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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Basel, Switzerland.

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Prior to 11th century

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  • 5th century BC – Celts settle in the area
  • 150 BC – Rauraci Celtic tribe founds a settlement (located on the northwestern outskirts of the present city)
  • 58 BC
    • Rauraci together with Helvetii try to emigrate to Gaul, but are defeated at the Battle of Bibracte by Julius Caesar and sent back to their homeland
    • Returning Rauraci build a fortified settlement, called oppidum (located in today's Basel Cathedral hill)
  • c. 44 BC – Augusta Raurica is founded by the Romans
  • c. 15 BC – Successful colonization of the area supported by the Augustus's conquest of the central Alps
  • By the 2nd century AD
    • Has become a prosperous commercial trading centre and the capital of a local Roman province
    • Population reaches approximately twenty thousand people
  • 250 AD - Powerful earthquake damages a large part of the city
  • c. 260 AD - Alemanni tribes and/or marauding Roman troops destroy Augusta Raurica
  • c. 300 AD
    • Following the loss of the Limes Germanicus and the right bank of the Rhine River, the Roman army builds a castra (fort) named Castrum Rauracense near the old site of Augusta Raurica. It was intended to serve as the headquarters of the legio I Martia and to protect a ford over the Rhine.
  • 4th century AD
    • The fort grows in importance because it commands a bridge that lies along the road from Gaul to the Danube River
    • Emperors Constantius II and Julian assemble their armies at the Castrum Rauracense before marching to battle against the Alemanni.[1]
    • Church is built near Castrum Rauracense
    • The fort and neighboring church become the seat of a bishop, with the bishop first being mentioned in 346.[1]
  • 374 AD - The town named Basilea or Basilia in Latin (from Ancient Greek Basileia, Βασιλεια meaning kingship) is documented[2]
  • c. 400 AD - Following the collapse of the Roman Empire, the Roman troops withdraw from Castrum Rauracense and Basilea, the Germanic Alemanni settled in
  • 7th century AD - The bishop moves to Basel and the settlement at Castrum Rauracense declines in importance
  • 740 - Catholic diocese of Basel active (approximate date).[3]
  • 752 AD - A village called Augusta was first mentioned
  • 894 AD - East Francian King Arnulf grants the church in Kaiseraugst (Castrum Rauracense) to his vassal, Anno; the church was then granted to the Abbey of St Gall and then later to the Basel Münster
  • 917 AD – The Magyars destroyed Basel,[4] and later burnt down the monasteries of St Gallen and Rheinau[5]
  • 999 AD – Rudolph III of Burgundy donates the Moutier-Grandval Abbey and all its possessions (540 square miles of lands) to Bishop Adalbero II,[6][7] establishing the Prince-Bishopric of Basel as a secular territory

11th-18th centuries

19th century

20th century

21st century

See also

Other cities in Switzerland

References

  1. ^ a b Kaiseraugst in Roman Times in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.Error in template * invalid parameter (Template:HDS): "1"
  2. ^ The Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Incorporated 1999, p. 308
  3. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Switzerland". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  4. ^ Overall 1870.
  5. ^ http://www.swissworld.org/en/history/alamans_to_the_holy_roman_empire/foreign_invasions/
  6. ^ The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1993, p. 659
  7. ^ Wood, 285–286, 313
  8. ^ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum [de] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4. {{cite book}}: Check |author= value (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Haydn 1910.
  10. ^ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Switzerland: Basel". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company – via HathiTrust. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ "Bâle". Switzerland. Coblenz: Karl Baedeker. 1863.
  12. ^ "Switzerland". Political Chronology of Europe. Europa Publications. 2003. pp. 248+. ISBN 978-1-135-35687-3. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ a b Patrick Robertson (2011). Robertson's Book of Firsts. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-60819-738-5.
  14. ^ a b c d e f Evolution de la population des communes 1850-2000 (xls) (in French), Swiss Confederation, Federal Statistical Office, 2005
  15. ^ Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of Switzerland (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ Britannica 1910.
  17. ^ Colin Lawson, ed. (2003). "Orchestras Founded in the 20th Century (chronological list)". Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00132-8. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ Leo Schelbert (2014). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (2nd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4422-3352-2. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ "Garden Search: Switzerland". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 September 2015.

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