Timeline of Munich

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

Prior to 17th century

 * 1158 - Duke Henry the Lion builds bridge, mint, and salt-depot.
 * 1175 - Munich gains official status as city.
 * 1239 - Coat of arms of Munich in use.
 * 1240 - Otto II Wittelsbach in power.
 * 1255 - City becomes ducal residence of Upper Bavaria.
 * 1327
 * 1327 Munich fire.
 * City then rebuilt by Louis the Bavarian
 * 1368
 * Cathedral construction begins.
 * St. Peter's Church reconstructed.
 * 1383 - Löwenbräu founded.
 * 1385 - Munich Residenz built.
 * 1394 - Town Hall built.
 * 1397 - Guild uprising.
 * 1429 - Fire.
 * 1482 - Johann Schauer sets up printing press.
 * 1494 - Frauenkirche consecrated.
 * 1506 - City becomes capital of Bavaria.
 * 1576 - Jesuit school built (approximate date).

17th-18th centuries

 * 1609 - Catholic League founded.
 * 1617 - Hofgarten laid out.Dankaerts-Historis-9339.tif
 * 1623 - Schleissheim Palace constructed.
 * 1628 - Treaty of Munich signed.
 * 1632 - City occupied by Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.
 * 1634 - Bubonic plague.
 * 1638 - Mary's Column erected, Marienplatz.
 * 1653 - State opera active.
 * 1675 - Nymphenburg Palace built.
 * 1680 - Population: 20,000
 * 1688 - Premiere of Steffani's opera Niobe.
 * 1690 - Theatine Church built.
 * 1705 - Sendlinger Mordweihnacht.
 * 1739 - Amalienburg built.
 * 1742 - Habsburgs in power.
 * 1753 - Cuvilliés Theatre built.
 * 1759 - Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities founded.
 * 1762
 * 28 April: Fire.
 * Hoforchester active.
 * 1781 - Premiere of Mozart's opera Idomeneo.
 * 1783 - Population: 38,000.
 * 1789 - Englischer Garten laid out by Count Rumford.
 * 1797 - Charitable soup kitchen begins operating.
 * 1800 - 2 July: City taken by French forces.

19th century

 * 1801 - Population - 48,885.
 * 1806 - City becomes capital of Kingdom of Bavaria.
 * 1807
 * Viktualienmarkt active.
 * Hofgartenkaserne built.
 * Augustiner-Keller beer garden in business.
 * 1808 - Royal Academy of Fine Arts established.
 * 1809 - Alte Münze in use.
 * 1810 - Wiesnwirt (Oktoberfest) begins.
 * 1818
 * National Theatre built.
 * Lese-Konditorei (reading cafe) in business.
 * 1825 - Accession of Ludwig I of Bavaria leads to "handsome streets and buildings".
 * 1826
 * Ludwig Maximilian University relocates to Munich.
 * Türkenkaserne built.
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 * Ludwigstraße laid out (approximate date).
 * Glyptothek built.
 * 1835 - St. Boniface's Abbey founded by Ludwig I of Bavaria.
 * 1836 - Alte Pinakothek established.
 * 1837 - Allerheiligen-Hofkirche built.
 * 1839 - Train station opens.
 * 1843
 * State Library building constructed.
 * Paläontologisches Museum established.
 * 1844
 * Ludwigskirche consecrated.
 * Feldherrnhalle constructed.
 * 1848 - München Hauptbahnhof relocated.
 * 1853
 * Maximilianstraße laid out.
 * Neue Pinakothek established.
 * 1854 - Glaspalast built; city hosts General German Industrial Exhibition.
 * 1855 - Bavarian National Museum founded.
 * 1861 - Population: 148,201.
 * 1862 - Propylaea constructed.
 * 1865 - Premiere of Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde.
 * 1867 - Royal Bavarian Music School established.
 * 1868
 * State Museum of Ethnology founded.
 * Technical University of Munich opened.
 * 1869 - Museum für Abgüsse Klassischer Bildwerke created.
 * 1871
 * Haidhausen station and München Süd station open.
 * Population: 169,693.
 * 1875 - Munich Opera Festival begins.
 * 1876 - Trams in Munich runs by horsecar.
 * 1878 - Munich Pasing station relocated.
 * 1879
 * Bavarian Army Museum founded.
 * Over 28 million gallons of beer were brewed in Munich.
 * 1880
 * Bürgerliches Brauhaus formed.
 * Population: 230,023.
 * 1882 - Allgemeine Zeitung moved to Munich.
 * 1885
 * Bürgerbräukeller (beer hall) in business.
 * Population: 261,982.
 * 1887
 * Hofatelier Elvira founded.
 * Café Luitpold opens.
 * 1888 - Munich Stadtmuseum established.
 * 1889 - Eisenbahnkaserne built.
 * 1890 - Population: 350,594.
 * 1892
 * Rotkreuzklinikum München (hospital) opens.
 * Academic Alpine Club of Munich formed.
 * 1893
 * Munich City Archives active.
 * Kaim Orchestra formed.
 * 1894 -Production of Hildebrand & Wolfmüller motorcycle begins.
 * 1895
 * Trams in Munich electrified.
 * Population: 407,174.
 * 1896 - Simplicissimus magazine begins publication.
 * 1898 - City hosts Kraft- und Arbeitsmaschinen-Ausstellung.
 * 1900
 * FC Bayern Munich founded.
 * Künstlerhaus am Lenbachplatz opens.

1900–1945



 * 1901
 * Franz Eher publisher in business.
 * Prinzregententheater opens.
 * 1902 - Anthropologisch-Prähistorisches Sammlung des Staates formed.
 * 1903 - Deutsches Museum von Meisterwerken der Naturwissenschaft und Technik founded.
 * 1904 - Heinrich Thannhauser's art gallery opens.
 * 1905 - Population: 538,983.
 * 1906 - City co-hosts the 1906 World Figure Skating Championships.
 * 1908 - New Town Hall built; Rathaus-Glockenspiel installed.
 * 1909
 * Neue Künstlervereinigung München founded.
 * Modern Gallery of contemporary art and Schackgalerie open.
 * 1910 – 12 September: Premiere of Mahler's Symphony No. 8.
 * 1911
 * Hellabrunn Zoo opens.
 * Der Blaue Reiter art exhibit held.
 * 1917 - Bayerische Motoren Werke formed.
 * 1919
 * German Workers' Party founded in Munich.
 * 16 October: Hitler gives his first political speech at the Hofbräukeller.
 * City becomes capital of Bavarian Soviet Republic.
 * Population: 630,711.
 * 1920
 * July: Consulate of Poland opens.
 * Nazi paramilitary Sturmabteilung headquartered in Munich.
 * Nazi Völkischer Beobachter newspaper headquartered in Munich.
 * 1923 - 8–9 November: Nazis attempt coup ("Beer Hall Putsch").
 * 1925
 * Deutsche Verkehrsausstellung 1925 (transportation exposition) held in city.
 * München Hauptbahnhof electrified.
 * 1927 - Richard Strauss Conservatory founded.
 * 1929 - Lenbachhaus museum opens.
 * 1930
 * 13 September: Hitler gives campaign speech at the Circus Krone Building, prior to German federal election, 1930 on 14 September.
 * Population: 728,900.
 * 1931 - National Socialist Party headquartered in Brown House.
 * 1932
 * Nazi Sicherheitsdienst (intelligence agency) headquartered in Munich.
 * Zoologische Staatssammlung München formed.
 * 1933
 * Nazi headquarters relocated from Munich to Berlin.
 * March: Dachau concentration camp begins operating near city.
 * 1934 - Hunting museum established.
 * 1935 - Münchner Haus der Kulturinstitute built.
 * 1937
 * Führerbau constructed.
 * 18 July: House of German Art opens.
 * 19 July: "Degenerate art" exhibit held in Hofgarten.
 * 1938
 * September: Munich Agreement signed.
 * November: Kristallnacht.
 * 1939
 * Munich-Riem Airport opens.
 * Population: 829,318.
 * 1940
 * June: Bombing of Munich begins.
 * 1942
 * 27 June: White Rose group active.
 * 17 December: Forced labour camp for men established in the Moosach district.
 * 1943
 * February: Munich-Allach subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp established by the SS.
 * Polenlager Ost and Polenlager Süd forced labour subcamps of the local Nazi prison for youth established for young Poles (see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).
 * 1944
 * 5 August: Forced labour camp for women established in the Berg am Laim district.
 * Agfa-Commando subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp established.
 * 2 December: Forced labour camp for women in Berg am Laim dissolved.
 * 1945
 * 13 March: Forced labour camp for men in Moosach dissolved.
 * City captured by Americans. Remaining prisoners of the Munich-Allach and Agfa-Commando subcamps liberated.
 * AFN Munich begins broadcasting.
 * Munich Central Collecting Point set up.
 * Denazification.
 * Christian Social Union in Bavaria headquartered in Munich.

1946-1990s

 * 1948 - Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste established.
 * 1949 - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra founded.
 * 1951 - Residenz Theatre built.
 * 1952 - Deutsches Brauereimuseum founded.
 * 1954 - Population: 908,572.
 * 1955
 * Italian Cultural Institute in Munich founded.
 * Fast-food Wienerwald (restaurant) in business.
 * 1958
 * 6 February: Munich air disaster.
 * Population: 1,011,878.
 * 1959 - Munich Book Fair begins.
 * 1960
 * Munich Central Station rebuilt.
 * Convair 340 crash.
 * 1961 - Population: 1,106,298.
 * 1963 - National Theatre rebuilt.
 * 1965 - Population: 1,214,603.
 * 1966
 * Staatliche Sammlung für Ägyptische Kunst founded.
 * Deutsches Jagdmuseum reopens.
 * 1967 - Staatliche Antikensammlungen opens.
 * 1969 - City hosts the 1969 World Table Tennis Championships.
 * 1970
 * Munich bus attack
 * Population: 1,311,978.
 * 1971 - U-Bahn begins operating.
 * 1972
 * S-Bahn begins operating.
 * Olympic Stadium opens; city hosts Summer Olympics; Munich massacre.
 * BMW Headquarters is established.
 * 1973 - Islamic Center of Munich built.
 * 1974 - City hosts the 1974 World Figure Skating Championships.
 * 1975 - City co-hosts the 1975 Ice Hockey World Championships.
 * 1978 - Population: 1,296,970.
 * 1980 - Museum Witt established; Oktoberfest bombing.
 * 1983
 * April–May: City co-hosts the 1983 Ice Hockey World Championships.
 * City hosts Bundesgartenschau (garden show).
 * 1985 - Gasteig culture center opens.
 * 1988 - Munich Biennale opera festival begins.
 * 1989 - Sister city relationship established with Cincinnati, USA.
 * 1990 - Museum of Man and Nature opens.
 * 1992
 * City hosts 18th G7 summit.
 * Museum Villa Stuck opens.
 * Munich Airport opens.
 * 1993
 * Bayerische Staatskanzlei built.
 * Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding founded.
 * 1995 - Eureka Prometheus Project's VaMP driverless car goes to Copenhagen and back.
 * 1996 - City website online (approximate date).
 * 1999
 * Czech Centre in Munich founded.
 * BMW Headquarters declared as protected historical building
 * 2000 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie formed.

21st century

 * 2001 - City hosts the 2001 World Judo Championships.
 * 2002 - Pinakothek der Moderne opens.
 * 2003 - Goetz Collection opens.
 * 2005 - Allianz Arena opens.
 * 2006 - Ohel Jakob synagogue built.
 * 2007
 * Jewish Museum opens.
 * Population: 1,311,573.
 * 2009 - Museum Brandhorst opens.
 * 2010 - Türkentor restored.
 * 2012 - March: 2012 Munich artworks discovery.
 * 2013 - Population: 1,407,836.
 * 2014 - Dieter Reiter becomes mayor.
 * 2015
 * Migrants arrive.
 * NS-Dokumentationszentrum built.
 * 2016 - Munich shooting occurs.

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