Timeline of Mulhouse

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mulhouse, France.

Prior to 20th century

  • 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]
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

See also

Other cities in the Grand Est region:

References

  1. Chambers 1901.
  2. Britannica 1910.
  3. "Histoire et patrimoine". Mulhouse.fr (in French). Ville de Mulhouse. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  4. "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.
  5. "Sociétés savantes de France (Mulhouse)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  6. Schall 1876.
  7. "(Mulhouse)". Muséofile: Répertoire des musées français (in French). Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  8. "France". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1868.
  9. "Germany: Alsace-Lorraine". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885 via Hathi Trust.
  10. "Mulhouse". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Éditions Larousse. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  11. "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
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.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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