The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Zürich, Switzerland.
4th millennium BC – Prehistoric pile dwellings Alpenquai at Bürkliplatz and Kleiner Hafner at Sechseläutenplatz on then islands or peninsulas at the outflow of the Limmat, and the Grosser Hafner island in the Lake Zurich, an area of about 0.2 square kilometres (49.42 acres).
4th century BC – Helvetii/ Celtic Oppidum Uetliberg
1st century BC – Helvetii tribe: Oppidum Zürich-Lindenhof
70 CE – Roman Vicus and Gallo-Roman settlement Turicum, Thermengasse hypocaust between Weinplatz and Münsterhof
122 or before – Roman island sanctuary on Grosser Hafner island.
256 - Town rebuilt by Alemanni.
610 – Castellum turegum mentioned by Columban, meaning probably the Gallo-Roman-Allemanic settlement
853 – Fraumünster founded.
857 – St. Peter church first mentioned.
before 1200 – Pfalz on the Lindenhof hill
1218 – Zurich becomes free imperial city.
1220 – Grossmünster inaugurated (approximate date).
1230 – Predigerkloster founded (no foundation document).
1231 – Predigerkirche Zürich, construction started.
1237 – Oetenbach nunnery first mentioned.
1267 – Feud between Zürich and Rudolf I von Habsburg against the Regensberg family (1267/68).
1270 – Augustinerkloster Zürich established and Augustinerkirche Zürich built.
1280 – Grimmenturm built by the Bilgeri ministerialis (around, maybe ~1250)
1291 – On 28 November 1291 Countess Elisabeth von Rapperswil concluded a three-year alliance with the city of Zürich against the Dukes of Austria-Habsburg.
1292 – Battle nearby Winterthur, Zürich defeated, legendary siege of Zürich.
1336
Guilds in operation, some members of the previous council refuged to Johann I (Habsburg-Laufenburg).
Zunft zum Kämbel established.
1349 – Pogrom against the Jewish population of Zürich.
1350 – Brun opponents executed on occasion of the so-called Mordnacht, Rapperswil Castle destroyed by Brun troops, Count Johann II von Rapperswil imprisoned, Dukes of Habsburg started counterattack and forced Zürich to search for new allies.
1351 – Zurich joins Swiss confederation.
1377 – Haus zum Rüden (guildhouse) first mentioned.
1383 – Jewish citizens was allowed to renew the Synagogue and the Jewish cemetery.
1389 – Zunfthaus zur Haue (guildhouse) first mentioned.
1407 – Herrschaft Regensberg became äussere Vogtei of Zürich.
1423 – The Jewish citizens had to leave Zürich to 1850.
1437 – Elisabeth von Matsch granted the mayor and council of the city of Zürich or their representatives the authority to act on their behalf, immediately after the usurpations of lands of the Toggenburg County by the cantons of Schwyz and Glarus, and to lock Grynow.
1440 – Zurich expelled from Swiss confederation; Old Zürich War begins.
1443 – Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl.
1451 – Zurich re-admitted to Swiss confederation.
1460 – Thurgau becomes part of city.
1467 – Winterthur becomes part of city.
1484 – Stein am Rhein becomes part of city.
1496 – Eglisau becomes part of city.
1518 – Huldrych Zwingli becomes pastor of Grossmünster.
1522 – Affair of the Sausages.
1522 – Katharina von Zimmern, last imperial abbess of Zürich, passed the Fraumünster Abbey into the possession of the city of Zürich.
1524
Reformation in Zürich
Augustiner and Prediger monasteries and Oetenbach nunnery in Zürich and Rüti Abbey in Rüti nearby Rapperswil disestablished.
1525 - Carolinum Zürich and Rütiamt established
1527 – Kappel Abbey disestablished.
1531 – Froschauer Bible published.
1535 - Coverdale Bible published.
1576 – Murerplan published.
1634 – City library established.
1642 – Fortifications expanded
1648 – City status changes from Reichsstadt to Republik.
1662 – Bauschänzli at Bürkliplatz built.
1746
Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Zürich (scientific society)
Old botanical garden established.
1757 – Zunfthaus zur Meisen built.
1770 – Orell, Gessner, Füssli & Cie in business.
1780 - Zürcher Zeitung (newspaper) begins publication.
1799
June – First Battle of Zurich.
September – Second Battle of Zurich.
1804 – Kantonspolizei Zürich (police) established as "Landjäger-Corps des Kantons Zürich".
1814 – Zürich District established.
1832 – Zunfthaus zur Saffran built.
1833 – University of Zurich founded.
1834 – Aktientheater built.
1836 - Confiserie Sprüngli in business.
1837
Staatsarchiv Zürich established.
Predecessor construction of Frauenbad Stadthausquai inaugurated.
1838 - Villa Belvoir and Münsterbrücke (bridge) built.
1839 – Züriputsch.
1847
Spanisch-Brötli-Bahn begins operating; Zürich Hauptbahnhof opens.
Bahnhofbrücke (bridge) built.
1850
Population 35,483 in city; 250,698 in canton.
The Jewish citizens are allowed to re-settle in Zürich (see 1423).
1853 – Villa Tobler built.
1855
Stock Exchange established.
Eidgenössische Polytechnische Schule and Zürich Oerlikon railway station open.
1859
10 November: Peace treaty signed in Zurich.
Limmatquai built.
1860
Public schools established.
Population 44,978.
1862 – Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zürich (ICZ) founded.
1868 - Tonhalle Orchester Zürich formed.
1870 – Population: 58,657.
1875 – Pestalozzianum founded.
1880 – Population: 78,345 in city; 316,074 in canton.
1884
Synagoge Zürich Löwenstrasse built.
Quaibrücke (bridge) built.
1886 – Strandbad Tiefenbrunnen opened.
1887 – Seeuferanlage by Arnold Bürkli, Arboretum Zürich and Bürkliplatz inaugurated.
1888
Population: 94,129.
Frauenbad Stadthausquai (public bath) opened.
1889 – Knabenschiessen begins.
1890 – Seebad Utoquai opened.
1891
Eduard Spelterini starts his Urania balloon.
Stadttheater Zürich opens.
Gottfried Keller Stiftung founded by Lydia Escher (1858–1891).
1892 – Volkstheater am Pfauen built.
1893
City expands, incorporating Wollishofen, Enge, Leimbach, Wiedikon, Wipkingen, Fluntern and Hottingen, Aussersihl, Oberstrass, Unterstrass, Riesbach and Hirslanden.
Rathausbrücke built.
August: International Socialist and Labour Congress held in Zurich.
Tages-Anzeiger newspaper begins publication.
1896
Akademischer Alpen-Club Zürich (hiking club) formed.
Sechseläutenplatz first mentioned.
1898
Bund Schweizerischer Frauenvereine (BSF) founded.
Swiss National Museum opens.
1900 – Population: 150,703 in city; 431,036 in canton.
1901 – Kriminalmuseum associated with the Kantonspolizei Zürich founded.
1902
Sechseläuten and Böögg-burning event commences.
Voliere Zürich established.
1903 – Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG) founded.
1909 – Paddlesteamer Stadt Zürich put into commission.
1910
Kunsthaus Zürich opens.
Water airport Zürichhorn opens.
1906 - Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv founded.
1914
Zentralbibliothek Zürich (library) founded.
Paddlesteamer Stadt Rapperswil put into commission.
1915 – Mieterverband founded.
1916 - Cabaret Voltaire and Dada art movement founded.
1919 – Ad Astra Aero founded.
1920 - Population: 206,120 in city; 538,602 in canton.
1922
Kino Walche (cinema) opens.
Strandbad Mythenquai opened.
1926 – Der Schweizerische Beobachter founded.
1928
SAFFA exhibition at Saffa-Insel held.
Weltklasse Zürich begins.
1929 - Zürich Zoologischer Garten (zoo) opens.
1931 – Sukkulentensammlung established.
1937 - 2 June: Premiere of Berg's opera Lulu.
1939
Hallenstadion opens.
Landi39 at Zürichhorn and Mythenquai
1941 – Bernhard-Theater Zürich founded by Rudolf Bernhard.
1945 – 4 March: Bombing by Allied forces.
1948 – Klubschule Migros founded.
1949 – Ex Libris (bookshop) became part the Migros group.
1951 – Reederei Zürich AG established.
1952 – Reederei Zürich cargo liner Adele christened by Adele Duttweiler
1954 – Zurich 6-day race begins.
1956 – Besuch der alten Dame premierred at Schauspielhaus Zürich, Ruedi Walter played the blind eunuch Loby, and Paul Bühlmann the conductor.
1959 – Theater am Hechtplatz opened.
1960 - Population: 440,170 in city; 952,304 in canton.
1961 – Theater am Neumarkt opened.
1962 – Les Sauterelles founded.
1963 – Mahmood Mosque, Zürich built.
1964 – Theater an der Winkelwiese opened.
1966 – Sigmund Widmer elected mayor.
1967 – Centre Le Corbusier inaugurated.
1971 – Musikabteilung established.
1975 – Limmat Verlag founded.
1976 – Rotpunktverlag founded.
1977 – Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich opens.
1979 – Ursula Koch refuses to swear on 'Vaterland'
1980
May: Opernhauskrawalle, the Opernhaus youth protests known as Züri brännt meaning Zürich is burning.
September: Zürcher Theater Spektakel begins.
October: Rote Fabrik opens as a youth culture centre.
1981
WOZ Die Wochenzeitung founded.
Züri brännt (movie), a documentary film of 1981.
1984
Opera House renovated.
Theater Rigiblick opened, built in 1901 as Rigiblick restaurant and former Gastsaal venue.
1986 – Irchelpark opened.
1988 – Sozialwerke Pfarrer Sieber founded by pastor Ernst Sieber.
1989 – Gesellschaft zu Fraumünster founded.
1992 – Street Parade begins.
1993 – Technopark Zürich established.
1996 – Langstrasse festival begins.
2000 - Population: 363,273 in city; 1,247,906 in canton.
2001 – Digitec founded.
2003 - Sister city relationship established with San Francisco, USA.
2005 – Zurich Film Festival and Neujahrsmarathon Zürich begin.
2008 – SIX Group formed.
2009
Corine Mauch elected mayor.
Uetliberg Tunnel opens on the A3 motorway in vicinity of city.
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