Timeline of Bonn
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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Prior to 16th century
- 889 CE - Settlement sacked by Norse.[1]
- 1151 - Doppelkirche Schwarzrheindorf consecrated.
- 13th century - Bonn Minster (church) built.
- 1318 - Minoretenkirche (church) built.[1]
16th-18th centuries
- 1597 - Bonn becomes capital of the Electorate of Cologne.[citation needed]
- 1627 - Kreuzbergkirche (church) built.
- 1673 - November: Siege of Bonn.
- 1693 - Jesuiten-kirche (church) built.[1]
- 1730 - Palace built.[2]
- 1737 - Town Hall built.[2]
- 1746 - Poppelsdorf Palace built.
- 1777 - Kurkölnische Akademie Bonn (academy) founded.
- 1794 - French in power.[1]
19th century
- 1800 - Johann Joseph Eichhoff becomes mayor.
- 1815 - Town becomes part of Prussia per Congress of Vienna.[1]
- 1818 - Rhenish Frederic William University and Academic Art Museum established.
- 1820 - Museum of Antiquities founded.
- 1822 - Town becomes part of the Rhine Province.
- 1841 - Society of the Friends of Antiquity founded.[3]
- 1844 - Railway Station built; Bonn–Cologne Railway begins operating.
- 1845 - Beethovenhalle (concert hall) built.
- 1851 - Leopold Kaufmann becomes mayor.
- 1859 - Durchmusterung astronomical survey begins at the Bonn Observatory.
- 1860 - Dieckhoff residence built.
- 1862 - Herz Jesu-kirche (church) built.[1]
- 1867 - Population: 63,630.[4]
- 1871 - Bonn-Beuel station opens.
- 1882 - Municipal museum active.[1]
- 1884 - Railway Station rebuilt.
- 1889 - Beethoven House museum opens.[5]
- 1890 - Beethovenfest active.[6]
- 1891 - Provincial Museum of Rhenish and Roman Antiquities opens.[7]
- 1892 - Marienkirche (church) built.[1]
20th century
1900s-1940s
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- 1904 - Photographische Vereinigung Bonn and Amateur-Photographen-Club Bonn active (approximate date).[8]
- 1905 - Population: 81,997.[1]
- 1913 - Stollfuß Verlag (publisher) in business.[citation needed]
- 1934 - Museum Koenig (natural history museum) opens.
- 1939 - Population: 101,391.[9]
- 1945
- March: Allied forces take city.
- Allied occupation of Germany begins; North Rhine-Westphalia overseen by British forces.
- 1947 - Kunstmuseum Bonn (art museum) founded.
- 1949
- May: City designated capital of Federal Republic of Germany.[9]
- Bundestag (national legislature) begins meeting in the Bundeshaus.
- Rhine bridge rebuilt.
1950s-1990s
- 1950 - Cologne Bonn Airport in operation.[10]
- 1951
- Hammerschmidt Villa designated residence of the President of Germany.
- Verein der Ausländischen Presse (Foreign Press Association) formed.[11]
- 1959 - Beethovenhalle rebuilt.
- 1963 - British Embassy Preparatory School founded.
- 1967 - Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn (museum) rebuilt.
- 1969
- Bad Godesberg, Beuel, and Duisdorf become part of city.[12]
- Central Theater and Youth Theater founded.
- 1970 - United Nations Volunteers headquartered in Bonn.
- 1975 - Bonn Stadtbahn (public transit) begins operating; Bundesrechnungshof station opens.
- 1978 - July: 4th G7 summit held.
- 1979 - City hosts Bundesgartenschau (garden show).[13]
- 1980 - University of Bonn's Max Planck Institute for Mathematics established.
- 1981 -Bonn Women's Museum founded.
- 1982 - 10 June: NATO summit held.
- 1984 - Bonn Botanical Garden reconstructed.
- 1985
- Rheinisches Malermuseum (art museum) established.
- May: 11th G7 summit held.
- 1986 - Heimatmuseum Beuel (museum) established.
- 1989 - International Paralympic Committee headquarterd in city.[11]
- 1992 - Bundeskunsthalle (exhibit hall) inaugurated.
- 1994
- Bärbel Dieckmann becomes mayor.
- 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.
- 1996 - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change secretariat headquartered in Bonn.[14]
- 1997 - Bonn International School and Gesellschaft für Arabisches und Islamisches Recht (Society for Arab and Islamic Law)[15] established.
- 1998 - Institute for the Study of Labor founded.
- 1999
- German Bundestag (legislature) relocated from Bonn to Berlin per Berlin-Bonn Act.
- Federal Court of Auditors and Federal Cartel Office relocated to Bonn.
21st century
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- 2001 - University of Bonn's Egyptian Museum founded.
- 2002
- Post Tower and Schürmann-Bau (office building) constructed.
- UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training inaugurated.[16][11]
See also
- History of Bonn
- List of mayors of Bonn
- History of the city of Bonn (in German)
- Bonna (in Italian), settlement in the Roman province of Germania Inferior
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Bonn", The Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1910, OCLC 14782424
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Guide to Bonn and its Environs. Bonn: B. Pleimes. 1845.
- ^ John Eidson (2000). "Which Past for Whom? Local Memory in a German Community during the Era of Nation Building". Ethos. 28. JSTOR 640617.
- ^ J. Niederstetter, ed. (1867). Staats-Almanach für das Königreich Preußen (in German). Berlin: Heymann.
- ^ Königliche Museen zu Berlin (1904). Kunsthandbuch für Deutschland (in German) (6th ed.). Georg Reimer.
- ^ "Beethoven Fest Bonn Chronology". Retrieved 15 November 2013.
- ^ "Bonn", Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book for Belgium and the Rhine; and Portions of Rhenish Germany, London: W.J. Adams & Sons, 1896
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "Foreign Camera Clubs: German". American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for 1904. New York: Scovill & Adams Company.
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- ^ "Historic Milestones". Cologne Bonn Airport. Cologne: Flughafen Köln/Bonn GmbH. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
- ^ a b c Europa World Year Book 2003. Taylor & Francis. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5.
- ^ Conrad J. Weiler, Jr. (1972). "Metropolitan Reorganization in West Germany". Publius. 2. JSTOR 3329509.
- ^ "Bisherige Gartenschauen" (in German). Bonn: Deutsche Bundesgartenschau-Gesellschaft. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "History of the Secretariat". United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
- ^ "History". Gesellschaft für Arabisches und Islamisches Recht. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
- ^ "United Nations in Bonn". City of Bonn. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
- ^ "German mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- ^ "Cases: Germany". Global Nonviolent Action Database. Pennsylvania, USA: Swarthmore College. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
Further reading
- T. Cogan (1794), "Bonn", The Rhine, London: J. Johnson, OCLC 4735435
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Published in the 19th century
- English-language
- Francis Lieber and Edward Wigglesworth, ed. (1830). "Bonn". Encyclopædia Americana. Philadelphia: Carey and Lea.
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- "Bonn", Murray's Handbook for Belgium and the Rhine, London: J. Murray, 1852
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- "Bonn". Description of the Rhine Valley from Cologne to Mayence. Bonn: T. Habicht. 1856.
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- Charles Knight, ed. (1866). "Bonn". Geography. English Cyclopaedia. Vol. 2. London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co.
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- W. Pembroke Fetridge (1884), "Bonn", Harper's Hand-Book for Travellers in Europe and the East (23rd ed.), New York: Harper & Brothers
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- German-language
- B. Hundeshagen (1832), Die Stadt und Universität Bonn am Rhein (in German), Bonn: Tobias Habicht, OCLC 165879286
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- Caspar A. Müller (1834), Geschichte der Stadt Bonn (in German), Bonn
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- Franz Ritter (1851). Entstehung der drei ältesten Städte am Rheine oder Urgeschichte von Mainz, Bonn u. Köln (in German). A. Marcus.
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Published in the 20th century
- English-language
- G. Holscher (1900), "Bonn", Guide to the Rhine (3rd ed.), Cologne: Hoursch & Bechstedt, OCLC 8672751
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- "Bonn", The Rhine, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1911, OCLC 21888483
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- German-language
- Paul Clemen (1905). Die Kunstdenkmäler der Stadt und des Kreises Bonn. Kunstdenkmaler der Rheinprovinz (in German). Dusseldorf: L. Schwann.
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External links
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