Timeline of Leipzig
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Prior to 18th century
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- 1082 - Leipzig sacked by forces of Vratislaus II of Bohemia.[1][2]
- 1165
- Leipzig granted market and city privileges.
- St. Nicholas Church built (approximate date).
- 1170 - Easter and Michaelmas fairs begin (approximate date).[3]
- 1212 - Thomasschule zu Leipzig and Thomanerchor founded.
- 1231 - Klosterkirche St. Pauli built.
- 1409 - University of Leipzig founded.[1]
- 1420 - Fire.[1]
- 1458 - New year's fair begins.[3]
- 1479 - Printing press in operation.[4]
- 1485 - Treaty of Leipzig.[3]
- 1496 - St. Thomas Church consecrated.
- 1519 - June: Martin Luther and Andreas Karlstadt debate John Eck.[1]
- 1530 - Auerbachs Hof built (approximate date).[3]
- 1547 - City besieged by John Frederick I of Saxony.[3]
- 1554 - Moritzbastei constructed.
- 1556 - Rathaus, Leipzig built.[1]
- 1642 - Battle of Breitenfeld.
- 1650 - Einkommende Zeitungen (newspaper) begins publication.[5]
- 1680 - Plague.[1]
- 1681 - Weidmannsche Buchhandlung relocates to Leipzig.
- 1687 - Alte Handelsbörse (Leipzig) (stock exchange) built.
- 1693 - Opera house opens.[6]
- 1699 - Population: 15,653.[7]
18th century
- 1701 - Oil-fuelled street lighting introduced.
- 1702 - Collegium Musicum founded.
- 1704 - Romanushaus built.
- 1723 - Breitkopf publishing established.
- 1724 - Premiere performance of Bach's St John Passion.[8]
- 1729 - Premiere of Bach's St Matthew Passion.[8]
- 1731 - Zedler's Universal-Lexicon encyclopedia published.[5]
- 1745 - City "taken by the Prussians."[1]
- 1755 - Stadtbibliothek Leipzig (municipal library) opens.[9]
- 1756 - City occupied by Prussian forces during the Seven Years' War.[1]
- 1759
- 1760 - October: "Prussians withdraw from Leipzig."[10]
- 1764 - Academy of Visual Arts and Leipzig Economic Society[11] founded.
- 1766 - Theater auf der Rannischen Bastei opens.[12]
- 1777 - April: Premiere of Klinger's play Sturm und Drang.
- 1781
- Gewandhaus built.[8]
- Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra formed.
- 1784
- 1785 - Augustusplatz laid out.
- 1789 - Linnean Society founded.[11]
- 1790 - Observatory set up in Pleissenburg.
- 1797 - 31,847.[7]
- 1798
- Tauchnitz publishers established.
- Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung (music magazine) begins publication.
19th century
- 1800 - Edition Peters and Leipzig Singakademie (chorus)[13] established.
- 1807
- Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag (publisher) founded.
- Leipziger Tageblatt (newspaper) begins publication.
- 1810 - Westermann Verlag founded.
- 1813
- 22 May: Richard Wagner born.
- October: Battle of Leipzig.
- 1825 - Börsenverein der Deutschen Buchhändler formed.
- 1826 - Wool market active.[1]
- 1828 - Reclam Verlag established.
- 1829 - Medical Society founded.[11]
- 1830 - "Political disturbance."[1]
- 1836 - Augusteum built.
- 1837 - Leipziger Kunstverein (art association) established.
- 1839 - Leipzig–Dresden railway opened.
- 1842 - Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof built.
- 1843
- Illustrirte Zeitung (newspaper) begins publication.
- Conservatory of Music founded.[3]
- Bach monument, Leipzig erected.
- 1846 - Saxonian Academy of Sciences and Humanities founded.[11]
- 1848 - "Political disturbance."[1]
- 1850 - Bach Gesellschaft organized.[8]
- 1853 - Blüthner piano manufacturer in business.[8]
- 1855 - Leipzig synagogue built on Gottschedstraße (Leipzig).
- 1856 - Händel-Gesellschaft organized.[8]
- 1858 - Municipal museum inaugurated.
- 1861 - Population: 78,495.[14]
- 1863 - General German Workers' Association founded in Leipzig.
- 1864 - Schrebergärten (community garden) association formed.[15]
- 1868 - Opera house built.
- 1869 - Leipzig Museum of Ethnography and Leipzig Alpine Club[16] founded.
- 1872
- Harrassowitz publishing firm established.
- Verlag Karl Baedeker relocates to Leipzig.
- 1874
- Museum of Arts and Crafts and Ernst Eulenburg (musical editions)[17] established.
- Bibliographisches Institut relocates to Leipzig.
- 1878 - Leipzig Zoo opens.[18]
- 1879
- Reichsgericht headquartered in Leipzig.[3]
- Südfriedhof established.
- 1880 - Population: 149,081.[7]
- 1884 - Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei founded.
- 1886
- Georg Thieme Verlag established.
- Lutherkirche (Leipzig)[3] and Neue Börse (Leipzig) (stock exchange) built.
- 1889 - Anger-Crottendorf and Reudnitz (Leipzig) become part of city.[19]
- 1890
- 1891 - Connewitz, Kleinzschocher, Lindenau, Lössnig, Plagwitz, and Schleussig become part of city.[19]
- 1892
- Neusellerhausen becomes part of city.[19]
- SSV Stötteritz football club founded.
- Mendelssohn monument erected.[3]
- 1894 - Leipziger Volkszeitung (newspaper) begins publication.
- 1895
- Altes Grassimuseum built.
- Muster-Messe fair begins.
- Population: 399,995.[7]
- 1898 - Handelshochschule Leipzig founded.
20th century
- 1900 - Population: 456,156.[7]
- 1901
- Städtisches Kaufhaus built.
- Insel Verlag (publisher) in business.
- 1904 - Bachfest begins.
- 1905
- Population: 503,672.[7]
- New Town Hall opens.
- 1906 - Naturkundemuseum Leipzig established.[20]
- 1908 - Rowohlt Verlag founded.
- 1910 - Dölitz, Dösen (Leipzig), Möckern (Leipzig), Probstheida, Stötteritz, and Stünz become part of city.[19]
- 1912 - German National Library established.
- 1913
- Kurt Wolff Verlag (publisher) in business.
- Monument to the Battle of the Nations erected.
- 1915
- Leipzig Hauptbahnhof and Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark open.
- Mockau and Schönefeld become part of city.[19]
- 1917 - Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (city transport company) formed.
- 1918 - Karl Rothe becomes mayor.
- 1919
- 1921 - Leipzig War Crimes Trials held.
- 1922
- Grosszschocher, Leutzsch, Paunsdorf, and Wahren become part of city.[19]
- Bruno-Plache-Stadion opens.
- Goldmann (publisher) founded.
- 1923 - MDR Symphony Orchestra founded.
- 1929 - Museum of Musical Instruments of the University of Leipzig opens.
- 1930 - Abtnaundorf, Knautkleeberg, Schönau, and Thekla become part of city.[19]
- 1933 - Population: 713,470.[7]
- 1935 - Portitz becomes part of city.[19]
- 1936 - Knauthain and Lauer become part of city.[19]
- 1943 - Bombing of city by British.
- 1944 - Bombing.
- 1945
- 1950
- International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition begins.
- Bach-Archiv founded.
- Population: 617,574.[7]
- 1951 - Erich Uhlich becomes mayor.
- 1953 - Hans Otto Drama School established.
- 1954
- Staatsarchiv Leipzig (archives) founded.
- Zentralstadion built.
- 1955 - Festival of Cultural and Documentary Films begins.
- 1956 - Zentralstadion opens.
- 1959 - Walter Kresse becomes mayor.
- 1960
- Opera house built.
- Chess Olympiad held.
- Population: 589,632.[7]
- 1969 - Leipzig-Halle S-Bahn established.
- 1970 - Karl-Heinz Müller (politician) becomes mayor.
- 1972 - City-Hochhaus Leipzig built.
- 1974 - Moritzbastei rebuilt.
- 1977 - Sportmuseum founded.[22]
- 1983 - Wagner monument, Leipzig erected.
- 1989 - Monday demonstrations.[23][24]
- 1990
- Neuer Leipziger Kunstverein (art association) founded.
- Hinrich Lehmann-Grube becomes mayor.[25]
- 1991 - Euro-scene Leipzig theatre festival begins.
- 1992
- Technischen Hochschule founded.
- Wave-Gotik-Treffen begins.
- Leipzig-Altenburg Airport opens.
- 1993 - Hartmannsdorf becomes part of city.[19]
- 1994 - Museum of Antiquities of the University of Leipzig opens.
- 1995
- 1996
- Leipzig Trade Fair building opens.
- Saxonia International Balloon Fiesta begins.
- 1997
- Gottscheina, Hohenheida, and Seehausen become part of city.[19]
- Leipziger Versorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft (city utility company) established.
- Federal Administrative Court of Germany headquartered in Leipzig.
- 1998
- Podelwitz-Süd becomes part of city.[19]
- Wolfgang Tiefensee becomes mayor.
- 1999 - Böhlitz-Ehrenberg, Engelsdorf, Holzhausen, Liebertwolkwitz, Lindenthal, Miltitz and Mölkau become part of city.[19]
21st century
- 2000 - Burghausen und Rückmarsdorf become part of city.[19]
- 2002
- Arena Leipzig built.
- Games Convention begins.
- 2004
- Leipziger Internet Zeitung begins publication.
- Museum der bildenden Künste opens.
- Leipzig Botanical Garden renovated.
- Leipzig is the German candidate city for the 2012 Summer Olympics
- 2005
- Art galleries open in Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei.[26]
- BMW Central Building constructed.
- Population: 502,651.[7]
- 2006
- Amazon.com distribution centre begins operating.[27]
- Burkhard Jung becomes mayor.
- 2007 - Paulinum reconstruction begins.
- 2010
- Haus der Computerspiele (museum) active.
- German Music Archive relocates to Leipzig.
- 2012
- German organ donor scandal reported.[28]
- Paulinum reconstruction finished.
- 2013
- New Propsteikirche begins construction.
- Leipzig City Tunnel opened.
- Leipzig is the most livable German city.[29]
- 2014 - Population: 551,871.[30]
- 2015 - January: Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident demonstration.[31]
See also
- Leipzig history
- History of Leipzig
- List of mayors of Leipzig
- List of heritage sites in Leipzig
Other cities in the state of Saxony:
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Haydn 1910.
- ↑ Richter 1863.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Britannica 1910.
- ↑ Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel. The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
- 1 2 Patrick Robertson (2011). Robertson's Book of Firsts. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-60819-738-5.
- ↑ Stephen Rose (2005). "Chronology". In Tim Carter and John Butt. Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Music. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-79273-8.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Bevolkerungsbestand 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Claude Egerton Lowe (1896). "Chronological Summary of the Chief Events in the History of Music". Chronological Cyclopædia of Musicians and Musical Events. London: Weekes & Co.
- ↑ "Chronik der Leipziger Städtischen Bibliotheken" (in German). Stadt Leipzig. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- 1 2 3 Franz A.J. Szabo (2013). "Chronology of Major Events". The Seven Years War in Europe: 1756-1763. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-88697-6.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ↑ William Grange (2006). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of German Theater. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6489-4.
- ↑ Donna M. Di Grazia, ed. (2013). Nineteenth-Century Choral Music. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-98852-0.
- ↑ Georg Friedrich Kolb (1862). "Deutschland: Sachsen". Grundriss der Statistik der Völkerzustands- und Staatenkunde (in German). Leipzig: A. Förstnersche Buchhandlung.
- ↑ Ursula Heinzelmann (2008). "Timeline". Food Culture in Germany. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-34495-4.
- ↑ A.J. Mackintosh (1907). "Mountaineering Clubs, 1857-1907". Alpine Journal. UK (177).
- ↑ Chester L. Alwes (2012). "Choral Music in the Culture of the 19th Century". In André de Quadros. Cambridge Companion to Choral Music. Cambridge Companions to Music. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-11173-7.
Music publishers of the 18th to the early 20th c. (chronological list)
- ↑ Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of Germany (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Stadtgebiet 2015.
- ↑ Naturkundemuseums Leipzig. "Geschichte des Hauses" (in German). Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ↑ "Germany: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via HathiTrust.
- ↑ Sportmuseum Leipzig. "Chronik des Sportmuseum" (in German). Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ↑ "100,000 Protest in Leipzig In Largest Rally in Decades", New York Times, 17 October 1989
- ↑ "Leipzig Journal; A City of Two Tales: The Robust and the Bleak", New York Times, 6 April 1993
- ↑ "Leipzig, the City of Bach, Falls on Hard Times", New York Times, 28 February 1991
- ↑ Spinnerei. "History: From Cotton to Culture". Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ↑ "The big grey box in Leipzig where Amazon staff have found their voice", The Guardian, 19 October 1993
- ↑ "German medicine rocked by Leipzig organ donor scandal", BBC News, 3 January 2013
- ↑ "Deutschlands beliebteste Städte: Sicher, sauber, grün: Diese Stadt läuft sogar München den Rang ab". FOCUS Online. 11 December 2013.
- ↑ Leipzig in Figures, City of Leipzig, retrieved 30 September 2015
- ↑ "Germany Pegida: Leipzig rally held as protest leader resigns", BBC News, 22 January 2015
This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- Richard Brookes (1786), "Leipsick", The General Gazetteer (6th ed.), London: J.F.C. Rivington
- Abraham Rees (1819), "Leipsick", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
- "Leipzig". Handbook for North Germany. London: J. Murray. 1886.
- George Bradshaw (1898), "Leipsic", Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Germany, London: Adams & Sons
- "Leipzig". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
- "Leipzig", Northern Germany (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, OCLC 78390379 + 1873 ed.
- "Leipzig", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Leipsic", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
in German
- "Leipzig". Biblioteca geographica: Verzeichniss der seit der Mitte des vorigen Jahrhunderts bis zu Ende des Jahres 1856 in Deutschland (in German). Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. 1858. (bibliography)
- F. Th. Richter, ed. (1863). Jahrbüchlein zur Geschichte Leipzigs (in German). Verlag Julius Klinkhardt. (includes city timeline)
- "Leipzig". Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon (in German) (14th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1896.
- P. Krauss und E. Uetrecht, ed. (1913). "Leipzig". Meyers Deutscher Städteatlas [Meyer's Atlas of German Cities] (in German). Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut.
- "Stadtgebiet und Witterung", Statistisches Jahrbuch 2015 (in German), Stadt Leipzig,
Chronologie der Eingemeindungen
- "Bevölkerungsbestand", Statistisches Jahrbuch 2015 (in German), Stadt Leipzig,
Amtliche Bevölkerung, Fläche und Bevölkerungsdichte seit 1699
- Wolfgang Adam; Siegrid Westphal, eds. (2012). "Leipzig". Handbuch kultureller Zentren der Frühen Neuzeit: Städte und Residenzen im alten deutschen Sprachraum (in German). De Gruyter. pp. 1253–1298. ISBN 978-3-11-029555-9.
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