Timeline of Augsburg

Prior to 16th century

14 BCE – Roman colony Augusta Vindelicorum established (approximate date).

5th century CE – Settlement sacked by Huns.

6th century CE - Catholic Diocese of Augsburg established.

778 – Simpert becomes Bishop of Augsburg.

788 – Town sacked by forces of Charlemagne.

923 – Ulrich becomes Bishop of Augsburg.

952 – Diet of Augsburg (meeting of leaders of Holy Roman Empire) active.

989 – Perlachturm built.

1065 – Augsburg Cathedral consecrated.

1251 – Dominican Monastery of St. Katharine active.

1276 – Augsburg becomes a Free Imperial City.

1300 – Barfüsserkirche (church) founded.

1321 – St. Anna-Kirche (church) founded.

1364 – Three Moors Inn in business (approximate date).

1370 - Public clock installed (approximate date).

1407 - Paper mill established.

1431 – Augsburg Cathedral remodeled.

1468 - Burkhard Zingg writes Augsburger Chronik, a history of the city (approximate date).

1472 – Printing press in operation.

1487 - Fuggers Bank established.

1493 – Artist Hans Holbein the Elder active (approximate date).

16th–18th centuries

1500 – Church of St. Ulrich and St. Afra built.

1502 – Catholic Holy Cross Church built.

1509 – Fortunatus (story) published.

1515 – Dominikaner-Kirche (church) built.

1517 - Fugger chapel built.

1518 - Fire engine built.

1523 – Fuggerei residential area developed.

1530 – Lutheran Confession of Augsburg introduced.

1534 – Augsburg Protestant Cemetery established.

1537

Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg (city library) founded.

Augsburg joins the Schmalkaldic League.

1540 – Augsburger Börse (stock exchange) established.

1546 – Boeck house and Rotes Tor (gate) built.

1573 - Sugar refinery begins operating.

1577 – Imperial Abbey of Saints Ulrich and Afra active.

1582 – St. Salvator Jesuit school founded.

1594 – Augustusbrunnen (fountain) created for Maximiliansstrasse.

1599 – Herkulesbrunnen (fountain) created for Maximiliansstrasse.

1607 – Augsburger Zeughaus (armory) built.

1609 - Metzg (butchers' house) built.

1612 – Engravers Lucas and Wolfgang Kilian in business.

1620 – Augsburg Town Hall built.

1631 - Augsburg Art Cabinet sent to Sweden as a gift.

1632 – Swedish occupation begins.

1635

Swedish occupation ends.

Population: 16,432.

1650 – Augsburger Hohes Friedensfest (festival) begins.

1703 – Town besieged by Bavarian forces.

1712 – Academy of painting founded.

1765 – Gignoux-Haus built.

1770 – Ballroom built in the Schaezlerpalais.

1782 – Dollische bookseller in business.

1786 - August: Air balloon flight of Joseph Maximilian Freiherr von Lütgendorf.

19th century

1805 – 10 October: French in power.

1806

4 March: Augsburg becomes part of the Kingdom of Bavaria.

Population: 26,200.

1810 – Allgemeine Zeitung (newspaper) in publication.

1817 – Augsburg becomes an administrative capital of the Oberdonaukreis.

1825 – Chapel built in Protestant Cemetery.

1833 – Holbein-Gymnasium (school) established.

1837 – Town becomes administrative capital for the Swabia and Neuburg district.

1840

Sander'sche Maschinenfabrik in business.

Cotton mill established.

1846 – Augsburg Hauptbahnhof (train station) opens.

1847

Augsburg Morellstraße station opens.

Turnverein Augsburg (sport club) formed.

1854 – Maximilian Museum founded.

1858 - Population: 43,616.

1870 – Konigl. Industrieschule (industrial school) established.

1875 – Paar Valley Railway begins operating.

1876 – Der Volkswille newspaper in publication.

1878

Stadttheater Augsburg (theatre) built.

Augsburger Eislaufverein (ice hockey team) formed.

1885

Stadtarchiv Augsburg (town archive) building established.

Population: 65,905.

1898 – Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg and Augsburg-Oberhausen Acetylene Factory in business.

20th century

1900 – Population: 89,109.

1903 – TSV Schwaben Augsburg (football club) formed.

1905 - Population: 94,923.

1907 – FC Augsburg (football club) formed.

1910

Landsberg Prison established in vicinity of Augsburg.

Population: 102,487.

1911 – Oberhausen becomes part of Augsburg.

1917 - Augsburg Synagogue built.

1919 - Population: 154,555.

1920 – Stadtbücherei Augsburg (public library) founded.

1924 – Augsburger Kajak Verein (kayak club) formed.

1926 – Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (Bavarian Aircraft Works) in business.

1930 - 8 September: Hitler gives campaign speech.

1933 – Gau Swabia (Nazi administrative region) established.

1937

Augsburg Zoo opens.

Mozarthaus (house museum) established.

1938

Messerschmitt aircraft manufactory in business.

Ice skating rink opens.

10 November: Synagogue destroyed during Kristallnacht.

1942 – 17 April: Bombing by Allied forces.

1944 – 25–26 February: Bombing by Allied forces.

1945 – Schwäbische Landeszeitung newspaper begins publication.

1948

Verlagsgruppe Weltbild (publisher) in business.

Augsburger Puppenkiste (theatre) opens.

1951

Rosenaustadion (stadium) opens.

Town art collections installed in the Schaezlerpalais.

1954 - Fürst Fugger Privatbank established.

1956 – United States military 11th Airborne Division stationed in Augsburg.

1961 - Population: 208,659.

1969 – Part of Göggingen becomes part of Augsburg.

1970 – University of Augsburg founded.

1971

Augsburg Eiskanal (artificial whitewater river) opens.

Augsburg University of Applied Sciences founded.

1972

Inningen becomes part of Augsburg.

Kongresshalle opens.

Dorint Hotel Tower built.

1977

Kulturhaus Kresslesmühle (cultural space) opens.

Romanistentheater (Augsburg) founded.

1989 – Sparkassen-Planetarium opens.

1996

Kulturhaus Abraxas (cultural space) active.

S’ensemble Theater founded.

1998 – Brechthaus (house museum) opens.

21st century

2008 – Kurt Gribl becomes mayor.

2009 – Stadtbücherei Augsburg (public library) building opens.

2012 – Population: 272,699.