Timeline of Vienna

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

Prior to 19th century

• c. 100 – Vindobona settled.
• 180 – Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius dies in Vindobona.
• 740 - Church of St Ruprecht, the oldest church in Vienna, first built.
• 881 – The Bavarians had their first clash at Wenia with the Hungarians (first mention of Vienna).
• 1030 – The Hungarians besiege Vienna.
• 1155
• Henry II, Duke of Austria appoints Vienna as capital city.
• Schottenstift founded.
• 1160 – St. Stephen's Cathedral built.
• 1221 – Vienna receives rights as staple port.
• 1237 – Vienna received a charter of freedom from Frederick II., confirmed in 1247.
• 1251 – Ottokar II of Bohemia in power.
• 1276 – Foundation stone for the Minorites Church laid by King Ottokar II of Bohemia.
• 1278 – City charter granted.
• 1280 – Jans der Enikel writes the Fürstenbuch, a first history of the city.
• 1349 – Augustinian Church consecrated.
• 1365 – University of Vienna founded.
• 1421 – Jews expelled.
• 1482 – Johann Winterburger sets up printing press (approximate date).
• 1485
• Siege of Vienna by Kingdom of Hungary, city passed to Hungary.
• Royal Court of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary relocated to Vienna (known as Bécs in Hungarian).
• 1515 – First Congress of Vienna.
• 1529 – Siege of Vienna by Turks.
• 1556 – Vienna becomes seat of Holy Roman Empire under Ferdinand I.
• 1598 – Donaukanal regulated.
• 1602 – Melchior Klesl becomes Bishop of Vienna.
• 1643 – Schönbrunn Palace built.
• 1668 – July: premiere of Cesti's opera Il pomo d'oro.
• 1678 – Palais Modena completed.
• 1679 – Great Plague of Vienna.

• 1683 – Battle of Vienna.
• 1684 – Kollschitzky coffeehouse in business.
• 1692 – Academy of Fine Arts Vienna founded.
• 1702 – Palais Strozzi completed.
• 1703 – Palais Liechtenstein built.
• 1704 – Linienwall fortification built.
• 1709 – Theater am Kärntnertor built.
• 1712 – Palais Trautson completed.
• 1713 – Plague epidemic.
• 1716 – Palais Kinsky completed.
• 1718 – Vienna Porcelain Manufactory founded.
• 1724 – Population: 150,000.
• 1735 – Winter Riding School built.
• 1741 – Burgtheater opens.
• 1752 or 1765 – Schönbrunn Zoo opens.

• 1762 – Premiere of Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice.
• 1765 – Artaria publishing firm founded.
• 1766 – Prater opens.
• 1770 – Chess-playing Mechanical Turk introduced at Schönbrunn Palace.
• 1772 – Freyung Christmas market begins.
• 1781 – Mozart arrives to Vienna from Salzburg.
• 1786
• Demel confectionery and Gesellschaft der Associierten founded.
• 1 May: premiere of Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro.
• 1790 – Population: 200,000.
• 1791 – 30 September: premiere of Mozart's The Magic Flute. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dies.
• 1792 – Schweighofer piano manufactury established. Beethoven arrives to Vienna from Bonn.
• 1797 - 31 January: Franz Schubert is born in Alsergrund
• 1800 – 2 April: premiere of Beethoven's Symphony No. 1.

19th century

• 1802 – Palais Erdődy commissioned.
• 1805
• 23 May: premiere of Beethoven's opera Fidelio.
• 13 November: Napoleon takes city.
• 1807 – Czartoryski Palace built.
• 1808 – 22 December: premiere of Beethoven's Fifth and Sixth Symphonies, Choral Fantasy, and Piano Concerto No. 4 at the Theater an der Wien.
• 1809 – Battle of Aspern-Essling. Joseph Haydn dies.
• 1814
• Congress of Vienna.
• C.F. Peters music publisher in business.
• 1824 – 7 May: premiere of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9.
• 1827 – 27 March: Ludwig van Beethoven dies.
• 1828 – 19 November: Franz Peter Schubert dies.
• 1829 – Leopoldine Society formed.
• 1832 – Sachertorte invented.
• 1840 – Population: 231,050.
• 1842
• Austrian Southern Railway begins.
• Philharmonische Academie formed.
• 1847 – Austrian Academy of Sciences established.

• 1848 – Vienna Uprising.
• 1850
• City expanded beyond Innere Stadt.
• Population: 551,300.
• 1858 – Vienna Ring Road constructed.
• 1860/1864 – the fine and lofty tower of the Cathedral of St Stephen rebuilt.
• 1864
• Palais Todesco completed.
• Neue Freie Presse newspaper begins publication.
• 1867 – Palais Toskana built.
• 1869
• Vienna State Opera house built.
• Population: 842,951.
• 1870
• Works started to regulate the Danube to make it safe for navigation.
• Musikverein inaugurated.
• 1873
• World exposition held.
• Café Landtmann and Hotel Imperial in business.
• 1874
• Palais Chotek completed.
• Premiere of Strauss's opera Die Fledermaus.
• 1875 – Danube levees constructed.
• 1876
• Academy of Fine Arts building erected.
• Hotel Sacher established.
• Café Central in business.
• 1878 – Palais Nathaniel Rothschild built.
• 1879 – Geological Survey of Austria formed.
• 1880
• Café Sperl in business.
• Population: 1,090,119.
• 1881 – Palace of Justice, Vienna built.
• 1882 – Palmenhaus Schönbrunn (greenhouse) opens.
• 1883 – Completion of the Vienna City Hall, an immense Gothic building.
• 1884 – Palais Albert Rothschild built.
• 1885 – Goldscheider Manufactory and Majolica Factory and Alpinen Gesellschaft Edelraute (hiking club) established.
• 1886 – Hermesvilla built.
• 1887 – Historical Museum of the City of Vienna established.
• 1889 – active.

• 1890 – City expanded; population: 1,364,548.
• 1891 – Kunsthistorisches Museum (art museum) opens.
• 1892 – City hosts the 1892 European Figure Skating Championships.
• 1894
• January: city hosts the 1894 European Figure Skating Championships.
• Palais Rothschild (Prinz-Eugen-Straße) built.
• 1895 – Palais Lanckoroński completed.
• 1897
• Wiener Riesenrad erected.
• April: Vienna Secession art group founded.
• 1898
• Vienna Stadtbahn begins.
• Secession Building constructed.
• City hosts the 1898 ICA Track Cycling World Championships.
• 1899
• 4 November: Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams published.
• ' magazine begins publication.
• 1900 – Population: 1,769,137.