# Timeline of Aachen

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Aachen, Germany.

## Prior to 14th century

* 451 – Town "pillaged by the Huns."
* 786 – Palace of Charlemagne construction begins.
* 796 – Palatine Chapel construction begins (approximate date).
* 799 – Karlsschützengilde [de] (militia) formed.
* 813 – 13 September: Coronation of Louis the Pious as King of the Franks.
* 814 – 28 January: Death of Charlemagne.
* 816 – Catholic Council of Aachen establishes the Rule of Aix.
* 936 – 7 August: Coronation of King of Germany Otto I in Aachen Cathedral.
* 961 – Coronation of Otto II.
* 983
** Coronation of Otto III as King of Germany.
** Chapel rebuilt.
* 1028 – Coronation of Henry III as King of Germany.
* 1054 – Coronation of Henry IV
* 1087 – Coronation of Conrad II.
* 1099 – Coronation of Henry V as King of Germany.
* 1125 – Coronation of Lothair II as King of the Romans.
* 1138 – Coronation of Conrad III as King of the Romans.
* 1147 – Coronation of Henry Berengar as King of Germany.
* 1152 – Coronation of Frederick I as King of the Romans.
* 1169 – Coronation of Henry VI as King of the Romans.
* 1198 – Coronation of Otto IV.
* 1205 – Coronation of Philip of Swabia.
* 1215
** Coronation of Frederick II.
** Karlsschrein (shrine of Charlemagne) built in cathedral.
* 1222 – Coronation of Henry as German King.
* 1248 – Siege of Aachen; followed by coronation of William II of Holland.
* 1257 – Coronation of Richard as King of the Romans.
* 1273 – Coronation of Rudolph I.
* 1292 – Coronation of Adolf, King of Germany.
* 1298 – Coronation of Albert I.
* late 13th century – Ponttor (city gate) built, first mentioned in 1320.
* 1300 – Marschiertor [de] (gate) built (approximate date).

## 14th–18th centuries

* 1306 – Aachen becomes a Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire.
* 1309 – Coronation of Henry VII as King of the Romans.
* 1314 – Coronation of Louis IV as King of the Romans.
* 1349 – Coronation of Charles IV as King of the Romans.
* 1353 – Aachen Town Hall built.
* 1376 – Coronation of Wenceslaus IV as King of Germany.
* 1414 – Coronation of Sigismund as King of the Romans.
* 1442 – Coronation of Frederick III as King of the Romans.
* 1486 – Coronation of Maximilian I as King of the Romans.
* 1520 – Coronation of Charles V as King of Germany.
* 1531 – Coronation of Ferdinand I as King of Germany.
* 1580 – Protestant Reformation (approximate date).
* 1601 – Population: 14,171.
* 1614 – August: Siege of Aachen.
* 1656 – Fire.
* 1668 – May: Town hosts signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668).
* 1748 – April: Town hosts international Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle and signing of treaty.
* 1787 – Aachen Symphony Orchestra [de] active.
* 1794 – Town occupied by French forces.
* 1795 – Population: 23,413.

## 19th century

* 1801
** Town becomes part of France, per Peace of Lunéville.
** Roman Catholic Diocese of Aachen established.
* 1815 – Town becomes part of the Kingdom of Prussia, per Congress of Vienna.
* 1817
** Mayersche Buchhandlung [de] (bookseller) in business.
** Population: 32,300.
* 1818 – October: Town hosts international Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle.
* 1825
** Theater Aachen opens.
** Lower Rhenish Music Festival held.
* 1834 – Lower Rhenish Music Festival held; performers include Frédéric Chopin.
* 1840 – Population: 44,289.
* 1841 – Cologne-Aachen railway begins operating.
* 1846 – Lower Rhenish Music Festival held, directed by Felix Mendelssohn; performers include Jenny Lind.
* 1849 – Reuters news agency in business.
* 1853 – Aachen–Mönchengladbach railway begins operating.
* 1857 – Lower Rhenish Music Festival held, directed by Franz Liszt.
* 1859 – Church of Our Lady built.
* 1867 – Population: 67,923.
* 1870 – Polytechnikum (school) opens.
* 1880 – Tram begins operating.
* 1885
** Verein für Kunde der Aachener Vorzeit [de] (history association) founded.
** Population: 95,321.
* 1888 – Church of St. James built.
* 1890 – Population: 103,470.
* 1895 – Electric tram begins operating.
* 1897 – Burtscheid becomes part of Aachen.
* 1900 – Alemannia Aachen football club formed.

## 20th century

* 1905 – Aachen Hauptbahnhof (railway station) opens.
* 1908 – Jünglingverein Sankt Jakob Aachen (sport club) formed.
* 1919 – Population: 145,748.
* 1923 – October: Rhenish Republic established.
* 1924 – Rhenish Republic ends.
* 1928 – Tivoli stadium opens.
* 1942 – Forced labour camp established in the Burtscheid district.
* 1944
** April: Forced labour camp moved from Burtscheid to the Steinebrück district.
** May: Forced labour camp in Steinebrück dissolved.
** October: Battle of Aachen. Americans capture city.
* 1949 – Aachen I parliamentary district created.
* 1950 – Zimmertheater Aachen founded.
* 1951 – Theater Aachen rebuilt.
* 1954 – Elysee Theatre re-opens.
* 1956 – Belvedere Water Tower built.
* 1959 – Scotch-Club opens.
* 1960 – Aachener Tierpark [de] (zoo) established.
* 1961 – Museum established in Frankenberg Castle.
* 1965 – Computermuseum Aachen [de] founded.
* 1968 – Bilal Mosque [de] built.
* 1970 – July: Aachen Open Air Pop Festival held.
* 1971
** Aachen University of Applied Sciences established.
** Population: 176,626.
* 1972
** Brand becomes part of Aachen.
** Kurt Malangré becomes mayor.
** Population: 238,570.
* 1980 – Rugby Club Aachen formed.
* 1985 – Klinikum Aachen opens.
* 1986
** First independent Theatre (Theater 99) opens
** Neuer Aachener Kunstverein [de] (art nonprofit) founded.
* 1989 – Jürgen Linden becomes mayor.
* 2000 – Karlsgarten (garden) opens.

## 21st century

* 2003 – Cologne–Aachen high-speed railway in operation.
* 2006 – Host of World Equestrian Games.
* 2009
** New Tivoli stadium opens.
** Marcel Philipp [de] becomes mayor.
** City becomes part of Städteregion Aachen.
* 2012 – Population: 240,086.
* 2015 – City hosts the 2015 European Dressage Championships.
* 2019 – Treaty on Franco-German Cooperation and Integration signed by French president Macron and German Federal Chancellor Merkel.
* 2020 – Sibylle Keupen becomes first female mayor.