Timeline of Augsburg

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

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16th–18th centuries
  • 1502 – Catholic Holy Cross Church built.[4]
  • 1509 – Fortunatus (story) published.
  • 1515 – Dominikaner-Kirche (church) built.[4]
  • 1517 - Fugger chapel built.[10]
  • 1518 - Fire engine built.[11]
  • 1523 – Fuggerei residential area developed.
  • 1530 – Lutheran Confession of Augsburg introduced.[12]
  • 1534 – Augsburg Protestant Cemetery established.
  • 1537
  • 1540 – Augsburger Börse (stock exchange) established.
  • 1546 – Boeck house[4] and Rotes Tor (gate)[4] built.
  • 1573 - Sugar refinery begins operating.[14]
  • 1577 – Imperial Abbey of Saints Ulrich and Afra active.
  • 1582 – St. Salvator Jesuit school founded.[15]
  • 1594 – Augustusbrunnen (fountain) created for Maximiliansstrasse.[5]
  • 1599 – Herkulesbrunnen (fountain) created for Maximiliansstrasse.[5]
  • 1607 – Augsburger Zeughaus (armory) built.[4]
  • 1609 - Metzg (butchers' house) built.[4]
  • 1612 – Engravers Lucas and Wolfgang Kilian in business.[16]
  • 1620 – Augsburg Town Hall built.[1]
  • 1631 - Augsburg Art Cabinet sent to Sweden as a gift.[17]
  • 1632 – Swedish occupation begins.[1]
  • 1635
  • 1650 – Augsburger Hohes Friedensfest (festival) begins.
  • 1703 – Town besieged by Bavarian forces.[3]
  • 1712 – Academy of painting founded.[3]
  • 1765 – Gignoux-Haus built.
  • 1770 – Ballroom built in the Schaezlerpalais.[4]
  • 1782 – Dollische bookseller in business.[18]
  • 1786 - August: Air balloon flight of Joseph Maximilian Freiherr von Lütgendorf.[19]

19th century

20th century

21st century
  • 2008 – Kurt Gribl becomes mayor.[32]
  • 2009 – Stadtbücherei Augsburg (public library) building opens.
  • 2012 – Population: 272,699.

See also

References
  1. Britannica 1910.
  2. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Germany". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  3. George Henry Townsend (1867), "Augsburg", A Manual of Dates (2nd ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co.
  4. Baedeker 1914.
  5. Murray 1903.
  6. Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
  7. Wilhelm Sandermann (2013). "Beginn der Papierherstellung in einigen Landern". Papier: Eine spannende Kulturgeschichte (in German). Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-662-09193-7. (timeline)
  8. Henri Bouchot (1890). H. Grevel (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
  9. Glyn Davies; Roy Davies (2002). "Comparative Chronology of Money" – via University of Exeter.
  10. "Central Europe (including Germany), 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  11. Patrick Robertson (2011). Robertson's Book of Firsts. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-60819-738-5.
  12. Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Augsburg", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
  13. Julius Petzholdt (1853), "Augsburg", Handbuch Deutscher Bibliotheken (in German), Halle: H.W. Schmidt, OCLC 8363581
  14. Ursula Heinzelmann (2008). "Timeline". Food Culture in Germany. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-34495-4.
  15. Gernot Michael Müller, ed. (2010). Humanismus und Renaissance in Augsburg [Humanism and the Renaissance in Augsburg] (in German). Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-023124-3.
  16. H. P. R (June 1927), Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, 25, Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, pp. 37–38, JSTOR 4170056
  17. "Central Europe (including Germany), 1600–1800 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  18. Allgemeines Adreßbuch für den deutschen Buchhandel ... 1870 (in German). Leipzig: O.A. Schulz. 1870.
  19. Richard Holmes (2013). Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-90870-4.
  20. "Global Resources Network". Chicago, USA: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  21. "Germany: States of South Germany: Bavaria". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1869. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590337.
  22. Königliche Museen zu Berlin (1904). Kunsthandbuch für Deutschland (in German) (6th ed.). Georg Reimer.
  23. Universitätsbibliothek. "Augsburger Zeitungen" [Newspapers of Augsburg] (in German). Universität Augsburg. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  24. "Aufgaben und Geschichte des Stadtarchivs" (in German). Stadt Augsburg. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  25. "German Empire". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1908. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590592 – via HathiTrust.
  26. "Germany". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1915. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368358.
  27. "Germany". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
  28. "Augsburger Kajak Verein" (in German). Augsburg. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  29. Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of Germany (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
  30. "11th Airborne vets return to Germany". United States Army. 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  31. "Porträt und Bilder" (in German). Augsburg: Kulturhaus Kresslesmühle. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  32. "German mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
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