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The following is a timeline of the history of the German city of Leipzig.

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Prior to 18th century

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  • 920 BC - Emperor Henry the Fowler "built a castle here about 920." [1]
  • 1082 - Leipzig sacked by forces of Vratislaus II of Bohemia.[2][3]
  • 1134 - Leipzig "came into the possession of Conrad, Margrave of Meissen".[1]
  • 1165
  • 1170 - Easter and Michaelmas fairs begin (approximate date).[1]
  • 1212 - Thomasschule zu Leipzig and Thomanerchor founded.
  • 1231 - Klosterkirche St. Pauli built.[1]
  • 1409 - University of Leipzig founded.[2][1]
  • 1420 - Fire.[2]
  • 1458 - New year's fair begins.[1]
  • 1479 - Printing press in operation.[4]
  • 1485 - Treaty of Leipzig.[5]
  • 1496 - St. Thomas Church consecrated.[1]
  • 1519 - June: Martin Luther and Andreas Karlstadt debate John Eck.[2][1]
  • 1530 - Auerbachs Keller built (approximate date).[1]
  • 1539 - "Leipsic formally espoused the Protestant cause."[1]
  • 1542 - Leipzig Botanical Garden first established.[5]
  • 1543 - Leipzig University Library established.[1]
  • 1547
  • 1554 - Moritzbastei constructed.
  • 1556 - Old City Hall built.[2]
  • 1631 - Battle of Breitenfeld (1631).[1]
  • 1642 - Battle of Breitenfeld (1642).
  • 1650 - Einkommende Zeitungen (newspaper) begins publication.[6]
  • 1680 - Plague.[2]
  • 1681 - Weidmannsche Buchhandlung relocates to Leipzig.
  • 1687 - Alte Handelsbörse (trade exchange) was built.
  • 1693 - Opera house opens.[7]
  • 1699 - Population: 15,653.[8]

    • 18th century

    19th century

    20th century

    See also: History of Leipzig from 1933-1939

    21st century

    See also

    Other cities in the state of Saxony:

    References

    1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Britannica 1882.
    2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Haydn 1910.
    3. ^ Richter 1863.
    4. ^ 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.
    5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Britannica 1910.
    6. ^ a b Patrick Robertson (2011). Robertson's Book of Firsts. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-60819-738-5.
    7. ^ Stephen Rose (2005). "Chronology". In Tim Carter and John Butt (ed.). Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Music. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-79273-8.
    8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Bevolkerungsbestand 2015.
    9. ^ a b c d e f Claude Egerton Lowe (1896). "Chronological Summary of the Chief Events in the History of Music". Chronological Cyclopædia of Musicians and Musical Events. London: Weekes & Co.
    10. ^ "Chronik der Leipziger Städtischen Bibliotheken" (in German). Stadt Leipzig. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
    11. ^ a b c Franz A.J. Szabo (2013). "Chronology of Major Events". The Seven Years War in Europe: 1756-1763. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-88697-6.
    12. ^ a b c d e Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
    13. ^ William Grange (2006). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of German Theater. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6489-4.
    14. ^ Donna M. Di Grazia, ed. (2013). Nineteenth-Century Choral Music. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-98852-0.
    15. ^ Willaume, Juliusz (1957). "Lipski komitet pomocy wychodźcom polskim (1831/32)". Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska (in Polish). XII, 7: 184–185.
    16. ^ a b Willaume, p. 186
    17. ^ Willaume, pp. 187–188
    18. ^ Willaume, p. 191
    19. ^ Georg Friedrich Kolb (1862). "Deutschland: Sachsen". Grundriss der Statistik der Völkerzustands- und Staatenkunde (in German). Leipzig: A. Förstnersche Buchhandlung.
    20. ^ Ursula Heinzelmann (2008). "Timeline". Food Culture in Germany. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-34495-4.
    21. ^ A.J. Mackintosh (1907). "Mountaineering Clubs, 1857-1907". Alpine Journal (177). UK. hdl:2027/njp.32101076197365.
    22. ^ Chester L. Alwes (2012). "Choral Music in the Culture of the 19th Century". In André de Quadros (ed.). Cambridge Companion to Choral Music. Cambridge Companions to Music. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-11173-7. Music publishers of the 18th to the early 20th c. (chronological list)
    23. ^ Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of Germany (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
    24. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Stadtgebiet 2015.
    25. ^ Naturkundemuseums Leipzig. "Geschichte des Hauses" (in German). Retrieved 24 July 2012.
    26. ^ "Germany: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440 – via HathiTrust.
    27. ^ Chałupczak, Henryk (2004). "Powstanie i działalność polskich placówek konsularnych w okresie międzywojennym (ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem pogranicza polsko-niemiecko-czechosłowackiego)". In Kaczmarek, Ryszard; Masnyk, Marek (eds.). Konsulaty na pograniczu polsko-niemieckim i polsko-czechosłowackim w 1918–1939 (in Polish). Katowice: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego. p. 21.
    28. ^ "50 Jahre Polnisches Institut in Leipzig". Instytut Polski w Lipsku (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
    29. ^ Sportmuseum Leipzig. "Chronik des Sportmuseum" (in German). Retrieved 24 July 2012.
    30. ^ "100,000 Protest in Leipzig In Largest Rally in Decades", New York Times, 17 October 1989
    31. ^ "Leipzig Journal; A City of Two Tales: The Robust and the Bleak", New York Times, 6 April 1993
    32. ^ "Leipzig, the City of Bach, Falls on Hard Times", New York Times, 28 February 1991
    33. ^ Spinnerei. "History: From Cotton to Culture". Retrieved 24 July 2012.
    34. ^ "The big grey box in Leipzig where Amazon staff have found their voice", The Guardian, 19 October 1993
    35. ^ "German medicine rocked by Leipzig organ donor scandal", BBC News, 3 January 2013
    36. ^ "Deutschlands beliebteste Städte: Sicher, sauber, grün: Diese Stadt läuft sogar München den Rang ab". FOCUS Online. 11 December 2013.
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    38. ^ "Germany Pegida: Leipzig rally held as protest leader resigns", BBC News, 22 January 2015
    39. ^ "Leipzig gewinnt als einzige ostdeutsche Stadt wichtigen Preis in Cannes".
    40. ^ "Leipzig wins European City of the Year at 2019 Urbanism Awards | the Academy of Urbanism".

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