Timeline of Stuttgart

Prior to 14th century

• 1st century A.D. - Roman fort established.
• 950 - Castle built.
• 1240 - Stiftskirche built.
• 1300 - Counts of Württemberg establish residence.

  14th-18th century

• 1321 - City status granted.
• 1486 - Printing press in operation.
• 1493 - Spitalkirche built.
• 1495 - Stuttgart becomes capital of Wurttemberg.
• 1570 - Palace built.
• 1626 - in use.
• 1686 - Gymnasium illustre established.
• 1769 - Castle Solitude built outside city.
• 1775 - Karlsschule relocates to Stuttgart.
• 1795 - Population: 19,510.

  19th century

• 1803 - City becomes capital of the Electorate of Württemberg.
• 1807 - New Palace built.
• 1808 - Schloss-Garten laid out in Neckar-Strasse.
• 1810 - Royal Library founded by Frederick I of Württemberg.
• 1820 - becomes mayor.
• 1824 - Stuttgarter Liederkranz founded.
• 1826 - Natural history museum opens.
• 1827 - built.
• 1829 - University of Stuttgart founded.
• 1832 - Winterschule für Bauhandwerker founded.
• 1833 - becomes mayor.
• 1839 - Schiller memorial erected in Schillerplatz.
• 1840 - Wilhelm Palais built.
• 1841
• * Schlossplatz column erected.
• * Hospitalkirche restored.
• * Population: 42,217.
• 1842 - founded.
• 1843 - Staatsgalerie Stuttgart opens.
• 1846
• * Railway station opens.
• * Wilhelma garden established.
• 1848 - Stuttgart-Heilbronn railway begins operating.
• 1849 - Rump parliament held.
• 1857
• * Stuttgart Music School founded.
• * Hotel Marquardt in business.
• * Ploucquet's Museum opens.
• 1860
• * constructed on the Schlossplatz.
• * Population: 61,314.
• 1861 - built.
• 1862 - becomes mayor.
• 1864 - built.
• 1865 - Polytechnic School built in Stadtgarten-Platz.
• 1869 - Württemberg State Museum founded.
• 1870 - Architectural school built.
• 1871
• * City becomes part of the German Empire.
• * zoo in business.
• 1872
• * Black Forest Railway in operation.
• * becomes mayor.
• * Stuttgarter Hofbräu brewery in business.
• 1873 - established.
• 1875
• * Martin's "Museum of the Primeval World" opens.
• * Marienkirche built.
• 1876 - Johanneskirche built.
• 1880
• * Wilhelma park opens to the public.
• * Law Courts built.
• * Population: 117,303.
• 1881 - Breuninger retailer in business.
• * Gewerbehalle built in Kriegsberg-Strasse.
• 1888 - Dinkelacker brewery in business.
• 1889 - Stuttgart Swimming Baths built.
• 1890 - Population: 139,817.
• 1892 - Socialist women's newspaper Die Gleichheit in publication in Stuttgart.
• 1893 - becomes mayor.
• 1894 - in business.
• 1895 - Kriegsberg Tower, Landesgewerbe-Museum, and Königin-Olga-Bau constructed.
• 1899 - becomes mayor.
• 1900
• * German Peace Society headquartered in city.
• * Friedrichsbau theatre opens.
• * Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben founded.
• * Population: 176,699.

  20th century

1900s-1945

• 1901 - City public library established.
• 1903 - Solituderennen motorsport events begin.
• 1905 - Cannstatt and Untertürkheim become part of city.
• 1907 - International Socialist Congress held in Stuttgart.
• 1908
• * becomes part of city.
• * Cavalry barracks built.
• 1910
• * built.
• * Population: 286,218.
• 1911
• * Linden Museum established.
• * becomes mayor.
• 1912
• * Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart formed.
• * Königliche Hoftheater and Stuttgart-Degerloch water tower built.
• 1913 - established.
• 1915 - Böblingen Airport begins operating.
• 1916 - Stuttgart Open tennis tournament begins.
• 1918
• * City becomes capital of Free People's State of Württemberg.
• * Schlossplatz opens to the public.
• 1919 - Population: 309,197.
• 1922
• * Botnang becomes part of city.
• * Stuttgart Central Station rebuilt.
• * Stuttgart Observatory active.
• 1924 - formed.
• 1927
• * Weissenhof Estate built.
• * Flandern military training ground active.
• 1928 - Tagblatt-Turm and Schocken Department Store built.
• 1931
• * Rotenberg and Zuffenhausen become part of city.
• * Ferdinand Porsche in business.
• 1933
• * Feuerbach and Weilimdorf become part of city.
• * Karl Strölin becomes mayor.
• * Adolf-Hitler-Kampfbahn built.
• 1935 - Max-Eyth-See created.
• 1937 - Kurmärker Kaserne built.
• 1938
• * Helenen Kaserne established.
• * redesign adopted.
• 1939
• * Stuttgart Airport built.
• * Horticultural exhibition held in Killesbergpark.
• * Deportation of Jews begins.
• 1940
• * Robert-Bosch-Hospital opens.
• * August 25: Aerial bombing by Allied forces begins.
• 1942
• * Plieningen and become part of city.
• * November 22: Aerial bombing.
• 1943
• * March 11: Aerial bombing.
• * April 15: Aerial bombing.
• * September 6: Aerial bombing.
• * October 8: Aerial bombing.
• * November 26: Aerial bombing.
• 1944
• * February 21: Aerial bombing.
• * March 2: Aerial bombing.
• * March 15: Aerial bombing.
• * July: Aerial bombing.
• * September: Aerial bombing.
• * October 19: Aerial bombing.
• * November 5: Aerial bombing.
• * December 9: Aerial bombing.
• 1945
• * January 28: Aerial bombing.
• * April 21: Allied ground forces take city; military occupation begins.
• * December 5: United States Army occupies Kelley Barracks.
• * Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra and Volkstheater founded.
• * Arnulf Klett becomes mayor.

  1946-1990s

• 1946 - Südfunk-Chor Stuttgart formed.
• 1947 - Alte Staatsgalerie rebuilt.
• 1948 - Bölkow aircraft manufactory in business.
• 1952 - City becomes part of newly formed state of Baden-Württemberg.
• 1953 - Landesarboretum Baden-Württemberg established.
• 1954
• * founded.
• * State Museum of Natural History exhibits open in Rosenstein Castle.
• 1956 - Fernsehturm Stuttgart commissioned.
• 1957 - Birkenkopf enlarged.
• 1961 - City hosts Bundesgartenschau.
• 1964
• * Stammheim Prison commissioned.
• * New Palace reconstructed.
• 1965
• * Wilhelm Palais reconstructed.
• * Railway Vehicle Preservation Company founded.
• 1966 - Funkturm Stuttgart and Versatel building constructed.
• 1967 - United States European Command headquarters relocates to Stuttgart.
• 1969 - Old Castle renovated.
• 1970 - Württembergische Landesbibliothek building opens.
• 1971 - Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group in business.
• 1972 - Hannibal housing development and Fernmeldeturm constructed.
• 1973 - Stuttgart established.
• 1974 - Manfred Rommel becomes mayor.
• 1975
• * Trial of Red Army Faction members held in Stammheim Prison.
• * Stuttgart-Möhringen directional radio tower built.
• 1976
• * Porsche Museum opens.
• * Kickers-Stadium renovated.
• 1978
• * Stuttgart S-Bahn begins operating.
• * founded.
• * Roman Catholic Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart active.
• 1981 - Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart founded.
• 1982 - begins.
• 1983 - Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle built.
• 1984
• * Neue Staatsgalerie opens.
• * Theaterhaus Stuttgart founded.
• 1987 - Sparkassen Cup track and field competition begins.
• 1988
• * Schwanenbrau Cup cycling race begins.
• * May: 1988 European Cup Final held.
• 1994 - Stuttgart Region and established.
• 1997 - Wolfgang Schuster becomes mayor.
• 2000 - Observation tower built in Killesbergpark.

  21st century

• 2005 - Kunstmuseum Stuttgart opens.
• 2006 - Mercedes-Benz Museum opens.
• 2007
• * Messe Stuttgart built.
• * United States Africa Command headquartered in Stuttgart.
• 2011
• * May: Trial of Rwandan military leader Ignace Murwanashyaka begins at the.
• * Population: 613,392.
• 2013 - Fritz Kuhn becomes mayor.

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