Timeline of Augsburg explained

Timeline of Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany.

Prior to 16th century

• 14 BCE – Roman colony established (approximate date).
• 5th century CE – Settlement sacked by Huns.
• 6th century CE - Catholic Diocese of Augsburg established.^[1]
• 778 – Simpert becomes Bishop of Augsburg.
• 788 – Town sacked by forces of Charlemagne.
• 923 – Ulrich becomes Bishop of Augsburg.
• 952 – Diet of Augsburg (meeting of leaders of Holy Roman Empire) active.
• 989 – Perlachturm built.
• 1065 – Augsburg Cathedral consecrated.
• 1251 – Dominican Monastery of St. Katharine active.
• 1276 – Augsburg becomes a Free Imperial City.
• 1300 – Barfüsserkirche (church) founded.
• 1321 – St. Anna-Kirche (church) founded.
• 1364 – Three Moors Inn in business (approximate date).
• 1370 - Public clock installed (approximate date).^[2]
• 1407 - Paper mill established.^[3]
• 1431 – Augsburg Cathedral remodeled.
• 1468 - Burkhard Zingg writes Augsburger Chronik, a history of the city (approximate date).
• 1472 – Printing press in operation.^[4]
• 1487 - Fuggers Bank established.^[5]
• 1493 – Artist Hans Holbein the Elder active (approximate date).
• 1500 – Church of St. Ulrich and St. Afra built.

16th century

• 1502 – Catholic Holy Cross Church built.
• 1509 – Fortunatus (book) published.
• 1515 – Dominikaner-Kirche (church) built.
• 1517 - St. Anne's Church, Augsburg built.^[6]
• 1518 - Fire engine built.^[7]
• 1523 – Fuggerei residential area developed.
• 1530 – Lutheran Confession of Augsburg introduced.
• 1534 – Augsburg Protestant Cemetery established.
• 1537
  • Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg (city library) founded.
  • Augsburg joins the Schmalkaldic League.
• 1540 – Augsburger Börse (stock exchange) established.
• 1546 – Maximilian Museum and Rotes Tor (gate) built.
• 1573 - Sugar refinery begins operating.^[8]
• 1577 – St. Ulrich's and St. Afra's Abbey active.
• 1582 – St. Salvator Jesuit school founded.^[9]
• 1594 – Augustusbrunnen (fountain) created for Maximiliansstrasse.
• 1599 – Herkulesbrunnen (fountain) created for Maximiliansstrasse.

17th century

• 1607 – Augsburger Zeughaus (armory) built.
• 1609 - Metzg (butchers' house) built.
• 1612 – Engravers Lucas Kilian and Wolfgang Kilian in business.
• 1620 – Augsburg Town Hall built.
• 1631 - Augsburg Art Cabinet sent to Sweden as a gift.^[10]
• 1632 – Swedish Empire occupation begins.
• 1635
  • Swedish occupation ends.
  • Population: 16,432.
• 1650 – Augsburger Hohes Friedensfest (festival) begins.

18th century

• 1703 – Town besieged by Bavarian forces.
• 1712 – Academy of painting founded.
• 1765 – Gignoux-Haus built.
• 1770
  • Ballroom built in the Schaezlerpalais.
  • Schülesche Kattunfabrik in business
• 1782 – Dollische bookseller in business.^[11]
• 1786 - Hot-air balloon flight of Joseph Maximilian Freiherr von Lütgendorf.^[12]

19th century

• 1805 – 10 October: French in power.
• 1806
  • 4 March: Augsburg becomes part of the Kingdom of Bavaria.
  • Population: 26,200.
• 1810 – Allgemeine Zeitung (newspaper) in publication.
• 1817 – Augsburg becomes an administrative capital of the Oberdonaukreis.
• 1825 – Chapel built in Protestant Cemetery.
• 1833 – Holbein-Gymnasium (school) established.
• 1837 – Town becomes administrative capital for the Swabia and Neuburg district.
• 1840
  • Sander'sche Maschinenfabrik in business.
  • Cotton mill established.
• 1846 – Augsburg Hauptbahnhof (train station) opens.
• 1847
  • Augsburg Morellstraße station opens.
  • Turnverein Augsburg (sport club) formed.
• 1854 – Maximilian Museum founded.
• 1858 - Population: 43,616.^[13]
• 1870 – Konigl. Industrieschule (industrial school) established.^[14]
• 1875 – Paar Valley Railway begins operating.
• 1876 – Der Volkswille newspaper in publication.^[15]
• 1878
  • Stadttheater Augsburg (theatre) built.
  • Augsburger Eislaufverein (ice hockey team) formed.
• 1885
  • Stadtarchiv Augsburg (town archive) building established.^[16]
  • Population: 65,905.
• 1898 – Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg and Augsburg-Oberhausen Acetylene Factory in business.
• 1900 – Population: 89,109.

20th century

• 1903 – TSV Schwaben Augsburg (football club) formed.
• 1905 - Population: 94,923.^[17]
• 1907 – FC Augsburg (football club) formed.
• 1910
  • Landsberg Prison established in vicinity of Augsburg.
  • Population: 102,487.^[18]
• 1911 – Oberhausen becomes part of Augsburg.
• 1917 - Augsburg Synagogue built.
• 1919 - Population: 154,555.^[19]
• 1920 – Stadtbücherei Augsburg (public library) founded.
• 1924 – Augsburger Kajak Verein (kayak club) formed.^[20]
• 1926 – Messerschmitt (aircraft works) in business.
• 1930 - 8 September: Hitler gives speech, German federal election, 1930.
• 1933 – Gau Swabia (Nazi administrative region) established.
• 1937
  • Augsburg Zoo opens.^[21]
  • Mozarthaus (house museum) established.
• 1938
  • Messerschmitt aircraft manufactory in business.
  • Ice skating rink opens.
• 1942 – 17 April: Bombing by Allied forces.
• 1944 – 25–26 February: Bombing by Allied forces.
• 1945 – Schwäbische Landeszeitung newspaper begins publication.^[22]
• 1948
  • Weltbild (publisher) in business.
  • Augsburger Puppenkiste (theatre) opens.
• 1951
  • Rosenaustadion (stadium) opens.
  • Town art collections installed in the Schaezlerpalais.
• 1954 - Fürst Fugger Privatbank established.
• 1956 – United States military 11th Airborne Division stationed in Augsburg.^[23]
• 1961 - Population: 208,659.
• 1969 – Part of Göggingen becomes part of Augsburg.
• 1970 – University of Augsburg founded.
• 1971
  • Augsburg Eiskanal (artificial whitewater river) opens.
  • Augsburg University of Applied Sciences founded.
• 1972
  • Inningen becomes part of Augsburg.
  • Kongresshalle opens.
  • Dorint Hotel Tower built.
• 1977
  • Kulturhaus Kresslesmühle (cultural space) opens.^[24]
  • Romanistentheater founded.
• 1989 – Sparkassen-Planetarium opens.
• 1996
  • Kulturhaus Abraxas (cultural space) active.
  • S’ensemble Theater founded.
• 1998 – Brechthaus (museum) opens.

21st century

• 2009 – (public library) building opens.
• 2012 – Population: 272,699.

See also

• List of mayors of Augsburg

Bibliography

in English

published in the 17th-19th century

• • • Book: A Geographical, Historical and Political Description of the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Prussia, Italy, Sicily, Corsica and Sardinia: With a Gazetteer . 1800. . London . 79519893 . Augsburg . https://books.google.com/books?id=6OlWAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA132-IA1 .
• Book: William Blackwood . 1830 . Edinburgh . Edinburgh Encyclopædia . David Brewster . Augsburg . https://archive.org/stream/edinburghencyclo03edinuoft#page/100/mode/1up . Edinburgh Encyclopædia .
  • Book: Geography . 1 . . Charles Knight . London . 1866 . Bradbury, Evans, & Co. . Augsburg . 2027/nyp.33433000064786 .
  • Lewis, "The Roman Antiquities of Augsburg and Ratisbon", in volume xlviii, Archæological Journal, (London, 1891).

published in the 20th century

• Book: . London . 1903 . 15th . Handbook for Travellers in South Germany and Austria . Augsburg . https://books.google.com/books?id=m_oJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA128 . .
• Augsburg . 2 . 902 . 1910 . . 1.
• Book: Catholic Encyclopedia . Diocese of Augsburg . Joseph Lins . https://archive.org/stream/catholicencyclop02herbuoft#page/72/mode/2up . New York . 1913 . Catholic Encyclopedia .
  • Guide to the Cartographic History of the Imperial City of Augsburg . Franz Grenacher . Imago Mundi . 22 . 1968 . 1150439 . 10.1080/03085696808592321 . 85–106.
• Book: Trudy Ring. Northern Europe . International Dictionary of Historic Places. 1995 . Fitzroy Dearborn . 978-1-136-63944-9 . Augsburg . https://books.google.com/books?id=yfPYAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA59 .

published in the 21st century

• Book: John M. Jeep. Medieval Germany: an Encyclopedia . 2001. . 0-8240-7644-3. Augsburg .

in German

• Book: Topographia Sueviae . 1643 . . Frankfurt . Augsburg . https://books.google.com/books?id=RH5SAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR21 . de . 8+ .
  • Book: Augsburgs geschichte . 1826 . J.C. Wirth, etc. etc. .
• Book: Die Chroniken der Deutschen Städte . Leipzig . S. Hirzel Verlag . de . Augsburg. 4-5, 22-23, 25, 29, 32. 1865–1917. HathiTrust .
• Book: Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon . Leipzig . Brockhaus . 1896 . 14th . de . Augsburg. . Brockhaus Enzyklopädie . 2027/njp.32101064064437 .
• Werner, Geschichte der Stadt Augsburg, (Augsburg, 1900).
  • Book: P. Krauss . E. Uetrecht. Meyers Deutscher Städteatlas . Meyer's Atlas of German Cities . 1913. Bibliographisches Institut. Leipzig . de. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009018394. Augsburg.
• Book: Wolfgang Adam . Siegrid Westphal . Handbuch kultureller Zentren der Frühen Neuzeit: Städte und Residenzen im alten deutschen Sprachraum . 2012. De Gruyter. 978-3-11-029555-9 . de . Augsburg. .

External links

• Europeana. Items related to Augsburg, various dates
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Augsburg, various dates

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Germany . Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese) . Norway . 30 September 2015 .
2. Book: Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum .

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   . History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders . 1996. University of Chicago Press. 9780226155104 .
3. Book: Wilhelm Sandermann. Papier: Eine spannende Kulturgeschichte. 2013. Springer-Verlag. 9783662091937 . de . Beginn der Papierherstellung in einigen Landern .
4. Book: Henri Bouchot .

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   . H. Grevel . London . The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. 1890. H. Grevel & Co. .
5. Web site: Comparative Chronology of Money . Glyn Davies . Roy Davies . 2002 . University of Exeter.
6. Web site: Central Europe (including Germany), 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events . Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History . . New York . 30 September 2015 .
7. Book: Patrick Robertson. Robertson's Book of Firsts . 2011. Bloomsbury . 978-1-60819-738-5.
8. Book: Ursula Heinzelmann . Food Culture in Germany. 2008. ABC-CLIO . 9780313344954 . xviii .
9. Book: Gernot Michael Müller . Humanismus und Renaissance in Augsburg . 2010. Walter de Gruyter. 978-3-11-023124-3 . de .
10. Web site: Central Europe (including Germany), 1600–1800 A.D.: Key Events . Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History . . New York . 30 September 2015 .
11. Book: Allgemeines Adreßbuch für den deutschen Buchhandel ... 1870 . 1870. O.A. Schulz . Leipzig . de .
12. Book: Richard Holmes . Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air. 2013. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. 9780307908704 .
13. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1869 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Germany: States of South Germany: Bavaria . Statesman's Year-Book . 2027/nyp.33433081590337 .
14. Book: Königliche Museen zu Berlin. Kunsthandbuch für Deutschland . 6th . de . 1904. Georg Reimer.
15. Web site: Augsburger Zeitungen . Newspapers of Augsburg . de . Universitätsbibliothek . Universität Augsburg . 10 December 2013.
16. Web site: Aufgaben und Geschichte des Stadtarchivs . Stadt Augsburg . 10 December 2013 . de .
17. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1908 . London . Macmillan and Co.. German Empire . HathiTrust . 2027/nyp.33433081590592 .
18. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1915 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Germany . 2027/njp.32101072368358 .
19. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1921 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Germany . 2027/njp.32101072368440 .
20. Web site: Augsburger Kajak Verein . Augsburg . de . 10 December 2013.
21. Book: Vernon N. Kisling. Zoo and Aquarium History. 2000. CRC Press . USA . 9781420039245 . Zoological Gardens of Germany (chronological list).
22. Web site: Global Resources Network . . Chicago, USA . 10 December 2013.
23. Web site: 11th Airborne vets return to Germany . 2009 . United States Army . 10 December 2013.
24. Web site: Porträt und Bilder . Kulturhaus Kresslesmühle . Augsburg . 10 December 2013 . de .