Mainz in the 16th century
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mainz, Germany.
Prior to 19th century
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- 13/12 BC - Roman fort Mogontiacum built.[1][2]
- 314 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz established (approximate date).[3]
- 406 - Battle of Mainz (406).
- 790s - Benedictine St. Alban's Abbey active (approximate date).
- 813 - Carolingian rhine bridge (Mainz) Rheinbrücke Karls des Großen (bridge) burns down.
- 848 - Gottschalk of Orbais convicted of heresy while in Mainz.[4]
- 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.[2]
- 1160 - "Citizens revolted against archbishop Arnold of Selenhofen."[2]
- 1163 - City wall dismantled.[2]
- 1184 - Diet of Pentecost occurs.[2]
- 1244 - Freie Stadt Mainz established.[2]
- 1314 - Dominikanerkloster Mainz church built.
- 1340 - St. Stephen's Church built.
- 1370 - Public clock installed (approximate date).[5]
- 1454/5 - Johannes Gutenberg prints a Bible using movable type and a printing press; printing revolution launched.[6][7]
- 1461/2 - Mainz Diocesan Feud occurs.[2]
- 1477 - University of Mainz founded.[2]
- 1481 - Martinsburg, Mainz (castle) built.
- 1561 - Jesuit Kurfürstliches Kolleg (school) founded.
- 1631 - City occupied by Swedish forces during the Thirty Years' War.[2]
- 1604 - Old arsenal built.
- 1644 - City occupied by French forces during the Thirty Years' War.[2]
- 1660 - Citadel built in the Fortress of Mainz.[8]
- 1670 - Schönborner Hof (Mainz) built.
- 1678 - Electoral Palace, Mainz built.[2]
- 1689 - Siege of Mainz (1689) during the Nine Years' War.[2]
- 1736 - Arsenal built.[1]
- 1750 - Bassenheimer Hof built.
- 1752 - Osteiner Hof built on the Thiermarkt.
- 1754 - Churfürstlich Mayntzische Academie nützlicher Wissenschaften (scholarly society) established.[9]
- 1770 - Schott Music publisher in business.[10]
- 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."[2]
- 1798 - University of Mainz suppressed by the French.[2]
19th century
- 1803 - "Hall of Antiques" exhibited.[11]
- 1805 - Stadtbibliothek Mainz (library) established.
- 1814
- Siege of Mainz (1814) defended by French forces under Charles Antoine Morand.
- Mainz becomes part of Germany again.[2]
- 1817 - Mainzer Turnverein von 1817 (sport club) formed.
- 1827 - Sparkasse Mainz (bank) founded.[12]
- 1833 - Staatstheater Mainz built.
- 1837
- Mainzer Ranzengarde (carnival society) established, the first of many.(de)
- Gutenberg monument(de) erected on the Gutenbergplatz (Mainz).[2]
- 1838
- Mainzer Rosenmontagszug (parade) begins.
- Mainzer Carneval-Verein (another carnival society) established.
- 1844 - Mainzer Altertumsverein (historical society) founded.
- 1845 - Mainzer Zeitschrift history journal begins publication.
- 1848 - Political unrest.[2]
- 1853 - Mainz–Ludwigshafen railway begins operating.
- 1854 - Mainzer Anzeiger newspaper in publication (founded in 1850 as an advertisement paper)
- 1857 - 18 November: Pulverturm (Mainz) explodes, damaging the Kästrich neighborhood.[1]
- 1861 - Population: 41,279.[13]
- 1862
- South railway bridge built.
- Mainzer Volksbank founded.[14]
- 1863 - Main Railway (Frankfurt-Mainz) begins operating.
- 1866 - Neutorkaserne barracks built (approximate date).
- 1871 - Alzey–Mainz railway begins operating.
- 1873 - Development of Mainz-Neustadt begins.
- 1884 - Mainz Hauptbahnhof and Mainz Süd train stations, and Stadthalle (Mainz) built.
- 1885 - Rheinbrücke (bridge) built.[1]
- 1887 - Zollhafen (port) opens near city.[2]
- 1890 - Population: 72,059.[15]
- 1899 - Rheinischer Camera-Klub founded.[16]
20th century
- 1901 - Gutenberg Museum opens.
- 1904 - Kaiserbrücke (railway bridge) built.
- 1905
- 1. FSV Mainz 05 football club formed.
- Population: 91,124.[2]
- 1907 - Gustav Stresemann Business School founded.
- 1908 - Kastel becomes part of Mainz.
- 1912 - Hauptsynagoge Mainz (synagogue) built.
- 1913 - Church of the Sacred Heart built.
- 1919 - Population: 107,930.[17]
- 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.[9]
- 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 - Fastnachtsbrunnen (Mainz) erected on the Schillerplatz.
- 1964 - Mainz-Lerchenberg borough created.[18]
- 1967 - Mittelrheinischen Landesmuseum Mainz established.[11]
- 1968 - Rheingoldhalle (Mainz) built.
- 1981 - Mainz (journal) begins publication.
- 1985 - Ancient Roman gate, Mainz discovered in Kästrich.
- 1987 - Mainzer Rhein-Zeitung (newspaper) begins publication.
- 1989 - Mainz-Altstadt borough new circumscripted.
- 1997 - Jens Beutel becomes mayor.
21st century
- 2010
- February: Storm.[19]
- New synagogue Mainz built.
- 2011 - Coface Arena opens.
- 2012 - Michael Ebling becomes mayor.
- 2013 - Population: 204,268.
See also
- Mainz history
- History of Mainz
- List of mayors of Mainz
- List of archbishops of Mainz until 1803
- List of heritage sites in Mainz
Other cities in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate:(de)
References
- 1 2 3 4 Chambers 1901.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Britannica 1910.
- ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Germany". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ↑ Pierre Riché [in French] (1978). "Chronology". Daily Life in the World of Charlemagne. Translated by Jo Ann McNamara. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-1096-4.
- ↑ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum [in German] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
- ↑ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Germany: Mainz". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450631 – via HathiTrust.
- ↑ "Central Europe (including Germany), 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ↑ Klein 1866.
- 1 2 Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ↑ Chester L. Alwes (2012). "Choral Music in the Culture of the 19th Century". In André de Quadros (ed.). Cambridge Companion to Choral Music. Cambridge Companions to Music. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-11173-7.
Music publishers of the 18th to the early 20th c. (chronological list)
- 1 2 "Geschichte des Landesmuseums (timeline)". Landesmuseums Mainz (in German). Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ↑ Lange 1840.
- ↑ "Germany: States of South Germany: Hesse-Darmstadt". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1869. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590337.
- ↑ Hubbard's Newspaper and Bank Directory of the World. New Haven, USA: H. P. Hubbard. 1882.
- ↑ "German Empire: States of Germany: Hesse". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1896. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590543.
- ↑ Königliche Museen zu Berlin (1904). Kunsthandbuch für Deutschland (in German) (6th ed.). Georg Reimer.
- ↑ "Germany". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440 – via HathiTrust.
- ↑ Peter Schlereth (ed.). "Aus der Geschichte". Mainz-Lerchenberg.de (in German). Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ↑ Storms rip through Europe, Reuters, 1 March 2010
This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia and French Wikipedia.
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in English
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- Herbermann, Charles George (1910). "Mainz". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.
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