Timeline of Leipzig

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.