Timeline of Münster

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Prior to 19th century

• 797 - School founded.
• 800 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Münster established.[1]
• 800's - Charlemagne made it the residence of Saint Ludger, the newly appointed bishop of the Saxons.[2]
• 1040 - Überwasserkirche convent founded.[3]
• 1070 - Church of St Maurice founded.[4]
• 1170 - Church of St Ludgerus erected. [4]
• 1180
  • Prince-Bishopric of Münster established.
  • Municipal charter received.[4]
• 13th C. - Member of the Hanseatic League. [4]
• 1250 - Town Hall in use (approximate date).[5]
• 1253 - Munster joins the City Alliance of Werne [de].[6]
• 1264 - Münster Cathedral built.
• 1340 - Our Lady's Church built.[7]
• 1444 - Kloster Niesing [de] (béguinage) founded.[3]
• 1450 - Münster Diocesan Feud begins.
• 1458 - Leinenlegge [de] (cloth inspection entity) established (approximate date).[8]
• 1485 - Printing press in operation.[9]
• 1532 - Protestant Reformation.[7]
• 1534 - February: Münster Rebellion;[4] Anabaptists in power.
• 1588 - Jesuit College, Münster [de] founded.[10][11]
• 1589
  • Krameramtshaus [de] (guild hall) built.
  • Jesuit College's Bibliotheca Paulina [de] (library) active.[12]
• 1617 - Saint Clare Monastery [de] construction begins on the Stubengasse.[13]
• 1630 - Liebfrauen-Schützenbruderschaft von 1630 Münster [de] (militia) formed.
• 1648 - Dutch-Spanish peace treaty signed in Munster.[7][4]
• 1661 - Forces of Christoph Bernhard von Galen occupy Munster.[4]
• 1662 - Münster Citadel [de] built.[7]
• 1665 - An alliance with Christoph Bernhard von Galen was sought by the English against Holland.[4]
• 1720 - Aschendorff [de] publisher in business.[14]
• 1759 - City besieged by Hanoverian forces during the Seven Years' War.[15]
• 1780 - University of Münster founded.[4]
• 1787 - Schloss Münster (palace) built.[2]
• 1800 - Damenclub [de] founded.[16]

19th century

• 1803
  • Münster Regierungsbezirk (administrative region) established.
  • Botanischer Garten Münster established.[17]
  • The bishopric was secularized and annexed to Prussia.[4]
• 1806 - French in power.[18]
• 1810 - Münster "annexed to France."[18]
• 1815 - Münster "ceded to Prussia" per Congress of Vienna.[18][19]
• 1816 - Population: 17,316.
• 1825 - Verein für Geschichte und Altertumskunde Westfalens, Abt. Münster [de] (historical society) founded.
• 1829 - Staatsarchiv Münster [de] (regional archive) established.[20]
• 1835 - "Revidierte Städteordnung" (city self-administration) in effect.[19]
• 1848
  • 25 May: Münster–Hamm railway begins operating.[19]
  • Münster Hauptbahnhof opens.
• 1861 - Population: 27,332 (city).[21]
• 1874 - Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway in operation.
• 1875
  • Lamberti, St. Mauritz, and Überwasser become part of city.[19]
  • Münster Zoological Gardens [de] established.[22]
• 1880 - Population: 40,434.[4]
• 1885 - Population: 44,060.[2]
• 1890 - Münster Hauptbahnhof opened.
• 1892 - Westfälisches Museum für Naturkunde opens.
• 1895
  • Lortzing-Theater opens.^[citation needed]
  • Population: 57,135.[23]
• 1897 - Münstersche Zeitung [de] (newspaper) in publication.
• 1899 - Port of Münster [de] and Dortmund–Ems Canal open.[19]

20th century

• 1901
  • Tram begins operating.
  • Stadtwerke Münster [de] established.
• 1905 - Population: 81,468.[24][2]
• 1906 - Stadtbücherei Münster [de] (library) and SC Preußen Münster (football club) founded.
• 1908 - Westphalian State Museum opens.
• 1919
  • Münster Symphony Orchestra [de] founded.^[citation needed]
  • Population: 100,452.[25]
• 1926 - Halle Münsterland and Preußenstadion (stadium) open.
• 1929 - Provinzialinstitut für westfälische Landes- und Volkskunde [de] (regional history institute) founded.[26]
• 1940
  • 16 May: Bombing of city by Allied forces begins.^(de)[27]
  • Oflag VI-D prisoner-of-war camp mostly for French, but also some Polish and Soviet, officers founded.[28]
  • Population: 144,945.
• 1944 - September: Allied prisoners of war relocated from Oflag VI-D to Oflag VI-A in Soest.[28]
• 1946 - Westfälische Nachrichten [de] newspaper begins publication.[29]
• 1947 - Reconstruction of Prinzipalmarkt begins.
• 1948 - University of Münster's Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum [de] established.[1]
• 1956 - Städtische Bühnen Münster (theatre) built.[19]
• 1958 - Old City Hall reconstructed.
• 1960
  • City twinned with Orléans, France.[19]
  • Population: 180,117.
• 1971 - Fachhochschule Münster established.
• 1972 - Münster/Osnabrück Airport begins operating.[19]
• 1974 - Population: 200,448.
• 1975
  • Hiltrup [de] becomes part of city.
  • Population: 264,546.
• 1977
  • Salzstraße (Münster) [de] pedestrianized.
  • Skulptur Projekte Münster begins.[19]
• 1979
  • Stadtmuseum Münster [de] founded.
  • South Park, Münster [de] created.
• 1981 - Filmfestival Münster [de] begins.
• 1984 - Jörg Twenhöven [de] becomes mayor.
• 1985 - Fernmeldeturm Münster (TV tower) erected.
• 1987 - Catholic pope visits city.[19]
• 1993
  • Münster-Barometer [de] survey begins.
  • Museum für Lackkunst [de] opens.
• 1994 - Marion Tüns [de] becomes mayor.
• 1999 - Berthold Tillmann [de] becomes mayor.

21st century

• 2003 - Bait ul-Momin [de] mosque opens in Hiltrup.
• 2005 - GuD-Kraftwerk Münster Hafen [de] begins operating.
• 2007 - January: Storm.
• 2009 - Markus Lewe [de] becomes mayor.
• 2010 - Population: 279,803.
• 2012 - British military stationed in York Barracks in Gremmendorf depart.[30][31][2]
• 2018 - 2018 Münster attack.

See also

• History of Münster
• List of heritage sites in Münster (Westfalen) [de]
• List of religious buildings in Münster [de]
• Timelines of other cities in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia:^(de) Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, Dortmund, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Essen

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This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

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External links

• Links to fulltext city directories for Munster via Wikisource
• Europeana. Items related to Münster, various dates.
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Münster, various dates