Timeline of Mulhouse
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mulhouse, France.
Prior to 20th century[edit]
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- 1273 – Mulhouse becomes an Imperial Free City of the Holy Roman Empire and receives privileges from Rudolph of Hapsburg.[1][2]
- 1466 – Mulhouse "formed an alliance with the Swiss."[2]
- 1515 – Mulhouse becomes part of the Swiss Confederacy.[1]
- 1528 – Protestant reformation.[2]
- 1553 – Hôtel de ville de Mulhouse (city hall) rebuilt.[2][3]
- 1674 – Battle of Mulhouse.
- 1746 – Cotton manufacturing begins.[2]
- 1798 – Mulhouse becomes part of France per treaty.
- 1800 – Population: 6,018.[4]
- 1801 – Mulhouse becomes part of the Haut-Rhin department.[4]
- 1826 – Société industrielle de Mulhouse founded.[5][1]
- 1830 – Rhone–Rhine Canal built.
- 1836 – Population: 16,932.[4]
- 1839 - Mulhouse-Ville station opened.
- 1849 – Synagogue de Mulhouse built.[3]
- 1853 – Cité ouvrière (residential area for factory workers) developed.[6][2]
- 1856 – Population: 45,981.[4]
- 1857
- Paris–Mulhouse railway begins operating.
- Musée de dessin industriel (museum) founded.[7]
- 1859 - Temple Saint-Étienne founded.
- 1861 – Canton of Mulhouse-Nord and Canton of Mulhouse-Sud created.[4]
- 1864 – Musée des Beaux-Arts de Mulhouse established.[8]
- 1866 – Population: 58,773.[9]
- 1867 – Théâtre de la Sinne built.[3]
- 1868 - Mulhouse Zoological and Botanical Park created.
- 1871 – Mulhouse becomes part of German Empire.[2]
- 1874 – Musée historique de Mulhouse established.[10]
- 1880 – Population: 68,140.[11]
- 1882 – Mulhouse tramway (1882) begins operating.
20th century[edit]
- 1906 – Population: 94,498.[4][2]
- 1914
- 7–10 August: Battle of Mulhouse; German forces win.
- 19 August: Battle of Dornach (1914).
- Dornach becomes part of Mulhouse.[4]
- 1919 – Mulhouse becomes part of France again.[12]
- 1923 – Société d'histoire de Mulhouse (history society) founded.[5]
- 1925 – Bains municipaux de Mulhouse built.[13]
- 1932 – Gare de Mulhouse (train station) built.
- 1940
- June: German occupation of city begins.[12]
- August: Frontstalag 213 prisoner-of-war camp for Allied POWs established by the Germans.[14]
- December: Frontstalag 213 POW camp dissolved.[14] Stalag V-E POW camp established.[15]
- 1942 – March: Stalag V-E POW camp dissolved.[15]
- 1944 – November: German occupation of city ends.[12]
- 1947 – Bourtzwiller becomes part of Mulhouse.[4]
- 1955 – Musée de l'impression sur étoffes (museum) active.[7]
- 1958 – Canton of Mulhouse-Est and Canton of Mulhouse-Ouest created.[4]
- 1959 – 1959 Tour de France bicycle race departs from Mulhouse.
- 1962 – Population: 108,995.[4]
- 1971
- 1971 Tour de France bicycle race departs from Mulhouse.
- Musée français du chemin de fer (train museum) established.[7]
- 1972 – Regional Opéra national du Rhin established.
- 1978 - Cité de l'Automobile established.
- 1986 – Bibliothèque de l'université et de la Société industrielle de Mulhouse (library) established.
- 1989 – Jean-Marie Bockel becomes mayor.
- 1992 – Musée EDF Electropolis (museum) opens.[7]
- 1999 – Kinepolis Mulhouse (cinema) opens.
21st century[edit]
- 2006 – Mulhouse tramway begins operating.
- 2009 – Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération (regional government) created.
- 2010
- Tram-train Mulhouse Vallée de la Thur begins operating.
- Jean Rottner becomes mayor.
- 2013
- June: City hosts the 2013 Men's World Team Squash Championships.
- Population: 112,063.
- 2015 – Cantons 1, 2, and 3 created.
- 2016 – Mulhouse becomes part of the Grand Est region.
See also[edit]
Other cities in the Grand Est region:
- Timeline of Metz
- Timeline of Nancy, France
- Timeline of Reims
- Timeline of Strasbourg
- Timeline of Troyes
References[edit]
- ^ a b Chambers 1901.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Britannica 1910.
- ^ a b c "Histoire et patrimoine". Mulhouse.fr (in French). Ville de Mulhouse. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Mulhouse, EHESS (in French).
- ^ a b "Sociétés savantes de France (Mulhouse)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ Schall 1876.
- ^ a b c d "(Mulhouse)". Muséofile: Répertoire des musées français (in French). Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
- ^ "Musée des Beaux-Arts". Répertoire des Musées de France (Muséofile). Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- ^ Hunter, Brian; Paxton, John; Steinberg, S. H.; Epstein, Mortimer; Renwick, Isaac Parker Anderson; Keltie, John Scott; Martin, Frederick (1868). "France". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590329.
- ^ "Musée Historique". Répertoire des Musées de France (Muséofile). Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- ^ Hunter, Brian; Paxton, John; Steinberg, S. H.; Epstein, Mortimer; Renwick, Isaac Parker Anderson; Keltie, John Scott; Martin, Frederick (1885). "Germany: Alsace-Lorraine". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590469 – via Hathi Trust.
- ^ a b c "Mulhouse". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Éditions Larousse. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ Base Mérimée: Etablissement de bains dit bains municipaux, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ a b "German Frontstalag Camps". Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ a b "German Stalag Camps". Retrieved 20 August 2022.
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Bibliography[edit]
in English
- "Mulhouse", Handbook for Travellers in France (8th ed.), London: John Murray, 1861
- "Mülhausen", The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1882, OCLC 7416969
- "Mülhausen". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/njp.32101065312926.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 960.
in other languages
- Eusèbe Girault de Saint-Fargeau [in French] (1842). "Mulhausen". Guide pittoresque: portatif et complet, du voyageur en France (in French) (3rd ed.). Paris: Firmin Didot frères.
- Sabliere (1856). Histoire de la ville Mulhouse (in French). Rissler.
- Bibliothèque impériale (1863). "Localités: Mulhouse". Catalogue de l'histoire de France (in French). Vol. 8. Paris: Firmin Didot frères. (Bibliography)
- Albert Metzger (1876). La république de Mulhausen, 717–1798 (in French).
- Martin Schall (1876). Das Arbeiter-Quartier in Mülhausen im Elsass (in German). Berlin: Kortkampf.
- Le Vieux Mulhouse; documents d'archives (in French), 1895 1895–
- "Mülhausen". Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon (in German). Vol. 12 (14th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1896. hdl:2027/njp.32101064064494.
- "Mulhouse". Vosges, Lorraine, Alsace. Guides Joanne (in French). Hachette et cie. 1913. hdl:2027/uiug.30112105906736.
- Colmar, Mulhouse, Schlestadt. Guides illustrés Michelin des champs de bataille (in French). Michelin & cie. 1920. hdl:2027/uc1.b3277548.
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