Timeline of Frankfurt

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Prior to 19th century

pre 475 CE – Roman town Nida was the capital of Civitas Taunensium and one of important fortresses near the Limes Germanicus
843 CE – City becomes capital of East Francia.
1180 – Staufenmauer built.
1241 – Judenschlacht – First of two pogroms of Jews in the city.
1333 – City expands.
1349 – Judenschlacht.
1360 – Schützenverein Frankfurt-Höchst formed.
1370 – Public clock installed.
1372
* Free City of Frankfurt becomes part of Holy Roman Empire.
* City buys forest from Charles IV.
1405 – Römer converted into city hall.
1428 – Eschenheimer Turm built.
1462 – Frankfurter Judengasse established.
1493 – Passion play begins.
1531 – Printing press in operation.
1581 – Rumpolt's cookbook published.
1585 – Bourse established.
1648 – Peace of Westphalia confirms Frankfurt as an Imperial Free City.
1681 – St. Catherine's Church built.
1719 – Fire.
1739 – Palais Thurn und Taxis built.
1742 – The Palais Barckhaus at Zeil in Frankfurt serves as residence of Emperor Charles VII until 1744
1748 – Gebrüder Bethmann formed.
1750 – Mainzer Landstraße built.
1759 – January: City occupied by French.
1774 – Botanical garden laid out.
1790 – 9 October: Coronation of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor.
1792 – City occupied by French.

19th century

1806
* City occupied by French.
* City becomes Principality of Frankfurt, under Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg.
1808 – Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester established.
1810 – City becomes part of Grand Duchy of Frankfurt.
1812 – City refortified.
1815 – Städel founded.
1816 – Free City of Frankfurt becomes part of German Confederation.
1817 – Population: 41,458
1829 – Frankfurter Kunstverein founded.
1833
* Frankfurter Wachensturm.
* Paulskirche built.
1839 – Taunus Railway begins operating.
1840 – Population: 55,269
1843 – built.
1846 – International Penitentiary Congress held in Frankfurt.
1848
* September: "Uprising."
* Frankfurt Assembly formed.
1849 – Constitution of the German Empire proclaimed by Frankfurt Parliament.
1856 – Frankfurter Zeitung begins publication.
1858 – Frankfurt Zoological Garden founded.
1859 – Frankfurt City Link Line begins operating.
1861 – Population: 71,462.
1863 – founded in Frankfurt.
1864 – Population: 77,372
1866 – City becomes part of Hesse-Nassau, Prussia.
1867 – Frankfurt Cathedral rebuilt.
1868 – Eiserner Steg built.
1871
* Treaty of Frankfurt signed.
* Palmengarten opens.
1872 – Trams begin operating.
1875 – Population: 103,136.
1878 – Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium – Musikakademie founded.
1879 – opens.
1880 – Alte Oper inaugurated.
1881 – Metallgesellschaft founded.
1886 – Frankfurter Friedensverein organized.
1890 – Population: 179,985
1895
* Bockenheim becomes part of city.
* Stempel Type Foundry established.
* Population: 229,279.
1897 – Frankfurt Motor Show begins.

20th century

1900s–1940s

1904 – Museum der Weltkulturen founded.
1905 – Population: 334,978.
1907 - May: City hosts the 1907 World Weightlifting Championships and 1907 World Wrestling Championships.
1909
* Städtische Galerie Liebieghaus established.
* Festhalle built.
1914 – University of Frankfurt established.
1919 – Population: 433,002.
1923 – Institute for Social Research founded.
1925 – installed.
1926 – Alte Brücke (Frankfurt) rebuilt.
1928
* Höchst becomes part of city.
* Großmarkthalle built.
* Polish Consulate relocated from Cologne to Frankfurt.
* Population: 551,200.
1929
* Frankfurt Radio Symphony formed.
* Holy Cross Church built.
1930 – IG Farben Building constructed.
1931 – Frankfurter Volksbank Stadion opens.
1934 – Adlerwerke vorm. Heinrich Kleyer established.
1936
* Frankfurt Airport opens.
* Grüneburgpark opens.
1937 – Nazi camp for Sinti and Romani people established.
1938 – Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts founded.
1942
* Nazi camp for Sinti and Romani people dissolved.
* February: Forced labour camp established in the Heddernheim district.
1944 – Bombing begins.
1945
* 18 March: Forced labour camp in Heddernheim dissolved. Prisoners deported to the Buchenwald concentration camp.
* 26–29 March: Battle of Frankfurt
* July: American zone of Allied-occupied Germany headquartered in Frankfurt.
* Frankfurter Rundschau begins publication.
1946 – Eschwege displaced persons camp set up.
1948
* Hessischer Rundfunk begins broadcasting.
* Bank deutscher Länder headquartered in Frankfurt.
1949
* Frankfurt Book Fair resumes.
* Deutsches Institut für Filmkunde founded.
* Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung begins publication.

1950s–1990s

1951 – Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt built.
1953 – Population: 600,579.
1954 – Goethe House opens.
1955 – Frankfurt Egelsbach Airport opens.
1957 – Deutsche Bundesbank headquartered in Frankfurt.
1958
* Noor Mosque built.
* Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt and Cinema Kino open.
1959 – begins operating.
1960
* founded.
* City twinned with Lyon, France.
1963 – Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials begin.
1966 – City twinned with Birmingham, United Kingdom.
1967 – City twinned with Deuil-La Barre, France.
1968 – Frankfurt U-Bahn begins operating.
1970
* Peace Research Institute Frankfurt and founded.
* City twinned with Milan, Italy.
1974 – City-Haus built.
1978
* Rhine-Main S-Bahn begins operating.
* Historic Railway museum founded.
1979
* Europaturm built.
* Titanic magazine begins publication.
* City twinned with Cairo, Egypt.
1980 – City twinned with Tel Aviv, Israel.
1981
* Frankfurt Marathon begins.
* Museum für Moderne Kunst founded.
1984 – German Architecture Museum opens.
1987 – founded.
1988 – City twinned with Guangzhou, China.
1989
* City hosts Bundesgartenschau.
* City twinned with Toronto, Canada.
1990
* May: City hosts the 1990 European Judo Championships.
* City twinned with Budapest, Hungary, and Prague, Czech Republic.
1991
* Andreas von Schoeler becomes mayor.
* City twinned with Granada, Nicaragua, Kraków, Poland, and Leipzig.
1992 – established.
1993
* Westendstrasse 1 built.
* Deutsche Börse headquartered in Frankfurt.
1994 – European Monetary Institute headquartered in Frankfurt.
1995
* Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange founded.
* Petra Roth becomes mayor.
1996 – City website online.
1998 – European Central Bank headquartered in Frankfurt.
1999 – Main Tower built.
2000
* Museum Giersch opens.
* Population: 646,550.

21st century

2001 – Metropolis in business.
2002 – Köln–Frankfurt high-speed rail line begins operating.
2003
* Bikeshare program launched.
* installed.
2005 - Wikimania conference held in city.
2007
* Holy Cross – Centre for Christian Meditation and Spirituality of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Limburg in the Holy Cross Church in Bornheim founded.
* City twinned with Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
2009 – Zeil renovated.
2011
* June–July: City co-hosts the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
* City twinned with Yokohama, Japan.
2012 - Peter Feldmann becomes mayor.
2013 – City twinned with Eskişehir, Turkey.
2014 – Population: 714,241.
2015
* Economic unrest.
* City twinned with Philadelphia, United States.

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