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The following is a '''timeline of the [[Bonn#History|history]] of the city of [[Bonn]]''', [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Germany]].
The following is a '''timeline of the [[Bonn#History|history]] of the city of [[Bonn]]''', [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Germany]].
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==Prior to 19th century==
{{History of Germany}}
{{History of Germany}}


* 70 CE - Roman-[[Batavi (Germanic tribe)|Batavian]] conflict.<ref name=brit1910 />
==Prior to 16th century==
* 70 AD - Roman-[[Batavi (Germanic tribe)|Batavian]] conflict.<ref name=brit1910 />
* 359 CE - Town of the [[Ubii]] restored by the [[Julian (emperor)|emperor Julian]].<ref name=brit1910 />
* 889 CE - Settlement sacked by Norse raiders.<ref name=brit1910 />

* 889 AD - Settlement sacked by Norse.<ref name=brit1910 />

* 1151 - [[Doppelkirche Schwarzrheindorf]] consecrated.
* 1151 - [[Doppelkirche Schwarzrheindorf]] consecrated.
* 13th C. - [[Bonn Minster]] (church) built.<ref name=brit1910 />

* 13th century - [[Bonn Minster]] (church) built.

* 1318 - Minoretenkirche (church) built.<ref name=brit1910 />
* 1318 - Minoretenkirche (church) built.<ref name=brit1910 />
* 1543 - [[Global spread of the printing press|Printing press]] in operation.<ref name="Bouchot1890">{{cite book|author= Henri Bouchot |editor=H. Grevel |location=London |title=The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time|year=1890|publisher=H. Grevel & Co. |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=5ycxAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA367 |chapter=Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established |author-link=Henri Bouchot }}</ref>

==16th-18th centuries==
* 1597 - Bonn becomes capital of the [[Electorate of Cologne]].{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
* 1597 - Bonn becomes capital of the [[Electorate of Cologne]].{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
* 1627 - {{ill|Kreuzbergkirche (Bonn)|de}} (church) built.

* 1627 - Kreuzbergkirche (church) built.

* 1673 - November: [[Siege of Bonn (1673)|Siege of Bonn]].
* 1673 - November: [[Siege of Bonn (1673)|Siege of Bonn]].

* 1693 - Jesuiten-kirche (church) built.<ref name=brit1910 />
* 1693 - Jesuiten-kirche (church) built.<ref name=brit1910 />
* 1730 - Palace built.<ref name=pleimes1845>{{cite book|title=Guide to Bonn and its Environs |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6QEIAAAAQAAJ|year=1845 |location=Bonn |publisher=B. Pleimes }}</ref>

* 1730 - Palace built.<ref name=pleimes1845>{{cite book|title=Guide to Bonn and its Environs |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=6QEIAAAAQAAJ|year=1845 |location=Bonn |publisher=B. Pleimes }}</ref>

* 1737 - Town Hall built.<ref name=pleimes1845 />
* 1737 - Town Hall built.<ref name=pleimes1845 />

* 1746 - [[Poppelsdorf Palace]] built.
* 1746 - [[Poppelsdorf Palace]] built.
* 1770 - [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] born in Bonn.<ref name=brit1910 />

* 1777 - Kurkölnische Akademie Bonn (academy) founded.
* 1777 - Kurkölnische Akademie Bonn (academy) founded..
* 1792 - Beethoven leaves Bonn for Vienna where he would stay for the rest of his life.

* 1793 - [[N. Simrock]] music publisher in business.<ref>{{cite book |editor=[[André de Quadros]] |title=Cambridge Companion to Choral Music |year=2012 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-11173-7 |chapter=Choral Music in the Culture of the 19th Century |author=Chester L. Alwes |quote=Music publishers of the 18th to the early 20th c. (chronological list) |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b79Dc9sHDtMC&pg=PA39 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/cambridgecompani0000unse_y2e8 }}</ref>
* 1794 - French in power.<ref name=brit1910 />
* 1794 - French took power; sanctioned by the [[Treaty of Lunéville]].<ref name=brit1910 />
* 1800 - {{ill|Johann Joseph Eichhoff|de}} becomes mayor.


==19th century==
==19th century==
* 1800 - Johann Joseph Eichhoff becomes mayor.

* 1815 - Town becomes part of [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] per [[Congress of Vienna]].<ref name=brit1910 />
* 1815 - Town becomes part of [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] per [[Congress of Vienna]].<ref name=brit1910 />

* 1818 - [[University of Bonn|Rhenish Frederic William University]] and [[Akademisches Kunstmuseum|Academic Art Museum]] established.
* 1818 - [[University of Bonn|Rhenish Frederic William University]] and [[Akademisches Kunstmuseum|Academic Art Museum]] established.

* 1820 - Museum of Antiquities founded.
* 1820 - Museum of Antiquities founded.

* 1822 - Town becomes part of the [[Rhine Province]].
* 1822 - Town becomes part of the [[Rhine Province]].
* 1841 - Society of the Friends of Antiquity founded.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Which Past for Whom? Local Memory in a German Community during the Era of Nation Building |author= John Eidson |journal= Ethos |volume= 28 |issue= 4 |pages= 575–607 |year=2000 |jstor=640617 |doi= 10.1525/eth.2000.28.4.575 }}</ref>

* 1841 - Society of the Friends of Antiquity founded.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Which Past for Whom? Local Memory in a German Community during the Era of Nation Building |author= John Eidson |journal= Ethos |volume= 28 |year=2000 |jstor=640617 }}</ref>

* 1844 - [[Bonn Hauptbahnhof|Railway Station]] built; [[Bonn–Cologne Railway Company|Bonn–Cologne Railway]] begins operating.
* 1844 - [[Bonn Hauptbahnhof|Railway Station]] built; [[Bonn–Cologne Railway Company|Bonn–Cologne Railway]] begins operating.

* 1845 - [[Beethovenhalle]] (concert hall) built.
* 1845 - [[Beethovenhalle]] (concert hall) built.

* 1851 - [[Leopold Kaufmann]] becomes mayor.
* 1851 - [[Leopold Kaufmann]] becomes mayor.

* 1859 - ''[[Durchmusterung]]'' astronomical survey begins at the Bonn Observatory.
* 1859 - ''[[Durchmusterung]]'' astronomical survey begins at the Bonn Observatory.

* 1860 - [[Hammerschmidt Villa|Dieckhoff residence]] built.
* 1860 - [[Hammerschmidt Villa|Dieckhoff residence]] built.

* 1862 - Herz Jesu-kirche (church) built.<ref name=brit1910 />
* 1862 - Herz Jesu-kirche (church) built.<ref name=brit1910 />
* 1867 - Population: 63,630.<ref name="Niederstetter1867">{{cite book|editor=J. Niederstetter|title=Staats-Almanach für das Königreich Preußen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kCMBAAAAcAAJ|year=1867|publisher=Heymann |location=Berlin |language=de }}</ref>

* 1867 - Population: 63,630.<ref name="Niederstetter1867">{{cite book|editor=J. Niederstetter|title=Staats-Almanach für das Königreich Preußen |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=kCMBAAAAcAAJ|year=1867|publisher=Heymann |location=Berlin |language=German }}</ref>

* 1871 - [[Bonn-Beuel station]] opens.
* 1871 - [[Bonn-Beuel station]] opens.
* 1882 - Municipal museum active.<ref name=brit1910>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Bonn |volume= 4 | page = 209}}</ref>

* 1882 - Municipal museum active.<ref name=brit1910>{{Citation |publisher = Encyclopaedia Britannica |publication-place = New York |title = The Encyclopaedia Britannica |chapterurl = http://archive.org/stream/encyclopaediabri04chisrich#page/209/mode/1up |publication-date = 1910 |oclc = 14782424 |edition=11th |chapter=Bonn }}</ref>

* 1884 - [[Bonn Hauptbahnhof|Railway Station]] rebuilt.
* 1884 - [[Bonn Hauptbahnhof|Railway Station]] rebuilt.
* 1885 - Population: 35,989.<ref name=brit1910 />

* 1888 - the local newspaper [[General-Anzeiger]] was first published
* 1889 - [[Beethoven House]] museum opens.<ref name=kunsthandbuch1904>{{cite book|author=Königliche Museen zu Berlin|title=Kunsthandbuch für Deutschland |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=N6ADAAAAYAAJ |edition=6th |language=German |year=1904|publisher=Georg Reimer}}</ref>
* 1889 - [[Beethoven House]] museum opens.<ref name=kunsthandbuch1904>{{cite book|author=Königliche Museen zu Berlin|title=Kunsthandbuch für Deutschland |url= https://archive.org/details/kunsthandbuchfr00berlgoog |edition=6th |language=de |year=1904|publisher=Georg Reimer}}</ref><ref name=brit1910 />

* 1890 - Beethovenfest active.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.beethovenfest.de/chronologie/ |title=Beethoven Fest Bonn Chronology |accessdate=15 November 2013}}</ref>
* 1890 - [[Beethovenfest]] active.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.beethovenfest.de/chronologie/ |title=Beethoven Fest Bonn Chronology |access-date=15 November 2013}}</ref>
* 1891 - [[Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn|Provincial Museum]] of Rhenish and Roman Antiquities opens.<ref name=bradshaw1896>{{Citation |date = 1896 |title = Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book for Belgium and the Rhine; and Portions of Rhenish Germany |location = London |publisher = W.J. Adams & Sons |chapter=Bonn |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=pGQDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA101 |title-link = Bradshaw's Guide }}</ref>

* 1891 - [[Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn|Provincial Museum]] of Rhenish and Roman Antiquities opens.<ref name=bradshaw1896>{{Citation |publication-date = 1896 |title = [[Bradshaw's Guide|Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book for Belgium and the Rhine; and Portions of Rhenish Germany]] |publication-place = London |publisher = W.J. Adams & Sons |chapter=Bonn |chapterurl= http://books.google.com/books?id=pGQDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA101 }}</ref>

* 1892 - Marienkirche (church) built.<ref name=brit1910 />
* 1892 - Marienkirche (church) built.<ref name=brit1910 />

* 1898 - Rhine [[Kennedy Bridge (Bonn)|bridge]] built.<ref name=brit1910 />
* 1898 - Rhine [[Kennedy Bridge (Bonn)|bridge]] built.<ref name=brit1910 />


[[File:Bonn 1900.jpg|thumb|Bonn at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries]]
==20th century==
==20th century==

===1900s-1940s===
===1900s-1940s===
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* 1904 - Photographische Vereinigung Bonn and Amateur-Photographen-Club Bonn active (approximate date).<ref>{{cite book|title=American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for 1904|chapter=Foreign Camera Clubs: German |chapterurl= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015067127715?urlappend=%3Bseq=439 |location=New York |publisher=Scovill & Adams Company }}</ref>


* 1904 - Photographische Vereinigung Bonn and Amateur-Photographen-Club Bonn active (approximate date).<ref>{{cite book|title=American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for 1904|chapter=Foreign Camera Clubs: German |location=New York |publisher=Scovill & Adams Company |hdl=2027/mdp.39015067127715 }}</ref>
* 1905 - Population: 81,997.<ref name=brit1910 />
* 1905 - Population: 81,997.<ref name=brit1910 />

* 1913 - Stollfuß Verlag (publisher) in business.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
* 1913 - Stollfuß Verlag (publisher) in business.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
* 1919 - Population: 91,410.<ref>{{cite book |title=Statesman's Year-Book |year=1921 |location=London |publisher= Macmillan and Co.|chapter= Germany: Principal Towns |via=Hathi Trust |hdl=2027/njp.32101072368440 |title-link=Statesman's Year-Book }}</ref>

* 1922 - [[Gummy bear]] candy invented.<ref name=Heinzelmann2008timeline>{{cite book|author= Ursula Heinzelmann |title=Food Culture in Germany|year= 2008|publisher=Greenwood Press |isbn=978-0-313-34495-4 |chapter=Timeline |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ULLygtLOI-kC&pg=PR15 |author-link=Ursula Heinzelmann}}</ref>
* 1934 - [[Museum Koenig]] (natural history museum) opens.
* 1934 - [[Museum Koenig]] (natural history museum) opens.
* 1939 - Population: 101,391.<ref name=webster1960>{{Citation |publisher = G. & C. Merriam Co. |location = Springfield, Massachusetts |title = Webster's Geographical Dictionary |date = 1960 |oclc = 3832886 |page= 145 |ol = 5812502M }}</ref>

* 1944
* 1939 - Population: 101,391.<ref name=webster1960>{{Citation |publisher = G. & C. Merriam Co. |publication-place = Springfield, Massachusetts |title = Webster's Geographical Dictionary |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL5812502M/Webster's_geographical_dictionary |publication-date = 1960 |oclc = 3832886 |page= 145 }}</ref>
** 4 May: ''Arbeitserziehungslager Bonn'' [[Forced labour under German rule during World War II|forced labour]] camp established.<ref name=alb>{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesarchiv.de/zwangsarbeit/haftstaetten/index.php?action=2.2&tab=7&id=496|title=Arbeitserziehungslager Bonn|website=Bundesarchiv.de|access-date=20 August 2022|language=de}}</ref>

** 14 May: ''Arbeitserziehungslager Bonn-Bad Godesberg'' forced labour camp established.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesarchiv.de/zwangsarbeit/haftstaetten/index.php?action=2.2&tab=7&id=96|title=Arbeitserziehungslager Bonn-Bad Godesberg|website=Bundesarchiv.de|access-date=20 August 2022|language=de}}</ref>
** 28 November: ''Arbeitserziehungslager Bonn'' forced labour camp dissolved.<ref name=alb/>
* 1945
* 1945
** March: Allied forces take city.
** March: [[1st Infantry Division (United States)|American forces]] take city.
** [[Allied-occupied Germany|Allied occupation of Germany]] begins; [[North Rhine-Westphalia]] overseen by British forces.
** [[Allied-occupied Germany|Allied occupation of Germany]] begins; [[North Rhine-Westphalia]] overseen by British forces.

* 1947 - [[Kunstmuseum Bonn]] (art museum) founded.
* 1947 - [[Kunstmuseum Bonn]] (art museum) founded.

* 1949
* 1949
** May: City designated [[Capital of Germany|capital]] of [[Federal Republic of Germany]].<ref name=webster1960 />
** May: City designated [[Capital of Germany|capital]] of [[Federal Republic of Germany]].<ref name=webster1960 />
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===1950s-1990s===
===1950s-1990s===
* 1950 - [[Cologne Bonn Airport]] in operation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.koeln-bonn-airport.de/en/company/history.html |title=Historic Milestones |work= Cologne Bonn Airport |publisher=Flughafen Köln/Bonn GmbH |location=Cologne |accessdate=15 November 2013}}</ref>
* 1950 - [[Cologne Bonn Airport]] in operation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.koeln-bonn-airport.de/en/company/history.html |title=Historic Milestones |work= Cologne Bonn Airport |publisher=Flughafen Köln/Bonn GmbH |location=Cologne |access-date=15 November 2013}}</ref>
** [[Hammerschmidt Villa]] designated residence of the [[President of Germany]].

* 1951
* 1951
** {{Interlanguage link multi|Verein der Ausländischen Presse in Deutschland|de}} (foreign press association) formed.<ref name=europa2003>{{cite book |title= Europa World Year Book 2003 |year= 2003|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-85743-227-5}}</ref>
** [[Hammerschmidt Villa]] designated residence of the [[President of Germany]].
** Verein der Ausländischen Presse (Foreign Press Association) formed.<ref name=europa2003>{{cite book |title= Europa World Year Book 2003 |year= 2003|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-85743-227-5}}</ref>

* 1959 - [[Beethovenhalle]] rebuilt.
* 1959 - [[Beethovenhalle]] rebuilt.

* 1963 - [[Independent Bonn International School|British Embassy Preparatory School]] founded.
* 1963 - [[Independent Bonn International School|British Embassy Preparatory School]] founded.

* 1967 - [[Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn]] (museum) rebuilt.
* 1967 - [[Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn]] (museum) rebuilt.

* 1969
* 1969
** [[Bad Godesberg]], Beuel, and Duisdorf become part of city.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Metropolitan Reorganization in West Germany |author=Conrad J. Weiler, Jr. |journal= Publius |volume= 2 |year= 1972 |jstor=3329509 }}</ref>
** [[Bad Godesberg]], Beuel, and Duisdorf become part of city.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Metropolitan Reorganization in West Germany |author=Conrad J. Weiler, Jr. |journal= Publius |volume= 2 |issue=1 |pages=26–68 |year= 1972 |jstor=3329509 }}</ref>
** [[Euro Theater Central Bonn|Central Theater]] and [[Junges Theater Bonn|Youth Theater]] founded.
** [[Euro Theater Central Bonn|Central Theater]] and [[Junges Theater Bonn|Youth Theater]] founded.

* 1970 - [[United Nations Volunteers]] headquartered in Bonn.
* 1970 - [[United Nations Volunteers]] headquartered in Bonn.
* 1975

* 1975 - [[Bonn Stadtbahn]] (public transit) begins operating; [[Bundesrechnungshof (SWB)|Bundesrechnungshof]] station opens.
** [[Bonn Stadtbahn]] (public transit) begins operating; [[Bundesrechnungshof (SWB)|Bundesrechnungshof]] station opens.
** [[Hans Daniels]] becomes mayor.

* 1978 - July: [[4th G7 summit]] held.
* 1978 - July: [[4th G7 summit]] held.
* 1979 - City hosts [[Bundesgartenschau]] (garden show).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bundesgartenschau.de/buga-iga/bisherige-gartenschauen/ |title=Bisherige Gartenschauen |language=de |trans-title=Previous Garden Shows |publisher=Deutsche Bundesgartenschau-Gesellschaft |location=Bonn |access-date=2 December 2013}}</ref>

* 1979 - City hosts [[Bundesgartenschau]] (garden show).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bundesgartenschau.de/buga-iga/bisherige-gartenschauen/ |title=Bisherige Gartenschauen |language=German |trans_title=Previous Garden Shows |publisher=Deutsche Bundesgartenschau-Gesellschaft |location=Bonn |accessdate=2 December 2013}}</ref>

* 1980 - University of Bonn's [[Max Planck Institute for Mathematics]] established.
* 1980 - University of Bonn's [[Max Planck Institute for Mathematics]] established.
* 1981 -[[Bonn Women's Museum]] founded.[[File:Massale vredesdemonstratie in Bonn tegen de modernisering van kernwapens in West, Bestanddeelnr 253-8611.jpg|thumb|Protest in Bonn against the deployment of [[Pershing II]] missiles in Germany, 1981]]

* 1981 -[[Bonn Women's Museum]] founded.

* 1982 - 10 June: [[1982 Bonn summit|NATO summit]] held.
* 1982 - 10 June: [[1982 Bonn summit|NATO summit]] held.

* 1984 - [[Botanische Gärten der Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn|Bonn Botanical Garden]] reconstructed.
* 1984 - [[Botanische Gärten der Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn|Bonn Botanical Garden]] reconstructed.

* 1985
* 1985
** [[Rheinisches Malermuseum]] (art museum) established.
** [[Rheinisches Malermuseum]] (art museum) established.
** May: [[11th G7 summit]] held.
** May: [[11th G7 summit]] held.

* 1986 - [[Heimatmuseum Beuel]] (museum) established.
* 1986 - [[Heimatmuseum Beuel]] (museum) established.
* 1989 - [[International Paralympic Committee]] headquartered in city.<ref name=europa2003 />

*1991 - [[Capital decision]] (''Hauptstadtbeschluss)''
* 1989 - [[International Paralympic Committee]] headquarterd in city.<ref name=europa2003 />

* 1992 - [[Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland|Bundeskunsthalle]] (exhibit hall) inaugurated.
* 1992 - [[Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland|Bundeskunsthalle]] (exhibit hall) inaugurated.

* 1994
* 1994
** [[Bärbel Dieckmann]] becomes mayor.
** [[Bärbel Dieckmann]] becomes mayor.
** [[Haus der Geschichte]] (history museum) opens.
** [[Haus der Geschichte]] (history museum) opens.

* 1995 - [[Deutsches Museum Bonn]], and University of Bonn's [[Center of Advanced European Studies and Research]] and [[Center for European Integration Studies]] established.
* 1995 - [[Deutsches Museum Bonn]], and University of Bonn's [[Center of Advanced European Studies and Research]] and [[Center for European Integration Studies]] established.
* 1996 - [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]] secretariat headquartered in Bonn.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://unfccc.int/secretariat/history_of_the_secretariat/items/1218.php |title=History of the Secretariat |publisher=United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |access-date=15 November 2013}}</ref>

* 1996 - [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]] secretariat headquartered in Bonn.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://unfccc.int/secretariat/history_of_the_secretariat/items/1218.php |title=History of the Secretariat |publisher=United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |accessdate=15 November 2013}}</ref>
* 1997 - [[Bonn International School]] and Gesellschaft für Arabisches und Islamisches Recht (Society for Arab and Islamic Law)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gair.de/english/association/history/ |title= History |publisher= Gesellschaft für Arabisches und Islamisches Recht |access-date=15 November 2013}}</ref> established.

* 1997 - [[Bonn International School]] and Gesellschaft für Arabisches und Islamisches Recht (Society for Arab and Islamic Law)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gair.de/english/association/history/ |title= History |publisher= Gesellschaft für Arabisches und Islamisches Recht |accessdate=15 November 2013}}</ref> established.

* 1998 - [[Institute for the Study of Labor]] founded.
* 1998 - [[Institute for the Study of Labor]] founded.

* 1999
* 1999
** [[German Bundestag]] (legislature) relocated from Bonn to Berlin per [[Berlin-Bonn Act]].
** [[German Bundestag]] (legislature) relocated from Bonn to Berlin per [[Berlin-Bonn Act]].
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==21st century==
==21st century==

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* 2001 - University of Bonn's [[Bonn Egyptian Museum|Egyptian Museum]] founded.
* 2001 - University of Bonn's [[Bonn Egyptian Museum|Egyptian Museum]] founded.

* 2002
* 2002
** [[Post Tower]] and [[Schürmann-Bau]] (office building) constructed.
** [[Post Tower]] and [[Schürmann-Bau]] (office building) constructed.
** [[UNESCO]]-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training inaugurated.<ref name=europa2003 /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bonn.de/wirtschaft_wissenschaft_internationales/uno-stadt/un_organisationen/index.html?lang=en |title=United Nations in Bonn |publisher=City of Bonn |accessdate=15 November 2013}}</ref>
** [[UNESCO]]-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training inaugurated.<ref name=europa2003 /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bonn.de/wirtschaft_wissenschaft_internationales/uno-stadt/un_organisationen/index.html?lang=en |title=United Nations in Bonn |publisher=City of Bonn |access-date=15 November 2013}}</ref>
* 2005 - Events of the [[World Youth Day 2005]] were held in Bonn

* 2006 - Official opening of the [[UN Campus, Bonn|Bonn UN Campus]] by [[Secretary-General of the United Nations|Secretary-General]] [[Kofi Annan]] and [[Chancellor of Germany|German Chancellor]] [[Angela Merkel]]
* 2009
* 2009
** Jürgen Nimptsch becomes mayor.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.citymayors.com/mayors/german-mayors.html |title=German mayors |location=London |work=City Mayors.com |publisher=[[City Mayors Foundation]] |accessdate=13 November 2013}}</ref>
** {{Interlanguage link multi|Jürgen Nimptsch|de}} becomes mayor.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.citymayors.com/mayors/german-mayors.html |title=German mayors |location=London |work=City Mayors.com |publisher=[[City Mayors Foundation]] |access-date=13 November 2013}}</ref>
** Student protests.<ref name=GNAD>{{cite web |title=Cases: Germany |url= http://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/browse?title_op=contains&title=&field_loc_country_value_op=contains&field_loc_country_value=germany |work=Global Nonviolent Action Database |publisher=[[Swarthmore College]] |location=Pennsylvania, USA |accessdate=15 November 2013 }}</ref>
** Student protests.<ref name=GNAD>{{cite web |title=Cases: Germany |url= http://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/browse?title_op=contains&title=&field_loc_country_value_op=contains&field_loc_country_value=germany |work=Global Nonviolent Action Database |publisher=[[Swarthmore College]] |location=Pennsylvania, USA |access-date=15 November 2013 }}</ref>
[[File:Bonn - Zentrum, Luftaufnahme.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of the city center in 2013]]
* 2011 - The celebrations for the [[German Unity Day|Day of German Unity]] take place in Bonn
* 2012 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Explosives found at Bonn Central Station 2012|de|Sprengsatzfund am Bonner Hauptbahnhof 2012|WD=|lt=attempted bomb attack on Bonn Central Station}}
* 2015
** After 9 years of construction, the {{Interlanguage link multi|World Conference Center Bonn|de||WD=}} was opened
** [[Ashok-Alexander Sridharan]] becomes mayor<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/bonn-waehlt-neuen-cdu-oberbuergermeister-a-1052732.html|title=Neuer Oberbürgermeister: CDU-Kandidat in Bonn gewählt|date=2015-09-13|work=Spiegel Online|access-date=2018-04-29}}</ref>
* 2017
** Meeting of the [[Foreign minister|ministers of Foreign Affairs]] of the [[G20|Group of 20]]
** [[2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference]] (COP23) under the Presidency of the [[Fiji|Republic of Fiji]] in Bonn
* 2019 - [[University of Bonn]] becomes [[German Universities Excellence Initiative|excellence university]]
* 2020 - [[Katja Dörner]] is elected new mayor
* 2023 - [[Telekom Baskets Bonn]] win the [[2022–23 Basketball Champions League|Basketball Champions League]] as first German team and first title in the club´s history.


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Bonn#History|History of Bonn]]
* [[Bonn#History|Bonn history]]
* [[List of mayors of Bonn]]
* [[List of mayors of Bonn]]
* [[:de:Geschichte der Stadt Bonn|History of the city of Bonn]] (in German)
* {{Interlanguage link multi|History of the city of Bonn|de|3=Geschichte der Stadt Bonn}}
* [[:it:Bonna|Bonna]] (in Italian), settlement in the [[Roman province]] of [[Germania Inferior]]
* [[:it:Bonna|Bonna]] (in Italian), settlement in the [[Roman province]] of [[Germania Inferior]]
* [[:Category:Timelines of cities in Germany|Timelines]] of other [[List of cities in Germany by population|cities]] in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia:<sup>([[:de:Liste der Städte und Gemeinden in Nordrhein-Westfalen|de]])</sup> [[Timeline of Aachen|Aachen]], [[Timeline of Cologne|Cologne]], [[Timeline of Dortmund|Dortmund]], [[Timeline of Duisburg|Duisburg]], [[Timeline of Düsseldorf|Düsseldorf]], [[Timeline of Essen|Essen]], [[Timeline of Münster|Münster]]


==References==
==References==
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''This article incorporates information from the [[German Wikipedia]].''
:''This article incorporates information from the [[German Wikipedia]].''

==Further reading==
{{refbegin|30em}}
* {{Citation |publisher = J. Johnson |publication-place = London |title = The Rhine |author = T. Cogan |publication-date = 1794 |oclc = 4735435 |chapter=Bonn |chapterurl=http://archive.org/stream/rhineorajourney00cogagoog#page/n23/mode/2up }}

===Published in the 19th century===
;English-language
* {{cite book|editor=[[Francis Lieber]] and Edward Wigglesworth |title=Encyclopædia Americana |year=1830|publisher=[[Mathew Carey|Carey]] and Lea |location=Philadelphia |chapter=Bonn |chapterurl= http://books.google.com/books?id=3p83JuGCBVwC&pg=PA185 }}

* {{Citation |publisher = [[Murray's Handbooks for Travellers|J. Murray]] |publication-place = London |title = Murray's Handbook for Belgium and the Rhine |publication-date = 1852 |chapter=Bonn |chapterurl= http://www.archive.org/stream/murrayshandbookf00murr#page/140/mode/2up }}

* {{cite book|title=Description of the Rhine Valley from Cologne to Mayence |year=1856|publisher=T. Habicht |location=Bonn |chapter=Bonn |chapterurl= http://books.google.com/books?id=vTxAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA15 }}

* {{cite book |title=Geography |volume=2 |series=[[English Cyclopaedia]] |editor=Charles Knight |location=London |year=1866 |publisher=Bradbury, Evans, & Co. |chapterurl= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433000064794?urlappend=%3Bseq=25 |chapter=Bonn }}

* {{Citation |publisher = Harper & Brothers |publication-place = New York |author = W. Pembroke Fetridge |title = [[Harper's Hand-Book for Travellers|Harper's Hand-Book for Travellers in Europe and the East]] |publication-date = 1884 |edition=23rd |chapter=Bonn |chapterurl= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433066588363?urlappend=%3Bseq=213}}

;German-language
* {{Citation |publisher = Tobias Habicht |location=Bonn |author = B. Hundeshagen |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL23434076M/Die_Stadt_und_Universität_Bonn_am_Rhein |title = Die Stadt und Universität Bonn am Rhein |publication-date = 1832 |oclc = 165879286 |language=German |trans_title=City and University of Bonn on the Rhine }}

* {{Citation |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/ia:geschichtederst00mlgoog/Geschichte_der_Stadt_Bonn |title = Geschichte der Stadt Bonn |trans_title=History of the City of Bonn |language=German |publication-date = 1834 |location=Bonn |author=Caspar A. Müller }}


==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|author=Franz Ritter|title= Entstehung der drei ältesten Städte am Rheine oder Urgeschichte von Mainz, Bonn u. Köln|trans_title=Emergence of the three oldest cities on the Rhine, or prehistory of Mainz, Bonn and Cologne |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=K3cAAAAAcAAJ|year=1851|publisher=A. Marcus |language=German }}
{{refbegin|35em}}


===Published in the 20th century===
===in English===
* {{Citation |publisher = J. Johnson |location = London |title = The Rhine |author = T. Cogan |date = 1794 |oclc = 4735435 |chapter=Bonn |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/rhineorajourney00cogagoog#page/n23/mode/2up }}
;English-language
* {{cite book|editor=[[Francis Lieber]] and Edward Wigglesworth |title=Encyclopædia Americana |year=1830|publisher=[[Mathew Carey|Carey]] and Lea |location=Philadelphia |chapter=Bonn |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=3p83JuGCBVwC&pg=PA185 }}
* {{Citation |publisher = Hoursch & Bechstedt |publication-place = Cologne |title =Guide to the Rhine |author = G. Holscher |publication-date = 1900 |oclc = 8672751 |chapter=Bonn |chapterurl= http://archive.org/stream/guidetorhinedesc00hols#page/20/mode/2up |edition=3rd }}
* {{Citation |publisher = [[Murray's Handbooks for Travellers|J. Murray]] |location = London |title = Murray's Handbook for Belgium and the Rhine |date = 1852 |chapter=Bonn |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/murrayshandbookf00murr#page/140/mode/2up }}
* {{cite book|title=Description of the Rhine Valley from Cologne to Mayence |year=1856|publisher=T. Habicht |location=Bonn |chapter=Bonn |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=vTxAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA15 }}
* {{cite book |title=Geography |volume=2 |series=[[English Cyclopaedia]] |editor=Charles Knight |location=London |year=1866 |publisher=Bradbury, Evans, & Co. |chapter=Bonn |hdl=2027/nyp.33433000064794 }}
* {{Citation |publisher = Harper & Brothers |location = New York |author = W. Pembroke Fetridge |title = Harper's Hand-Book for Travellers in Europe and the East |date = 1884 |edition=23rd |chapter=Bonn |hdl = 2027/nyp.33433066588363 |title-link = Harper's Hand-Book for Travellers }}
* {{Citation |publisher = Hoursch & Bechstedt |location = Cologne |title =Guide to the Rhine |author = G. Holscher |date = 1900 |oclc = 8672751 |chapter=Bonn |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/guidetorhinedesc00hols#page/20/mode/2up |edition=3rd }}
* {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Bonn |volume= 4 | page = 209 | |date= 1910 |short= 1}}
*{{Citation |publisher = Karl Baedeker |location = Leipzig |title = The Rhine |chapter-url = https://archive.org/stream/rhineincludingb00firgoog#page/n158/mode/2up |chapter=Bonn |date = 1911 |oclc = 21888483 }}
* {{cite book
|editor=John M. Jeep
|title=Medieval Germany: an Encyclopedia
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p4uHav3mZLsC
|year= 2001
|publisher=[[Garland Publishing]] |isbn=0-8240-7644-3
|chapter=Augsburg
}}


===in German===
*{{Citation |publisher = Karl Baedeker |publication-place = Leipzig |title = The Rhine |chapterurl = http://www.archive.org/stream/rhineincludingb00firgoog#page/n158/mode/2up |chapter=Bonn |publication-date = 1911 |oclc = 21888483 }}
* {{Citation |publisher = Tobias Habicht |location=Bonn |author = B. Hundeshagen |title = Die Stadt und Universität Bonn am Rhein |date = 1832 |oclc = 165879286 |language=de |trans-title=City and University of Bonn on the Rhine |ol=23434076M }}
* {{Citation |url = https://openlibrary.org/books/ia:geschichtederst00mlgoog/Geschichte_der_Stadt_Bonn |title = Geschichte der Stadt Bonn |trans-title=History of the City of Bonn |language=de |date = 1834 |location=Bonn |author=Caspar A. Müller }}
* {{cite book|author=Franz Ritter|title= Entstehung der drei ältesten Städte am Rheine oder Urgeschichte von Mainz, Bonn u. Köln|trans-title=Emergence of the three oldest cities on the Rhine, or prehistory of Mainz, Bonn and Cologne |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K3cAAAAAcAAJ|year=1851|publisher=A. Marcus |language=de }}
* {{cite book
|title=Kleiner Führer für die Rhein-Reise von Köln bis Frankfurt
|trans-title=Short guide for a trip along the Rhine from Cologne to Frankfurt
|series=[[Griebens Reisebücher]]
|volume=75
|location=Berlin
|publisher=Albert Goldschmidt
|year=1900
|via=Google Books
|language=de
|chapter= Bonn
|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPsVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA24
}}
* {{cite book
|editor = [[Paul Clemen]]
|series = {{Interlanguage link multi|Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz|de}}
|publisher =Schwann
|volume=5
|title =Kunstdenkmäler der Stadt und des Kreises Bonn
|location =Dusseldorf
|year =1905
|language =de
|url =http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009438435
}}
* {{citation
|series=Rheinischer Städteatlas
|editor= Klaus Flink
|language=de
|volume= 1
|year= 1978
|edition=2nd
|title= Bonn
}}


;German-language
* {{cite book|author=Paul Clemen |title= Die Kunstdenkmäler der Stadt und des Kreises Bonn |trans_title=Historical monuments of the city and the county of Bonn |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ZqUNAAAAYAAJ|year=1905|publisher=L. Schwann |location=Dusseldorf |language=German |series=Kunstdenkmaler der Rheinprovinz }}
{{refend}}
{{refend}}


==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category|Bonn}}
{{Commons category|History of Bonn}}
* {{cite web |publisher=City of Bonn |url=http://www.bonn.de/familie_gesellschaft_bildung_soziales/stadtarchiv/stadtchronik/index.html?lang=en |title= History of the City }}
* {{cite web |publisher=City of Bonn |url=http://www.bonn.de/familie_gesellschaft_bildung_soziales/stadtarchiv/stadtchronik/index.html?lang=en |title= History of the City }}
* Europeana. [http://www.europeana.eu/portal/search.html?query=what%3Abonn+germany&rows=96 Items related to Bonn], various dates
* Europeana. [https://www.europeana.eu/portal/search.html?query=what%3Abonn+germany&rows=96 Items related to Bonn], various dates
* [https://www.bonn.de/themen-entdecken/bildung-lernen/zeittafel.php Timeline of the city archive of Bonn] (in German)


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Bonn at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries

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21st century

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Aerial view of the city center in 2013

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bonn" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 209.
  2. ^ Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
  3. ^ a b Guide to Bonn and its Environs. Bonn: B. Pleimes. 1845.
  4. ^ Chester L. Alwes (2012). "Choral Music in the Culture of the 19th Century". In André de Quadros (ed.). Cambridge Companion to Choral Music. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-11173-7. Music publishers of the 18th to the early 20th c. (chronological list)
  5. ^ John Eidson (2000). "Which Past for Whom? Local Memory in a German Community during the Era of Nation Building". Ethos. 28 (4): 575–607. doi:10.1525/eth.2000.28.4.575. JSTOR 640617.
  6. ^ J. Niederstetter, ed. (1867). Staats-Almanach für das Königreich Preußen (in German). Berlin: Heymann.
  7. ^ Königliche Museen zu Berlin (1904). Kunsthandbuch für Deutschland (in German) (6th ed.). Georg Reimer.
  8. ^ "Beethoven Fest Bonn Chronology". Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  9. ^ "Bonn", Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book for Belgium and the Rhine; and Portions of Rhenish Germany, London: W.J. Adams & Sons, 1896
  10. ^ "Foreign Camera Clubs: German". American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for 1904. New York: Scovill & Adams Company. hdl:2027/mdp.39015067127715.
  11. ^ "Germany: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440 – via Hathi Trust.
  12. ^ Ursula Heinzelmann (2008). "Timeline". Food Culture in Germany. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-34495-4.
  13. ^ a b Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1960, p. 145, OCLC 3832886, OL 5812502M
  14. ^ a b "Arbeitserziehungslager Bonn". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  15. ^ "Arbeitserziehungslager Bonn-Bad Godesberg". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  16. ^ "Historic Milestones". Cologne Bonn Airport. Cologne: Flughafen Köln/Bonn GmbH. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  17. ^ a b c Europa World Year Book 2003. Taylor & Francis. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5.
  18. ^ Conrad J. Weiler, Jr. (1972). "Metropolitan Reorganization in West Germany". Publius. 2 (1): 26–68. JSTOR 3329509.
  19. ^ "Bisherige Gartenschauen" [Previous Garden Shows] (in German). Bonn: Deutsche Bundesgartenschau-Gesellschaft. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  20. ^ "History of the Secretariat". United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  21. ^ "History". Gesellschaft für Arabisches und Islamisches Recht. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  22. ^ "United Nations in Bonn". City of Bonn. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  23. ^ "German mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  24. ^ "Cases: Germany". Global Nonviolent Action Database. Pennsylvania, USA: Swarthmore College. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  25. ^ "Neuer Oberbürgermeister: CDU-Kandidat in Bonn gewählt". Spiegel Online. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
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