# Timeline of Luxembourg City

The following is a timeline of the history of Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.

## Prior to 19th century

Part of a series on the :
History of Luxembourg :
Early history Celtic Luxembourg ~51 BC • Treveri   Gallic Wars 58–50 BC Roman rule 90 AD–c.500 AD :
Middle Ages Franks   Merovingians 481–751 • Austrasia   Carolingians 751–987 Duchy of Lorraine 959~ • House of Luxembourg   Duchy of Luxembourg 1352-1482 Habsburg rule 1482–1556 :
Early Modern Spanish rule 1556–1714 Louis XIV's siege 1684 Austrian rule 1714–95 Revolutionary siege1794–95 French rule 1795–1815 • Peasants' War 1798 :
19th century Congress of Vienna 1815 • Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 1815– Dutch rule 1815–30 • Reign of Guillaume I 1815-40 • Belgian Revolution 1830–31 Personal union 1839–90 • Treaty of London 1839 • Reign of Guillaume II 1840–49 • Reign of Guillaume III 1849-90 • Luxembourg Crisis 1867 Full independence 1890- :
20th and 21st centuries Reign of Adolphe 1890-1905 Reign of Guillaume IV 1905-12 Reign of Marie-Adélaïde 1912-19 World War I:   • German occupation 1914-18 Reign of Charlotte 1919-1964 World War II:   • German invasion 1940 • German occupation 1940-45 • Government in exile 1940-45 • Holocaust 1941 Reign of Jean 1964-2000 Reign of Henri 2000- :
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* 963 - Castle built atop Bock cliffs by Siegfried of Luxembourg.
* 987 - Church of the Redemption consecrated.
* 1120 - Church of St. Peter built.
* 1320 - Saint Michael's Church built (approximate date).
* 1340
** New city fortifications constructed.
** Schobermesse (tent fair) begins.
* 1390 - Public clock installed (approximate date).
* 1443 - Burgundians under Philip the Good conquer city.
* 1554 - Fire in Ville Haute.
* 1563 - La Fontaine Castle construction begins.
* 1572 - City Hall built.
* 1603 - Collège des Jésuites founded.
* 1606 - Neimënster Abbey built.
* 1613 - Church of Notre Dame cornerstone laid.
* 1623 - Capuchin monastery built.
* 1644 - Tunnels built.
* 1671 - Place d'Armes laid out (approximate date).
* 1684 - French in power.
* 1685 - Lambert Fortress built.
* 1693 - Jean-Bernard Knepper becomes mayor.
* 1697 - Spaniards in power per Treaty of Ryswick.
* 1714 - Austrians in power.
* 1732 - Fort Thüngen built.
* 1784 - Château de Septfontaines built outside city (in Rollingergrund).
* 1794 - November 22: Siege of Luxembourg by French forces begins.
* 1795
** June 7: Siege of Luxembourg ends.
** City becomes préfecture of the Forêts département of the French First Republic.
* 1798 - Municipal Library active.
* 1800 - François Scheffer becomes mayor.

## 19th century

* 1815 - Prussians in power per Treaty of Paris.
* 1821 - Luxemburger Wochenblatt newspaper begins publication.
* 1827 - Journal de la ville et du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg newspaper in publication.
* 1833 - Roman Catholic diocese of Luxembourg established.
* 1838 - City Hall (Hôtel de Ville) completed.
* 1848 - Luxemburger Wort newspaper begins publication.
* 1850 - Society of the Natural Sciences established.
* 1855 - Pescatore Institute (charity) founded.
* 1858 - Population: 13,129.
* 1859 - Luxembourg railway station opens.
* 1860 - Hall of the Chamber of Deputies.
* 1861 - Viaduct built over Petrusse valley.
* 1867
** Luxembourg Crisis.
** Fortress dismantled per Treaty of London.
* 1868 - Royal-Grand Ducal Institute established.
* 1872
** Municipal Park laid out.
** Pescatore Museum opens.
* 1882 - Casino Bourgeois opens.
* 1884 - William II monument erected in Place Guillaume II.
* 1890 - City becomes part of independent Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
* 1892 - Museum of Natural History opens in Pfaffenthal.
* 1894 - Émile Mousel becomes mayor.
* 1895 - Ons Hemecht begins publication.

## 20th century

* 1903 - Adolphe Bridge built.
* 1904 - Alphonse Munchen becomes mayor.
* 1905 - Population: 20,984.
* 1906 - Conservatoire de Luxembourg founded.
* 1910 - Cercle Municipal building inaugurated.
* 1913 - Luxembourg railway station rebuilt.
* 1914 - German occupation begins.
* 1918 - German occupation ends.
* 1919 - Football Club Amis des Sports Lëtzebuerg-Fëschmaart founded.
* 1920
** Dommeldange, Eich, Hamm, Hollerich, and Rollingergrund incorporated into city.
** Villa Louvigny built.
* 1921 - Gaston Diderich becomes mayor.
* 1923 - Gëlle Fra war memorial erected.
* 1930s - Sandweiler Airport opens.
* 1933 - Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra founded.
* 1940
** May 10: German occupation begins.
** August 18: Volksdeutsche Bewegung rally held.
* 1944
** September 10: German occupation ends.
** Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial established.
** December: City besieged by German V-3 cannon.
* 1945 - January: City besieged by German V-3 cannon.
* 1946 - Émile Hamilius becomes mayor.
* 1952 - European Coal and Steel Community, European Commission, and European Court of Justice headquartered in city.
* 1953 - European School of Luxembourg I established.
* 1964 - Municipal Theatre built.
* 1966
** Alcide De Gasperi building constructed.
** Grand Duchess Charlotte Bridge opens.
* 1968 - European Investment Bank headquarters relocates to Luxembourg.
* 1970 - Colette Flesch becomes mayor.
* 1973
** National Library of Luxembourg relocates to former Athénée building.
** Rugby Club Luxembourg formed.
* 1975 - European Court of Auditors headquartered in city.
* 1976 - Municipal Hospital opens.
* 1979 - Ons Stad [lb] begins publication.
* 1982
** Lydie Polfer becomes mayor.
** St. Peter and Paul Church consecrated.
* 1984
** Photothèque opens.
** Hilton Luxembourg hotel built.
* 1991 - BGL Luxembourg Open tennis tournament begins.
* 1993 - Am Tunnel art gallery opens.
* 1994
** Arboretum Kirchberg [nl] opens.
** European Investment Fund headquartered in city.
* 1995
** City designated a European Capital of Culture.
** Den Atelier music venue opens.
* 1996
** Luxembourg City History Museum founded.
** Utopolis Kirchberg cinema multiplex (since renamed Kinepolis Kirchberg) and Casino Luxembourg open.
* 1999 - Paul Helminger becomes mayor.

## 21st century

* 2001
** City website online (approximate date).
** Lycée Aline Mayrisch established.
* 2002 - National Museum of History and Art building expands.
* 2004 - Football Club FC RM Hamm Benfica formed.
* 2005
** Philharmonie Luxembourg concert hall opens.
** Racing Football Club Union Luxembourg formed.
* 2006 - Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art inaugurated.
* 2007 - The city is designated as European Capital of Culture for the secon time.
* 2008 - Judiciary City inaugurated.
* 2010 - Villeroy & Boch porcelain factory closes.
* 2011 - Xavier Bettel becomes mayor.
* 2013 - Lydie Polfer becomes mayor.
* 2015 - The Hamilius building complex and bus station is demolished.
* 2017 - Line T1 of the Luxembourg City tramway opens, alongside Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg station and the Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg funicular.
* 2019 - The National Library of Luxembourg's new site on the Kirchberg opens.
* 2020 - Public transport is made free in Luxembourg City alongside the rest of the country.
* 2021 - The Stade de Luxembourg is inaugurated, replacing the Stade Josy Barthel as Luxembourg's national stadium.