Timeline of Salzburg

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Salzburg, Austria.

Prior to 18th century

696 - St Peter's Abbey, Salzburg founded.
739 - Roman Catholic diocese of Salzburg established.^[1]
774 - Cathedral built.^[2]
1077 - Hohensalzburg Castle construction begins.^[2]
1167 - Fire.^[2]
1287 - City rights granted.^[3]
1350 - Bürgerspitalkirche St. Blasius [de] (church) built.^[2]
1370 - Konrad Taufkind becomes mayor.^[4]
1492 - Stieglbrauerei zu Salzburg [de] (brewery) established.
1498 - Jews expelled from Salzburg.^[5]
1512 - Sebastianskirche (Salzburg) [de] (church) built.^[5]
1519 - Hohensalzburg Castle expanded.^[5]
1523 - Rathaus Salzburg [de] (town hall) built.
1525 - German Peasants' War.^[5]
1587 - Wolf Dietrich Raitenau becomes prince-archbishop.^[2]
1588 - Neue Residenz (Salzburg) [de] construction begins on the Residenzplatz.^[5]
1606 - Schloss Altenau built.^[2]
1619 - Hellbrunn Palace built near Salzburg.^[2]
1623 - Paris Lodron University opens.^[2]
1652 - Universitätsbibliothek Salzburg [de] (library) founded.
1668 - Cathedral rebuilt.^[5]
1674 - Maria Plain [de] church consecrated near Salzburg.^[5]
1689 - Erhardkirche (Salzburg) [de] (church) rebuilt.^[2]
1697 - Chiemseehof [de] (palace) rebuilt.^[5]

1702 - Holy Trinity Church, Salzburg built.^[2]
1707 - Kollegienkirche, Salzburg (church) built.^[2]
1711 - Kajetanerkirche [de] (church) built.^[2]
1731 - Protestants expelled from Salzburg.^[5]
1756 - The birth of future composer Mozart at no.9 Getreidegasse.^[6]
1767 - Sigmundstor (Salzburg) [de] (tunnel) built through the Mönchsberg.^[5]
1805
- City sacked by French forces.^[2]
- Salzburg becomes part of the Austrian Empire.^[5]
1809 - Salzburg becomes part of the Kingdom of Bavaria.^[5]
1816 - Salzburg becomes part of the Austrian Empire again per Treaty of Munich (1816).^[5]
1818 - Fire.^[3]
1842 - Mozart monument installed in the Mozartplatz (Salzburg) [de].^[5]
1849 - Salzburg becomes seat of the Duchy of Salzburg.^[5]
1850 - Museum Carolino-Augusteum active.
1860 - Salzburg Hauptbahnhof (train station) opens.^[3]
1880 - Mozarteum Foundation established.
1890 - Population: 27,741.^[7]

1901 - Salzburg Synagogue [de] built.^[8]
1903 - Volksbibliothek (library) opens.^[8]
1914 - Salzburger AK 1914 football club formed.
1918 - Hunger protest.^[8]^[9]
1920
- Salzburg Festival of theatre and music begins.^[3]
- Population: 36,450.^[10]
1926 - Kieselgebäude [de] built.
1933 - SV Austria Salzburg (football club) formed.
1935 - Gnigl [de] and Maxglan [de] become part of city.^[8]
1938
- March: Annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany.^[6]
- Salzburg becomes seat of the Nazi Reichsgau Salzburg (administrative division).
1944 - Bombing of Salzburg in World War II [de] begins.
1945
- Bombing of Salzburg ends.^[3]
- Allied forces take city.^[6]
1951 - Population: 102,927.
1956 - Mozartwoche [de] music event begins.^[8]
1957 - Alfred Bäck [de] becomes mayor.^[4]
1960 - Großes Festspielhaus (theatre) opens.^[2]
1962 - Universität Salzburg active.^[3]
1971 - Stadion Lehen (stadium) opens.^[8]
1988 - Salzburg City Archive established.^[11]
1996 - Altstadt designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.^[3]
1999 - Heinz Schaden becomes mayor.^[4]

^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Austria". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Horst E. Reischenböck. "Salzburg". Oxford Art Online. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help) Retrieved 29 November 2016
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Stadtgeschichte auf einen Blick" [Brief Timeline of City History]. Stadt-salzburg.at (in German). Magistrat der Stadt Salzburg. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Stadtgeschichte: Bürgermeister seit 1370". Stadt-salzburg.at (in German). Magistrat der Stadt Salzburg. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Britannica 1910.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ring 1995.
^ "Austria-Hungary: Austria". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Die Chronik der Stadt Salzburg" [Chronology of the City of Salzburg]. Stadt-salzburg.at (in German). Magistrat der Stadt Salzburg. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
^ Dohle 2014.
^ "Austria". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
^ "Stadtarchiv: Archivgeschichte". Stadt-salzburg.at (in German). Magistrat der Stadt Salzburg. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
^ "Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Politischen Bezirken: Salzburg" (in German). Statistik Austria. Retrieved 29 November 2016.

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

W. Pembroke Fetridge (1881), "Salzburg", Harper's Hand-book for Travellers in Europe and the East, New York: Harper & Brothers
"Salzburg", Guide through Germany, Austria-Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland, the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, &c (9th ed.), Berlin: J.H. Herz, 1908, OCLC 36795367
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Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Salzburg". Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 664+. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.
John M. Jeep, ed. (2001). "Salzburg". Medieval Germany: an Encyclopedia. Garland Publishing. ISBN 0-8240-7644-3.

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