Timeline of Luxembourg City

The following is a timeline of the history of Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.

Prior to 19th century

Map of Luxembourg, 1581

• 963 - Castle built atop Bock cliffs by Siegfried of Luxembourg.
• 987 - Church of the Redemption consecrated.
• 1120 - Church of St. Peter built.[1]
• 1320 - Saint Michael's Church built (approximate date).[2]
• 1340
  • New city fortifications constructed.
  • Schobermesse (tent fair) begins.[2]
• 1390 - Public clock installed (approximate date).[3]
• 1443 - Burgundians under Philip the Good conquer city.[4]
• 1554 - Fire in Ville Haute.
• 1563 - La Fontaine Castle construction begins.
• 1572 - City Hall built.
• 1603 - Collège des Jésuites founded.
• 1606 - Neumünster Abbey built.
• 1613 - Church of Notre Dame cornerstone laid.
• 1623 - Capuchin monastery built.
• 1644 - Tunnels built.
• 1671 - Place d'Armes laid out (approximate date).
• 1684 - French in power.[1]
• 1685 - Lambert Fortress built.
• 1693 - Jean-Bernard Knepper becomes mayor.
• 1697 - Spaniards in power per Treaty of Ryswick.[1]
• 1714 - Austrians in power.[5]
• 1732 - Fort Thüngen built.
• 1784 - Château de Septfontaines built outside city (in Rollingergrund).
• 1794 - November 22: Siege of Luxembourg by French forces begins.
• 1795
  • June 7: Siege of Luxembourg ends.
  • City becomes préfecture of the Forêts département of the French First Republic.
• 1798 - Municipal Library active.
• 1800 - François Scheffer becomes mayor.

19th century

• 1815 - Prussians in power per Treaty of Paris.
• 1821 - Luxemburger Wochenblatt newspaper begins publication.[6]
• 1827 - Journal de la ville et du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg newspaper in publication.[6]
• 1833 - Roman Catholic diocese of Luxembourg established.[7]
• 1838 - City Hall built.
• 1848 - Luxemburger Wort newspaper begins publication.
• 1850 - Society of the Natural Sciences established.
• 1855 - Pescatore Institute (charity) founded.[8]
• 1858 - Population: 13,129.[9]
• 1859 - Luxembourg railway station opens.
• 1860 - Hall of the Chamber of Deputies.
• 1861 - Viaduct built over Petrusse valley.[10]
• 1867
  • Luxembourg Crisis.
  • Fortress dismantled per Treaty of London.[2]
• 1868 - Royal-Grand Ducal Institute established.
• 1872
  • Municipal Park laid out.[8]
  • Pescatore Museum opens.[11]
• 1882 - Casino Bourgeois opens.
• 1884 - William II monument erected in Place Guillaume II.[8]
• 1890 - City becomes part of independent Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
• 1892 - Museum of Natural History opens in Pfaffenthal.
• 1894 - Émile Mousel becomes mayor.
• 1895 - Ons Hemecht begins publication.[12][13]

20th century

• 1903 - Adolphe Bridge built.[8]
• 1904 - Alphonse Munchen becomes mayor.
• 1905 - Population: 20,984.[2]
• 1906 - Conservatoire de Luxembourg founded.
• 1910 - Cercle Municipal building inaugurated.
• 1913 - Luxembourg railway station rebuilt.
• 1914 - German occupation begins.[14]
• 1918 - German occupation ends.[15]
• 1919 - Football Club Amis des Sports Lëtzebuerg-Fëschmaart founded.
• 1920
  • Dommeldange, Eich, Hamm, Hollerich, and Rollingergrund incorporated into city.
  • Villa Louvigny built.
• 1921 - Gaston Diderich becomes mayor.
• 1923 - Gëlle Fra war memorial erected.
• 1930s - Sandweiler Airport opens.
• 1933 - Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra founded.[16]
• 1940
  • May 10: German occupation begins.[15]
  • August 18: Volksdeutsche Bewegung rally held.[17]
• 1944
  • September 10: German occupation ends.[15]
  • Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial established.[18]
  • December: City besieged by German V-3 cannon.
• 1945 - January: City besieged by German V-3 cannon.
• 1946 - Émile Hamilius becomes mayor.
• 1952 - European Coal and Steel Community, European Commission, and European Court of Justice headquartered in city.
• 1953 - European School of Luxembourg I established.
• 1964 - Municipal Theatre built.
• 1965 - Alcide de Gasperi Building constructed.
• 1966 - Grand Duchess Charlotte Bridge opens.
• 1968 - European Investment Bank headquarters relocates to Luxembourg.
• 1970 - Colette Flesch becomes mayor.
• 1973
  • National Library of Luxembourg relocates to former Athénée building.
  • Rugby Club Luxembourg formed.
• 1975 - European Court of Auditors headquartered in city.
• 1976 - Municipal Hospital opens.
• 1979 - Ons Stad begins publication.
• 1982
  • Lydie Polfer becomes mayor.
  • St. Peter and Paul Church consecrated.
• 1984
  • Photothèque opens.
  • Hilton Luxembourg hotel built.
• 1991 - BGL Luxembourg Open tennis tournament begins.
• 1993 - Am Tunnel art gallery opens.
• 1994
  • Arboretum Kirchberg opens.[19]
  • European Investment Fund headquartered in city.
• 1995
  • City designated a European Capital of Culture.
  • Den Atelier music venue opens.
• 1996
  • Luxembourg City History Museum founded.
  • Utopolis Kirchberg cinema multiplex (since renamed Kinepolis Kirchberg) and Casino Luxembourg open.
• 1999 - Paul Helminger becomes mayor.

21st century

• 2001
  • City website online (approximate date).[20]
  • Lycée Aline Mayrisch established.
• 2002 - National Museum of History and Art building expands.
• 2004 - Football Club FC RM Hamm Benfica formed.
• 2005
  • Philharmonie Luxembourg concert hall opens.
  • Racing Football Club Union Luxembourg formed.
• 2006 - Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art inaugurated.
• 2008 - Judiciary City inaugurated.
• 2010 - Villeroy & Boch porcelain factory closes.
• 2011
  • Xavier Bettel becomes mayor.
  • Population: 94,034.

See also

• Quarters of Luxembourg City
• List of mayors of Luxembourg City
• History of Luxembourg (country)
• Years in Luxembourg (country)

References

1. Murray 1838.
2. Britannica 1910.
3. Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
4. Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Luxemburg (duchy)", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/loc.ark:/13960/t89g6g776
5. Baedeker 1910.
6. "Quotidiens et hebdomadaires" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg. Retrieved 2013-01-06.
7. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Luxembourg". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
8. George Renwick (1913), Luxembourg: the Grand Duchy and its People, New York: C. Scribner's Sons, OCLC 5627617, OL 24661367M
9. Georg Friedrich Kolb (1862). "Deutschland: Luxemburg". Grundriss der Statistik der Völkerzustands- und Staatenkunde (in German). Leipzig: A. Förstnersche Buchhandlung.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
10. Cook 1921.
11. Auguste Dutreux (1872). "Catalogue des objets d'art composant le Musée J. - P. Pescatore" (in French) (2nd ed.). Europeana. Retrieved 2013-01-06.
12. Pé́porté 2010.
13. Ons Hemecht: Organ des Vereins Luxemburger Geschichte Litteratur und Kunst. 1907.
14. Stephen Pope; Elizabeth-Anne Wheal (1995). "Select Chronology". Dictionary of the First World War. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-85052-979-1.
15. "Luxembourg Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
16. Colin Lawson, ed. (2003). "Orchestras Founded in the 20th Century (chronological list)". Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00132-8.
17. Willard Allen Fletcher (1970). "The German Administration in Luxemburg 1940-1942: Toward a 'De Facto' Annexation". The Historical Journal. 13.
18. American Battle Monuments Commission (1961), Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial, Washington, DC, OCLC 616684, OL 5840965M
19. "Garden Search: Luxembourg". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
20. "Ville de Luxembourg" (in French). Archived from the original on February 2001 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia, German Wikipedia, and Luxembourgish Wikipedia.

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External links

• "Luxembourg-Ville". Collection de cartes postales (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg.