Timeline of Augsburg

Timeline of Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany.

Prior to 16th century

 * 14 BCE – Roman colony established (approximate date).
 * 5th century CE – Settlement sacked by Huns.
 * 6th century CE - Catholic Diocese of Augsburg established.
 * 778 – Simpert becomes Bishop of Augsburg.
 * 788 – Town sacked by forces of Charlemagne.
 * 923 – Ulrich becomes Bishop of Augsburg.
 * 952 – Diet of Augsburg (meeting of leaders of Holy Roman Empire) active.
 * 989 – Perlachturm built.
 * 1065 – Augsburg Cathedral consecrated.
 * 1251 – Dominican Monastery of St. Katharine active.
 * 1276 – Augsburg becomes a Free Imperial City.
 * 1300 – Barfüsserkirche (church) founded.
 * 1321 – St. Anna-Kirche (church) founded.
 * 1364 – Three Moors Inn in business (approximate date).
 * 1370 - Public clock installed (approximate date).
 * 1407 - Paper mill established.
 * 1431 – Augsburg Cathedral remodeled.
 * 1468 - Burkhard Zingg writes Augsburger Chronik, a history of the city (approximate date).
 * 1472 – Printing press in operation.
 * 1487 - Fuggers Bank established.
 * 1493 – Artist Hans Holbein the Elder active (approximate date).
 * 1500 – Church of St. Ulrich and St. Afra built.

16th century

 * 1502 – Catholic Holy Cross Church built.
 * 1509 – Fortunatus (book) published.
 * 1515 – Dominikaner-Kirche (church) built.
 * 1517 - St. Anne's Church, Augsburg built.
 * 1518 - Fire engine built.
 * 1523 – Fuggerei residential area developed.
 * 1530 – Lutheran Confession of Augsburg introduced.
 * 1534 – Augsburg Protestant Cemetery established.
 * 1537
 * Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg (city library) founded.
 * Augsburg joins the Schmalkaldic League.
 * 1540 – Augsburger Börse (stock exchange) established.
 * 1546 – Maximilian Museum and Rotes Tor (gate) built.
 * 1573 - Sugar refinery begins operating.
 * 1577 – St. Ulrich's and St. Afra's Abbey active.
 * 1582 – St. Salvator Jesuit school founded.
 * 1594 – Augustusbrunnen (fountain) created for Maximiliansstrasse.
 * 1599 – Herkulesbrunnen (fountain) created for Maximiliansstrasse.

17th century

 * 1607 – Augsburger Zeughaus (armory) built.
 * 1609 - Metzg (butchers' house) built.
 * 1612 – Engravers Lucas Kilian and Wolfgang Kilian in business.
 * 1620 – Augsburg Town Hall built.
 * 1631 - Augsburg Art Cabinet sent to Sweden as a gift.
 * 1632 – Swedish Empire occupation begins.
 * 1635
 * Swedish occupation ends.
 * Population: 16,432.
 * 1650 – Augsburger Hohes Friedensfest (festival) begins.

18th century

 * 1703 – Town besieged by Bavarian forces.
 * 1712 – Academy of painting founded.
 * 1765 – Gignoux-Haus built.
 * 1770
 * Ballroom built in the Schaezlerpalais.
 * Schülesche Kattunfabrik in business
 * 1782 – Dollische bookseller in business.
 * 1786 - Hot-air balloon flight of Joseph Maximilian Freiherr von Lütgendorf.

19th century

 * 1805 – 10 October: French in power.
 * 1806
 * 4 March: Augsburg becomes part of the Kingdom of Bavaria.
 * Population: 26,200.
 * 1810 – Allgemeine Zeitung (newspaper) in publication.
 * 1817 – Augsburg becomes an administrative capital of the Oberdonaukreis.
 * 1825 – Chapel built in Protestant Cemetery.
 * 1833 – Holbein-Gymnasium (school) established.
 * 1837 – Town becomes administrative capital for the Swabia and Neuburg district.
 * 1840
 * Sander'sche Maschinenfabrik in business.
 * Cotton mill established.
 * 1846 – Augsburg Hauptbahnhof (train station) opens.
 * 1847
 * Augsburg Morellstraße station opens.
 * Turnverein Augsburg (sport club) formed.
 * 1854 – Maximilian Museum founded.
 * 1858 - Population: 43,616.
 * 1870 – Konigl. Industrieschule (industrial school) established.
 * 1875 – Paar Valley Railway begins operating.
 * 1876 – Der Volkswille newspaper in publication.
 * 1878
 * Stadttheater Augsburg (theatre) built.
 * Augsburger Eislaufverein (ice hockey team) formed.
 * 1885
 * Stadtarchiv Augsburg (town archive) building established.
 * Population: 65,905.
 * 1898 – Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg and Augsburg-Oberhausen Acetylene Factory in business.
 * 1900 – Population: 89,109.

20th century

 * 1903 – TSV Schwaben Augsburg (football club) formed.
 * 1905 - Population: 94,923.
 * 1907 – FC Augsburg (football club) formed.
 * 1910
 * Landsberg Prison established in vicinity of Augsburg.
 * Population: 102,487.
 * 1911 – Oberhausen becomes part of Augsburg.
 * 1917 - Augsburg Synagogue built.
 * 1919 - Population: 154,555.
 * 1920 – Stadtbücherei Augsburg (public library) founded.
 * 1924 – Augsburger Kajak Verein (kayak club) formed.
 * 1926 – Messerschmitt (aircraft works) in business.
 * 1930 - 8 September: Hitler gives speech, German federal election, 1930.
 * 1933 – Gau Swabia (Nazi administrative region) established.
 * 1937
 * Augsburg Zoo opens.
 * Mozarthaus (house museum) established.
 * 1938
 * Messerschmitt aircraft manufactory in business.
 * Ice skating rink opens.
 * 1942 – 17 April: Bombing by Allied forces.
 * 1944 – 25–26 February: Bombing by Allied forces.
 * 1945 – Schwäbische Landeszeitung newspaper begins publication.
 * 1948
 * Weltbild (publisher) in business.
 * Augsburger Puppenkiste (theatre) opens.
 * 1951
 * Rosenaustadion (stadium) opens.
 * Town art collections installed in the Schaezlerpalais.
 * 1954 - Fürst Fugger Privatbank established.
 * 1956 – United States military 11th Airborne Division stationed in Augsburg.
 * 1961 - Population: 208,659.
 * 1969 – Part of Göggingen becomes part of Augsburg.
 * 1970 – University of Augsburg founded.
 * 1971
 * Augsburg Eiskanal (artificial whitewater river) opens.
 * Augsburg University of Applied Sciences founded.
 * 1972
 * Inningen becomes part of Augsburg.
 * Kongresshalle opens.
 * Dorint Hotel Tower built.
 * 1977
 * Kulturhaus Kresslesmühle (cultural space) opens.
 * Romanistentheater founded.
 * 1989 – Sparkassen-Planetarium opens.
 * 1996
 * Kulturhaus Abraxas (cultural space) active.
 * S’ensemble Theater founded.
 * 1998 – Brechthaus (museum) opens.

21st century

 * 2009 – (public library) building opens.
 * 2012 – Population: 272,699.

in English

 * published in the 17th-19th century
 * Lewis, "The Roman Antiquities of Augsburg and Ratisbon", in volume xlviii, Archæological Journal, (London, 1891).
 * Lewis, "The Roman Antiquities of Augsburg and Ratisbon", in volume xlviii, Archæological Journal, (London, 1891).
 * Lewis, "The Roman Antiquities of Augsburg and Ratisbon", in volume xlviii, Archæological Journal, (London, 1891).
 * Lewis, "The Roman Antiquities of Augsburg and Ratisbon", in volume xlviii, Archæological Journal, (London, 1891).
 * Lewis, "The Roman Antiquities of Augsburg and Ratisbon", in volume xlviii, Archæological Journal, (London, 1891).
 * Lewis, "The Roman Antiquities of Augsburg and Ratisbon", in volume xlviii, Archæological Journal, (London, 1891).
 * Lewis, "The Roman Antiquities of Augsburg and Ratisbon", in volume xlviii, Archæological Journal, (London, 1891).
 * Lewis, "The Roman Antiquities of Augsburg and Ratisbon", in volume xlviii, Archæological Journal, (London, 1891).


 * published in the 20th century


 * published in the 21st century

in German

 * Werner, Geschichte der Stadt Augsburg, (Augsburg, 1900).
 * Werner, Geschichte der Stadt Augsburg, (Augsburg, 1900).
 * Werner, Geschichte der Stadt Augsburg, (Augsburg, 1900).
 * Werner, Geschichte der Stadt Augsburg, (Augsburg, 1900).
 * Werner, Geschichte der Stadt Augsburg, (Augsburg, 1900).
 * Werner, Geschichte der Stadt Augsburg, (Augsburg, 1900).