Timeline of Dresden

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Prior to 18th century[]

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Dresden, 16th century
  • 1206 CE – first documentation of Dresden.
  • 1215 – Nikolaikirche founded.
  • 1272 – Franziskanerkloster founded.
  • 1309 – City seal incorporates coat of arms of Dresden.
  • 1350 – first documentation of (today Innere Neustadt) at the northern side of the Elbe.
  • 1351 – Sophienkirche built.
  • 1388 – Kreuzkirche consecrated.
  • 1400 – Busmannkapelle built.
  • 1409 – Armory established.
  • 1434 – Striezelmarkt occurring.
  • 1524 - Printing press in operation.[1]
  • 1530 – City expands.
  • 1548 – Orchestra founded.
  • 1563 –  [de] built.[2]
  • 1589 – Johanneum built.[2]
  • 1666 – Premiere of Schütz's .[3]
  • 1667 – Opera house opens.[3]
  • 1678 - "Elector of Saxony's Players" dramatic troupe(de) headquartered in Dresden (approximate date).[4]
  • 1695 – Parade of Frederick Augustus I.[5][6]
  • 1697 – Population: 40,000 (approximate).[7]
  • 1700 – Von Tschirnhaus glassworks set up.[8]

18th century[]

Dresden by Bernardo Bellotto, 1748
  • 1704 - Palais Flemming-Sulkowski built.
  • 1708 – Porcelain developed by Johann Friedrich Böttger.[8]
  • 1710 – Meissen porcelain manufactory begins operating near city.[9]
  • 1717 – Japanisches Palais built.[2]
  • 1718 – Royal Palace rebuilt.[2]
  • 1719 – Wedding reception of Polish Prince Frederick Augustus and Maria Josepha of Austria.
  • 1720 – Catholic Cemetery opens by decree of King Augustus II the Strong.[10]
  • 1722
  • 1723
  • 1724 – Royal Cabinet of Mathematical and Physical Instruments established.
  • 1729 – Wackerbarth-Palais built.
  • 1736 – Equestrian sculpture of Polish King August the Strong unveiled.
  • 1743 – Frauenkirche built.[7]
  • 1745 - City "taken by the Russians."[11]
  • 1748 – Collegium Medico Chirurgicum established.
  • 1755 – Population: 63,000 (approximate).[7]
  • 1756 – Katholische Hofkirche built.[7]
  • 1759 - September: "Dresden liberated from Prussians."[12]
  • 1760 – July: Siege of Dresden.[12][13]
  • 1763 – Death and burial of King Augustus III of Poland.
  • 1764 – Dresden Art Academy founded.
  • 1776 – Landhaus built.
  • 1784 – Observatory established.
  • 1788 – Saxon Library opens.

19th century[]

The Semperoper opera house opened in its current form in 1878

20th century[]

1900-1945[]

Dresden approximately in 1900
  • 1901
    • Dresden-Neustadt station opens.
    • Schwebebahn Dresden begins operating.
  • 1903
  • 1904 – Ministry building constructed.
  • 1905 - 9 December: Premiere of Strauss' opera Salome.
  • 1910
    •  [de] (city library) formed.[27]
    • Augustus Bridge constructed.
  • 1911
    • Dresden Museums Association formed.
    • Premiere of Strauss' opera Der Rosenkavalier.[28]
  • 1912 – Ihagee camera company and German Hygiene Museum founded.
  • 1914 – Saxon army museum established.
  • 1919
  • 1923 – Glücksgas Stadium built.
  • 1933 – Population: 649,252.
  • 1935 – Dresden-Klotzsche Airport opens.
  • 1939 – Population: 625,174.[13]
  • 1940 – Hans Nieland becomes mayor.
  • 1945
    • 13–14 February: Aerial bombing by Allied forces.[30]
    • 22–27 April: Battle of Dresden
    • 8 May: Russians take city.[13]

1946-1990s[]

  • 1946
  • 1950
    • SG Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden football club founded.
    • Botanical Garden restored.
    • Hellerau and Pillnitz incorporated into city.
  • 1956 – Dresden Transport Museum opens.
  • 1959 – Galerie Neue Meister formed.
  • 1961 – Dresden University of Technology formed.
  • 1972 –  [de] opens.[31]
  • 1973 – Dresden S-Bahn established.
  • 1983
    • Staatsschauspiel Dresden formed.
    • Population: 522,532.
  • 1986 - Pinova apple created.[32]
  • 1989
    • protests stop the planned high-purity silicon factory[33]
    • trains with East German embassy refugees from Prague pass Dresden main station with demonstrations and clashes with the police[34][circular reference]
    • Monday demonstrations
  • 1990 - Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten begins publication.
  • 1991
  • 1992
    • Soviet forces withdrawn.
    • Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf established.
  • 1996 –  [de] founded.
  • 2000 -  [de] (city archives) relocated to Elisabeth-Boer-Strasse.[35]

21st century[]

Rebuilt of the Frauenkirche in 2004
Dresden in 2010
The Bundeswehr Military History Museum
  • 2002
  • 2004
    • Dresden High Magnetic Field Laboratory established.
    • Dresden Elbe Valley designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • 2005
    • Dresden Frauenkirche rebuilt.
    • Dresden City Art Gallery opens.
    • Neo-Nazi demonstration.
  • 2006 – 800th anniversary of founding of Dresden.
  • 2007
  • 2008 – Helma Orosz becomes mayor.[37]
  • 2009 - Dresden Elbe Valley's UNESCO World Heritage Site status is revoked.
  • 2010 – Anti-fascist demonstration.
  • 2011
    • Bundeswehr Military History Museum opens.
    • Population: 523,058.[38]
  • 2013 - Elbe flood
  • 2014 - PEGIDA begin protesting(de) against Islamism in the city, drawing crowds estimated up to 17,000 in peak[39][40]
  • 2015 - Dirk Hilbert becomes mayor.

See also[]

Other cities in the state of Saxony:

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This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

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in German[]

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