# Timeline of Düsseldorf

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

## Prior to 19th century

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* 1186 – Counts of Berg in power.
* 1285 – St. Sebastianus Bruderschaft Kaiserswerth (militia) formed.
* 1288 – Town privileges granted by Adolf VIII of Berg.
* 1316 – St.-Sebastianus-Schützenvereins Düsseldorf (militia) established.
* 1385 – Residence of the Counts of Berg established in Düsseldorf.
* 1567 – Rathhaus built.
* 1609 – Residence of the Electoral Palatinate relocates to Düsseldorf from Heidelberg.
* 1629 – Church of St. Andrew built.
* 1684 – Evangelishche Kirche built.
* 1710 – Electoral palace remodelled.
* 1716
** Residence of the Electoral Palatinate relocates to Heidelberg.
** Neustadt laid out (approximate date).
* 1760 – Jagerhof (electors' hunting lodge) built.
* 1762 – Art Academy founded.
* 1767 – Hofgarten laid out.
* 1774 – School of Law established (approximate date).
* 1787 – Karlstadt laid out.
* 1794 – Town besieged by French forces.
* 1800 – Musik-Academie established.

## 19th century

* 1802 - Fortifications demolished.
* 1804 – Kastanienallee laid out.
* 1805
** Town becomes capital of Grand Duchy of Berg.
** Palace art collection relocates to Munich.
* 1806 – French in power.
* 1812 – Breidenbacher Hof in business.
* 1813 – Hof-Garten expanded.
* 1815
** Prussians in power.
** 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.
* 1829 – Artists' Society for the Rhinelands and Westphalia (Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westphalen) founded.
* 1838 – Bergisch-Märkische railway station opens.
* 1841 – Düsseldorf–Elberfeld railway constructed.
* 1845 – Cologne-Minden railway station opens.
* 1846 – Ducal palace restored.
* 1852
** August: Singing festival held.
** Population: 31,000.
* 1861 – Malkasten artists' club established.
* 1864 – Düsseldorfer Symphoniker (orchestra) active.
* 1867 – Galerie Paffrath in business.
* 1872 – Electoral palace burns down.
* 1875
** Church of St. John built.
** City Theatre opens.
* 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.
* 1881 – Kunsthalle built.
* 1884 – Düsseldorf Exchange founded.
* 1885
** City public library established.
** Population: 115,190.
* 1891 – Düsseldorf Central Station opens.
* 1893 – Mannesmann (manufacturer) relocates to Düsseldorf.
* 1895 – Population: 175,985.
* 1896 – Industrial art museum built.
* 1898 – Road bridge constructed, carries the electric tram-line to "Crefeld".
* 1899 – Apollo-Theater opens.
* 1900 – Peek & Cloppenburg in business.

## 20th century

* 1902 – Rhine Promenade laid out.
* 1903 – Great Synagogue built.
* 1904 – Löbbecke Museum opens.
* 1905
** Schauspielhausgebäude (theatre) opens.
** Population: 252,630.
* 1907 – Hospitals built.
* 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.
* 1913 - Museum Kunstpalast opened in its current form.
* 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.
* 1937
** Reich's Exhibition of a Productive People held.
** July: Nazi camp for Sinti and Romani people established (see also Porajmos).
* 1943
** 28 May: Kalkum forced labour camp established by the SS. Its prisoners were mostly Poles, Russians, Belgians, Dutchmen and Germans.
** 1 November: Berta forced labour camp established by the SS. Its prisoners were mostly Russians, Poles, Czechs, Ukrainians, Lithuanians and Yugoslavs.
* 1944
** March/April: DESt forced labour camp established by the SS. Its prisoners were mostly Poles, Russians, Belgians, Dutchmen and Germans.
** 17 May: Kalkum, Berta and DESt forced labour camps converted into subcamps of the Buchenwald concentration camp.
** 1 September: Berta II subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp established. Its prisoners were mostly Poles, Russians and Czechs.
* 1945
** March: Berta, Berta II and DESt subcamps dissolved, prisoners deported to the main Buchenwald camp.
** 10 April: Kalkum subcamp dissolved, prisoners deported to the main Buchenwald camp.
** 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.
** 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).
* 1977 – City hosts the 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
* 1979 – Tonhalle Düsseldorf and Flehe Bridge open.
* 1981
** Düsseldorf Stadtbahn (light rail) begins operating.
** Rheinturm built.
* 1982 – Collections Premieren Düsseldorf clothing trade fair begins.
* 1984 – Von hier aus art exhibit held.
* 1986 – Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen building inaugurated.
* 1987 – Aquazoo–Löbbecke Museum opens.
* 1993
** Polish Institute founded.
** 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.
* 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.