Timeline of Mulhouse

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mulhouse, France.

Prior to 20th century

• 1273 – Mulhouse becomes an Imperial Free City of the Holy Roman Empire and receives privileges from Rudolph of Hapsburg.
• 1466 – Mulhouse "formed an alliance with the Swiss."
• 1515 – Mulhouse becomes part of the Swiss Confederacy.
• 1528 – Protestant reformation.
• 1553 – Hôtel de ville de Mulhouse (city hall) rebuilt.
• 1674 – Battle of Mulhouse.
• 1746 – Cotton manufacturing begins.
• 1798 – Mulhouse part of France per .
• 1800 – Population: 6,018.
• 1801 – Mulhouse becomes part of the Haut-Rhin department.
• 1826 – founded.https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000679723
• 1830 – Rhone–Rhine Canal built.
• 1836 – Population: 16,932.
• 1839 - Mulhouse-Ville station opened.
• 1849 – built.
• 1853 – Cité ouvrière (residential area for factory workers) developed.
• 1856 – Population: 45,981.
• 1857
• Paris–Mulhouse railway begins operating.
• (museum) founded.
• 1859 - Temple Saint-Étienne founded.
• 1861 – and created.
• 1864 – Musée des Beaux-Arts de Mulhouse established.
• 1866 – Population: 58,773.
• 1867 – Théâtre de la Sinne built.
• 1868 - Mulhouse Zoological and Botanical Park created.
• 1871 – Mulhouse becomes part of German Empire.
• 1874 – Musée historique de Mulhouse established.
• 1880 – Population: 68,140.
• 1882 – begins operating.

20th century

• 1906 – Population: 94,498.
• 1914
• 7–10 August: Battle of Mulhouse; German forces win.
• 19 August: Battle of Dornach (1914).
• Dornach becomes part of Mulhouse.
• 1919 – Mulhouse becomes part of France again.
• 1923 – Société d'histoire de Mulhouse (history society) founded.
• 1925 – built.
• 1932 – Gare de Mulhouse (train station) built.
• 1940
• June: German occupation of city begins.
• August: Frontstalag 213 prisoner-of-war camp for Allied POWs established by the Germans.
• December: Frontstalag 213 POW camp dissolved. Stalag V-E POW camp established.
• 1942 – March: Stalag V-E POW camp dissolved.
• 1944 – November: German occupation of city ends.
• 1947 – Bourtzwiller becomes part of Mulhouse.
• 1955 – (museum) active.
• 1958 – and created.
• 1959 – 1959 Tour de France bicycle race departs from Mulhouse.
• 1962 – Population: 108,995.
• 1971
• 1971 Tour de France bicycle race departs from Mulhouse.
• Musée français du chemin de fer (train museum) established.
• 1972 – Regional Opéra national du Rhin established.
• 1978 - Cité de l'Automobile established.
• 1986 – (library) established.
• 1989 – Jean-Marie Bockel becomes mayor.
• 1992 – (museum) opens.
• 1999 – Kinepolis Mulhouse (cinema) opens.

21st century

• 2006 – Mulhouse tramway begins operating.
• 2009 – Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération (regional government) created.
• 2010
• begins operating.
• Jean Rottner becomes mayor.
• 2013
• June: City hosts the 2013 Men's World Team Squash Championships.
• Population: 112,063.
• 2015 – Cantons 1, 2, and 3 created.
• 2016 – Mulhouse becomes part of the Grand Est region.

See also

• History of Alsace

Other cities in the Grand Est region:

• Timeline of Metz
• Timeline of Nancy, France
• Timeline of Reims
• Timeline of Strasbourg
• Timeline of Troyes

References

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

in other languages

• (Bibliography)
• 1895–

External links

• Items related to Mulhouse, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Mulhouse, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)