Timeline of Luxembourg City explained

The following is a timeline of the history of Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.

Prior to 19th century

• 963 - Castle built atop Bock cliffs by Siegfried of Luxembourg.
• 987 - Church of the Redemption consecrated.
• 1120 - Church of St. Peter built.
• 1320 - Saint Michael's Church built (approximate date).
• 1340
  • New city fortifications constructed.
  • Schobermesse (tent fair) begins.
• 1390 - Public clock installed (approximate date).^[1]
• 1443 - Burgundians under Philip the Good conquer city.
• 1554 - Fire in Ville Haute.
• 1563 - La Fontaine Castle construction begins.
• 1572 - City Hall built.
• 1603 - Collège des Jésuites founded.
• 1606 - Neimënster Abbey built.
• 1613 - Church of Notre Dame cornerstone laid.
• 1623 - Capuchin monastery built.
• 1644 - Tunnels built.
• 1671 - Place d'Armes laid out (approximate date).
• 1684 - French in power.
• 1685 - Lambert Fortress built.
• 1693 - Jean-Bernard Knepper becomes mayor.
• 1697 - Spaniards in power per Treaty of Ryswick.
• 1714 - Austrians in power.
• 1732 - Fort Thüngen built.
• 1784 - Château de Septfontaines built outside city (in Rollingergrund).
• 1794 - November 22: Siege of Luxembourg by French forces begins.
• 1795
  • June 7: Siege of Luxembourg ends.
  • City becomes préfecture of the Forêts département of the French First Republic.
• 1798 - Municipal Library active.
• 1800 - François Scheffer becomes mayor.

19th century

• 1815 - Prussians in power per Treaty of Paris.
• 1821 - Luxemburger Wochenblatt newspaper begins publication.
• 1827 - Journal de la ville et du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg newspaper in publication.^[2]
• 1833 - Roman Catholic diocese of Luxembourg established.^[3]
• 1838 - City Hall (Hôtel de Ville) completed.
• 1848 - Luxemburger Wort newspaper begins publication.
• 1850 - Society of the Natural Sciences established.
• 1855 - Pescatore Institute (charity) founded.
• 1858 - Population: 13,129.^[4]
• 1859 - Luxembourg railway station opens.
• 1860 - Hall of the Chamber of Deputies.
• 1861 - Viaduct built over Petrusse valley.
• 1867
  • Luxembourg Crisis.
  • Fortress dismantled per Treaty of London.
• 1868 - Royal-Grand Ducal Institute established.
• 1872
  • Municipal Park laid out.
  • Pescatore Museum opens.^[5]
• 1882 - Casino Bourgeois opens.
• 1884 - William II monument erected in Place Guillaume II.
• 1890 - City becomes part of independent Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
• 1892 - Museum of Natural History opens in Pfaffenthal.
• 1894 - Émile Mousel becomes mayor.
• 1895 - Ons Hemecht begins publication.^[6]

20th century

• 1903 - Adolphe Bridge built.
• 1904 - Alphonse Munchen becomes mayor.
• 1905 - Population: 20,984.
• 1906 - Conservatoire de Luxembourg founded.
• 1910 - Cercle Municipal building inaugurated.
• 1913 - Luxembourg railway station rebuilt.
• 1914 - German occupation begins.^[7]
• 1918 - German occupation ends.^[8]
• 1919 - Football Club Amis des Sports Lëtzebuerg-Fëschmaart founded.
• 1920
  • Dommeldange, Eich, Hamm, Hollerich, and Rollingergrund incorporated into city.
  • Villa Louvigny built.
• 1921 - Gaston Diderich becomes mayor.
• 1923 - Gëlle Fra war memorial erected.
• 1930s - Sandweiler Airport opens.
• 1933 - Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra founded.^[9]
• 1940
  • May 10: German occupation begins.
  • August 18: Volksdeutsche Bewegung rally held.^[10]
• 1944
  • September 10: German occupation ends.
  • Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial established.
  • December: City besieged by German V-3 cannon.
• 1945 - January: City besieged by German V-3 cannon.
• 1946 - Émile Hamilius becomes mayor.
• 1952 - European Coal and Steel Community, European Commission, and European Court of Justice headquartered in city.
• 1953 - European School of Luxembourg I established.
• 1964 - Municipal Theatre built.
• 1966
  • Alcide De Gasperi building constructed.
  • Grand Duchess Charlotte Bridge opens.
• 1968 - European Investment Bank headquarters relocates to Luxembourg.
• 1970 - Colette Flesch becomes mayor.
• 1973
  • National Library of Luxembourg relocates to former Athénée building.
  • Rugby Club Luxembourg formed.
• 1975 - European Court of Auditors headquartered in city.
• 1976 - Municipal Hospital opens.
• 1979 - begins publication.
• 1982
  • Lydie Polfer becomes mayor.
  • St. Peter and Paul Church consecrated.
• 1984
  • Photothèque opens.
  • Hilton Luxembourg hotel built.
• 1991 - BGL Luxembourg Open tennis tournament begins.
• 1993 - Am Tunnel art gallery opens.
• 1994
  • opens.^[11]
  • European Investment Fund headquartered in city.
• 1995
  • City designated a European Capital of Culture.
  • Den Atelier music venue opens.
• 1996
  • Luxembourg City History Museum founded.
  • Utopolis Kirchberg cinema multiplex (since renamed Kinepolis Kirchberg) and Casino Luxembourg open.
• 1999 - Paul Helminger becomes mayor.

21st century

• 2001
  • City website online (approximate date).^[12]
  • Lycée Aline Mayrisch established.
• 2002 - National Museum of History and Art building expands.
• 2004 - Football Club FC RM Hamm Benfica formed.
• 2005
  • Philharmonie Luxembourg concert hall opens.
  • Racing Football Club Union Luxembourg formed.
• 2006 - Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art inaugurated.
• 2007 - The city is designated as European Capital of Culture for the secon time.
• 2008 - Judiciary City inaugurated.
• 2010 - Villeroy & Boch porcelain factory closes.
• 2011 - Xavier Bettel becomes mayor.
• 2013 - Lydie Polfer becomes mayor.
• 2015 - The Hamilius building complex and bus station is demolished.
• 2017 - Line T1 of the Luxembourg City tramway opens, alongside Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg station and the Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg funicular.
• 2019 - The National Library of Luxembourg's new site on the Kirchberg opens.
• 2020 - Public transport is made free in Luxembourg City alongside the rest of the country.
• 2021 - The Stade de Luxembourg is inaugurated, replacing the Stade Josy Barthel as Luxembourg's national stadium.

See also

• Quarters of Luxembourg City
• List of mayors of Luxembourg City
• History of Luxembourg (country)
• Years in Luxembourg (country)

References

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia, German Wikipedia, and Luxembourgish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

• • Book: Gazetteer of the Netherlands. G.G. and J. Robinson. London. 1794. https://books.google.com/books?id=Mv1WAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA4-PA4-IA1. Luxemburg.
  • Book: Galignani's Traveller's Guide through Holland and Belgium . Paris . . 1822 . 4th . Luxemburg . 2027/njp.32101073846667 .
    • Book: Chambers's Encyclopaedia . London . Luxemburg, the capital of the grand-duchy . 1901 . HathiTrust . 2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t7zk5ms79 . Chambers's Encyclopaedia .
  • Luxemburg (city) . 17 . 146 . 1910 . . 1.

External links

• Web site: Luxembourg-Ville . fr . Collection de cartes postales . Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg .

Notes and References

1. Book: Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum .

   de:Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum

   . History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders . 1996. University of Chicago Press. 978-0-226-15510-4 .
2. Web site: Quotidiens et hebdomadaires . fr . Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg . 2013-01-06 .
3. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Luxembourg . . Norway . 30 October 2015 .
4. Book: Georg Friedrich Kolb .

   de:Georg Friedrich Kolb

   . de . Grundriss der Statistik der Völkerzustands- und Staatenkunde . 1862 . Leipzig . A. Förstnersche Buchhandlung . Deutschland: Luxemburg . https://books.google.com/books?id=QkBVAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA58 .
5. Web site: Catalogue des objets d'art composant le Musée J. - P. Pescatore. Auguste Dutreux . 1872 . 2nd . fr . 2013-01-06 . Europeana.
6. Book: Ons Hemecht: Organ des Vereins Luxemburger Geschichte Litteratur und Kunst . 1907 .
7. Book: Stephen Pope . Elizabeth-Anne Wheal. Dictionary of the First World War. 1995 . Macmillan . 978-0-85052-979-1 . Select Chronology . https://books.google.com/books?id=fOrNAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA523 .
8. Web site: Luxembourg Profile: Timeline . BBC News . 30 October 2015 .
9. Book: Colin Lawson. Colin Lawson. Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra. 2003. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-00132-8 . Orchestras Founded in the 20th Century (chronological list) . https://books.google.com/books?id=1DW1WyiooSMC&pg=PA277 .
10. The German Administration in Luxemburg 1940-1942: Toward a 'De Facto' Annexation . Willard Allen Fletcher . The Historical Journal . 13 . 1970 .
11. Web site: Garden Search: Luxembourg . . London . 30 October 2015 .
12. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20010222154503/http://www.vdl.lu/ . Ville de Luxembourg . 2001-02-22 . fr . .