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

Contents

Prior to 18th century

  • 1082 - Leipzig sacked by forces of Vratislaus II of Bohemia.
  • 1165
  • Leipzig granted market and city privileges.
  • St. Nicholas Church built (approximate date).
  • 1170 - Easter and Michaelmas fairs begin (approximate date).
  • 1212 - Thomasschule zu Leipzig and Thomanerchor founded.
  • 1231 - Klosterkirche St. Pauli built.
  • 1409 - University of Leipzig founded.
  • 1420 - Fire.
  • 1458 - New year's fair begins.
  • 1479 - Printing press in operation.
  • 1485 - Treaty of Leipzig.
  • 1496 - St. Thomas Church consecrated.
  • 1519 - June: Martin Luther and Andreas Karlstadt debate John Eck.
  • 1530 - Auerbachs Hof built (approximate date).
  • 1547 - City besieged by John Frederick I of Saxony.
  • 1554 - Moritzbastei constructed.
  • 1556 - Rathaus, Leipzig built.
  • 1642 - Battle of Breitenfeld.
  • 1650 - Einkommende Zeitungen (newspaper) begins publication.
  • 1680 - Plague.
  • 1681 - Weidmannsche Buchhandlung relocates to Leipzig.
  • 1687 - Alte Handelsbörse (Leipzig) (stock exchange) built.
  • 1693 - Opera house opens.
  • 1699 - Population: 15,653.

    • 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.
  • 1729 - Premiere of Bach's St Matthew Passion.
  • 1731 - Zedler's Universal-Lexicon encyclopedia published.
  • 1745 - City "taken by the Prussians."
  • 1755 - Stadtbibliothek Leipzig (municipal library) opens.
  • 1756 - City occupied by Prussian forces during the Seven Years' War.
  • 1759
  • August: "Prussians withdraw from Leipzig."
  • September: "Prussians recapture Leipzig."
  • 1760 - October: "Prussians withdraw from Leipzig."
  • 1764 - Academy of Visual Arts and Leipzig Economic Society founded.
  • 1766 - Theater auf der Rannischen Bastei opens.
  • 1777 - April: Premiere of Klinger's play Sturm und Drang.
  • 1781
  • Gewandhaus built.
  • Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra formed.
  • 1784
  • City fortifications dismantled.
  • Philological Society founded.
  • 1785 - Augustusplatz laid out.
  • 1789 - Linnean Society founded.
  • 1790 - Observatory set up in Pleissenburg.
  • 1797 - 31,847.
  • 1798
  • Tauchnitz publishers established.
  • Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung (music magazine) begins publication.

    • 19th century

  • 1800 - Edition Peters and Leipzig Singakademie (chorus) 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.
  • 1828 - Reclam Verlag established.
  • 1829 - Medical Society founded.
  • 1830 - "Political disturbance."
  • 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.
  • Bach monument, Leipzig erected.
  • 1846 - Saxonian Academy of Sciences and Humanities founded.
  • 1848 - "Political disturbance."
  • 1850 - Bach Gesellschaft organized.
  • 1853 - Blüthner piano manufacturer in business.
  • 1855 - Leipzig synagogue built on Gottschedstraße (Leipzig).
  • 1856 - Händel-Gesellschaft organized.
  • 1858 - Municipal museum inaugurated.
  • 1861 - Population: 78,495.
  • 1863 - General German Workers' Association founded in Leipzig.
  • 1864 - Schrebergärten (community garden) association formed.
  • 1868 - Opera house built.
  • 1869 - Leipzig Museum of Ethnography and Leipzig Alpine Club founded.
  • 1872
  • Harrassowitz publishing firm established.
  • Verlag Karl Baedeker relocates to Leipzig.
  • 1874
  • Museum of Arts and Crafts and Ernst Eulenburg (musical editions) established.
  • Bibliographisches Institut relocates to Leipzig.
  • 1878 - Leipzig Zoo opens.
  • 1879
  • Reichsgericht headquartered in Leipzig.
  • Südfriedhof established.
  • 1880 - Population: 149,081.
  • 1884 - Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei founded.
  • 1886
  • Georg Thieme Verlag established.
  • Lutherkirche (Leipzig) and Neue Börse (Leipzig) (stock exchange) built.
  • 1889 - Anger-Crottendorf and Reudnitz (Leipzig) become part of city.
  • 1890
  • Eutritzsch, Gohlis, Neureudnitz, Neuschönefeld, Neustadt, Sellerhausen, Thonberg, and Volkmarsdorf become part of city.
  • Population: 295,025.
  • 1891 - Connewitz, Kleinzschocher, Lindenau, Lössnig, Plagwitz, and Schleussig become part of city.
  • 1892
  • Neusellerhausen becomes part of city.
  • SSV Stötteritz football club founded.
  • Mendelssohn monument erected.
  • 1894 - Leipziger Volkszeitung (newspaper) begins publication.
  • 1895
  • Altes Grassimuseum built.
  • Muster-Messe fair begins.
  • Population: 399,995.
  • 1898 - Handelshochschule Leipzig founded.

    • 20th century

  • 1900 - Population: 456,156.
  • 1901
  • Städtisches Kaufhaus built.
  • Insel Verlag (publisher) in business.
  • 1904 - Bachfest begins.
  • 1905
  • Population: 503,672.
  • New Town Hall opens.
  • 1906 - Naturkundemuseum Leipzig established.
  • 1908 - Rowohlt Verlag founded.
  • 1910 - Dölitz, Dösen (Leipzig), Möckern (Leipzig), Probstheida, Stötteritz, and Stünz become part of city.
  • 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.
  • 1917 - Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (city transport company) formed.
  • 1918 - Karl Rothe becomes mayor.
  • 1919
  • Church Music Institute founded.
  • Der Drache begins publication.
  • Population: 604,397.
  • 1921 - Leipzig War Crimes Trials held.
  • 1922
  • Grosszschocher, Leutzsch, Paunsdorf, and Wahren become part of city.
  • 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.
  • 1933 - Population: 713,470.
  • 1935 - Portitz becomes part of city.
  • 1936 - Knauthain and Lauer become part of city.
  • 1943 - Bombing of city by British.
  • 1944 - Bombing.
  • 1945
  • April - Allied ground advance arrives.
  • July - City under Soviet control.
  • Population: 584,593.
  • 1950
  • International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition begins.
  • Bach-Archiv founded.
  • Population: 617,574.
  • 1951 - Erich Uhlich becomes mayor.
  • 1953 - Theaterhochschule Leipzig established, later named after Hans Otto
  • 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.
  • 1969 - Leipzig-Halle S-Bahn established.
  • 1970 - Karl-Heinz Müller (politician) becomes mayor.
  • 1972 - City-Hochhaus Leipzig built.
  • 1974 - Moritzbastei rebuilt.
  • 1977 - Sportmuseum founded.
  • 1983 - Wagner monument, Leipzig erected.
  • 1989 - Monday demonstrations.
  • 1990
  • Neuer Leipziger Kunstverein (art association) founded.
  • Hinrich Lehmann-Grube becomes mayor.
  • 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.
  • 1994 - Museum of Antiquities of the University of Leipzig opens.
  • 1995
  • Lausen and Plaussig become part of city.
  • Population: 471,409.
  • 1996
  • Leipzig Trade Fair building opens.
  • Saxonia International Balloon Fiesta begins.
  • 1997
  • Gottscheina, Hohenheida, and Seehausen become part of city.
  • Leipziger Versorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft (city utility company) established.
  • Federal Administrative Court of Germany headquartered in Leipzig.
  • 1998
  • Podelwitz-Süd becomes part of city.
  • Wolfgang Tiefensee becomes mayor.
  • 1999 - Böhlitz-Ehrenberg, Engelsdorf, Holzhausen, Liebertwolkwitz, Lindenthal, Miltitz and Mölkau become part of city.

    • 21st century

  • 2000 - Burghausen und Rückmarsdorf become part of city.
  • 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.
  • BMW Central Building constructed.
  • Population: 502,651.
  • 2006
  • Amazon.com distribution centre begins operating.
  • 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.
  • Paulinum reconstruction finished.
  • 2013
  • New Propsteikirche begins construction.
  • Leipzig City Tunnel opened.
  • Leipzig is the most livable German city.
  • 2014 - Population: 551,871.
  • 2015 - January: Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident demonstration.

    • References

    Timeline of Leipzig Wikipedia
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