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Timeline of Düsseldorf

Timeline of Düsseldorf

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The following is a timeline of the history of Düsseldorf, Germany.

Prior to 19th century

  • 1186 – Counts of Berg in power.
  • 1285 – St. Sebastianus Bruderschaft Kaiserswerth (militia) formed.[1]
  • 1288 – Town privileges granted by Adolf VIII of Berg.[2]
  • 1316 – St.-Sebastianus-Schützenvereins Düsseldorf (militia) established.[1]
  • 1385 – Residence of the Counts of Berg established in Düsseldorf.[2]
  • 1567 – Rathhaus built.[3]
  • 1609 – Residence of the Electoral Palatinate relocates to Düsseldorf from Heidelberg.[4]
  • 1629 – Church of St. Andrew built.[3]
  • 1684 – Evangelishche Kirche built.[5]
  • 1710 – Electoral palace remodelled.[3]
  • 1716
  • 1760 – Jagerhof (electors' hunting lodge) built.[6]
  • 1762 – Art Academy founded.
  • 1767 – Hofgarten laid out.[7]
  • 1774 – School of Law established (approximate date).[5]
  • 1787 – Karlstadt laid out.[2]
  • 1794 – Town besieged by French forces.[8]
  • 1800 – Musik-Academie established.[9]

19th century

Palace ruins after the 1872 fire
  • 1872 – Electoral palace burns down.[6]
  • 1875
    • Church of St. John built.[6]
    • City Theatre opens.[3]
  • 1876
    • Trams begin operating.
    • Zoological Gardens established.
  • 1877 – Rhenish railway station built.
  • 1879 – Düsseldorf-Derendorf–Dortmund Süd railway, House of the Rhenish Estates, and Academy of Art building constructed.[6]
  • 1881 – Kunsthalle built.[3]
  • 1884 – Düsseldorf Exchange founded.[14]
  • 1885
    • City public library established.[15]
    • Population: 115,190.[2]
  • 1891 – Düsseldorf Central Station opens.
  • 1893 – Mannesmann (manufacturer) relocates to Düsseldorf.
  • 1895 – Population: 175,985.[2]
  • 1896 – Industrial art museum built.[2]
  • 1898 – Road bridge constructed, carries the electric tram-line to "Crefeld".[2]
  • 1899 – Apollo-Theater opens.
  • 1900 – Peek & Cloppenburg in business.

20th century

Düsseldorf at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries
Concentration camp for Romani people in 1937

21st century

See also

References

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    Hermann Tallau (2008). "Alteste (100) Schützenvereinigungen 799-1392". Ein Kaleidoskop zum Schützenwesen (in German). Duderstadt: Mecke Druck und Verlag. ISBN 978-3-936617-85-6.
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    Britannica 1910.
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    "Düsseldorf", The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1882, OCLC 7416969
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    "Düsseldorf", A Handbook for Travellers on the Continent (17th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1871, OCLC 5358857, OL 6936276M
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    Karl Stieler (1903), "From Dusseldorf to the Dutch Frontier", The Rhine from its source to the sea, London: William Glaisher, OL 14039550M
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    "Düsseldorf", The Rhine, including the Black Forest & the Vosges, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1911, OCLC 21888483
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    "Düsseldorf", Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book for Belgium and the Rhine; and Portions of Rhenish Germany, London: W.J. Adams & Sons, 1897
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    "Düsseldorf", Murray's Handbook for Belgium and the Rhine, London: J. Murray, 1852, OL 23365744M
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    Cecelia Hopkins Porter (1989). "The Reign of the "Dilettanti": Düsseldorf from Mendelssohn to Schumann". Musical Quarterly. 73.
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    Lowell Mason (1854), "Great Musical Festival at Dusseldorf", Musical letters from abroad: including detailed accounts of the Birmingham, Norwich, and Dusseldorf musical festivals of 1852, New York: Mason Brothers
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    W. Pembroke Fetridge (1874), "Düsseldorf", Harper's Hand-Book for Travellers in Europe and the East, New York: Harper & Brothers
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    Colin Lawson, ed. (2003). "Orchestras Founded in the 19th Century (chronological list)". Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00132-8.
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    "Galerie Paffrath". Retrieved January 3, 2013.
  14. [14]
    Americana 1918.
  15. [15]
    Stadtbuchereien Ladeshauptstadt Düsseldorf. "Geschichte der Stadtbüchereien".
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    Chałupczak, Henryk (2004). "Powstanie i działalność polskich placówek konsularnych w okresie międzywojennym (ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem pogranicza polsko-niemiecko-czechosłowackiego)". In Kaczmarek, Ryszard; Masnyk, Marek (eds.). Konsulaty na pograniczu polsko-niemieckim i polsko-czechosłowackim w 1918–1939 (in Polish). Katowice: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego. p. 20.
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    "Lager für Sinti und Roma Düsseldorf". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
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    "Düsseldorf (Kalkum)". aussenlager-buchenwald.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
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    "Düsseldorf ("Berta")". aussenlager-buchenwald.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
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    "Düsseldorf (DESt)". aussenlager-buchenwald.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
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    "Düsseldorf ("Berta II")". aussenlager-buchenwald.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
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    "March 24-April 6, 1947". Chronology of International Events and Documents. 3. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs. 1947. JSTOR 40545021.
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    Catherine C. Fraser; Dierk O. Hoffman (2006), Pop Culture Germany, ABC-Clio, ISBN 9781851097388, OL 9491197M, 1851097384
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    "O nas". Instytut Polski w Dusseldorfie (in Polish). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  25. [25]
    "History". Museum Kunstpalast. Archived from the original on December 29, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2013.

Bibliography

in English

in other languages

  • Nicolas de Pigage (1781), La Galerie électorale, de Dusseldorff, ou, Catalogue raisonné de ses tableaux (in French), Bruxelles: J.B. Jorez, OL 24342357M
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