Timeline of Mulhouse explained

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

Prior to 20th century

• 1273 – Mulhouse becomes an Imperial Free City of the Holy Roman Empire and receives privileges from Rudolph of Hapsburg.
• 1466 – Mulhouse "formed an alliance with the Swiss."
• 1515 – Mulhouse becomes part of the Swiss Confederacy.
• 1528 – Protestant reformation.
• 1553 – (city hall) rebuilt.^[1]
• 1674 – Battle of Mulhouse.
• 1746 – Cotton manufacturing begins.
• 1798 – Mulhouse becomes part of France per treaty.
• 1800 – Population: 6,018.
• 1801 – Mulhouse becomes part of the Haut-Rhin department.
• 1826 – founded.^[2] https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000679723
• 1830 – Rhone–Rhine Canal built.
• 1836 – Population: 16,932.
• 1839 - Mulhouse-Ville station opened.
• 1849 – built.
• 1853 – Cité ouvrière (residential area for factory workers) developed.
• 1856 – Population: 45,981.
• 1857
  • Paris–Mulhouse railway begins operating.
  • (museum) founded.^[3]
• 1859 - Temple Saint-Étienne founded.
• 1861 – and created.
• 1864 – Musée des Beaux-Arts de Mulhouse established.^[4]
• 1866 – Population: 58,773.^[5]
• 1867 – Théâtre de la Sinne built.
• 1868 - Mulhouse Zoological and Botanical Park created.
• 1871 – Mulhouse becomes part of German Empire.
• 1874 – Musée historique de Mulhouse established.^[6]
• 1880 – Population: 68,140.^[7]
• 1882 – begins operating.

20th century

• 1906 – Population: 94,498.
• 1914
  • 7–10 August: Battle of Mulhouse; German forces win.
  • 19 August: .
  • Dornach becomes part of Mulhouse.
• 1919 – Mulhouse becomes part of France again.
• 1923 – Société d'histoire de Mulhouse (history society) founded.
• 1925 – built.
• 1932 – Gare de Mulhouse (train station) built.
• 1940
  • June: German occupation of city begins.^[8]
  • August: Frontstalag 213 prisoner-of-war camp for Allied POWs established by the Germans.^[9]
  • December: Frontstalag 213 POW camp dissolved.^[9] Stalag V-E POW camp established.^[10]
• 1942 – March: Stalag V-E POW camp dissolved.^[10]
• 1944 – November: German occupation of city ends.
• 1947 – Bourtzwiller becomes part of Mulhouse.
• 1955 – (museum) active.
• 1958 – and created.
• 1959 – 1959 Tour de France bicycle race departs from Mulhouse.
• 1962 – Population: 108,995.
• 1971
  • 1971 Tour de France bicycle race departs from Mulhouse.
  • Musée français du chemin de fer (train museum) established.
• 1972 – Regional Opéra national du Rhin established.
• 1978 - Cité de l'Automobile established.
• 1986 – (library) established.
• 1989 – Jean-Marie Bockel becomes mayor.
• 1992 – (museum) opens.
• 1999 – Kinepolis Mulhouse (cinema) opens.

21st century

• 2006 – Mulhouse tramway begins operating.
• 2009 – Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération (regional government) created.
• 2010
  • begins operating.
  • Jean Rottner becomes mayor.
• 2013
  • June: City hosts the 2013 Men's World Team Squash Championships.
  • Population: 112,063.
• 2015 – Cantons 1, 2, and 3 created.
• 2016 – Mulhouse becomes part of the Grand Est region.

See also

• • • • History of Alsace

Other cities in the Grand Est region:

• Timeline of Metz
• Timeline of Nancy, France
• Timeline of Reims
• Timeline of Strasbourg
• Timeline of Troyes

References

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• • • Book: Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101065312926?urlappend=%3Bseq=396. Mülhausen. . Chambers's Encyclopaedia. 2027/njp.32101065312926?urlappend=%3Bseq=396.
• Mülhausen . 18 . 960 . 1910 . . 1.

in other languages

• Book: Eusèbe Girault de Saint-Fargeau .

  fr:Eusèbe Girault de Saint-Fargeau

  . Guide pittoresque: portatif et complet, du voyageur en France. fr. Firmin Didot frères. Paris. 1842. 3rd. Mulhausen. https://books.google.com/books?id=agcCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA535.
• Book: Sabliere . Histoire de la ville Mulhouse . 1856 . fr . Rissler .
• Book: Catalogue de l'histoire de France . Firmin Didot frères . Paris . Bibliothèque impériale . fr. 1863. Localités: Mulhouse. 8. https://books.google.com/books?id=yAg4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA423. Bibliothèque nationale de France . (Bibliography)
• Book: La république de Mulhausen, 717–1798 . Albert Metzger . 1876 . fr .
• Book: Martin Schall . Das Arbeiter-Quartier in Mülhausen im Elsass. 1876. Kortkampf . Berlin . de. .
• 1895–
• Book: Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon . Leipzig . Brockhaus. 1896. 14th . de . Mülhausen . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101064064494?urlappend=%3Bseq=68 . 12. Brockhaus Enzyklopädie . 2027/njp.32101064064494?urlappend=%3Bseq=68 .
• Book: Vosges, Lorraine, Alsace. fr. Guides Joanne. 1913. Mulhouse. Hachette et cie. 2027/uiug.30112105906736?urlappend=%3Bseq=609. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiug.30112105906736?urlappend=%3Bseq=609.
• Book: Colmar, Mulhouse, Schlestadt . Guides illustrés Michelin des champs de bataille . 1920 . . fr . 2027/uc1.b3277548 .

External links

• Items related to Mulhouse, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Mulhouse, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Histoire et patrimoine . Mulhouse.fr . fr . Ville de Mulhouse . 10 November 2016 .
2. Web site: Sociétés savantes de France (Mulhouse) . . fr . Paris . 10 November 2016 .
3. Web site: (Mulhouse) . Muséofile

   Répertoire des musées français

   . fr . . 11 November 2016 .
4. Web site: Musée des Beaux-Arts . Répertoire des Musées de France (Muséofile) . 26 November 2022.
5. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1868 . London . Macmillan and Co.. France . 2027/nyp.33433081590329?urlappend=%3Bseq=112 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590329?urlappend=%3Bseq=112 . Hunter . Brian . Paxton . John . Steinberg . S. H. . Epstein . Mortimer . Renwick . Isaac Parker Anderson . Keltie . John Scott . Martin . Frederick .
6. Web site: Musée Historique . Répertoire des Musées de France (Muséofile) . 26 November 2022.
7. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1885 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Germany: Alsace-Lorraine . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590469?urlappend=%3Bseq=223 . Hathi Trust . Statesman's Year-Book . 2027/nyp.33433081590469?urlappend=%3Bseq=223 . Hunter . Brian . Paxton . John . Steinberg . S. H. . Epstein . Mortimer . Renwick . Isaac Parker Anderson . Keltie . John Scott . Martin . Frederick .
8. Web site: Mulhouse . fr . Encyclopédie Larousse . . 10 November 2016 .
9. Web site: German Frontstalag Camps. 20 August 2022.
10. Web site: German Stalag Camps. 20 August 2022.