Timeline of Münster

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Prior to 19th century

 * 797 - School founded.
 * 800 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Münster established.
 * 800's - Charlemagne made it the residence of Saint Ludger, the newly appointed bishop of the Saxons.
 * 1040 - Überwasserkirche convent founded.
 * 1070 - Church of St Maurice founded.
 * 1170 - Church of St Ludgerus erected.
 * 1180
 * Prince-Bishopric of Münster established.
 * Municipal charter received.
 * 13th C. - Member of the Hanseatic League.
 * 1250 - Town Hall in use (approximate date).
 * 1253 - Munster joins the City Alliance of Werne.
 * 1264 - Münster Cathedral built.
 * 1340 - Our Lady's Church built.
 * 1444 - Kloster Niesing (béguinage) founded.
 * 1450 - Münster Diocesan Feud begins.
 * 1458 - Leinenlegge (cloth inspection entity) established (approximate date).
 * 1485 - Printing press in operation.
 * 1532 - Protestant Reformation.
 * 1534 - February: Münster Rebellion; Anabaptists in power.
 * 1588 - founded.
 * 1589
 * (guild hall) built.
 * Jesuit College's (library) active.
 * 1617 - construction begins on the Stubengasse.
 * 1630 - (militia) formed.
 * 1648 - Dutch-Spanish peace treaty signed in Munster.
 * 1661 - Forces of Christoph Bernhard von Galen occupy Munster.
 * 1662 - built.
 * 1665 - An alliance with Christoph Bernhard von Galen was sought by the English against Holland.
 * 1720 - publisher in business.
 * 1759 - City besieged by Hanoverian forces during the Seven Years' War.
 * 1780 - University of Münster founded.
 * 1787 - Schloss Münster (palace) built.
 * 1800 - founded.

19th century

 * 1803
 * Münster Regierungsbezirk (administrative region) established.
 * Botanischer Garten Münster established.
 * The bishopric was secularized and annexed to Prussia.
 * 1806 - French in power.
 * 1810 - Münster "annexed to France."
 * 1815 - Münster "ceded to Prussia" per Congress of Vienna.
 * 1816 - Population: 17,316.
 * 1825 - (historical society) founded.
 * 1829 - (regional archive) established.
 * 1835 - "Revidierte Städteordnung" (city self-administration) in effect.
 * 1848
 * 25 May: Münster–Hamm railway begins operating.
 * Münster Hauptbahnhof opens.
 * 1861 - Population: 27,332 (city).
 * 1874 - Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway in operation.
 * 1875
 * Lamberti, St. Mauritz, and Überwasser become part of city.
 * established.
 * 1880 - Population: 40,434.
 * 1885 - Population: 44,060.
 * 1890 - Münster Hauptbahnhof opened.
 * 1892 - Westfälisches Museum für Naturkunde opens.
 * 1895
 * Lortzing-Theater opens.
 * Population: 57,135.
 * 1897 -  (newspaper) in publication.
 * 1899 - and Dortmund–Ems Canal open.

20th century

 * 1901
 * Tram begins operating.
 * established.
 * 1905 - Population: 81,468.
 * 1906 - (library) and SC Preußen Münster (football club) founded.
 * 1908 - Westphalian State Museum opens.
 * 1919
 * founded.
 * Population: 100,452.
 * 1926 - Halle Münsterland and Preußenstadion (stadium) open.
 * 1929 - (regional history institute) founded.
 * 1940
 * 16 May: Bombing of city by Allied forces begins.(de)
 * Population: 144,945.
 * 1946 -  newspaper begins publication.
 * 1947 - Reconstruction of Prinzipalmarkt begins.
 * 1948 - University of Münster's established.
 * 1956 - Städtische Bühnen Münster (theatre) built.
 * 1958 - Old City Hall reconstructed.
 * 1960
 * City twinned with Orléans, France.
 * Population: 180,117.
 * 1971 - Fachhochschule Münster established.
 * 1972 - Münster/Osnabrück Airport begins operating.
 * 1974 - Population: 200,448.
 * 1975
 * becomes part of city.
 * Population: 264,546.
 * 1977
 * pedestrianized.
 * Skulptur Projekte Münster begins.
 * 1979
 * founded.
 * created.
 * 1981 - begins.
 * 1984 - becomes mayor.
 * 1985 - Fernmeldeturm Münster (TV tower) erected.
 * 1987 - Catholic pope visits city.
 * 1993
 * survey begins.
 * opens.
 * 1994 - becomes mayor.
 * 1999 - becomes mayor.

21st century

 * 2003 - mosque opens in Hiltrup.
 * 2005 - begins operating.
 * 2007 - January: Storm.
 * 2009 - becomes mayor.
 * 2010 - Population: 279,803.
 * 2012 - British military stationed in York Barracks in Gremmendorf depart.
 * 2018 - 2018 Münster attack.

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