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The following is a timeline of the history of Düsseldorf, Germany.

Prior to 19th century

1186 – Counts of Berg in power.

1285 – St. Sebastianus Bruderschaft Kaiserswerth (militia) formed.^[1]

1288 – Town privileges granted by Adolf VIII of Berg.^[2]

1316 – St.-Sebastianus-Schützenvereins Düsseldorf (militia) established.^[1]

1385 – Residence of the Counts of Berg established in Düsseldorf.^[2]

1567 – Rathhaus built.^[3]

1609 – Residence of the Electoral Palatinate relocates to Düsseldorf from Heidelberg.^[4]

1629 – Church of St. Andrew built.^[3]

1684 – Evangelishche Kirche built.^[5]

1710 – Electoral palace remodelled.^[3]

1716

Residence of the Electoral Palatinate relocates to Heidelberg.^[4]
Neustadt laid out (approximate date).^[2]

1760 – Jagerhof (electors' hunting lodge) built.^[6]

1762 – Art Academy founded.

1767 – Hofgarten laid out.^[7]

1774 – School of Law established (approximate date).^[5]

1787 – Karlstadt laid out.^[2]

1794 – Town besieged by French forces.^[8]

1800 – Musik-Academie established.^[9]

19th century

1802 - Fortifications demolished.^[5]
1804 – Kastanienallee laid out.
1805
- Town becomes capital of Grand Duchy of Berg.^[2]
- Palace art collection relocates to Munich.^[8]
1806 – French in power.^[3]
1812 – Breidenbacher Hof in business.
1813 – Hof-Garten expanded.^[6]
1815
- Prussians in power.^[2]
- Engelbert Schramm becomes mayor.
1818 – Lower Rhenish Music Festival held.
1819 – New Kunstakademie Düsseldorf founded as Königlich Preußische Kunstakademie (Royal Prussian Academy of Art); Dusselthal Asylum established.^[3]
1829 – Artists' Society for the Rhinelands and Westphalia (Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westphalen) founded.^[9]
1838 – Bergisch-Märkische railway station opens.
1841 – Düsseldorf–Elberfeld railway constructed.
1845 – Cologne-Minden railway station opens.
1846 – Ducal palace restored.^[2]
1852
- August: Singing festival held.^[10]
- Population: 31,000.^[8]
1861 – Malkasten artists' club established.^[11]
1864 – Düsseldorfer Symphoniker (orchestra) active.^[12]
1867 – Galerie Paffrath in business.^[13]

1872 – Electoral palace burns down.^[6]
1875
- Church of St. John built.^[6]
- City Theatre opens.^[3]
1876
- Trams begin operating.
- Zoological Gardens established.
1877 – Rhenish railway station built.
1879 – Düsseldorf-Derendorf–Dortmund Süd railway, House of the Rhenish Estates, and Academy of Art building constructed.^[6]
1881 – Kunsthalle built.^[3]
1884 – Düsseldorf Exchange founded.^[14]
1885
- City public library established.^[15]
- Population: 115,190.^[2]
1891 – Düsseldorf Central Station opens.
1893 – Mannesmann (manufacturer) relocates to Düsseldorf.
1895 – Population: 175,985.^[2]
1896 – Industrial art museum built.^[2]
1898 – Road bridge constructed, carries the electric tram-line to "Crefeld".^[2]
1899 – Apollo-Theater opens.
1900 – Peek & Cloppenburg in business.

20th century

1902 – Rhine Promenade laid out.^[6]
1903 – Great Synagogue built.
1904 – Löbbecke Museum opens.
1905
- Schauspielhausgebäude (theatre) opens.
- Population: 252,630.^[2]
1907 – Hospitals built.^[6]
1909 – Ceramics museum founded.
1910
- Königsallee Moving Pictures cinema opens.
- Largest Fair on the Rhine relocates to fairgrounds in Oberkassel district.
1911 – Population: 312,000.^[6]
1913 - Museum Kunstpalast opened in its current form.^[2]
1920 – Labor strike.
1921 – Max Planck Institute for Iron Research GmbH relocates to Düsseldorf.
1924 – Wilhelm Marx House (high-rise) built.
1926 – Planetarium and Rheinstadion built.
1927 – Airport opens.
1929 – Kaiserswerth becomes part of city.
1935
- Robert Schumann Hochschule formed.
- Ice stadium opens on Brehmstraße.
1936
- Düsseldorf Central Station rebuilt.
- 1 October: Consulate of Poland relocated from Essen to Düsseldorf.^[16]

1937
- Reich's Exhibition of a Productive People held.
- July: Nazi camp for Sinti and Romani people established (see also Porajmos).^[17]
1943
- 28 May: Kalkum forced labour camp established by the SS. Its prisoners were mostly Poles, Russians, Belgians, Dutchmen and Germans.^[18]
- 1 November: Berta forced labour camp established by the SS. Its prisoners were mostly Russians, Poles, Czechs, Ukrainians, Lithuanians and Yugoslavs.^[19]
1944
- March/April: DESt forced labour camp established by the SS. Its prisoners were mostly Poles, Russians, Belgians, Dutchmen and Germans.^[20]
- 17 May: Kalkum, Berta and DESt forced labour camps converted into subcamps of the Buchenwald concentration camp.^[18]^[19]^[20]
- 1 September: Berta II subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp established. Its prisoners were mostly Poles, Russians and Czechs.^[21]
1945
- March: Berta, Berta II and DESt subcamps dissolved, prisoners deported to the main Buchenwald camp.^[19]^[21]^[20]
- 10 April: Kalkum subcamp dissolved, prisoners deported to the main Buchenwald camp.^[18]
- 16 April: German Resistance launches Aktion Rheinland.
- 17 April: City taken by U.S. 97th Infantry Division.
1946
- City becomes capital of North Rhine-Westphalia.
- Handelsblatt and Rheinische Post newspapers begin publication.
1947
- 28 March: Food protest.^[22]
- Kom(m)ödchen premieres.
1950 – Institut Français Düsseldorf founded.
1951 – Drupa printing equipment trade fair begins.
1955
- February–March: City co-hosts the 1955 Ice Hockey World Championships.
- Deutsche Oper am Rhein established.
1956 – Opernhaus Düsseldorf re-opens.
1957 – North bridge constructed.
1958 – New Synagogue built.
1960
- Willi Becker becomes mayor.
- Dreischeibenhaus built.
1961 – Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen founded.
1962 – Tausendfüßler bridge built.
1965 – Marionetten-Theater housed in Palais Wittgenstein.
1966 – University of Düsseldorf established.
1967 – Kunsthalle Düsseldorf built.
1968
- Düsseldorf Grand Prix tennis tournament begins.
- Komödie Düsseldorf founded.
1969
- Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus built.
- Düsseldorf Boat Show begins.
1971
- Fachhochschule Düsseldorf founded.
- Philips Halle arena opens.
1974 – Botanical garden established.
1975 – City districts shaped (approximate date).^{[citation needed]}
1977 – City hosts the 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
1979 – Tonhalle Düsseldorf^{[citation needed]} and Flehe Bridge open.
1981
- Düsseldorf Stadtbahn (light rail) begins operating.
- Rheinturm built.
1982 – Collections Premieren Düsseldorf clothing trade fair begins.^[23]
1984 – Von hier aus art exhibit held.
1986 – Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen building inaugurated.
1987 – Aquazoo–Löbbecke Museum opens.
1993
- Polish Institute founded.^[24]
- Rheinufer Tunnel opens.
1994 – Schadow Arkaden shopping mall built.
1996
- 11 April: Düsseldorf Airport fire.
- Capitol Theater opens.
1998 – Neuer Zollhof and Stadttor built.
1999 – Joachim Erwin becomes mayor.
2000 – Düsseldorf Airport railway station opens.

21st century

2001
- Arag-Tower built.
- Museum Kunstpalast opens.^[25]
2002 – Japan Day festival begins.
2005
- Lichtburg Studio Theater opens.
- AMD Academy of Fashion and Design founded.
2006 – ISS Dome arena opens.
2007 – Kunst im Tunnel established.
2008 – Dirk Elbers becomes mayor.
2011
- Eurovision Song Contest 2011 held.
- Population: 592,393.
2014 – June: Storm.
2015 – General-Consulate of China opened.
2017 – City hosts the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships.
2018 – Honorary Consulate of Monaco opened.

References

^ ^a ^b Hermann Tallau (2008). "Alteste (100) Schützenvereinigungen 799-1392". Ein Kaleidoskop zum Schützenwesen (in German). Duderstadt: Mecke Druck und Verlag. ISBN 978-3-936617-85-6.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Britannica 1910.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Düsseldorf", The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1882, OCLC 7416969
^ ^a ^b "Düsseldorf", A Handbook for Travellers on the Continent (17th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1871, OCLC 5358857, OL 6936276M
^ ^a ^b ^c Karl Stieler (1903), "From Dusseldorf to the Dutch Frontier", The Rhine from its source to the sea, London: William Glaisher, OL 14039550M
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Düsseldorf", The Rhine, including the Black Forest & the Vosges, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1911, OCLC 21888483
^ "Düsseldorf", Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book for Belgium and the Rhine; and Portions of Rhenish Germany, London: W.J. Adams & Sons, 1897
^ ^a ^b ^c "Düsseldorf", Murray's Handbook for Belgium and the Rhine, London: J. Murray, 1852, OL 23365744M
^ ^a ^b Cecelia Hopkins Porter (1989). "The Reign of the "Dilettanti": Düsseldorf from Mendelssohn to Schumann". Musical Quarterly. 73.
^ Lowell Mason (1854), "Great Musical Festival at Dusseldorf", Musical letters from abroad: including detailed accounts of the Birmingham, Norwich, and Dusseldorf musical festivals of 1852, New York: Mason Brothers
^ W. Pembroke Fetridge (1874), "Düsseldorf", Harper's Hand-Book for Travellers in Europe and the East, New York: Harper & Brothers
^ Colin Lawson, ed. (2003). "Orchestras Founded in the 19th Century (chronological list)". Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00132-8.
^ "Galerie Paffrath". Retrieved January 3, 2013.
^ Americana 1918.
^ Stadtbuchereien Ladeshauptstadt Düsseldorf. "Geschichte der Stadtbüchereien".
^ Chałupczak, Henryk (2004). "Powstanie i działalność polskich placówek konsularnych w okresie międzywojennym (ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem pogranicza polsko-niemiecko-czechosłowackiego)". In Kaczmarek, Ryszard; Masnyk, Marek (eds.). Konsulaty na pograniczu polsko-niemieckim i polsko-czechosłowackim w 1918–1939 (in Polish). Katowice: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego. p. 20.
^ "Lager für Sinti und Roma Düsseldorf". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Düsseldorf (Kalkum)". aussenlager-buchenwald.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Düsseldorf ("Berta")". aussenlager-buchenwald.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Düsseldorf (DESt)". aussenlager-buchenwald.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Düsseldorf ("Berta II")". aussenlager-buchenwald.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ "March 24-April 6, 1947". Chronology of International Events and Documents. 3. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs. 1947. JSTOR 40545021.
^ Catherine C. Fraser; Dierk O. Hoffman (2006), Pop Culture Germany, ABC-Clio, ISBN 9781851097388, OL 9491197M, 1851097384
^ "O nas". Instytut Polski w Dusseldorfie (in Polish). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ "History". Museum Kunstpalast. Archived from the original on December 29, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2013.

Bibliography

in English

"Düsseldorf", Appleton's European Guide Book Illustrated, London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1871
Norddeutscher Lloyd (1896), "Düsseldorf", Guide through Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Holland and England, Berlin: J. Reichmann & Cantor, OCLC 8395555
G. Holscher (1900), "Düsseldorf", A Guide to the Rhine, Cologne: Hoursch & Bechstedt, OCLC 8672751
"Düsseldorf" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 713.
"Düsseldorf", Encyclopedia Americana, New York: Encyclopedia Americana Corp., 1918

in other languages

Nicolas de Pigage (1781), La Galerie électorale, de Dusseldorff, ou, Catalogue raisonné de ses tableaux (in French), Bruxelles: J.B. Jorez, OL 24342357M

External links

History of the city of Düsseldorf (in German)
Stadtarchiv Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf. "Düsseldorfer Zeitliste" [Düsseldorf Timeline] (in German).
Links to fulltext city directories for Dusseldorf via Wikisource

[Tallau2008-1] Hermann Tallau (2008). "Alteste (100) Schützenvereinigungen 799-1392". Ein Kaleidoskop zum Schützenwesen (in German). Duderstadt: Mecke Druck und Verlag. ISBN 978-3-936617-85-6.

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Britannica 1910.

[baedeker1882-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Düsseldorf", The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1882, OCLC 7416969

[murray1871-4] "Düsseldorf", A Handbook for Travellers on the Continent (17th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1871, OCLC 5358857, OL 6936276M

[steiler1903-5] Karl Stieler (1903), "From Dusseldorf to the Dutch Frontier", The Rhine from its source to the sea, London: William Glaisher, OL 14039550M

[baedeker1911-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Düsseldorf", The Rhine, including the Black Forest & the Vosges, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1911, OCLC 21888483

[7] "Düsseldorf", Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book for Belgium and the Rhine; and Portions of Rhenish Germany, London: W.J. Adams & Sons, 1897

[murray1852-8] "Düsseldorf", Murray's Handbook for Belgium and the Rhine, London: J. Murray, 1852, OL 23365744M

[porter1989-9] Cecelia Hopkins Porter (1989). "The Reign of the "Dilettanti": Düsseldorf from Mendelssohn to Schumann". Musical Quarterly. 73.

[10] Lowell Mason (1854), "Great Musical Festival at Dusseldorf", Musical letters from abroad: including detailed accounts of the Birmingham, Norwich, and Dusseldorf musical festivals of 1852, New York: Mason Brothers

[11] W. Pembroke Fetridge (1874), "Düsseldorf", Harper's Hand-Book for Travellers in Europe and the East, New York: Harper & Brothers

[Lawson2003-19th-12] Colin Lawson, ed. (2003). "Orchestras Founded in the 19th Century (chronological list)". Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00132-8.

[13] "Galerie Paffrath". Retrieved January 3, 2013.

[FOOTNOTEAmericana1918-14] Americana 1918.

[15] Stadtbuchereien Ladeshauptstadt Düsseldorf. "Geschichte der Stadtbüchereien".

[16] Chałupczak, Henryk (2004). "Powstanie i działalność polskich placówek konsularnych w okresie międzywojennym (ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem pogranicza polsko-niemiecko-czechosłowackiego)". In Kaczmarek, Ryszard; Masnyk, Marek (eds.). Konsulaty na pograniczu polsko-niemieckim i polsko-czechosłowackim w 1918–1939 (in Polish). Katowice: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego. p. 20.

[17] "Lager für Sinti und Roma Düsseldorf". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2022.

[Kalkum-18] "Düsseldorf (Kalkum)". aussenlager-buchenwald.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2022.

[Berta-19] "Düsseldorf ("Berta")". aussenlager-buchenwald.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2022.

[DESt-20] "Düsseldorf (DESt)". aussenlager-buchenwald.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2022.

[BertaII-21] "Düsseldorf ("Berta II")". aussenlager-buchenwald.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2022.

[22] "March 24-April 6, 1947". Chronology of International Events and Documents. 3. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs. 1947. JSTOR 40545021.

[23] Catherine C. Fraser; Dierk O. Hoffman (2006), Pop Culture Germany, ABC-Clio, ISBN 9781851097388, OL 9491197M, 1851097384

[24] "O nas". Instytut Polski w Dusseldorfie (in Polish). Retrieved 8 August 2022.

[25] "History". Museum Kunstpalast. Archived from the original on December 29, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2013.

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