Timeline of Mainz explained

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

Prior to 19th century

• 13/12 BC - Roman fort Mogontiacum built.
• 314 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz established (approximate date).^[1]
• 406 - Battle of Mainz (406).
• 790s - Benedictine St. Alban's Abbey active (approximate date).
• 813 - Carolingian rhine bridge (Mainz) (bridge) burns down.
• 848 - Gottschalk of Orbais convicted of heresy while in Mainz.^[2]
• 952 - Forces of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor fought forces of Liudolf, Duke of Swabia and Conrad, Duke of Lorraine in Mainz for 2 months.
• 1009 - Mainz Cathedral finished and burnt down during inauguration.
• 1160 - "Citizens revolted against archbishop Arnold of Selenhofen."
• 1163 - City wall dismantled.
• 1184 - Diet of Pentecost occurs.
• 1244 - established.
• 1314 - church built.
• 1340 - St. Stephen's Church built.
• 1370 - Public clock installed (approximate date).^[3]
• 1454/5 - Johannes Gutenberg prints a Bible using movable type and a printing press; printing revolution launched.^{[4] [5]}
• 1461/2 - Mainz Diocesan Feud occurs.
• 1477 - University of Mainz founded.
• 1481 - Martinsburg, Mainz (castle) built.
• 1561 - Jesuit Kurfürstliches Kolleg (school) founded.
• 1631 - City occupied by Swedish forces during the Thirty Years' War.
• 1604 - Old arsenal built.
• 1644 - City occupied by French forces during the Thirty Years' War.
• 1660 - Citadel built in the Fortress of Mainz.
• 1670 - built.
• 1678 - Electoral Palace, Mainz built.
• 1689 - during the Nine Years' War.
• 1736 - Arsenal built.
• 1750 - Bassenheimer Hof built.
• 1752 - Osteiner Hof built on the .
• 1754 - (scholarly society) established.^[6]
• 1770 - Schott Music publisher in business.^[7]
• 1781 - Altmünster Cistercian abbey dissolved.
• 1792 - October: Siege of Mainz (1792) by the French Revolutionary Armies under Adam-Philippe de Custine.
• 1793
  • March: Republic of Mainz established.
  • 14 April: Siege of Mainz (1793) begins.
  • 23 July: Siege ends; Republic dissolved.
• 1797 - Mainz "ceded to France by the Treaty of Campo Formio."
• 1798 - University of Mainz suppressed by the French.

19th century

• 1803 - "Hall of Antiques" exhibited.^[8]
• 1805 - (library) established.
• 1814
  • Siege of Mainz (1814) defended by French forces under Charles Antoine Morand.
  • Mainz becomes part of Germany again.
• 1817 - (sport club) formed.
• 1827 - (bank) founded.
• 1833 - Staatstheater Mainz built.
• 1837
  • (carnival society) established, the first of many.^(de)
  • Gutenberg monument^(de) erected on the Gutenbergplatz (Mainz).
• 1838
  • (parade) begins.
  • (another carnival society) established.
• 1844 - (historical society) founded.
• 1845 - history journal begins publication.
• 1848 - Political unrest.
• 1853 - Mainz–Ludwigshafen railway begins operating.
• 1854 - Mainzer Anzeiger newspaper in publication (founded in 1850 as an advertisement paper)
• 1857 - 18 November: explodes, damaging the neighborhood.
• 1861 - Population: 41,279.^[9]
• 1862
  • South railway bridge built.
  • founded.^[10]
• 1863 - Main Railway (Frankfurt-Mainz) begins operating.
• 1866 - barracks built (approximate date).
• 1871 - Alzey–Mainz railway begins operating.
• 1873 - Development of begins.
• 1884 - Mainz Hauptbahnhof and Mainz Süd train stations, and built.
• 1885 - Rheinbrücke (bridge) built.
• 1887 - Zollhafen (port) opens near city.
• 1890 - Population: 72,059.^[11]
• 1899 - Rheinischer Camera-Klub founded.^[12]

20th century

• 1901 - Gutenberg Museum opens.
• 1904 - Kaiserbrücke (railway bridge) built.
• 1905
  • 1. FSV Mainz 05 football club formed.
  • Population: 91,124.
• 1907 - Gustav Stresemann Business School founded.
• 1908 - Kastel becomes part of Mainz.
• 1912 - (synagogue) built.
• 1913 - Church of the Sacred Heart built.
• 1919 - Population: 107,930.^[13]
• 1927 - Theresianum Gymnasium Mainz (school) founded.
• 1929 - Stadion am Bruchweg (stadium) opens.
• 1930 - Bischofsheim becomes part of Mainz.
• 1938 - Gonsenheim becomes part of Mainz.
• 1941 - Bombing of Mainz in World War II begins.
• 1945
  • Bombing of Mainz in World War II ends.
  • Mainz-Amöneburg becomes part of nearby city Wiesbaden.
• 1946 - University of Mainz reactivated.
• 1947 - Allgemeine Zeitung (Mainz) newspaper in publication.
• 1949 - Academy of Sciences and Literature founded.
• 1951 - Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate begins meeting in the Deutschhaus Mainz.
• 1953 - Rabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium (school) active.
• 1958 - Iron Tower reconstructed.
• 1961 - Wood Tower reconstructed.
• 1962 - Schierstein Bridge built.
• 1963 - erected on the Schillerplatz.
• 1964 - borough created.^[14]
• 1967 - Mittelrheinischen Landesmuseum Mainz established.
• 1968 - built.
• 1981 - Mainz (journal) begins publication.
• 1985 - Ancient discovered in Kästrich.
• 1987 - (newspaper) begins publication.
• 1989 - borough new circumscripted.
• 1997 - Jens Beutel becomes mayor.

21st century

• 2010
  • February: Storm.
  • New synagogue Mainz built.
• 2011 - Coface Arena opens.
• 2012 - Michael Ebling becomes mayor.
• 2013 - Population: 204,268.

See also

• Mainz history
  • List of mayors of Mainz
• List of archbishops of Mainz until 1803

Other cities in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate:^(de)

• Timeline of Koblenz

References

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

Bibliography

in English

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• Book: Handbook for North Germany. J. Murray. London. 1886. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hn1imr?urlappend=%3Bseq=99. Mainz. 2027/hvd.hn1imr?urlappend=%3Bseq=99.
• Book: Chambers's Encyclopaedia. Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t7zk5ms79?urlappend=%3Bseq=829. Mainz. 2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t7zk5ms79?urlappend=%3Bseq=829. .
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• Book: Trudy Ring. Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. 1995. Fitzroy Dearborn. 978-1-136-63944-9. Mainz. https://books.google.com/books?id=yfPYAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA477. 477+.
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in German

• Book: Mainz: Geschichtlich, Topographisch und Malerisch. Heinrich Brühl. Florian Kupferberg. Mainz. 1829. de.
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  . Das Großherzogthum Hessen historisch und geographisch für Schule und Haus. History and Geography of the Grand Duchy of Hesse for School and Home. 1866. de. Wirth. Mainz. Geschichte von Mainz. https://books.google.com/books?id=N5IAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA30. .
• Book: Die Chroniken der Deutschen Städte. Leipzig . S. Hirzel Verlag . de. Mainz. 17. 1881–1882. HathiTrust.
• Book: Kleiner Führer für die Rhein-Reise von Köln bis Frankfurt. Short guide for a trip along the Rhine from Cologne to Frankfurt. Griebens Reisebücher. 75. Berlin. Albert Goldschmidt. 1900. Google Books. de. Mainz. https://books.google.com/books?id=UPsVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA101.
• Book: Ernst Neeb.

  de:Ernst Neeb

  . Verzeichnis der Kunstdenkmäler der Stadt Mainz. 1905. Mainz. Verlag des Altertumsvereins. de.
• Book: P. Krauss und E. Uetrecht. Meyers Deutscher Städteatlas . Meyer's Atlas of German Cities. 1913. Bibliographisches Institut. Leipzig. de. Mainz.
• Book: Franz Dumont. Franz Dumont. etal. Mainz: Die Geschichte der Stadt. 2nd. Verlag Philipp von Zabern. 1999. 3-8053-2000-0. de.
• 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. Mainz. 1391+ . .

External links

• Web site: Stadtgeschichte . de . City History . Landeshauptstadt Mainz .
• Links to fulltext city directories for Mainz via Wikisource
• Europeana. Items related to Mainz, various dates.
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Mainz, various dates

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Germany . . Norway . 30 October 2015 .
2. Book: Pierre Riché .

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   . Daily Life in the World of Charlemagne . 1978 . University of Pennsylvania Press . 0-8122-1096-4 . Translated by Jo Ann McNamara . Chronology . https://books.google.com/books?id=ffGjKJ2Rg8IC&pg=PA290 . registration .
3. 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 .
4. Book: Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum . Robert Proctor . Robert Proctor (bibliographer) . London . Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company . 1898 . Books Printed From Types: Germany: Mainz . 2027/uc1.c3450631?urlappend=%3Bseq=36 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c3450631?urlappend=%3Bseq=36 . HathiTrust .
5. Web site: Central Europe (including Germany), 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events . Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History . . New York . 30 October 2015 .
6. Web site: Chronology of Scholarly Societies . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115228/http://www.scholarly-societies.org/chronology_soc.html . dead . 4 March 2016 . Jim Parrott . Scholarly Societies Project . . Canada .
7. Book: André de Quadros . André de Quadros . Cambridge Companion to Choral Music . . 2012 . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-11173-7 . Choral Music in the Culture of the 19th Century . Chester L. Alwes . Music publishers of the 18th to the early 20th c. (chronological list) . https://books.google.com/books?id=b79Dc9sHDtMC&pg=PA39 . registration .
8. Web site: Geschichte des Landesmuseums (timeline) . de . Landesmuseums Mainz . 30 October 2015 .
9. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . Statesman's Year-Book . 1869 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Germany: States of South Germany: Hesse-Darmstadt . 2027/nyp.33433081590337?urlappend=%3Bseq=236 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590337?urlappend=%3Bseq=236 .
10. Book: Hubbard's Newspaper and Bank Directory of the World . 1882. H. P. Hubbard . New Haven, USA .
11. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1896 . London . Macmillan and Co.. German Empire: States of Germany: Hesse . 2027/nyp.33433081590543?urlappend=%3Bseq=653 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590543?urlappend=%3Bseq=653 .
12. Book: Königliche Museen zu Berlin . Kunsthandbuch für Deutschland . 6th . de . 1904. Georg Reimer.
13. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1921 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Germany . 2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=972 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=972 . HathiTrust .
14. Web site: Aus der Geschichte . de . Mainz-Lerchenberg.de . Peter Schlereth . 30 October 2015 .