Timeline of Strasbourg

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Strasbourg, Alsace, France.

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Prior to 14th century

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• 12th century BC – Area settled by proto-Celts.
• 3rd century BC – Celts develop township.
• 90 AD – Legio VIII Augusta stationed in Argentoratum.
• 357 – Battle of Argentoratum.
• 5th century – Franks in power.^[1]
• 842 – Oaths of Strasbourg.
• 923 – City acquired by the Holy Roman Empire.
• 1262 – City gains Reichsfreiheit.

14th-16th centuries

• 1307 – Monastery of Hermits of Saint William built.
• 1332 – Straßburger Revolution.^[1]
• 1348 – Bubonic plague.
• 1349 – Pogrom.
• 1354 – Three Kings clock erected.
• 1362 – Fritsche Closener finishes his chronicle.
• 1427 – Kammerzell House built.
• 1439 – Strasbourg Cathedral finished.
• 1440s - Johannes Gutenberg develops printing technique.
• 1458 – Johannes Mentelin opens print shop (approximate date).
• 1464 – Heinrich Eggestein opens print shop (approximate date).
• 1483 – Hans Grüninger printer in business.^[2]
• 1518 – Dancing Plague.
• 1521 – St. Thomas finished.
• 1523 – Protestant Reformation (approximate date).^[1]
• 1538 – Lutheran Gymnasium founded.
• 1570 – Christkindelsmärik begins.
• 1574 – Astronomical clock erected, designed by Christian Herlin.
• 1588 – Grosse Metzig built.^[3]
• 1592 – Strasbourg Bishops' War breaks out over disputed election to the bishopric

17th-18th centuries

• 1605 – Relation aller Fuernemmen und gedenckwuerdigen Historien newspaper published by Johann Carolus.
• 1619 – Jardin botanique de l'Université de Strasbourg established.
• 1621 – University founded.
• 1681 – City annexed by France.
• 1684 – Citadel built.^[1]
• 1697 – French annexation recognised by the Holy Roman Empire.
• 1700 – Barrage Vauban constructed.
• 1701 – Opera house opens.
• 1742
  • Palais Rohan built.
  • Place Broglie laid out.^[4]
• 1770 – Marie-Antoinette in Strasbourg.
• 1771 – Goethe in Strasbourg.
• 1778 – Mozart in Strasbourg.
• 1772 – Place Kléber built.
• 1790 – City becomes part of Bas-Rhin Department.
• 1792
  • "La Marseillaise" composed by Rouget de Lisle.
  • University closed.

19th century

• 1801 – Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg collection founded.
• 1805 – Napoleon in Strasbourg (also in 1806 and 1809).
• 1821 – Theatre Municipal opens.
• 1836 – Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte in Strasbourg
• 1843 – Astronomical clock erected, designed by Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué.
• 1846 – Gare de Strasbourg opens.
• 1849 – Wagner in Strasbourg (also in 1853, 1858 and 1872).
• 1853 – Marne–Rhine Canal opens.
• 1855 – Orchestra and Société pour la conservation des monuments historiques d'Alsace founded.
• 1861 – Rhine Bridge, Kehl built.
• 1870 – Siege of Strasbourg; art museum and city library destroyed.
• 1871
  • City becomes part of Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen, German Empire.
  • Population: 85,654.^[4]
• 1872
  • Bibliothek established.
  • University reopens as Kaiser-Wilhelms-Universität.
• 1873 – Theatre Municipal rebuilt.
• 1874 – Fort Rapp and other fortifications built.
• 1877 – Elsäßische Neueste Nachrichten begins publication.
• 1881 – Observatory inaugurated.
• 1883 – Kunstgewerbe Museum founded.^[5]
• 1884 – Palais Universitaire built.
• 1889 – Kaiserpalast inaugurated.
• 1890
  • Hohenlohe-Museum, Cabinet des estampes et des dessins collection, and Fussball Klub Straßburg founded.
  • Population: 123,500.^[1]
• 1893 – Musée zoologique de la ville de Strasbourg building constructed.
• 1897 – St. Paul's Church built.
• 1898 – Palais de Justice built.

20th century

• 1900 – FC Frankonia 1900 Straßburg (football club) formed.
• 1901 – Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune Protestant Church restored.
• 1905 – Population: 167,342.^[1]
• 1906 – Fußball Club Neudorf founded.
• 1907
  • Musée alsacien opens.
  • Sainte-Madeleine Church rebuilt.
• 1914 – Stade de la Meinau opens.
• 1918 – Alsace returns to France.
• 1919 – Institut Européen d'Etudes Commerciales Supérieures de Strasbourg established.
• 1920
  • Musée historique de Strasbourg founded.
  • City designated headquarters of Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine.
• 1928
  • Aubette redecorated.
  • Strasbourg Illkirch Graffenstaden Basket formed.
• 1931 – Musée de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame founded.
• 1935 – Strasbourg Airport opens.
• 1940 – Alsace annexed to Germany. Adolf Hitler in Strasbourg.
• 1941 – Reichsuniversität Straßburg formed.
• 1944
  • 23 November: City liberated from Germans.
  • 27 November: Charles Frey becomes mayor.^[6]
• 1945 – Institut d'études politiques de Strasbourg established.
• 1947 – Parts of the municipal art collections destroyed by accidental fire in Palais Rohan.
• 1949 – Council of Europe headquartered in Strasbourg.
• 1959
  • Pierre Pflimlin becomes mayor.^[6]
  • City designated headquarters of European Court of Human Rights.
• 1965 – City designated Seat of the European Parliament.
• 1967 – Urban Community of Strasbourg established.
• 1969 – International Institute of Human Rights founded.
• 1972
  • Administration of Urban Community of Strasbourg and City of Strasbourg merged into one entity.^[7]
  • Opéra du Rhin formed.
• 1974 – European Science Foundation established. Discovery of Johann Sebastian Bach's personal copy of the printed edition of the "Goldberg Variations" with the hitherto unknown fourteen canons, BWV 1087.
• 1977 – Palace of Europe built.
• 1984 – City hosts UEFA European Football Championship.
• 1987 – Internationaux de Strasbourg tennis tournament begins.
• 1989
  • Human Frontier Science Program established.
  • City designated headquarters of Eurimages.
• 1991 – École nationale d'administration relocates to Strasbourg.
• 1992
  • City designated headquarters of European Audiovisual Observatory and Eurocorps.
  • Arte television begins broadcasting.
  • Musée archéologique renovated.
• 1994 – Trams begin operating.
• 1995 – Nuits Européennes begins.
• 1998 – Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art building opens.
• 1999 – Louise Weiss building inaugurated.

21st century

• 2000 – Étoile Noire de Strasbourg ice hockey team formed.
• 2001
  • Fabienne Keller becomes mayor.^[6]
  • 13 killed and 97 injured by a fallen platanus in Parc de Pourtalès .^[8]
• 2005
  • Strasbourg-Ortenau eurodistrict formed.
  • Patinoire Iceberg rink and Le Vaisseau open.
• 2006 – Population: 272,975.
• 2007 – Musée Tomi Ungerer/Centre international de l'illustration opens.
• 2008
  • École européenne de Strasbourg opens.
  • Le Festival européen du film fantastique de Strasbourg begins.
  • Roland Ries becomes mayor.^[9]
• 2009 – City hosts NATO Strasbourg–Kehl summit.

See also

• List of mayors of Strasbourg
• European institutions in Strasbourg
• Bishopric of Strasbourg
• Archbishop of Strasbourg
• Histoire de Strasbourg (History of Strasbourg, in French)
• Geschichte von Straßburg (History of Strasbourg, in German)

Other cities in France

• Timeline of Bordeaux
• Timeline of Lille
• Timeline of Marseille
• Timeline of Nantes
• Timeline of Paris
• Timeline of Rouen

References

Further reading

Published in the 17th-19th century

• "Strassburg". Topographia Germaniae (in German). Topographia Alsatiae. Frankfurt. 1644. p. 36+. 
• Jedidiah Morse; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Strasburg", A New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse 
• David Brewster, ed. (1832). "Strasburg". Edinburgh Encyclopædia. Philadelphia: Joseph and Edward Parker. 
• John Thomson (1845), "Strasburg", New Universal Gazetteer and Geographical Dictionary, London: H.G. Bohn 
• "Strasburg", Murray's Handbook for Belgium and the Rhine, London: J. Murray, 1852 
• Fréd. Piton (1855), Strasbourg illustré, ou Panorama pittoresque, historique et statistique de Strasbourg et de ses environs (in French), Strasbourg: F. Piton  v.1, v.2
• Nouvelle description de Strasbourg (in French), Strasbourg: Fietta Frères, 1858 
• "Strasbourg", Handbook for Travellers in France (8th ed.), London: John Murray, 1861 
• Straßburg [Chronicles of the German Cities]. Die Chroniken der Deutschen Stadte (in German) 8–9. Leipzig: S. Hirzel. 1870–1871. 
• "Strassburg", Cook's Tourist's Handbook for Holland, Belgium, and the Rhine, London: Thomas Cook & Son, 1877 

Published in the 20th century

• Guide through Strasbourg, Strasbourg: Imprimerie et Lithographe Alsacienne-Lorraine, c. 1900 
• "Strassburg". Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon (in German) (14th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1908. 
• Strasbourg (in French). Clermont-Ferrand: Michelin & Cie. 1919. 

External links

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• Map of Strasbourg, 1985

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