Timeline of Linz

The following is a of the history of the city of Linz, Austria.

Prior to 19th century

• ca.400 CE - Roman fortress of Lentia
• 799 CE - First mention of the name Linz
• 823 CE - Archbishop of Passau in power.
• 1190 - Babenberger Leopold V in power (approximate date).
• 1210 - (castle) expanded (approximate date).
• 1236 - Siege by Bavarians.
• 1251 - Ottokar II of Bohemia in power.
• 1260 - Provincial administration based in the castle by Ottokar II of Bohemia.
• 1324 - City rights granted.
• 1391 - First mention of a prison at the castle.
• 1489 - Meeting of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor and Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary.
• 1490 - Linz becomes capital of Österreich ob der Enns province.
• 1497 - Bridge built.
• 1564 - construction begins.
• 1619 - Castle seized by Protestant rebels.
• 1620 - Bavaria in power.
• 1626 - Peasants' War: castle besieged by the peasants.
• 1628 - Austria in power.
• 1659 - expanded.
• 1680 - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli a professional soldier, died in Linz.
• 1682 - Church of Ignatius built.
• 1684 - 5 March: Holy League alliance established in the city between the Holy Roman Empire, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Republic of Venice.
• 1723 - erected on the .
• 1725 - (church) built.
• 1741 - Linz taken by Bavarian forces during the War of the Austrian Succession.
• 1742 - Linz recovered from the Bavarians.
• 1785 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Linz established.
• 1786 - Army barracks placed in the castle.
• 1800 - Fire.

19th century

• 1803 - Linz State Theatre built.
• 1809 - 3 May: Battle of Ebelsberg fought near Linz during the War of the Fifth Coalition.
• 1811 - Prison located in the castle.
• 1833 - Museum Francisco-Carolinum founded.
• 1836 - (fortification) built.
• 1851 - Prison relocated from the castle to Garsten. Army barracks placed in the castle.
• 1858
• Linz Hauptbahnhof (main railway station) opened.
• Vienna-Linz railway begins operating.
• 1864 - development begins.
• 1865 - newspaper begins publication.
• 1869 - Linzer Volksblatt (newspaper) begins publication.
• 1873 - and become part of Linz.
• 1877 - built.
• 1880 - Horsecar tram begins operating.
• 1890 - Population: 47,560.

• 1896 - Oberösterreichische Landesarchiv (regional archives) headquartered in Linz.⁽⁾
• 1898 - Pöstlingbergbahn (railway) begins operating.
• 1899 - Flood.
• 1900
• (bridge) opens.
• Population: 58,778.

20th century

• 1909 - (cinema) opens on .
• 1910 - Population: 67,817.
• 1915 - becomes part of Linz.
• 1919 - and Urfahr become part of Linz.
• 1920 - Population: 93,473.
• 1923
• becomes part of Linz.
• Linzer Volksstimme newspaper begins publication.
• 1924 - Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception consecrated.
• 1926 - ' (newspaper) begins publication.
• 1933 - (church) built.
• 1934 - 12 February: Austrian Civil War begins at the Hotel Schiff in Linz, where the Social Democratic Party of Austria kept an office.
• 1936 - (tobacco factory) built.
• 1937 - Linz designated a "Führer city" by Hitler.