Timeline of Mainz

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mainz, Germany.

Prior to 19th century

• 13/12 BC - Roman fort Mogontiacum built.
• 314 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz established (approximate date).
• 406 - Battle of Mainz (406).
• 790s - Benedictine St. Alban's Abbey active (approximate date).
• 813 - Carolingian rhine bridge (Mainz) Rheinbrücke Karls des Großen (bridge) burns down.
• 848 - Gottschalk of Orbais convicted of heresy while in Mainz.
• 952 - Forces of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor fought forces of Liudolf, Duke of Swabia and Conrad, Duke of Lorraine in Mainz for 2 months.
• 1009 - Mainz Cathedral finished and burnt down during inauguration.
• 1160 - "Citizens revolted against archbishop Arnold of Selenhofen."
• 1163 - City wall dismantled.
• 1184 - Diet of Pentecost occurs.
• 1244 - Freie Stadt Mainz established.
• 1314 - Dominikanerkloster Mainz church built.
• 1340 - St. Stephen's Church built.
• 1370 - Public clock installed (approximate date).
• 1454/5 - Johannes Gutenberg prints a Bible using movable type and a printing press; printing revolution launched.
• 1461/2 - Mainz Diocesan Feud occurs.
• 1477 - University of Mainz founded.
• 1481 - Martinsburg, Mainz (castle) built.
• 1561 - Jesuit Kurfürstliches Kolleg (school) founded.
• 1631 - City occupied by Swedish forces during the Thirty Years' War.
• 1604 - Old arsenal built.
• 1644 - City occupied by French forces during the Thirty Years' War.
• 1660 - Citadel built in the Fortress of Mainz.
• 1670 - Schönborner Hof (Mainz) built.
• 1678 - Electoral Palace, Mainz built.
• 1689 - Siege of Mainz (1689) during the Nine Years' War.
• 1736 - Arsenal built.
• 1750 - Bassenheimer Hof built.
• 1752 - Osteiner Hof built on the Thiermarkt.
• 1754 - Churfürstlich Mayntzische Academie nützlicher Wissenschaften (scholarly society) established.
• 1770 - Schott Music publisher in business.
• 1781 - Altmünster Cistercian abbey dissolved.
• 1792 - October: Siege of Mainz (1792) by the French Revolutionary Armies under Adam-Philippe de Custine.
• 1793
  • March: Republic of Mainz established.
  • 14 April: Siege of Mainz (1793) begins.
  • 23 July: Siege ends; Republic dissolved.
• 1797 - Mainz "ceded to France by the Treaty of Campo Formio."
• 1798 - University of Mainz suppressed by the French.

19th century

• 1803 - "Hall of Antiques" exhibited.
• 1805 - Stadtbibliothek Mainz (library) established.
• 1814
  • Siege of Mainz (1814) defended by French forces under Charles Antoine Morand.
  • Mainz becomes part of Germany again.
• 1817 - Mainzer Turnverein von 1817 (sport club) formed.
• 1827 - Sparkasse Mainz (bank) founded.
• 1833 - Staatstheater Mainz built.
• 1837
  • Mainzer Ranzengarde (carnival society) established, the first of many.^(de)
  • Gutenberg monument^(de) erected on the Gutenbergplatz (Mainz).
• 1838
  • Mainzer Rosenmontagszug (parade) begins.
  • Mainzer Carneval-Verein (another carnival society) established.
• 1844 - Mainzer Altertumsverein (historical society) founded.
• 1845 - Mainzer Zeitschrift history journal begins publication.
• 1848 - Political unrest.
• 1853 - Mainz–Ludwigshafen railway begins operating.
• 1854 - Mainzer Anzeiger newspaper in publication (founded in 1850 as an advertisement paper)
• 1857 - 18 November: Pulverturm (Mainz) explodes, damaging the Kästrich neighborhood.
• 1861 - Population: 41,279.
• 1862
  • South railway bridge built.
  • Mainzer Volksbank founded.
• 1863 - Main Railway (Frankfurt-Mainz) begins operating.
• 1866 - Neutorkaserne barracks built (approximate date).
• 1871 - Alzey–Mainz railway begins operating.
• 1873 - Development of Mainz-Neustadt begins.
• 1884 - Mainz Hauptbahnhof and Mainz Süd train stations, and Stadthalle (Mainz) built.
• 1885 - Rheinbrücke (bridge) built.
• 1887 - Zollhafen (port) opens near city.
• 1890 - Population: 72,059.
• 1899 - Rheinischer Camera-Klub founded.

20th century

• 1901 - Gutenberg Museum opens.
• 1904 - Kaiserbrücke (railway bridge) built.
• 1905
  • 1. FSV Mainz 05 football club formed.
  • Population: 91,124.
• 1907 - Gustav Stresemann Business School founded.
• 1908 - Kastel becomes part of Mainz.
• 1912 - Hauptsynagoge Mainz (synagogue) built.
• 1913 - Church of the Sacred Heart built.
• 1919 - Population: 107,930.
• 1927 - Theresianum Gymnasium Mainz (school) founded.
• 1929 - Stadion am Bruchweg (stadium) opens.
• 1930 - Bischofsheim becomes part of Mainz.
• 1938 - Gonsenheim becomes part of Mainz.
• 1941 - Bombing of Mainz in World War II begins.
• 1945
  • Bombing of Mainz in World War II ends.
  • Mainz-Amöneburg becomes part of nearby city Wiesbaden.
• 1946 - University of Mainz reactivated.
• 1947 - Allgemeine Zeitung (Mainz) newspaper in publication.
• 1949 - Academy of Sciences and Literature founded.
• 1951 - Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate begins meeting in the Deutschhaus Mainz.
• 1953 - Rabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium (school) active.
• 1958 - Iron Tower reconstructed.
• 1961 - Wood Tower reconstructed.
• 1962 - Schierstein Bridge built.
• 1963 - Fastnachtsbrunnen (Mainz) erected on the Schillerplatz.
• 1964 - Mainz-Lerchenberg borough created.
• 1967 - Mittelrheinischen Landesmuseum Mainz established.
• 1968 - Rheingoldhalle (Mainz) built.
• 1981 - Mainz (journal) begins publication.
• 1985 - Ancient Roman gate, Mainz discovered in Kästrich.
• 1987 - Mainzer Rhein-Zeitung (newspaper) begins publication.
• 1989 - Mainz-Altstadt borough new circumscripted.
• 1997 - Jens Beutel becomes mayor.

21st century

• 2010
  • February: Storm.
  • New synagogue Mainz built.
• 2011 - Coface Arena opens.
• 2012 - Michael Ebling becomes mayor.
• 2013 - Population: 204,268.

See also

• Mainz history
• History of Mainz
• List of mayors of Mainz
• List of archbishops of Mainz until 1803
• List of heritage sites in Mainz

Other cities in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate:^(de)

• Timeline of Koblenz