Portal:Rhineland-Palatinate/Events
855: Division of Lothair's empire in Prüm - 1122: Concordat of Worms between Pope and Emperor - 1193/94: Richard Lionheart imprisoned at Trifels Castle - 1298: Battle of Göllheim - 1338: Declaration of Rhense - 1347: Grenzau Feud - 1440: Letterpress printing - 1521: Diet of Worms - 1523: Death of the knight, Francis of Sickingen - 1525: Peasants’ War - 1688–97: War of the Palatine Succession - 1709: Mass exodus - 1797: Battle of Neuwied - 1797/98–1815: French occupation of west bank of the Rhine - 1814: Joseph Görres publishes the Rhenish Merkur newspaper in Koblenz - 1817–76: Canalization of the Upper Rhine - 1824: The first Rhine steamer - 1832: Hambach Festival - 1919–30: Rhineland occupied by the French - 1921: Explosion in the BASF factory causing 565 deaths - 1923/24: Rhenish Republic and autonomy of the Palatinate - 1929: Rhine frozen across - 1930: Bridge disaster in Koblenz - 1933–45: Nazi era - 1941–1945: Bombing of Mainz in World War II - 1943–1945: Air raid on Koblenz - 1945–49: French Zone of Occupation - 1946: Foundation of Rhineland-Palatinate - 1948: Koblenz Decrees - Explosion at BASF causing 207 deaths - Railway accident in the Kaiser Wilhelm Tunnel - 1949: Explosion at Prüm - 1954: Explosion at Niederstedem - 1957: Beginning of the controversial restoration of Speyer Cathedral - 1964–1969: Waldeck Castle Festival - 1967: PAL colour TV - 1971/72: Accidents during building of the South Bridge, Koblenz, cause 19 deaths - 1982: Großniedesheim air crash - 1988: Ramstein air show disaster causing 70 deaths - Mülheim-Kärlich Nuclear Power Plant has to be taken out of operation - 1989: Maxdorf air crash - 1990: Air crash at Ramstein causing 13 deaths - 1991: Change of minister-president from CDU to SPD - 1993/94: Rhine floods - 2002: Opening of the ICE line from Frankfurt to Cologne with stop at Montabaur - 2003: Night-time temperature record during the 100-year summer - 2009: Evacuation of Klemmhof in Neustadt (Weinstr.) - 2010: Cyclone Xynthia disrupts rail services over large areas of Rhineland-Palatinate 2011: Federal Horticultural Show 2011 - Evacuation in Koblenz on 4 December 2011