Timeline of Würzburg

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

Prior to 19th century

 * 706 - Marienkirche, Würzburg (church) dedicated.
 * 741 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Würzburg established.
 * 788 - Cathedral consecrated.
 * 1042 - church built.
 * 1057 - founded.
 * 1165 - Imperial Diet held in Würzburg.
 * 1180 - Imperial Diet held in Würzburg.
 * 1189 - Rebuilt Würzburg Cathedral consecrated.
 * 1287 - Synod and Diet of Würzburg at which an imperial peace is declared
 * 1377 - Marienkapelle construction begins.
 * 1456 - rebuilt.
 * 1479 - Printing press in operation.
 * 1525 - Battle of Wurzburg fought during the German Peasants' War.
 * 1576 - Julius Hospital founded.
 * 1582 - University of Würzburg active.
 * 1619 - Universitätsbibliothek Würzburg (library) founded.
 * 1643 - Würzburger Hofbräu (brewery) established.
 * 1691 - (church) built.
 * 1703 - (stone bridge) built.
 * 1744 - Würzburg Residence (palace) built.
 * 1789 - church built.
 * 1796 - 3 September: Battle of Würzburg fought during the French Revolutionary Wars.

19th century

 * 1803
 * Würzburg secularized.
 * City becomes part of Bavaria.
 * 1805 - Grand Duke of Würzburg Ferdinand in power per Treaty of Pressburg.
 * 1815 - Würzburg becomes part of Bavaria again.
 * 1817 - Koenig & Bauer manufactory in business.
 * 1837 - University's Martin von Wagner Museum opens.
 * 1838 - Würzburg becomes part of the (administrative region).
 * 1848 - Wurzburg Bishops' Conference (1848) held.
 * 1858 - Population: 36,052.
 * 1866 - Würzburg "bombarded and taken by the Prussians."
 * 1872 - (library) founded.
 * 1887 - built.
 * 1892 - Horse-drawn tram begins operating.
 * 1894 - (bridge) built.
 * 1895 - Rontgen discovers X-radiation.
 * 1900 - Electric tram begins operating.

20th century

 * 1904 - Würzburger FV (football club) formed.
 * 1919
 * SV Heidingsfeld (football club) formed.
 * Population: 86,571.
 * 1921 - Mozart Festival Würzburg begins.
 * 1930 - Heidingsfeld and become part of city.(de)
 * 1943 – Subcamp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp founded. Its prisoners were mostly Poles and Soviets.
 * 1945
 * 16 March: Bombing of Würzburg in World War II.
 * 22 March: Subcamp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp dissolved. Prisoners deported to the main Flossenbürg camp.
 * 31 March: Battle of Würzburg begins.
 * 6 April: Battle ends. Americans capture the city.
 *  newspaper begins publication.
 * 1952 - in business.
 * 1954 - New Würzburg Hauptbahnhof (train station) opens.
 * 1971 - University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt established.
 * 1974 - becomes part of city.(de)
 * 1976 - Oberdürrbach and Unterdürrbach become part of city.(de)
 * 1978 -  and  become part of city.(de)
 * 1991 - Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway begins operating.

21st century

 * 2010 - Population: 133,799.(de)
 * 2012 -.
 * 2014 - becomes mayor.
 * 2016 - 18 July: Train attack near Würzburg.
 * 2021 - 25 June: Stabbing.