Timeline of Mulhouse

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mulhouse, France.

Prior to 20th century

 * 1273 – Mulhouse becomes an Imperial Free City of the Holy Roman Empire and receives privileges from Rudolph of Hapsburg.
 * 1466 – Mulhouse "formed an alliance with the Swiss."
 * 1515 – Mulhouse becomes part of the Swiss Confederacy.
 * 1528 – Protestant reformation.
 * 1553 – Hôtel de ville de Mulhouse (city hall) rebuilt.
 * 1674 – Battle of Mulhouse.
 * 1746 – Cotton manufacturing begins.
 * 1798 – Mulhouse becomes part of France per treaty.
 * 1800 – Population: 6,018.
 * 1801 – Mulhouse becomes part of the Haut-Rhin department.
 * 1826 – Société industrielle de Mulhouse founded.
 * 1830 – Rhone–Rhine Canal built.
 * 1836 – Population: 16,932.
 * 1839 - Mulhouse-Ville station opened.
 * 1849 – Synagogue de Mulhouse built.
 * 1853 – Cité ouvrière (residential area for factory workers) developed.
 * 1856 – Population: 45,981.
 * 1857
 * Paris–Mulhouse railway begins operating.
 * Musée de l'impression sur étoffes (museum) founded.
 * 1859 - Temple Saint-Étienne founded.
 * 1861 – Canton of Mulhouse-Nord and created.
 * 1864 – Musée des Beaux-Arts de Mulhouse established.
 * 1866 – Population: 58,773.
 * 1867 – Théâtre de la Sinne built.
 * 1868 - Mulhouse Zoological and Botanical Park created.
 * 1871 – Mulhouse becomes part of German Empire.
 * 1874 – Musée historique de Mulhouse established.
 * 1880 – Population: 68,140.
 * 1882 – begins operating.



20th century

 * 1906 – Population: 94,498.
 * 1914
 * 7–10 August: Battle of Mulhouse; German forces win.
 * 19 August:.
 * Dornach becomes part of Mulhouse.
 * 1919 – Mulhouse becomes part of France again.
 * 1923 – Société d'histoire de Mulhouse (history society) founded.
 * 1925 – built.
 * 1932 – Gare de Mulhouse (train station) built.
 * 1940
 * June: German occupation of city begins.
 * August: Frontstalag 213 prisoner-of-war camp for Allied POWs established by the Germans.
 * December: Frontstalag 213 POW camp dissolved. Stalag V-E POW camp established.
 * 1942 – March: Stalag V-E POW camp dissolved.
 * 1944 – November: German occupation of city ends.
 * 1947 – Bourtzwiller becomes part of Mulhouse.
 * 1955 – (museum) active.
 * 1958 – and  created.
 * 1959 – 1959 Tour de France bicycle race departs from Mulhouse.
 * 1962 – Population: 108,995.
 * 1971
 * 1971 Tour de France bicycle race departs from Mulhouse.
 * Musée français du chemin de fer (train museum) established.
 * 1972 – Regional Opéra national du Rhin established.
 * 1978 - Cité de l'Automobile established.
 * 1986 – (library) established.
 * 1989 – Jean-Marie Bockel becomes mayor.
 * 1992 – (museum) opens.
 * 1999 – Kinepolis Mulhouse (cinema) opens.

21st century

 * 2006 – Mulhouse tramway begins operating.
 * 2009 – Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération (regional government) created.
 * 2010
 * begins operating.
 * Jean Rottner becomes mayor.
 * 2013
 * June: City hosts the 2013 Men's World Team Squash Championships.
 * Population: 112,063.
 * 2015 – Cantons 1, 2, and 3 created.
 * 2016 – Mulhouse becomes part of the Grand Est region.