers becomes mayor.
2011
Eurovision Song Contest 2011 held.
Population: 592,393.
2014 – June: Storm .
See also [ ]
References [ ]
^ Jump up to: a b 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 .
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Düsseldorf" , The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance , Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1882, OCLC 7416969
^ Jump up to: a b "Düsseldorf" , A Handbook for Travellers on the Continent (17th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1871, OCLC 5358857 , OL 6936276M
^ Jump up to: a b c Karl Stieler (1903), "From Dusseldorf to the Dutch Frontier" , The Rhine from its source to the sea , London: William Glaisher, OL 14039550M
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h "Düsseldorf" , The Rhine, including the Black Forest & the Vosges , Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1911, OCLC 21888483
^ "Düsseldorf" , Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book for Belgium and the Rhine; and Portions of Rhenish Germany , London: W.J. Adams & Sons, 1897
^ Jump up to: a b c "Düsseldorf" , Murray's Handbook for Belgium and the Rhine , London: J. Murray, 1852, OL 23365744M
^ Jump up to: a b Cecelia Hopkins Porter (1989). "The Reign of the "Dilettanti": Düsseldorf from Mendelssohn to Schumann". Musical Quarterly . 73 .
^ Lowell Mason (1854), "Great Musical Festival at Dusseldorf" , Musical letters from abroad: including detailed accounts of the Birmingham, Norwich, and Dusseldorf musical festivals of 1852 , New York: Mason Brothers
^ W. Pembroke Fetridge (1874), "Düsseldorf" , Harper's Hand-Book for Travellers in Europe and the East , New York: Harper & Brothers
^ 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 .
^ "Galerie Paffrath" . Retrieved January 3, 2013 .
^ Stadtbuchereien Ladeshauptstadt Düsseldorf. "Geschichte der Stadtbüchereien" .
^ "March 24-April 6, 1947". Chronology of International Events and Documents . London: Royal Institute of International Affairs . 3 . 1947. JSTOR 40545021 .
^ Catherine C. Fraser; Dierk O. Hoffman (2006), Pop Culture Germany , ABC-Clio, ISBN 9781851097388 , OL 9491197M , 1851097384
^ "History" . Museum Kunstpalast. Archived from the original on December 29, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2013 .
Bibliography [ ]
in English [ ]
"Düsseldorf" , Appleton's European Guide Book Illustrated , London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1871
Norddeutscher Lloyd (1896), "Düsseldorf" , Guide through Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Holland and England , Berlin: J. Reichmann & Cantor, OCLC 8395555
G. Holscher (1900), "Düsseldorf" , A Guide to the Rhine , Cologne: Hoursch & Bechstedt, OCLC 8672751
"Düsseldorf" , Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
"Düsseldorf" , Encyclopedia Americana , New York: Encyclopedia Americana Corp., 1918
in other languages [ ]
Nicolas de Pigage (1781), La Galerie électorale, de Dusseldorff, ou, Catalogue raisonné de ses tableaux (in French), Bruxelles: J.B. Jorez, OL 24342357M
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