# Timeline of Mainz

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

## Prior to 19th century

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* 13/12 BC - Roman fort Mogontiacum built.
* 314 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz established (approximate date).
* 406 - Battle of Mainz (406).
* 790s - Benedictine St. Alban's Abbey active (approximate date).
* 813 - Carolingian rhine bridge (Mainz) Rheinbrücke Karls des Großen [de] (bridge) burns down.
* 848 - Gottschalk of Orbais convicted of heresy while in Mainz.
* 952 - Forces of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor fought forces of Liudolf, Duke of Swabia and Conrad, Duke of Lorraine in Mainz for 2 months.
* 1009 - Mainz Cathedral finished and burnt down during inauguration.
* 1160 - "Citizens revolted against archbishop Arnold of Selenhofen."
* 1163 - City wall dismantled.
* 1184 - Diet of Pentecost occurs.
* 1244 - Freie Stadt Mainz [de] established.
* 1314 - Dominikanerkloster Mainz [de] church built.
* 1340 - St. Stephen's Church built.
* 1370 - Public clock installed (approximate date).
* 1454/5 - Johannes Gutenberg prints a Bible using movable type and a printing press; printing revolution launched.
* 1461/2 - Mainz Diocesan Feud occurs.
* 1477 - University of Mainz founded.
* 1481 - Martinsburg, Mainz (castle) built.
* 1561 - Jesuit Kurfürstliches Kolleg (school) founded.
* 1631 - City occupied by Swedish forces during the Thirty Years' War.
* 1604 - Old arsenal built.
* 1644 - City occupied by French forces during the Thirty Years' War.
* 1660 - Citadel built in the Fortress of Mainz.
* 1670 - Schönborner Hof (Mainz) [de] built.
* 1678 - Electoral Palace, Mainz built.
* 1689 - Siege of Mainz (1689) [de] during the Nine Years' War.
* 1736 - Arsenal built.
* 1750 - Bassenheimer Hof built.
* 1752 - Osteiner Hof built on the Thiermarkt [de].
* 1754 - Churfürstlich Mayntzische Academie nützlicher Wissenschaften [de] (scholarly society) established.
* 1770 - Schott Music publisher in business.
* 1781 - Altmünster Cistercian abbey dissolved.
* 1792 - October: Siege of Mainz (1792) by the French Revolutionary Armies under Adam-Philippe de Custine.
* 1793
** March: Republic of Mainz established.
** 14 April: Siege of Mainz (1793) begins.
** 23 July: Siege ends; Republic dissolved.
* 1797 - Mainz "ceded to France by the Treaty of Campo Formio."
* 1798 - University of Mainz suppressed by the French.

## 19th century

* 1803 - "Hall of Antiques" exhibited.
* 1805 - Stadtbibliothek Mainz [de] (library) established.
* 1814
** Siege of Mainz (1814) defended by French forces under Charles Antoine Morand.
** Mainz becomes part of Germany again.
* 1817 - Mainzer Turnverein von 1817 [de] (sport club) formed.
* 1827 - Sparkasse Mainz [de] (bank) founded.
* 1833 - Staatstheater Mainz built.
* 1837
** Mainzer Ranzengarde [de] (carnival society) established, the first of many.
** Gutenberg monument erected on the Gutenbergplatz (Mainz).
* 1838
** Mainzer Rosenmontagszug [de] (parade) begins.
** Mainzer Carneval-Verein [de] (another carnival society) established.
* 1844 - Mainzer Altertumsverein [de] (historical society) founded.
* 1845 - Mainzer Zeitschrift [de] history journal begins publication.
* 1848 - Political unrest.
* 1853 - Mainz–Ludwigshafen railway begins operating.
* 1854 - Mainzer Anzeiger newspaper in publication (founded in 1850 as an advertisement paper)
* 1857 - 18 November: Pulverturm (Mainz) [de] explodes, damaging the Kästrich [de] neighborhood.
* 1861 - Population: 41,279.
* 1862
** South railway bridge built.
** Mainzer Volksbank [de] founded.
* 1863 - Main Railway (Frankfurt-Mainz) begins operating.
* 1866 - Neutorkaserne [de] barracks built (approximate date).
* 1871 - Alzey–Mainz railway begins operating.
* 1873 - Development of Mainz-Neustadt [de] begins.
* 1884 - Mainz Hauptbahnhof and Mainz Süd train stations, and Stadthalle (Mainz) [de] built.
* 1885 - Rheinbrücke (bridge) built.
* 1887 - Zollhafen (port) opens near city.
* 1890 - Population: 72,059.
* 1899 - Rheinischer Camera-Klub founded.

## 20th century

* 1901 - Gutenberg Museum opens.
* 1904 - Kaiserbrücke (railway bridge) built.
* 1905
** 1. FSV Mainz 05 football club formed.
** Population: 91,124.
* 1907 - Gustav Stresemann Business School founded.
* 1908 - Kastel becomes part of Mainz.
* 1912 - Hauptsynagoge Mainz [de] (synagogue) built.
* 1913 - Church of the Sacred Heart built.
* 1919 - Population: 107,930.
* 1927 - Theresianum Gymnasium Mainz (school) founded.
* 1929 - Stadion am Bruchweg (stadium) opens.
* 1930 - Bischofsheim becomes part of Mainz.
* 1938 - Gonsenheim becomes part of Mainz.
* 1941 - Bombing of Mainz in World War II begins.
* 1945
** Bombing of Mainz in World War II ends.
** Mainz-Amöneburg becomes part of nearby city Wiesbaden.
* 1946 - University of Mainz reactivated.
* 1947 - Allgemeine Zeitung (Mainz) newspaper in publication.
* 1949 - Academy of Sciences and Literature founded.
* 1951 - Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate begins meeting in the Deutschhaus Mainz.
* 1953 - Rabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium (school) active.
* 1958 - Iron Tower reconstructed.
* 1961 - Wood Tower reconstructed.
* 1962 - Schierstein Bridge built.
* 1963 - Fastnachtsbrunnen (Mainz) [de] erected on the Schillerplatz.
* 1964 - Mainz-Lerchenberg [de] borough created.
* 1967 - Mittelrheinischen Landesmuseum Mainz established.
* 1968 - Rheingoldhalle (Mainz) [de] built.
* 1981 - Mainz (journal) begins publication.
* 1985 - Ancient Roman gate, Mainz [de] discovered in Kästrich.
* 1987 - Mainzer Rhein-Zeitung [de] (newspaper) begins publication.
* 1989 - Mainz-Altstadt [de] borough new circumscripted.
* 1997 - Jens Beutel becomes mayor.

## 21st century

* 2010
** February: Storm.
** New synagogue Mainz built.
* 2011 - Coface Arena opens.
* 2012 - Michael Ebling becomes mayor.
* 2013 - Population: 204,268.