Timeline of Stuttgart

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

Prior to 14th century

 * 1st C. CE - Roman fort established (Bad Cannstatt).
 * 950 CE - Old Castle built.
 * 1240 - Stiftskirche built.
 * 1300 - Counts of Württemberg establish residence (approximate date).

14th-18th century

 * 1321 - City status granted.
 * 1392 - Eberhard II, Count of Württemberg (1315–1392) dies in Stuttgart.
 * 1486 - Printing press in operation.
 * 1493 - Spitalkirche built.
 * 1495 - Stuttgart becomes capital of Wurttemberg.
 * 1570 - Old Palace built.
 * 1626 - (cemetery) in use.
 * 1686 - Gymnasium illustre (school) established.
 * 1769 - Castle Solitude built outside city.
 * 1775 - Karlsschule relocates to Stuttgart.
 * 1795 - Population: 19,510.

19th century

 * 1803 - City becomes capital of the Electorate of Württemberg.
 * 1807
 * New Palace built.
 * Schlossplatz opens.
 * 1808 - Schloss-Garten laid out in Neckar-Strasse.
 * 1810 - Royal Library founded by Frederick I of Württemberg.
 * 1811 - Stuttgart Cathedral rebuilding completed.
 * 1820 - becomes mayor.
 * 1824 - Stuttgarter Liederkranz (singing society) founded.
 * 1826 - Natural history museum opens.
 * 1827 - built.
 * 1829 - University of Stuttgart founded.
 * 1830 - Rosenstein Palace completed.
 * 1832 - Winterschule für Bauhandwerker (trade school) founded.
 * 1833 - becomes mayor.
 * 1839 - Schiller memorial erected in Schillerplatz.
 * 1840 - Wilhelm Palais built.
 * 1841
 * Schlossplatz column erected.
 * Hospitalkirche restored.
 * Population: 42,217.
 * 1842 - founded.
 * 1843 - Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (art museum) opens.
 * 1846
 * Railway station opens.
 * Wilhelma garden established.
 * 1848 - Stuttgart-Heilbronn railway begins operating.
 * 1849 - Rump parliament held.
 * 1857
 * Stuttgart Music School founded.
 * Hotel Marquardt in business.
 * Ploucquet's Museum opens.
 * 1860
 * Königsbau constructed on the Schlossplatz.
 * Population: 61,314.
 * 1861 - built.
 * 1862 - becomes mayor.
 * 1864 - (concert hall) built.
 * 1865 - Polytechnic School built in Stadtgarten-Platz.
 * 1869 - Württemberg State Museum founded.
 * 1870 - Architectural school built.
 * 1871
 * City becomes part of the German Empire.
 * zoo in business.
 * 1872
 * Black Forest Railway (Württemberg) in operation.
 * becomes mayor.
 * Stuttgarter Hofbräu brewery in business.
 * 1873 - (cemetery) established.
 * 1875
 * Martin's "Museum of the Primeval World" opens.
 * Marienkirche built.
 * 1876 - Johanneskirche built.
 * 1880
 * Wilhelma park opens to the public.
 * Law Courts built.
 * Population: 117,303.
 * 1881 - Breuninger retailer in business.
 * Gewerbehalle built in Kriegsberg-Strasse.
 * 1888 - Dinkelacker brewery in business.
 * 1889 - Stuttgart Swimming Baths built.
 * 1890 - Population: 139,817.
 * 1892 - Socialist women's newspaper Die Gleichheit in publication in Stuttgart.
 * 1893 - becomes mayor.
 * 1894 - in business.
 * 1895 - Kriegsberg Tower, Landesgewerbe-Museum (industrial museum), and Königin-Olga-Bau constructed.
 * 1899 - becomes mayor.
 * 1900
 * German Peace Society headquartered in city.
 * Friedrichsbau theatre opens.
 * Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben (boys' choir) founded.
 * Population: 176,699.

1900s-1945

 * 1901 - City public library established.
 * 1903 - Solituderennen motorsport events begin.
 * 1905
 * Cannstatt and Untertürkheim become part of city.
 * Population:249,443.
 * 1907 - International Socialist Congress held in Stuttgart.
 * 1908
 * Degerloch becomes part of city.
 * Cavalry barracks built.
 * 1910
 * built.
 * Population: 286,218.
 * 1911
 * Linden Museum established.
 * becomes mayor.
 * 1912
 * Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart (football club) formed.
 * Königliche Hoftheater and Stuttgart-Degerloch water tower built.
 * 1913 - (cemetery) established.
 * 1915 - Böblingen Airport begins operating.
 * 1916 - Stuttgart Open tennis tournament begins.
 * 1918
 * City becomes capital of Free People's State of Württemberg.
 * Schlossplatz opens to the public.
 * 1919 - Population: 309,197.
 * 1922
 * Botnang becomes part of city.
 * Stuttgart Central Station rebuilt.
 * Stuttgart Observatory active.
 * 1924 - Stuttgarter Philharmoniker (orchestra) formed.
 * 1927
 * Weissenhof Estate built.
 * Flandern military training ground active.
 * 1928 - Tagblatt-Turm and Schocken Department Store built.
 * 1931
 * Rotenberg and Zuffenhausen become part of city.
 * Ferdinand Porsche in business.
 * 1933
 * Feuerbach and Weilimdorf become part of city.
 * Karl Strölin becomes mayor.
 * Adolf-Hitler-Kampfbahn (stadium) built.
 * 1935 - Max-Eyth-See (artificial lake) created.
 * 1937 - Kurmärker Kaserne (military barracks) built.
 * 1938
 * Helenen Kaserne (military barracks) established.
 * redesign adopted.
 * 1939
 * Stuttgart Airport built.
 * Horticultural exhibition held in Killesbergpark.
 * Deportation of Jews begins.
 * 1940
 * Robert-Bosch-Hospital opens.
 * August 25: Aerial bombing by Allied forces begins.
 * 1942
 * Plieningen and become part of city.
 * November 22: Aerial bombing.
 * 1943
 * March 11: Aerial bombing.
 * April 15: Aerial bombing.
 * September 6: Aerial bombing.
 * October 8: Aerial bombing.
 * November 26: Aerial bombing.
 * 1944
 * February 21: Aerial bombing.
 * March 2: Aerial bombing.
 * March 15: Aerial bombing.
 * July: Aerial bombing.
 * September: Aerial bombing.
 * October 19: Aerial bombing.
 * November 5: Aerial bombing.
 * December 9: Aerial bombing.
 * 1945
 * January 28: Aerial bombing.
 * April 21: Allied ground forces take city; military occupation begins.
 * December 5: United States Army occupies Kelley Barracks.
 * Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra and Volkstheater founded.
 * Arnulf Klett becomes mayor.

1946-1990s

 * 1946 - Südfunk-Chor Stuttgart (choir) formed.
 * 1947 - Alte Staatsgalerie rebuilt.
 * 1948 - Bölkow aircraft manufactory in business.
 * 1952 - City becomes part of newly formed state of Baden-Württemberg.
 * 1953 - Landesarboretum Baden-Württemberg established.
 * 1954
 * (water supply organization) founded.
 * State Museum of Natural History exhibits open in Rosenstein Castle.
 * 1956 - Fernsehturm Stuttgart commissioned.
 * 1957 - Birkenkopf enlarged.
 * 1961 - City hosts Bundesgartenschau (national horticulture biennial).
 * 1964
 * Stammheim Prison commissioned.
 * New Palace reconstructed.
 * 1965
 * Wilhelm Palais reconstructed.
 * Railway Vehicle Preservation Company founded.
 * 1966 - Funkturm Stuttgart and Versatel building constructed.
 * 1967 - United States European Command headquarters relocates to Stuttgart.
 * 1969 - Old Castle renovated.
 * 1970 - Württembergische Landesbibliothek (state library) building opens.
 * 1971 - Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group in business.
 * 1972 - Hannibal housing development and Fernmeldeturm constructed.
 * 1973 - Stuttgart (region) (Regierungsbezirk) established.
 * 1974 - Manfred Rommel becomes mayor.
 * 1975
 * Trial of Red Army Faction members held in Stammheim Prison.
 * Stuttgart-Möhringen directional radio tower built.
 * 1976
 * Porsche Museum opens.
 * Kickers-Stadium renovated.
 * 1978
 * Stuttgart S-Bahn begins operating.
 * founded.
 * Roman Catholic Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart active.
 * 1981 - Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart founded.
 * 1982 - begins.
 * 1983 - Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle built.
 * 1984
 * Neue Staatsgalerie (art museum) opens.
 * Theaterhaus Stuttgart founded.
 * 1987 - Sparkassen Cup track and field competition begins.
 * 1988
 * Schwanenbrau Cup cycling race begins.
 * May: 1988 European Cup Final held.
 * 1994 - Stuttgart Region (metropolitan area) and (regional governance entity) established.
 * 1997 - Wolfgang Schuster becomes mayor.
 * 2000 - Observation tower built in Killesbergpark.

21st century

 * 2005 - Kunstmuseum Stuttgart opens.
 * 2006 - Mercedes-Benz Museum opens.
 * 2007
 * Messe Stuttgart (exhibition centre) built.
 * United States Africa Command headquartered in Stuttgart.
 * 2011
 * May: Trial of Rwandan military leader Ignace Murwanashyaka begins at the.
 * Population: 613,392.
 * 2013 - Fritz Kuhn becomes mayor.