Timeline of Mulhouse
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mulhouse, France.
Prior to 20th century
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- 1273 - Mulhouse becomes an Imperial Free City of the Holy Roman Empire.[1]
- 1466 - Mulhouse "formed an alliance with the Swiss."[2]
- 1515 - Mulhouse becomes part of the Swiss Confederacy.[1]
- 1528 - Protestant reformation.[2]
- 1553 - Hôtel de ville de Mulhouse (city hall) rebuilt.[3]
- 1746 - Cotton manufacturing begins.[2]
- 1798 - Mulhouse becomes part of France per treaty.
- 1800 - Population: 6,018.[4]
- 1801 - Mulhouse becomes part of the Haut-Rhin department.[4]
- 1826 - Société industrielle de Mulhouse founded.[5][1]
- 1830 - Rhone–Rhine Canal built.
- 1836 - Population: 16,932.[4]
- 1849 - Synagogue de Mulhouse built.[3]
- 1853 - Cité ouvrière (residential area for factory workers) developed.[6]
- 1856 - Population: 45,981.[4]
- 1857
- Paris–Mulhouse railway begins operating.
- Musée de dessin industriel (museum) founded.[7]
- 1858 - Musée historique de Mulhouse (museum) established.[7]
- 1861 - Canton of Mulhouse-Nord and Canton of Mulhouse-Sud created.[4]
- 1864 - Musée des beaux-arts de Mulhouse (museum) established.[7]
- 1866 - Population: 58,773.[8]
- 1867 - Théâtre de la Sinne built.[3]
- 1871 - Mulhouse becomes part of German Empire.[2]
- 1880 - Population: 68,140.[9]
- 1882 - Mulhouse tramway (1882) begins operating.
20th century
- 1906 - Population: 94,498.[4]
- 1914
- 7–10 August: Battle of Mulhouse; German forces win.
- 19 August: Battle of Dornach (1914).
- Dornach becomes part of Mulhouse.[4]
- 1919 - Mulhouse becomes part of France again.[10]
- 1923 - Société d'histoire de Mulhouse (history society) founded.[5]
- 1925 - Bains municipaux de Mulhouse built.[11]
- 1932 - Gare de Mulhouse (train station) built.
- 1940 - June: German occupation of city begins.[10]
- 1944 - November: German occupation of city ends.[10]
- 1947 - Bourtzwiller becomes part of Mulhouse.[4]
- 1955 - Musée de l'impression sur étoffes (museum) active.[7]
- 1958 - Canton of Mulhouse-Est and Canton of Mulhouse-Ouest created.[4]
- 1959 - 1959 Tour de France bicycle race departs from Mulhouse.
- 1962 - Population: 108,995.[4]
- 1971
- 1971 Tour de France bicycle race departs from Mulhouse.
- Musée français du chemin de fer (train museum) established.[7]
- 1972 - Regional Opéra national du Rhin established.
- 1986 - Bibliothèque de l'université et de la Société industrielle de Mulhouse (library) established.
- 1989 - Jean-Marie Bockel becomes mayor.
- 1992 - Musée EDF Electropolis (museum) opens.[7]
- 1999 - Kinepolis Mulhouse (cinema) opens.
21st century
- 2006 - Mulhouse tramway begins operating.
- 2009 - Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération (regional government) created.
- 2010
- Tram-train Mulhouse Vallée de la Thur begins operating.
- Jean Rottner becomes mayor.
- 2013 - Population: 112,063.
- 2015 - Cantons 1, 2, and 3 created.
- 2016 - Mulhouse becomes part of the Grand Est region.
See also
Other cities in the Grand Est region:
- Timeline of Metz
- Timeline of Nancy, France
- Timeline of Reims
- Timeline of Strasbourg
- Timeline of Troyes
References
- ^ a b Chambers 1901.
- ^ a b c d Britannica 1910.
- ^ a b c "Histoire et patrimoine". Mulhouse.fr (in French). Ville de Mulhouse. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Notice communale: Mulhouse". Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui (in French). France: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Sociétés savantes de France (Mulhouse)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ Schall 1876.
- ^ a b c d e f "(Mulhouse)". Muséofile: Répertoire des musées français (in French). Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
- ^ "France". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1868.
- ^ "Germany: Alsace-Lorraine". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885 – via Hathi Trust.
- ^ a b c "Mulhouse". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Éditions Larousse. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "Patrimoine architectural (Mulhouse)". Base Mérimée (in French). France: Minister of Culture (France). Retrieved 10 November 2016.
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- in English
- "Mulhouse", Handbook for Travellers in France (8th ed.), London: John Murray, 1861
- "Mülhausen", The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1882, OCLC 7416969
- "Mülhausen". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
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- "Mülhausen", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
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- in other languages
- Eusèbe Girault de Saint-Fargeau (1842). "Mulhausen". Guide pittoresque: portatif et complet, du voyageur en France (in French) (3rd ed.). Paris: Firmin Didot frères.
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- Sabliere (1856). Histoire de la ville Mulhouse (in French). Rissler.
- Bibliothèque impériale (1863). "Localités: Mulhouse". Catalogue de l'histoire de France (in French). Vol. 8. Paris: Firmin Didot frères. (Bibliography)
- Albert Metzger (1876). La république de Mulhausen, 717-1798 (in French).
- Martin Schall (1876). Das Arbeiter-Quartier in Mülhausen im Elsass (in German). Berlin: Kortkampf.
- Le Vieux Mulhouse; documents d'archives (in French) 1895-
- "Mülhausen". Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon (in German). Vol. 12 (14th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1896.
- "Mulhouse". Vosges, Lorraine, Alsace. Guides Joanne (in French). 1913.
- Colmar, Mulhouse, Schlestadt (in French). Michelin & cie. 1920. hdl:2027/uc1.b3277548.
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