Timeline of Luxembourg City

The following is a timeline of the history of Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.

Prior to 19th century



 * 963 - Castle built atop Bock cliffs by Siegfried of Luxembourg.
 * 987 - Church of the Redemption consecrated.
 * 1120 - Church of St. Peter built.
 * 1320 - Saint Michael's Church built (approximate date).
 * 1340
 * New city fortifications constructed.
 * Schobermesse (tent fair) begins.
 * 1390 - Public clock installed (approximate date).
 * 1443 - Burgundians under Philip the Good conquer city.
 * 1554 - Fire in Ville Haute.
 * 1563 - La Fontaine Castle construction begins.
 * 1572 - City Hall built.
 * 1603 - Collège des Jésuites founded.
 * 1606 - Neimënster Abbey built.
 * 1613 - Church of Notre Dame cornerstone laid.
 * 1623 - Capuchin monastery built.
 * 1644 - Tunnels built.
 * 1671 - Place d'Armes laid out (approximate date).
 * 1684 - French in power.
 * 1685 - Lambert Fortress built.
 * 1693 - Jean-Bernard Knepper becomes mayor.
 * 1697 - Spaniards in power per Treaty of Ryswick.
 * 1714 - Austrians in power.
 * 1732 - Fort Thüngen built.
 * 1784 - Château de Septfontaines built outside city (in Rollingergrund).
 * 1794 - November 22: Siege of Luxembourg by French forces begins.
 * 1795
 * June 7: Siege of Luxembourg ends.
 * City becomes préfecture of the Forêts département of the French First Republic.
 * 1798 - Municipal Library active.
 * 1800 - François Scheffer becomes mayor.

19th century

 * 1815 - Prussians in power per Treaty of Paris.
 * 1821 - Luxemburger Wochenblatt newspaper begins publication.
 * 1827 - Journal de la ville et du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg newspaper in publication.
 * 1833 - Roman Catholic diocese of Luxembourg established.
 * 1838 - City Hall (Hôtel de Ville) completed.
 * 1848 - Luxemburger Wort newspaper begins publication.
 * 1850 - Society of the Natural Sciences established.
 * 1855 - Pescatore Institute (charity) founded.
 * 1858 - Population: 13,129.
 * 1859 - Luxembourg railway station opens.
 * 1860 - Hall of the Chamber of Deputies.
 * 1861 - Viaduct built over Petrusse valley.
 * 1867
 * Luxembourg Crisis.
 * Fortress dismantled per Treaty of London.
 * 1868 - Royal-Grand Ducal Institute established.
 * 1872
 * Municipal Park laid out.
 * Pescatore Museum opens.
 * 1882 - Casino Bourgeois opens.
 * 1884 - William II monument erected in Place Guillaume II.
 * 1890 - City becomes part of independent Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
 * 1892 - Museum of Natural History opens in Pfaffenthal.
 * 1894 - Émile Mousel becomes mayor.
 * 1895 - Ons Hemecht begins publication.

20th century

 * 1903 - Adolphe Bridge built.
 * 1904 - Alphonse Munchen becomes mayor.
 * 1905 - Population: 20,984.
 * 1906 - Conservatoire de Luxembourg founded.
 * 1910 - Cercle Municipal building inaugurated.
 * 1913 - Luxembourg railway station rebuilt.
 * 1914 - German occupation begins.
 * 1918 - German occupation ends.
 * 1919 - Football Club Amis des Sports Lëtzebuerg-Fëschmaart founded.
 * 1920
 * Dommeldange, Eich, Hamm, Hollerich, and Rollingergrund incorporated into city.
 * Villa Louvigny built.
 * 1921 - Gaston Diderich becomes mayor.
 * 1923 - Gëlle Fra war memorial erected.
 * 1930s - Sandweiler Airport opens.
 * 1933 - Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra founded.
 * 1940
 * May 10: German occupation begins.
 * August 18: Volksdeutsche Bewegung rally held.
 * 1944
 * September 10: German occupation ends.
 * Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial established.
 * December: City besieged by German V-3 cannon.
 * 1945 - January: City besieged by German V-3 cannon.
 * 1946 - Émile Hamilius becomes mayor.
 * 1952 - European Coal and Steel Community, European Commission, and European Court of Justice headquartered in city.
 * 1953 - European School of Luxembourg I established.
 * 1964 - Municipal Theatre built.
 * 1966
 * Alcide De Gasperi building constructed.
 * Grand Duchess Charlotte Bridge opens.
 * 1968 - European Investment Bank headquarters relocates to Luxembourg.
 * 1970 - Colette Flesch becomes mayor.
 * 1973
 * National Library of Luxembourg relocates to former Athénée building.
 * Rugby Club Luxembourg formed.
 * 1975 - European Court of Auditors headquartered in city.
 * 1976 - Municipal Hospital opens.
 * 1979 -  begins publication.
 * 1982
 * Lydie Polfer becomes mayor.
 * St. Peter and Paul Church consecrated.
 * 1984
 * Photothèque opens.
 * Hilton Luxembourg hotel built.
 * 1991 - BGL Luxembourg Open tennis tournament begins.
 * 1993 - Am Tunnel art gallery opens.
 * 1994
 * opens.
 * European Investment Fund headquartered in city.
 * 1995
 * City designated a European Capital of Culture.
 * Den Atelier music venue opens.
 * 1996
 * Luxembourg City History Museum founded.
 * Utopolis Kirchberg cinema multiplex (since renamed Kinepolis Kirchberg) and Casino Luxembourg open.
 * 1999 - Paul Helminger becomes mayor.

21st century

 * 2001
 * City website online (approximate date).
 * Lycée Aline Mayrisch established.
 * 2002 - National Museum of History and Art building expands.
 * 2004 - Football Club FC RM Hamm Benfica formed.
 * 2005
 * Philharmonie Luxembourg concert hall opens.
 * Racing Football Club Union Luxembourg formed.
 * 2006 - Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art inaugurated.
 * 2007 - The city is designated as European Capital of Culture for the secon time.
 * 2008 - Judiciary City inaugurated.
 * 2010 - Villeroy & Boch porcelain factory closes.
 * 2011 - Xavier Bettel becomes mayor.
 * 2013 - Lydie Polfer becomes mayor.
 * 2015 - The Hamilius building complex and bus station is demolished.
 * 2017 - Line T1 of the Luxembourg City tramway opens, alongside Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg station and the Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg funicular.
 * 2019 - The National Library of Luxembourg's new site on the Kirchberg opens.
 * 2020 - Public transport is made free in Luxembourg City alongside the rest of the country.
 * 2021 - The Stade de Luxembourg is inaugurated, replacing the Stade Josy Barthel as Luxembourg's national stadium.