Timeline of Salzburg

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Salzburg, Austria.

Prior to 18th century

 * 696 - St Peter's Abbey, Salzburg founded.
 * 739 - Roman Catholic diocese of Salzburg established.
 * 774 - Cathedral built.
 * 798 - made an archbishopric
 * 1077 - Hohensalzburg Castle construction begins.
 * 1167 - Fire.
 * 1287 - City rights granted.
 * 1350 - (church) built.
 * 1370 - Konrad Taufkind becomes mayor.
 * 1492 - (brewery) established.
 * 1498 - Jews expelled from Salzburg.
 * 1512 - (church) built.
 * 1519 - Hohensalzburg Castle expanded.
 * 1523 - (town hall) built.
 * 1525 - German Peasants' War.
 * 1587 - Wolf Dietrich Raitenau becomes prince-archbishop.
 * 1588 - construction begins on the Residenzplatz.
 * 1606 - Schloss Altenau built.
 * 1619 - Hellbrunn Palace built near Salzburg.
 * 1623 - Paris Lodron University opens.
 * 1652 - (library) founded.
 * 1668 - Cathedral rebuilt.
 * 1674 - church consecrated near Salzburg.
 * 1689 - (church) rebuilt.
 * 1697 - (palace) rebuilt.

18th-19th centuries

 * 1702 - Holy Trinity Church, Salzburg built.
 * 1707 - Kollegienkirche, Salzburg (church) built.
 * 1711 - (church) built.
 * 1731 - Protestants expelled from Salzburg.
 * 1756 - The birth of future composer Mozart at no.9 Getreidegasse.
 * 1767 - (tunnel) built through the Mönchsberg.
 * 1805
 * City sacked by French forces.
 * Salzburg becomes part of the Austrian Empire.
 * 1809 - Salzburg becomes part of the Kingdom of Bavaria.
 * 1816 - Salzburg becomes part of the Austrian Empire again per Treaty of Munich (1816).
 * 1818 - Fire.
 * 1842 - Mozart monument installed in the.
 * 1849 - Salzburg becomes seat of the Duchy of Salzburg.
 * 1850 - Museum Carolino-Augusteum active.
 * 1860 - Salzburg Hauptbahnhof (train station) opens.
 * 1880 - Mozarteum Foundation established.
 * 1890 - Population: 27,741.

20th century

 * 1901 - built.
 * 1903 - Volksbibliothek (library) opens.
 * 1914 - Salzburger AK 1914 football club formed.
 * 1918 - Hunger protest.
 * 1920
 * Salzburg Festival of theatre and music begins.
 * Population: 36,450.
 * 1926 - built.
 * 1933 - SV Austria Salzburg (football club) formed.
 * 1935 - and  become part of city.
 * 1938
 * March: Annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany.
 * Salzburg becomes seat of the Nazi Reichsgau Salzburg (administrative division).
 * 1942 - SS Alpenland forced labour subcamp established.
 * 1944
 * begins.
 * December: Salzburg-Bomb Detection forced labour subcamp established.
 * 1945
 * 12 January: Salzburg-Explosives forced labour subcamp established.
 * March: Salzburg-Clearing forced labour subcamp established.
 * Bombing of Salzburg ends.
 * 4 May: American forces take city. Forced labour subcamps dissolved.
 * 1951 - Population: 102,927.
 * 1956 - music event begins.
 * 1957 - becomes mayor.
 * 1960 - Großes Festspielhaus (theatre) opens.
 * 1962 - Universität Salzburg active.
 * 1971 - Stadion Lehen (stadium) opens.
 * 1988 - Salzburg City Archive established.
 * 1996 - Altstadt designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
 * 1999 - Heinz Schaden becomes mayor.

21st century

 * 2016 - Population: 150,938 city; 545,815 state.