Timeline of Aachen

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Aachen, Germany.

Prior to 14th century

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451 – Town "pillaged by the Huns."^[1]
786 – Palace of Charlemagne construction begins.^[2]
796 – Palatine Chapel construction begins (approximate date).
799 - Karlsschützengilde (militia) formed.^[3]
813 – 13 September: Coronation of Louis the Pious as King of the Franks.^[4]
814 – 28 January: Death of Charlemagne.^[5]
816 – Catholic Council of Aachen establishes the Rule of Aix.
936 – 7 August: Coronation of King of Germany Otto I in Aachen Cathedral.
961 – Coronation of Otto II.
983
- Coronation of Otto III as King of Germany.^[1]
- Chapel rebuilt.^[4]
1028 – Coronation of Henry III as King of Germany.
1054 – Coronation of Henry IV
1087 – Coronation of Conrad II.
1099 – Coronation of Henry V as King of Germany.
1125 – Coronation of Lothair II as King of the Romans.
1138 – Coronation of Conrad III as King of the Romans.
1147 – Coronation of Henry Berengar as King of Germany.
1152 – Coronation of Frederick I as King of the Romans.
1169 – Coronation of Henry VI as King of the Romans.
1198 – Coronation of Otto IV.
1205 – Coronation of Philip of Swabia.
1215
- Coronation of Frederick II.
- Karlsschrein (shrine of Charlemagne) built in cathedral.^[4]
1222 – Coronation of Henry as German King.
1248 – Coronation of William II of Holland.
1257 – Coronation of Richard as King of the Romans.
1273 – Coronation of Rudolph I.
1292 – Coronation of Adolf, King of Germany.
1298 – Coronation of Albert I.
late 13 th century - Ponttor (city gate) built, first mentioned in 1320.^[6]

14th–18th centuries

1300 – Marschiertor (gate) built (approximate date).
1306 – Aachen becomes a Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire.
1309 – Coronation of Henry VII as King of the Romans.
1314 – Coronation of Louis IV as King of the Romans.
1349 – Coronation of Charles IV as King of the Romans.
1353 – Aachen Rathaus (city hall) built.^[4]
1376 – Coronation of Wenceslaus IV as King of Germany.
1414 – Coronation of Sigismund as King of the Romans.
1442 – Coronation of Frederick III as King of the Romans.
1486 – Coronation of Maximilian I as King of the Romans.
1520 – Coronation of Charles V as King of Germany.
1531 – Coronation of Ferdinand I as King of Germany.
1580 – Protestant Reformation (approximate date).
1601 – Population: 14,171.
1614 – August: Siege of Aachen.
1656 – Fire.
1668 – May: Town hosts signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668).^[7]
1748 – April: Town hosts international Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle and signing of treaty.^[7]
1787 – Aachen Symphony Orchestra active.
1794 – Town occupied by French forces.^[5]
1795 – Population: 23,413.

19th century

1801
- Town becomes part of France, per Peace of Lunéville.
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Aachen established.^[8]
1815 – Town becomes part of the Kingdom of Prussia, per Congress of Vienna.
1817
- Mayersche Buchhandlung (bookseller) in business.^[9]
- Population: 32,300.^[10]
1818 – October: Town hosts international Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle.
1825
- Theater Aachen opens.
- Lower Rhenish Music Festival held.
1834 – Lower Rhenish Music Festival held; performers include Frédéric Chopin.
1840 – Population: 44,289.
1841 – Cologne-Aachen railway begins operating.
1846 – Lower Rhenish Music Festival held, directed by Felix Mendelssohn; performers include Jenny Lind.
1849 – Reuters news agency in business.^[11]
1853 – Aachen–Mönchengladbach railway begins operating.
1857 – Lower Rhenish Music Festival held, directed by Franz Liszt.
1859 – Church of Our Lady built.^[12]
1867 – Population: 67,923.^[13]
1870 – Polytechnikum (school) opens.
1880 – Tram begins operating.
1885
- Verein für Kunde der Aachener Vorzeit (history association) founded.
- Population: 95,321.
1888 – Church of St. James built.^[12]
1890 – Population: 103,470.^[4]
1895 – Electric tram begins operating.
1897 – Burtscheid becomes part of Aachen.

20th century

1900 – Alemannia Aachen football club formed.
1905 – Aachen Hauptbahnhof (railway station) opens.
1908 – Jünglingverein Sankt Jakob Aachen (sport club) formed.
1919 - Population: 145,748.^[14]
1923 – October: Rhenish Republic established.
1924 – Rhenish Republic ends.
1928 – Tivoli stadium opens.
1944 – October: Battle of Aachen.
1949 – Aachen I parliamentary district created.
1950 – Zimmertheater Aachen founded.
1951 – Theater Aachen rebuilt.
1954 – Elysee Theatre re-opens.^[15]
1956 – Belvedere Water Tower built.
1959 – Scotch-Club opens.
1960 - Aachener Tierpark (zoo) established.^[16]
1961 – Museum established in Frankenberg Castle.
1965 - Computermuseum Aachen founded.
1968 - Bilal Mosque built.^[17]
1970 – July: Aachen Open Air Pop Festival held.
1971
- Aachen University of Applied Sciences established.
- Population: 176,626.
1972
- Brand becomes part of Aachen.
- Kurt Malangré becomes mayor.
- Population: 238,570.
1980 – Rugby Club Aachen formed.
1985 – Klinikum Aachen opens.

· 1986 - First independent Theatre (Theater 99) opens

1986 – Neuer Aachener Kunstverein (art nonprofit) founded.^[18]
1989 – Jürgen Linden becomes mayor.

21st century

2000 – Karlsgarten (garden) opens.^[19]
2003 – Cologne–Aachen high-speed railway in operation.
2009
- New Tivoli stadium opens.
- Marcel Philipp becomes mayor.^[20]
- City becomes part of Städteregion Aachen.
2012 – Population: 240,086.

References

1 2 "Aix-la-Chapelle". Galignani's Traveller's Guide through Holland and Belgium (4th ed.). Paris: A. and W. Galignani. 1822.
↑ "Aix-la-Chapelle", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
↑ 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.
1 2 3 4 5 Chambers 1901.
1 2 Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Aix-la-Chappelle", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co. – via Hathi Trust
↑ Baukunst Nordrhein-Westfalen (German)
1 2 William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Aix-la-Chappelle". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg.
↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Germany". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 30 June 2015.
↑ Allgemeines Adreßbuch für den deutschen Buchhandel ... 1870 (in German). Leipzig: O.A. Schulz. 1870.
↑ Brockhaus 1896.
↑ Chambers's Encyclopaedia. 1891.
1 2 Joseph Lins (1913). "Aachen". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.
↑ "Aix-la-Chapelle". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. 1901.
↑ "Germany: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via Hathi Trust.
↑ "Movie Theaters in Aachen, Germany". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
↑ Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoos and Aquariums of the World (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
↑ Ossama Hegazy (2015). "Towards a German Mosque". In Erkan Toğuşlu. Everyday Life Practices of Muslims in Europe. Leuven University Press. pp. 193–216. ISBN 978-94-6270-032-1.
↑ "Germany". Art Spaces Directory. New York: New Museum. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
↑ Freundeskreis Botanischer Garten Aachen (2000). "Die Eröffnung des Karlsgartens" (in German). BIOZAC – BIOlogisches Zentrum AAChen. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
↑ "German mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.

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in English

published in the 18th-19th century

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in German

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