Timeline of Munich
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Prior to 17th century
- 1158 - Duke Henry the Lion builds bridge, mint, and salt-depot.[1][2]
- 1175 - Munich gains official status as city.
- 1239 - Coat of arms of Munich in use.
- 1240 - Otto II Wittelsbach in power.
- 1255 - City becomes ducal residence of Upper Bavaria.
- 1327
- Fire.[3]
- City then rebuilt by Louis the Bavarian
- 1368
- Cathedral construction begins.[3]
- St. Peter's Church reconstructed.[4]
- 1383 - Löwenbräu founded.[5]
- 1385 - Munich Residenz built.
- 1394 - Town Hall built.
- 1397 - Guild uprising.
- 1429 - Fire.
- 1482 - Johann Schauer sets up printing press.[6]
- 1494 - Frauenkirche consecrated. [2]
- 1506 - City becomes capital of Bavaria.
- 1576 - Jesuit school built (approximate date).[7]
17th-18th centuries
- 1609 - Catholic League founded.
- 1617 - Hofgarten laid out.
In 1632 the Swedes occupied Munich. - 1623 - Schleissheim Palace constructed.
- 1628 - Treaty of Munich signed.
- 1632 - City occupied by Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.[3]
- 1634 - Bubonic plague.
- 1638 - Mary's Column erected, Marienplatz.
- 1653 - State opera active.
- 1675 - Nymphenburg Palace built. [2]
- 1680 - Population: 20,000 [2]
- 1688 - Premiere of Steffani's opera Niobe.
- 1690 - Theatine Church built.
- 1705 - Sendlinger Mordweihnacht.
- 1739 - Amalienburg built.
- 1742 - Habsburgs in power.[2]
- 1753 - Cuvilliés Theatre built.
- 1759 - Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities founded. [2]
- 1762
- 28 April: Fire.[8]
- Hoforchester active.
- 1781 - Premiere of Mozart's opera Idomeneo.[9]
- 1783 - Population: 38,000.[2]
- 1789 - Englischer Garten laid out by Count Rumford.[4]
- 1797 - Charitable soup kitchen begins operating.[10]
- 1800 - 2 July: City taken by French forces.[3]
19th century
- 1801 - Population - 48,885. [2]
- 1806 - City becomes capital of Kingdom of Bavaria.
- 1807
- Viktualienmarkt active.
- Hofgartenkaserne built.
- Augustiner-Keller beer garden in business.
- 1808 - Royal Academy of Fine Arts established.
- 1809 - Alte Münze in use.
- 1810 - Wiesnwirt (Oktoberfest) begins.[10]
- 1818
- National Theatre built.
- Lese-Konditorei (reading cafe) in business.[10]
- 1825 - Accession of Ludwig I of Bavaria leads to "handsome streets and buildings". [2]
- 1826
- LMU Munich relocates to Munich.[3]
- Türkenkaserne built.
- 1830
Munich in 1829 - Ludwigstraße laid out (approximate date).
- Glyptothek built.[11]
- 1835 - St. Boniface's Abbey founded by Ludwig I of Bavaria.[4]
- 1836 - Alte Pinakothek established.[12]
- 1837 - Allerheiligen-Hofkirche built.
- 1839 - Train station opens.
- 1843
- State Library building constructed.
- Paläontologisches Museum established.[13]
- 1844
- Ludwigskirche consecrated.
- Feldherrnhalle constructed.
- 1848
- München Hauptbahnhof relocated.
- Daily newspaper Münchner Neueste Nachrichten first published.
- 1853
- Maximilianstraße laid out.
- Neue Pinakothek established.[14]
- 1854 - Glaspalast built; city hosts General German Industrial Exhibition.[2]
- 1855 - Bavarian National Museum founded.
- 1861 - Population: 148,201.[15]
- 1862 - Propylaea constructed.
- 1865 - Premiere of Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde.[9]
- 1867 - Royal Bavarian Music School established.
- 1868
- State Museum of Ethnology founded.
- Technical University of Munich opened.
- 1869 - Museum für Abgüsse Klassischer Bildwerke created.
- 1871
- Haidhausen station and München Süd station open.
- Population: 169,693.[16]
- 1875 - Munich Opera Festival begins.
- 1876 - Trams in Munich runs by horsecar.
- 1878 - Munich Pasing station relocated.
- 1879
- Bavarian Army Museum founded.
- Over 28 million gallons of beer were brewed in Munich. [2]
- 1880
- Bürgerliches Brauhaus formed.
- Population: 230,023.[16] [2]
- 1882 - Allgemeine Zeitung moved to Munich.
- 1885
- Bürgerbräukeller (beer hall) in business.
- Population: 261,982.[16]
- 1887
- Hofatelier Elvira founded.
- Café Luitpold opens.[17]
- 1888 - Munich Stadtmuseum established.
- 1889 - Eisenbahnkaserne built.
- 1890 - Population: 350,594.[16]
- 1892
- Rotkreuzklinikum München (hospital) opens.
- Academic Alpine Club of Munich formed.[18]
- 1893
- Munich City Archives active.
- Kaim Orchestra formed.
- 1894 -Production of Hildebrand & Wolfmüller motorcycle begins.[19]
- 1895
- Trams in Munich electrified.
- Population: 407,174.[16]
- 1896 - Simplicissimus magazine begins publication.
- 1898 - City hosts Kraft- und Arbeitsmaschinen-Ausstellung.
- 1900
- FC Bayern Munich founded.
- Künstlerhaus am Lenbachplatz opens.
20th century
1900–1945
- 1901
- Franz Eher publisher in business.
- Prinzregententheater opens.
- 1902 - Anthropologisch-Prähistorisches Sammlung des Staates formed.
- 1903 - Deutsches Museum von Meisterwerken der Naturwissenschaft und Technik founded.
- 1904 - Heinrich Thannhauser's art gallery opens.
- 1905 - Population: 538,983.[4]
- 1906 - City co-hosts the 1906 World Figure Skating Championships.
- 1908 - New Town Hall built; Rathaus-Glockenspiel installed.
- 1909
- Neue Künstlervereinigung München founded.[21]
- Modern Gallery of contemporary art and Schackgalerie[22] open.
- 1910 – 12 September: Premiere of Mahler's Symphony No. 8.
- 1911
- Hellabrunn Zoo opens.
- Der Blaue Reiter art exhibit held.[21]
- 1917 - Bayerische Motoren Werke formed.
- 1919
- German Workers' Party founded in Munich.
- 16 October: Hitler gives his first political speech at the Hofbräukeller.
- City becomes capital of Bavarian Soviet Republic.
- Population: 630,711.[23]
- 1920
- July: Consulate of Poland opens.[24]
- Nazi paramilitary Sturmabteilung headquartered in Munich.
- Nazi Völkischer Beobachter newspaper headquartered in Munich.
- 1923 - 8–9 November: Nazis attempt coup ("Beer Hall Putsch").[25]
- 1925
- Deutsche Verkehrsausstellung 1925 (transportation exposition) held in city.
- München Hauptbahnhof electrified.
- 1927 - Richard Strauss Conservatory founded.
- 1929 - Lenbachhaus museum opens.
- 1930
- 13 September: Hitler gives campaign speech at the Circus Krone Building, prior to German federal election, 1930 on 14 September.
- Population: 728,900.
- 1931 - National Socialist Party headquartered in Brown House.
- 1932
- Nazi Sicherheitsdienst (intelligence agency) headquartered in Munich.
- Zoologische Staatssammlung München formed.
- 1933
- Nazi headquarters relocated from Munich to Berlin.
- March: Dachau concentration camp begins operating near city.[19]
- 1934 - Hunting museum established.
- 1935 - Münchner Haus der Kulturinstitute built.
- 1937
- Führerbau constructed.
- 18 July: House of German Art opens.
- 19 July: "Degenerate art" exhibit held in Hofgarten.[21]
- 1938
- September: Munich Agreement signed.[26]
- November: Kristallnacht.
- 1939
- Munich-Riem Airport opens.
- Population: 829,318.
- 1940
- June: Bombing of Munich begins.
- 1942
- 27 June: White Rose group active.[27]
- 17 December: Forced labour camp for men established in the Moosach district.[28]
- 1943
- February: Munich-Allach subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp established by the SS.
- Polenlager Ost and Polenlager Süd forced labour subcamps of the local Nazi prison for youth established for young Poles (see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[29][30]
- 1944
- 5 August: Forced labour camp for women established in the Berg am Laim district.[31]
- Agfa-Commando subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp established.
- 2 December: Forced labour camp for women in Berg am Laim dissolved.[31]
- 1945
- 13 March: Forced labour camp for men in Moosach dissolved.[28]
- City captured by Americans. Remaining prisoners of the Munich-Allach and Agfa-Commando subcamps liberated.
- AFN Munich begins broadcasting.
- Munich Central Collecting Point set up.
- Denazification.
- Christian Social Union in Bavaria headquartered in Munich.
1946-1990s
- 1948 - Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste established.
- 1949 - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra founded.
- 1951 - Residenz Theatre built.[32]
- 1952 - Deutsches Brauereimuseum founded.
- 1954 - Population: 908,572.
- 1955
- Italian Cultural Institute in Munich founded.[33]
- Fast-food Wienerwald (restaurant) in business.[10]
- 1958
- 6 February: Munich air disaster.[34]
- Population: 1,011,878.
- 1959 - Munich Book Fair begins.
- 1960
- Munich Central Station rebuilt.
- Convair 340 crash.
- 1961 - Population: 1,106,298.
- 1963 - National Theatre rebuilt.
- 1965 - Population: 1,214,603.
- 1966
- Staatliche Sammlung für Ägyptische Kunst founded.
- Deutsches Jagdmuseum reopens.
- 1967 - Staatliche Antikensammlungen opens.
- 1969 - City hosts the 1969 World Table Tennis Championships.
- 1970
- Munich bus attack
- Population: 1,311,978.
- 1971 - U-Bahn begins operating.
- 1972
- S-Bahn begins operating.
- Olympic Stadium opens; city hosts Summer Olympics; Munich massacre.
- BMW Headquarters is established.
- 1973 - Islamic Center of Munich built.[35]
- 1974 - City hosts the 1974 World Figure Skating Championships.
- 1975 - City co-hosts the 1975 Ice Hockey World Championships.
- 1978 - Population: 1,296,970.
- 1980 - Museum Witt established; Oktoberfest bombing.
- 1983
- April–May: City co-hosts the 1983 Ice Hockey World Championships.
- City hosts Bundesgartenschau (garden show).[36]
- 1985 - Gasteig culture center opens.
- 1988 - Munich Biennale opera festival begins.
- 1989 - Sister city relationship established with Cincinnati, USA.[37]
- 1990 - Museum of Man and Nature opens.
- 1992
- City hosts 18th G7 summit.
- Museum Villa Stuck opens.
- Munich Airport opens.
- 1993
- Bayerische Staatskanzlei built.
- Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding founded.
- 1995 - Eureka Prometheus Project's VaMP driverless car goes to Copenhagen and back.
- 1996 - City website online (approximate date).[38]
- 1999
- Czech Centre in Munich founded.[39]
- BMW Headquarters declared as protected historical building
- 2000 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie formed.[13]
21st century
- 2001 - City hosts the 2001 World Judo Championships.
- 2002 - Pinakothek der Moderne opens.
- 2003 - Goetz Collection opens.
- 2005 - Allianz Arena opens.
- 2006 - Ohel Jakob synagogue built.
- 2007
- Jewish Museum opens.
- Population: 1,311,573.
- 2009 - Museum Brandhorst opens.
- 2010 - Türkentor restored.
- 2012 - March: 2012 Munich artworks discovery.
- 2013 - Population: 1,407,836.
- 2014 - Dieter Reiter becomes mayor.
- 2015
- Migrants arrive.[40]
- NS-Dokumentationszentrum (Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism) opens.
- 2016 - Munich shooting occurs.
- 2024 - 2024 Munich shooting
- 2025 - 2025 Munich car attack
See also
- History of Munich
- List of mayors of Munich
- Timeline of German history
- Timelines of other cities in the state of Bavaria: Augsburg, Nuremberg, Würzburg
