Timeline of Aachen

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

Prior to 14th century

 * 451 – Town "pillaged by the Huns."
 * 786 – Palace of Charlemagne construction begins.
 * 796 – Palatine Chapel construction begins (approximate date).
 * 799 – (militia) formed.
 * 813 – 13 September: Coronation of Louis the Pious as King of the Franks.
 * 814 – 28 January: Death of Charlemagne.
 * 816 – Catholic Council of Aachen establishes the Rule of Aix.
 * 936 – 7 August: Coronation of King of Germany Otto I in Aachen Cathedral.
 * 961 – Coronation of Otto II.
 * 983
 * Coronation of Otto III as King of Germany.
 * Chapel rebuilt.
 * 1028 – Coronation of Henry III as King of Germany.
 * 1054 – Coronation of Henry IV
 * 1087 – Coronation of Conrad II.
 * 1099 – Coronation of Henry V as King of Germany.
 * 1125 – Coronation of Lothair II as King of the Romans.
 * 1138 – Coronation of Conrad III as King of the Romans.
 * 1147 – Coronation of Henry Berengar as King of Germany.
 * 1152 – Coronation of Frederick I as King of the Romans.
 * 1169 – Coronation of Henry VI as King of the Romans.
 * 1198 – Coronation of Otto IV.
 * 1205 – Coronation of Philip of Swabia.
 * 1215
 * Coronation of Frederick II.
 * Karlsschrein (shrine of Charlemagne) built in cathedral.
 * 1222 – Coronation of Henry as German King.
 * 1248 – Siege of Aachen; followed by coronation of William II of Holland.
 * 1257 – Coronation of Richard as King of the Romans.
 * 1273 – Coronation of Rudolph I.
 * 1292 – Coronation of Adolf, King of Germany.
 * 1298 – Coronation of Albert I.
 * late 13th century – Ponttor (city gate) built, first mentioned in 1320.
 * 1300 – Marschiertor (gate) built (approximate date).

14th–18th centuries

 * 1306 – Aachen becomes a Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire.
 * 1309 – Coronation of Henry VII as King of the Romans.
 * 1314 – Coronation of Louis IV as King of the Romans.
 * 1349 – Coronation of Charles IV as King of the Romans.
 * 1353 – Aachen Town Hall built.
 * 1376 – Coronation of Wenceslaus IV as King of Germany.
 * 1414 – Coronation of Sigismund as King of the Romans.
 * 1442 – Coronation of Frederick III as King of the Romans.
 * 1486 – Coronation of Maximilian I as King of the Romans.
 * 1520 – Coronation of Charles V as King of Germany.
 * 1531 – Coronation of Ferdinand I as King of Germany.
 * 1580 – Protestant Reformation (approximate date).
 * 1601 – Population: 14,171.
 * 1614 – August: Siege of Aachen.
 * 1656 – Fire.
 * 1668 – May: Town hosts signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668).
 * 1748 – April: Town hosts international Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle and signing of treaty.
 * 1787 – active.
 * 1794 – Town occupied by French forces.
 * 1795 – Population: 23,413.

19th century

 * 1801
 * Town becomes part of France, per Peace of Lunéville.
 * Roman Catholic Diocese of Aachen established.
 * 1815 – Town becomes part of the Kingdom of Prussia, per Congress of Vienna.
 * 1817
 * (bookseller) in business.
 * Population: 32,300.
 * 1818 – October: Town hosts international Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle.
 * 1825
 * Theater Aachen opens.
 * Lower Rhenish Music Festival held.
 * 1834 – Lower Rhenish Music Festival held; performers include Frédéric Chopin.
 * 1840 – Population: 44,289.
 * 1841 – Cologne-Aachen railway begins operating.
 * 1846 – Lower Rhenish Music Festival held, directed by Felix Mendelssohn; performers include Jenny Lind.
 * 1849 – Reuters news agency in business.
 * 1853 – Aachen–Mönchengladbach railway begins operating.
 * 1857 – Lower Rhenish Music Festival held, directed by Franz Liszt.
 * 1859 – Church of Our Lady built.
 * 1867 – Population: 67,923.
 * 1870 – Polytechnikum (school) opens.
 * 1880 – Tram begins operating.
 * 1885
 * Verein für Kunde der Aachener Vorzeit (history association) founded.
 * Population: 95,321.
 * 1888 – Church of St. James built.
 * 1890 – Population: 103,470.
 * 1895 – Electric tram begins operating.
 * 1897 – Burtscheid becomes part of Aachen.
 * 1900 – Alemannia Aachen football club formed.

20th century



 * 1905 – Aachen Hauptbahnhof (railway station) opens.
 * 1908 – Jünglingverein Sankt Jakob Aachen (sport club) formed.
 * 1919 – Population: 145,748.
 * 1923 – October: Rhenish Republic established.
 * 1924 – Rhenish Republic ends.
 * 1928 – Tivoli stadium opens.
 * 1942 – Forced labour camp established in the Burtscheid district.
 * 1944
 * April: Forced labour camp moved from Burtscheid to the Steinebrück district.
 * May: Forced labour camp in Steinebrück dissolved.
 * October: Battle of Aachen. Americans capture city.
 * 1949 – Aachen I parliamentary district created.
 * 1950 – Zimmertheater Aachen founded.
 * 1951 – Theater Aachen rebuilt.
 * 1954 – Elysee Theatre re-opens.
 * 1956 – Belvedere Water Tower built.
 * 1959 – Scotch-Club opens.
 * 1960 – (zoo) established.
 * 1961 – Museum established in Frankenberg Castle.
 * 1965 – founded.
 * 1968 – built.
 * 1970 – July: Aachen Open Air Pop Festival held.
 * 1971
 * Aachen University of Applied Sciences established.
 * Population: 176,626.
 * 1972
 * Brand becomes part of Aachen.
 * Kurt Malangré becomes mayor.
 * Population: 238,570.
 * 1980 – Rugby Club Aachen formed.
 * 1985 – Klinikum Aachen opens.
 * 1986
 * First independent Theatre (Theater 99) opens
 * Neuer Aachener Kunstverein (art nonprofit) founded.
 * 1989 – Jürgen Linden becomes mayor.
 * 2000 – Karlsgarten (garden) opens.

21st century

 * 2003 – Cologne–Aachen high-speed railway in operation.
 * 2006 – Host of World Equestrian Games.
 * 2009
 * New Tivoli stadium opens.
 * Marcel Philipp becomes mayor.
 * City becomes part of Städteregion Aachen.
 * 2012 – Population: 240,086.
 * 2015 – City hosts the 2015 European Dressage Championships.
 * 2019 – Treaty on Franco-German Cooperation and Integration signed by French president Macron and German Federal Chancellor Merkel.
 * 2020 – Sibylle Keupen becomes first female mayor.

in English

 * published in the 18th-19th centuries


 * published in the 20th century



in German

 * . Circa 1647/1660
 * Christian Quix. Beiträge zur Geschichte der Stadt Aachen und ihrer Umgebungen. Mit 14 Urkunden, Dritter Band, Jacob Anton Mayer, 1838.
 * (bibliography)
 * Hugo Loersch. Aachener Rechtsdenkmäler aus dem 13., 14. und 15. Jahrhundert. Bonn 1871.
 * Friedrich Haagen. Geschichte Achens von seinen Anfängen bis zur neuesten Zeit. Band 2: Vom Jahre 1400–1865. Aachen 1874.
 * Max Wohlhage: Aachen im Dreissigjährigen Kriege Aachen 1911.
 * Friedrich Haagen. Geschichte Achens von seinen Anfängen bis zur neuesten Zeit. Band 2: Vom Jahre 1400–1865. Aachen 1874.
 * Max Wohlhage: Aachen im Dreissigjährigen Kriege Aachen 1911.
 * Max Wohlhage: Aachen im Dreissigjährigen Kriege Aachen 1911.
 * Max Wohlhage: Aachen im Dreissigjährigen Kriege Aachen 1911.
 * Max Wohlhage: Aachen im Dreissigjährigen Kriege Aachen 1911.