Timeline of Zürich

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• 4th millennium BC – Prehistoric pile dwellings Alpenquai at Bürkliplatz and Kleiner Hafner at Sechseläutenplatz on then islands or peninsulas at the outflow of the Limmat, and the Grosser Hafner island in the Lake Zurich, an area of about 0.2 square kilometres (49.42 acres).[1][2]
• 4th century BC – Helvetii/ Celtic Oppidum Uetliberg
• 1st century BC – Helvetii tribe: Oppidum Zürich-Lindenhof[3][4]

• 70 CE – Roman Vicus and Gallo-Roman settlement Turicum,[5] Thermengasse hypocaust between Weinplatz and Münsterhof[3]
• 122 or before – Roman island sanctuary on Grosser Hafner island.[6]
• 256 - Town rebuilt by Alemanni.[4]
• 610 – Castellum turegum mentioned by Columban, meaning probably the Gallo-Roman-Allemanic settlement

• 853 – Fraumünster founded.
• 857 – St. Peter church first mentioned.[7]
• before 1200 – Pfalz on the Lindenhof hill[3]
• 1218 – Zürich becomes free imperial city.
• 1220 – Grossmünster inaugurated (approximate date).
• 1230 – Predigerkloster founded (no foundation document).
• 1231 – Predigerkirche Zürich, construction started.
• 1237 – Oetenbach nunnery first mentioned.
• 1267 – Feud between Zürich and Rudolf I von Habsburg against the Regensberg family (1267/68).
• 1270 – Augustinerkloster Zürich established and Augustinerkirche Zürich built.
• 1280 – Grimmenturm built by the Bilgeri ministerialis (around, maybe ~1250)
• 1291 – On 28 November 1291 Countess Elisabeth von Rapperswil concluded a three-year alliance with the city of Zürich against the Dukes of Austria-Habsburg.[8]
• 1292 – Battle nearby Winterthur, Zürich defeated, legendary siege of Zürich.
• 1336
  • Guilds in operation, some members of the previous council refuged to Johann I (Habsburg-Laufenburg).
  • Zunft zum Kämbel established.
• 1349 – Pogrom against the Jewish population of Zürich.[9]
• 1350 – Brun opponents executed on occasion of the so-called Mordnacht, Rapperswil Castle destroyed by Brun troops, Count Johann II von Rapperswil imprisoned,[10] Dukes of Habsburg started counterattack and forced Zürich to search for new allies.[11]
• 1351 – Zürich joins Swiss confederation.[12]
• 1377 – Haus zum Rüden (guildhouse) first mentioned.[13]
• 1383 – Jewish citizens was allowed to renew the Synagogue and the Jewish cemetery.[14]
• 1389 – Zunfthaus zur Haue (guildhouse) first mentioned.[15]

• 1407 – Herrschaft Regensberg became äussere Vogtei of Zürich.[16]
• 1423 – The Jewish citizens had to leave Zürich[17] to 1850.[9]
• 1437 – Elisabeth von Matsch granted the mayor and council of the city of Zürich or their representatives the authority to act on their behalf, immediately after the usurpations of lands of the Toggenburg County by the cantons of Schwyz and Glarus, and to lock Grynow.[18]
• 1440 – Zürich expelled from Swiss confederation; Old Zürich War begins.
• 1443 – Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl.
• 1451 – Zürich re-admitted to Swiss confederation.[19]
• 1460 – Thurgau becomes part of city.
• 1467 – Winterthur becomes part of city.
• 1484 – Stein am Rhein becomes part of city.
• 1496 – Eglisau becomes part of city.

• 1518 – Huldrych Zwingli becomes pastor of Grossmünster.
• 1522 – Affair of the Sausages.
• 1522 – Katharina von Zimmern, last imperial abbess of Zürich, passed the Fraumünster Abbey into the possession of the city of Zürich.[20][21]
• 1524
  • Reformation in Zürich
  • Augustiner and Prediger monasteries and Oetenbach nunnery in Zürich and Rüti Abbey in Rüti nearby Rapperswil disestablished.
• 1525 - Carolinum Zürich and Rütiamt established
• 1527 – Kappel Abbey disestablished.
• 1531 – Froschauer Bible published.
• 1535 - Coverdale Bible published.[22]
• 1576 – Murerplan published.

• 1634 – City library established.
• 1642 – Fortifications expanded
• 1648 – City status changes from Reichsstadt to Republik.
• 1662 – Bauschänzli at Bürkliplatz built.
• 1746
  • Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Zürich (scientific society)[23]
  • Old botanical garden established.
• 1757 – Zunfthaus zur Meisen built.
• 1770 – Orell, Gessner, Füssli & Cie in business.[24]
• 1780 - Zürcher Zeitung (newspaper) begins publication.[25]
• 1799
  • June – First Battle of Zurich.[12]
  • September – Second Battle of Zurich.[12]

• 1804 – Kantonspolizei Zürich (police) established as "Landjäger-Corps des Kantons Zürich".[26]
• 1814 – Zürich District established.
• 1832 – Zunfthaus zur Saffran built.
• 1833 – University of Zurich founded.[4]
• 1834 – Aktientheater built.
• 1836 - Confiserie Sprüngli in business.
• 1837
  • Staatsarchiv Zürich established.
  • Predecessor construction of Frauenbad Stadthausquai inaugurated.
• 1838 - Villa Belvoir and Münsterbrücke (bridge) built.
• 1839 – Züriputsch.[4]
• 1847
  • Spanisch-Brötli-Bahn begins operating; Zürich Hauptbahnhof opens.
  • Bahnhofbrücke (bridge) built.
• 1850
  • Population 35,483 in city;[27] 250,698 in canton.[28]
  • The Jewish citizens are allowed to re-settle in Zürich (see 1423).[9]
• 1853 – Villa Tobler built.
• 1855
  • Stock Exchange established.
  • Eidgenössische Polytechnische Schule and Zürich Oerlikon railway station open.
• 1859
  • 10 November: Peace treaty signed in Zürich.[29]
  • Limmatquai built.
• 1860
  • Public schools established.[27]
  • Population 44,978.[27]
• 1862 – Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zürich (ICZ) founded.
• 1868 - Tonhalle Orchester Zürich formed.[30]
• 1870 – Population: 58,657.[27]
• 1875 – Pestalozzianum founded.
• 1880 – Population: 78,345 in city;[27] 316,074 in canton.[28]
• 1884
  • Synagoge Zürich Löwenstrasse built.
  • Quaibrücke (bridge) built.
• 1886 – Strandbad Tiefenbrunnen opened.
• 1887 – Seeuferanlage by Arnold Bürkli, Arboretum Zürich and Bürkliplatz inaugurated.
• 1888
  • Population: 94,129.[27]
  • Frauenbad Stadthausquai (public bath) opened.
• 1889 – Knabenschiessen begins.
• 1890 – Seebad Utoquai opened.
• 1891
  • Eduard Spelterini starts his Urania balloon.
  • Stadttheater Zürich opens.
  • Gottfried Keller Stiftung founded by Lydia Escher (1858–1891).[20][21]
• 1892 – Volkstheater am Pfauen built.
• 1893
  • City expands, incorporating Wollishofen, Enge, Leimbach, Wiedikon, Wipkingen, Fluntern and Hottingen, Aussersihl, Oberstrass, Unterstrass, Riesbach and Hirslanden.
  • Rathausbrücke built.
  • August: International Socialist and Labour Congress held in Zürich.
  • Tages-Anzeiger newspaper begins publication.[25]
• 1896
  • Akademischer Alpen-Club Zürich (hiking club) formed.[31]
  • Sechseläutenplatz first mentioned.
• 1898
  • Bund Schweizerischer Frauenvereine (BSF) founded.
  • Swiss National Museum opens.[12][27]
• 1900 – Population: 150,703 in city;[27] 431,036 in canton.[28]

• 2001 – Digitec founded.
• 2003 - Sister city relationship established with San Francisco, USA.[48]
• 2005 – Zurich Film Festival and Neujahrsmarathon Zürich begin.
• 2008 – SIX Group formed.
• 2009
  • Corine Mauch elected mayor.[49]
  • Uetliberg Tunnel opens on the A3 motorway in vicinity of city.[50]

• History of Zürich
• List of mayors of Zürich
• List of cultural property of national significance in Switzerland: Zürich
• Timelines of other municipalities in Switzerland: Basel, Bern, Geneva

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