Timeline of Mannheim

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

Prior to 19th century

 * 1606 - (fortification) construction begins.
 * 1607 - Mannheim granted town privileges by Frederick IV, Elector Palatine.
 * 1622 - Thirty Years' War: Capture of Mannheim by Imperial-Spanish forces.
 * 1660 - Synagogue built.(de)
 * 1688 - Manheim taken by French forces during the Nine Years' War.
 * 1689 - Fire.
 * 1701 - Almshouse (predecessor of university hospital mannheim) founded
 * 1706 - founded.
 * 1720 - Residence of Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine relocated to Mannheim from Heidelberg.
 * 1729 - Population: 15,760.(de)
 * 1731 - Mannheim Palace Church built.
 * 1756 - Jesuit Church, Mannheim built.
 * 1759 - Mannheim Palace completed.
 * 1766 - Population: 24,190.(de)
 * 1771 - Town Hall built.
 * 1774 - Mannheim Observatory tower built.
 * 1775 - Deutsche Gesellschaft in Mannheim active.
 * 1779
 * (arsenal) built.
 * Mannheim National Theatre founded.
 * 1782 - 13 January: Premiere of Schiller's play The Robbers.
 * 1788 - Palais Bretzenheim built.
 * 1794 - French in power.
 * 1795
 * Mannheim besieged during the Campaigns of 1795 in the French Revolutionary Wars.
 * Austrians in power.

19th century

 * 1803 - Mannheim becomes part of the Electorate of Baden.
 * 1806 - Mannheim becomes part of the Grand Duchy of Baden.
 * 1819 - March: Writer August von Kotzebue assassinated.
 * 1828 - Mannheim Harbour opens on the Rhine river.
 * 1837 -  newspaper begins publication.
 * 1840 - Heidelberg-Mannheim railway begins operating.
 * 1849 - Political unrest during the Baden Revolution.
 * 1855 - (synagogue) built.
 * 1859 - Heinrich Lanz AG machinery manufactory in business.
 * 1876 - Mannheim Hauptbahnhof (train station) built.
 * 1880 - Population: 53,465.
 * 1891 - active.
 * 1895 - becomes part of Mannheim.
 * 1896 - Population: 94,160.(de)
 * 1897 - Käfertal becomes part of Mannheim.
 * 1899 - becomes part of Mannheim.
 * 1900 - Population: 141,131.

1900s-1940s

 * 1905 - Population: 162,607.
 * 1907
 * Industriehafen Mannheim (harbour) opens on the Neckar river.
 * (city archives) established.
 * Kunsthalle Mannheim (exhibit hall) built.
 * SV Waldhof Mannheim (sport club) formed.
 * Population: 173,424.(de)
 * 1910 - becomes part of Mannheim.
 * 1911
 * (church) built.
 * Population: 200,285.(de)
 * 1912 - built.
 * 1913 - and Sandhofen become part of Mannheim.
 * 1914 - (choir) formed.
 * 1919 - Population: 229,576.
 * 1924 - Mannheim Hospital (now University Hospital Mannheim) opened on the banks of the river Neckar
 * 1925 - "" art exhibition held.
 * 1926 - Airfield established at Neuostheim.
 * 1929 - becomes part of Mannheim.
 * 1930
 * ,, , , become part of Mannheim.
 * Population: 271,833.(de)
 * 1938
 * November: Kristallnacht pogrom against Jews.
 * (district) formed.
 * Eisstadion am Friedrichspark (ice rink) built.
 * 1940 - Bombing of Mannheim in World War II begins.
 * 1944
 * September: Mannheim-Sandhofen subcamp of the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp established for Poles deported from Warsaw during the Warsaw Uprising.
 * 2 October: First attempt to escape from the Mannheim-Sandhofen subcamp.
 * 15 December: Three Polish prisoners of the Mannheim-Sandhofen subcamp killed in an Allied bombing.
 * 1945
 * 4 January: Public execution of a Polish prisoner of the Mannheim-Sandhofen subcamp.
 * February: Some prisoners deported from the Mannheim-Sandhofen subcamp to forced labour in Kochendorf.
 * March: Remaining prisoners deported to Vaihingen an der Enz and Kochendorf; Mannheim-Sandhofen subcamp dissolved.
 * 29 March: Americans capture the city.
 * 6 April: Prisoner of War Executive (PWX) Camp No. 1 for liberated Allied POWs established.
 * June: The PWX Camp No. 1 converted into the Polish PWX Camp No. 1.
 * July: United States Coleman Army Airfield begins operating.
 * 1946
 *  newspaper begins publication.
 * Polish PWX Camp No. 1 converted into the Tadeusz Kościuszko Civilian Guard Training Center, and later renamed to Tadeusz Kościuszko Theater Civilian Guard Training and Replacement Center for former Polish POWs.
 * 1947
 * United States military Benjamin Franklin Village established.
 * 8 November: Polish Tadeusz Kościuszko Theater Civilian Guard Training and Replacement Center dissolved.
 * 1949 - office established.

1950s-1990s

 * 1955 - Free Voters established.
 * 1957 - National Theatre Mannheim rebuilt.
 * 1959 - Rhine Bridge rebuilt.
 * 1961 - Population: 313,890.(de)
 * 1967 - University of Mannheim established.
 * 1970
 * (courthouse) built.
 * Population: 332,378.(de)
 * 1972 - (bridge) opens.
 * 1975
 * Fernmeldeturm Mannheim (communication tower) erected.
 * National (garden show) held in Mannheim.
 * 1976 - Federal electoral districts, , and formed.
 * 1979 - Odeon cinema opens.
 * 1987 - built on the.
 * 1991
 * (city hall) built.
 * Mannheim–Stuttgart high-speed railway begins operating.
 * 1992 - Revised federal electoral districts and  formed.
 * 1994
 * 5 December: Aircraft crashes into the Fernmeldeturm.
 * Carl-Benz-Stadion (stadium) opens.
 * 1995 - Yavuz Sultan Selim Mosque built.

21st century

 * 2002 - Revised federal Mannheim (electoral district) formed.
 * 2003
 * Popakademie Baden-Württemberg (music school) established.
 * memorial erected on the.
 * 2004 - (business office) opens.
 * 2005 - SAP Arena opens.
 * 2007
 * Peter Kurz becomes mayor.
 * August: City hosts the 2007 FEI European Jumping Championship.
 * 2010
 * May: City co-hosts the 2010 IIHF World Championship.
 * Population: 313,174.(de)
 * 2011 - closes.
 * 2014 - 25 May: held.(de)