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Timeline of Münster

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Contents

Prior to 19th century

  • 797 - School founded.
  • 800 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Münster established.
  • 1040 - Überwasserkirche convent founded.
  • 1180 - Prince-Bishopric of Münster established.
  • 1250 - Town Hall in use (approximate date).
  • 1253 - Munster joins the City Alliance of Werne.
  • 1264 - Münster Cathedral built.
  • 1340 - Our Lady's Church built.
  • 1444 - Kloster Niesing (béguinage) founded.
  • 1450 - Münster Diocesan Feud begins.
  • 1458 - Leinenlegge (cloth inspection entity) established (approximate date).
  • 1485 - Printing press in operation.
  • 1532 - Protestant Reformation.
  • 1534 - February: Anabaptists in power.
  • 1588 - Jesuit College, Münster founded.
  • 1589
  • Krameramtshaus (guild hall) built.
  • Jesuit College's Bibliotheca Paulina (library) active.
  • 1617 - Saint Clare Monastery construction begins on the Stubengasse.
  • 1630 - Liebfrauen-Schützenbruderschaft von 1630 Münster (militia) formed.
  • 1648 - Dutch-Spanish peace treaty signed in Munster.
  • 1661 - Forces of Christoph Bernhard von Galen occupy Munster.
  • 1662 - Münster Citadel built.
  • 1720 - Aschendorff publisher in business.
  • 1759 - City besieged by Hanoverian forces during the Seven Years' War.
  • 1780 - University of Münster founded.
  • 1787 - Schloss Münster (palace) built.

    • 19th century

  • 1800 - Damenclub founded.
  • 1803 - Münster Regierungsbezirk (administrative region) and Botanischer Garten Münster established.
  • 1806 - French in power.
  • 1810 - Münster "annexed to France."
  • 1815 - Münster "ceded to Prussia" per Congress of Vienna.
  • 1816 - Population: 17,316.
  • 1825 - Verein für Geschichte und Altertumskunde Westfalens, Abt. Münster (historical society) founded.
  • 1829 - Staatsarchiv Münster (regional archive) established.
  • 1835 - "Revidierte Städteordnung" (city self-administration) in effect.
  • 1848
  • 25 May: Münster–Hamm railway begins operating.
  • Münster Hauptbahnhof opens.
  • 1861 - Population: 27,332 in city; 442,384 in region.
  • 1874 - Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway in operation.
  • 1875
  • Lamberti, St. Mauritz, and Überwasser become part of city.
  • Münster Zoological Gardens established.
  • 1892 - Westfälisches Museum für Naturkunde opens.
  • 1895
  • Lortzing-Theater opens.
  • Population: 57,135.
  • 1897 - Münstersche Zeitung (newspaper) in publication.
  • 1899 - Port of Münster and Dortmund–Ems Canal open.

    • 20th century

  • 1901
  • Tram begins operating.
  • Stadtwerke Münster established.
  • 1905 - Population: 81,468.
  • 1906 - Stadtbücherei Münster (library) and SC Preußen Münster (football club) founded.
  • 1908 - Westphalian State Museum opens.
  • 1919
  • Münster Symphony Orchestra founded.
  • Population: 100,452.
  • 1926 - Halle Münsterland and Preußenstadion (stadium) open.
  • 1929 - Provinzialinstitut für westfälische Landes- und Volkskunde (regional history institute) founded.
  • 1940
  • 16 May: Bombing of city by Allied forces begins.(de)
  • Population: 144,945.
  • 1946 - Westfälische Nachrichten newspaper begins publication.
  • 1947 - Reconstruction of Prinzipalmarkt begins.
  • 1948 - University of Münster's Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum established.[1]
  • 1956 - Städtische Bühnen Münster (theatre) built.
  • 1958 - Old City Hall reconstructed.
  • 1960
  • City twinned with Orléans, France.
  • Population: 180,117.
  • 1971 - Fachhochschule Münster established.
  • 1972 - Münster/Osnabrück Airport begins operating.
  • 1974 - Population: 200,448.
  • 1975
  • Hiltrup becomes part of city.
  • Population: 264,546.
  • 1977
  • Salzstraße (Münster) pedestrianized.
  • Skulptur Projekte Münster begins.
  • 1979
  • Stadtmuseum Münster founded.
  • South Park, Münster created.
  • 1981 - Filmfestival Münster begins.
  • 1984 - Jörg Twenhöven becomes mayor.
  • 1985 - Fernmeldeturm Münster (TV tower) erected.
  • 1987 - Catholic pope visits city.
  • 1993
  • Münster-Barometer survey begins.
  • Museum für Lackkunst opens.
  • 1994 - Marion Tüns becomes mayor.
  • 1999 - Berthold Tillmann becomes mayor.

    • 21st century

  • 2003 - Bait ul-Momin mosque opens in Hiltrup.
  • 2005 - GuD-Kraftwerk Münster Hafen begins operating.
  • 2007 - January: Storm.
  • 2009 - Markus Lewe becomes mayor.
  • 2010 - Population: 279,803.
  • 2012 - British military stationed in York Barracks in Gremmendorf depart.[2]

    • References

    Timeline of Münster Wikipedia
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