Timeline of Leipzig

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Prior to 18th century[]

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  • 1082 - Leipzig sacked by forces of Vratislaus II of Bohemia.[1][2]
  • 1165
    • Leipzig granted market and city privileges.
    • St. Nicholas Church built (approximate date).
  • 1170 - Easter and Michaelmas fairs begin (approximate date).[3]
  • 1212 - Thomasschule zu Leipzig and Thomanerchor founded.
  • 1231 - Klosterkirche St. Pauli built.
  • 1409 - University of Leipzig founded.[1]
  • 1420 - Fire.[1]
  • 1458 - New year's fair begins.[3]
  • 1479 - Printing press in operation.[4]
  • 1485 - Treaty of Leipzig.[3]
  • 1496 - St. Thomas Church consecrated.
  • 1519 - June: Martin Luther and Andreas Karlstadt debate John Eck.[1]
  • 1530 -  [de] built (approximate date).[3]
  • 1547 - City besieged by John Frederick I of Saxony.[3]
  • 1554 - Moritzbastei constructed.
  • 1556 -  [de] built.[1]
  • 1642 - Battle of Breitenfeld.
  • 1650 - Einkommende Zeitungen (newspaper) begins publication.[5]
  • 1680 - Plague.[1]
  • 1681 - Weidmannsche Buchhandlung relocates to Leipzig.
  • 1687 - Alte Handelsbörse (trade exchange) was built.
  • 1693 - Opera house opens.[6]
  • 1699 - Population: 15,653.[7]

18th century[]

  • 1701 - Oil-fuelled street lighting introduced.
  • 1702 - Collegium Musicum founded.
  • 1704 -  [de] built.
  • 1723 - Breitkopf publishing established.
  • 1724 - Premiere performance of Bach's St John Passion.[8]
  • 1729 - Premiere of Bach's St Matthew Passion.[8]
  • 1731 - Zedler's Universal-Lexicon encyclopedia published.[5]
  • 1745 - City "taken by the Prussians."[1]
  • 1755 -  [de] (municipal library) opens.[9]
  • 1756 - City occupied by Prussian forces during the Seven Years' War.[1]
  • 1759
    • August: "Prussians withdraw from Leipzig."[10]
    • September: "Prussians recapture Leipzig."[10]
  • 1760 - October: "Prussians withdraw from Leipzig."[10]
  • 1764 - Academy of Visual Arts and  [de][11] founded.
  • 1766 - Theater auf der Rannischen Bastei opens.[12]
  • 1777 - April: Premiere of Klinger's play Sturm und Drang.
  • 1781
    • Gewandhaus built.[8]
    • Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra formed.
  • 1784
    • City fortifications dismantled.[3]
    • Philological Society founded.[11]
  • 1785 - Augustusplatz laid out.[citation needed]
  • 1789 - Linnean Society founded.[11]
  • 1790 - Observatory set up in Pleissenburg.
  • 1797 - 31,847.[7]
  • 1798
    • Tauchnitz publishers established.
    • Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung (music magazine) begins publication.

19th century[]

  • 1800 - Edition Peters and Leipzig Singakademie (chorus)[13] established.
  • 1807
    • Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag (publisher) founded.
    •  [de] (newspaper) begins publication.
  • 1810 - Westermann Verlag founded.
  • 1813
    • 22 May: Richard Wagner born.
    • October: Battle of Leipzig.
  • 1825 -  [de] formed.
  • 1826 - Wool market active.[1]
  • 1828 - Reclam Verlag established.
  • 1829 - Medical Society founded.[11]
  • 1830 - "Political disturbance."[1]
  • 1836 - Augusteum built.
  • 1837 -  [de] (art association) established.
  • 1839 - Leipzig–Dresden railway opened.
  • 1842 - Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof built.
  • 1843
  • 1846 - Saxonian Academy of Sciences and Humanities founded.[11]
  • 1848 - "Political disturbance."[1]
  • 1850 - Bach Gesellschaft organized.[8]
  • 1853 - Blüthner piano manufacturer in business.[8]
  • 1855 - Leipzig synagogue built on  [de].
  • 1856 - Händel-Gesellschaft organized.[8]
  • 1858 - Municipal museum inaugurated.
  • 1861 - Population: 78,495.[14]
  • 1863 - General German Workers' Association founded in Leipzig.
  • 1864 - (community garden) association formed.[15]
  • 1868 - Opera house built.
  • 1869 - Leipzig Museum of Ethnography and Leipzig Alpine Club[16] founded.
  • 1872
    • Harrassowitz publishing firm established.
    • Verlag Karl Baedeker relocates to Leipzig.
  • 1874
    • Museum of Arts and Crafts and Ernst Eulenburg (musical editions)[17] established.
    • Bibliographisches Institut relocates to Leipzig.
  • 1878 - Leipzig Zoo opens.[18]
  • 1879
  • 1880 - Population: 149,081.[7]
  • 1884 - Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei founded.
  • 1886
    • Georg Thieme Verlag established.
    •  [de][3] and  [de] (stock exchange) built.
  • 1889 -  [de] and  [de] become part of city.[19]
  • 1890
    • Eutritzsch, Gohlis, Neureudnitz, Neuschönefeld, Neustadt, Sellerhausen, Thonberg, and Volkmarsdorf become part of city.[19]
    • Population: 295,025.[7]
  • 1891 -  [de], Kleinzschocher [de], Lindenau,  [de], Plagwitz [de], and  [de] become part of city.[19]
  • 1892
  • 1894 - Leipziger Volkszeitung (newspaper) begins publication.
  • 1895
    •  [de] built.
    • Muster-Messe fair begins.
    • Population: 399,995.[7]
  • 1898 - Handelshochschule Leipzig founded.

20th century[]

See also: History of Leipzig from 1933-1939
  • 1900 - Population: 456,156.[7]
  • 1901
  • 1904 - Bachfest begins.
  • 1905
    • Population: 503,672.[7]
    • New Town Hall opens.
  • 1906 - Naturkundemuseum Leipzig established.[20]
  • 1908 - Rowohlt Verlag founded.
  • 1910 -  [de],  [de],  [de],  [de],  [de], and  [de] become part of city.[19]
  • 1912 - German National Library established.
  • 1913
    • Kurt Wolff Verlag (publisher) in business.
    • Monument to the Battle of the Nations erected.
  • 1915
  • 1917 - Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (city transport company) formed.
  • 1918 -  [de] becomes mayor.
  • 1919
    • Church Music Institute founded.
    •  [de] begins publication.
    • Population: 604,397.[7][21]
  • 1921 - Leipzig War Crimes Trials held.
  • 1922
  • 1923 - MDR Symphony Orchestra founded.
  • 1929 - Museum of Musical Instruments of the University of Leipzig opens.
  • 1930 - Abtnaundorf, Knautkleeberg, Schönau, and Thekla become part of city.[19]
  • 1933 - Population: 713,470.[7]
  • 1935 -  [de] becomes part of city.[19]
  • 1936 - Knauthain [de] and  [de] become part of city.[19]
  • 1943 - Bombing of city by British.
  • 1944 - Bombing.
  • 1945
    • April - Allied ground advance arrives.
    • July - City under Soviet control.
    • Population: 584,593.[7]
  • 1950
    • International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition begins.
    • Bach-Archiv founded.
    • Population: 617,574.[7]
  • 1951 -  [de] becomes mayor.
  • 1953 - Theaterhochschule Leipzig established, later named after Hans Otto
  • 1954
    •  [de] (archives) founded.
    • Zentralstadion built.
  • 1955 - Festival of Cultural and Documentary Films begins.
  • 1956 - Zentralstadion opens.
  • 1959 -  [de] becomes mayor.
  • 1960
  • 1969 - Leipzig-Halle S-Bahn established.
  • 1970 -  [de] becomes mayor.
  • 1972 - City-Hochhaus Leipzig built.
  • 1974 - Moritzbastei rebuilt.
  • 1977 - Sportmuseum founded.[22]
  • 1983 -  [de] erected.
  • 1989 - Monday demonstrations.[23][24]
  • 1990
    •  [de] (art association) founded.
    • Hinrich Lehmann-Grube becomes mayor.[25]
  • 1991 - Euro-scene Leipzig theatre festival begins.
  • 1992
    • Technischen Hochschule founded.
    • Wave-Gotik-Treffen begins.
    • Leipzig-Altenburg Airport opens.
  • 1993 - Hartmannsdorf becomes part of city.[19]
  • 1994 - Museum of Antiquities of the University of Leipzig opens.
  • 1995
    • Lausen and Plaussig become part of city.[19]
    • Population: 471,409.[7]
  • 1996
  • 1997
    •  [de],  [de], and Seehausen become part of city.[19]
    •  [de] (city utility company) established.
    • Federal Administrative Court of Germany headquartered in Leipzig.[citation needed]
  • 1998
    • Podelwitz-Süd becomes part of city.[19]
    • Wolfgang Tiefensee becomes mayor.
  • 1999 - Böhlitz-Ehrenberg, Engelsdorf, Holzhausen, Liebertwolkwitz, Lindenthal, Miltitz and Mölkau become part of city.[19]

21st century[]

  • 2000 - Burghausen und Rückmarsdorf become part of city.[19]
  • 2002
  • 2004
  • 2005
  • 2006
    • Amazon.com distribution centre begins operating.[27]
    • Burkhard Jung becomes mayor.
  • 2007 - Paulinum reconstruction begins.
  • 2010
    •  [de] (museum) active.
    • German Music Archive relocates to Leipzig.
  • 2012
    •  [de] reported.[28]
    • Paulinum reconstruction finished.
  • 2013
    • New Propsteikirche begins construction.
    • Leipzig City Tunnel opened.
    • Leipzig is the most livable German city.[29]
  • 2014 - Population: 551,871.[30]
  • 2015 - January: Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident demonstration.[31]
  • 2018 - Leipzig wins the European Cities of Future prize in the category of "Best Large City for Human Capital & Lifestyle"[32]
  • 2019 - Leipzig is European City of the Year[33]

See also[]

Other cities in the state of Saxony:

References[]

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