Timeline of Kassel

• 1462 - Martinskirche, Kassel (church) built.
• 1502 - Hofkapelle [de] (orchestra) founded.^{[citation needed]}
• 1593 - Marstall (Kassel) [de] built.
• 1594 - Printer Wilhelm Wessel in business.^[1]
• 1606 - Ottoneum (theatre) built.^[2]
• 1626 - Population: 6,329.^(de)
• 1709 - Collegium Carolinum (Kassel) (school) founded.
• 1710 - Karlskirche (Kassel) (church) built.
• 1731 - Casselische Zeitung von Policey (newspaper) begins publication.^[3]
• 1761 - Siege of Cassel (1761): Cassel successfully defended by the French.
• 1762 - Siege of Cassel (1762): Cassel was captured by the Germans from the French.^[4]
• 1767 - Königsplatz (Kassel) [de] (square) laid out.
• 1768 - Friedrichsplatz (Kassel) [de] (square) laid out.
• 1769 - Opera house built on Königsstraße (Kassel) [de].^[5]
• 1777 - Art school established.
• 1779 - Fridericianum museum opens.
• 1798 - Schloss Wilhelmshöhe (palace) built.

• 1807 - Became the capital of the Kingdom of Westphalia.^[4]
• 1810 - Population: 23,068.^(de)
• 1813 - Bombarded and captured by the Russian general Chernichev;
• 1836 - Verein für Naturkunde (society) founded.^[6]
• 1848 - Kassel–Warburg railway begins operating.
• 1850/51 - Occupied by the Prussians.^[4]
• 1866
  • Prussian XI Army Corps headquartered in Kassel.^[7]
  • Kassel becomes seat of province Hesse-Nassau in Prussia.^[7][4]
• 1877 - Steam tram begins operating.^[1]
• 1880 - Population: 58,290.^[8]
• 1885 - Population: 64,083.^[4]
• 1895 - Population: 81,752.^[9]
• 1899 - Wehlheiden [de] becomes part of Kassel.
• 1900 - Population: 106,034.^[10]

• 1905 - Population: 120,446.^[4]
• 1906 - Bettenhausen [de], Kirchditmold [de], Rothenditmold [de], and Wahlershausen [de] become part of Kassel.^[1]
• 1909
  • Neue Hoftheater (theatre) built.
  • Population: 150,577.^(de)
• 1914 - Stadthalle Kassel [de] built.^[1]
• 1926 - Gutsbezirk Fasanenhof becomes part of Kassel.^{[citation needed]}
• 1928 - Gutsbezirk Oberförsterei Kirchditmold, Kragenhof, Oberförsterei Ehlen, and Wilhelmshöhe [de] become part of Kassel.^{[citation needed]}
• 1936
  • Harleshausen [de], Niederzwehren, Nordshausen [de], Oberzwehren [de], Waldau [de], and Wolfsanger [de] become part of Kassel.^[1]
  • Population: 203,418.^(de)
• 1939 - Nazi camp for Sinti and Romani people established (see also Porajmos).^[11]
• 1942 - Bombing of Kassel in World War II begins.
• 1943 - July: Kassel-Druseltal subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp established. The prisoners were mostly Poles and Russians.^[12]
• 1944 - October: Several prisoners escaped from the Kassel-Druseltal subcamp of Buchenwald.^[12]
• 1945
  • 29 March: Kassel-Druseltal subcamp of Buchenwald dissolved. Escape of many prisoners during their deportation to the main Buchenwald camp.^[12]
  • 1–4 April: Battle of Kassel (1945); Allied forces win.
  • Hessischen Nachrichten newspaper begins publication.
• 1955
  • National Bundesgartenschau 1955 [de] (garden show) held in Kassel.^[1]
  • "Documenta" quinquennial art exhibition begins.

• 1959 - Staatstheater Kassel built.
• 1960
  • Kassel Hauptbahnhof (train station) rebuilt.
  • Brüder Grimm-Museum Kassel [de] opens.^[1]
• 1971 - University of Kassel established.
• 1972 - Kassel (district) formed in the state of Hesse.
• 1976 - New Gallery (Kassel) opens.
• 1977 - Eissporthalle Kassel (ice rink) opens.
• 1981 - National Bundesgartenschau 1981 [de] (garden show) held in Kassel.^[1]
• 1985 - Population: 184,466.^(de)

• 2005
  • Scheidemannplatz [de] (square) remodelled.^[1]
  • Bertram Hilgen [de] becomes mayor.^[1]
• 2007
  • Kassel RegioTram begins operating.
  • Kassel Marathon begins.
• 2013 - Theater im Centrum [de] opens.
• 2014 - Mevlana Mosque (Kassel-Oberzwehren) [de] built.^[13]
• 2015 - Population: 200,507.^(de)

• History of Kassel [de]
• Stadtarchiv Kassel [de] (city archives)
• History of Hesse

Other cities in the state of Hesse:^(de)

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