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

Prior to 17th century

1158 - Duke Henry the Lion builds bridge, mint, and salt-depot. 1175 - Munich gains official status as city. 1239 - Coat of arms of Munich in use. 1240 - Otto II Wittelsbach in power. 1255 - City becomes ducal residence of Upper Bavaria. 1327 . City then rebuilt by Louis the Bavarian 1332 - Salt monopoly granted by Louis IV. 1368 Cathedral construction begins. St. Peter's Church reconstructed. 1383 - Löwenbräu founded. 1385 - Munich Residenz built. 1394 - Town Hall built. 1397 - Guild uprising. 1429 - Fire. 1482 - Johann Schauer sets up printing press. 1494 - Frauenkirche consecrated. 1506 - City becomes capital of Bavaria. 1576 - Jesuit school built (approximate date).

17th-18th centuries 1609 - Catholic League founded. 1617 - Hofgarten laid out. 1623 - Schleissheim Palace constructed. 1628 - Treaty of Munich signed. 1632 - City occupied by Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. 1634 - Bubonic plague. 1638 - Mary's Column erected, Marienplatz. 1653 - State opera active. 1675 - Nymphenburg Palace built. 1680 - Population: 20,000 1688 - Premiere of Steffani's opera Niobe. 1690 - Theatine Church built. 1704 - Austrian occupation. 1705 - Sendlinger Mordweihnacht. 1739 - Amalienburg built. 1742 - Habsburgs in power until 1744. 1753 - Cuvilliés Theatre built. 1759 - Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities founded. 1762 28 April: Fire. Hoforchester active. 1781 - Premiere of Mozart's opera Idomeneo. 1783 - Population: 38,000. 1789 - Englischer Garten laid out by Count Rumford. 1797 - Charitable soup kitchen begins operating. 1800 - 2 July: City taken by French forces.

19th century

1801 - Population - 48,885. 1806 - City becomes capital of Kingdom of Bavaria. 1807 Viktualienmarkt active. Hofgartenkaserne built. Augustiner-Keller beer garden in business. 1808 - Royal Academy of Fine Arts established. 1809 - Alte Münze in use. 1810 - (Oktoberfest) begins. 1818 National Theatre built. Lese-Konditorei (reading cafe) in business. 1825 - Accession of Ludwig I of Bavaria leads to "handsome streets and buildings".

1826 LMU Munich relocates to Munich. Türkenkaserne built. 1830 Ludwigstraße laid out (approximate date). Glyptothek built. 1835 - St. Boniface's Abbey founded by Ludwig I of Bavaria. 1836 - Alte Pinakothek established. 1837 - Allerheiligen-Hofkirche built. 1839 - Train station opens. 1843 State Library building constructed. Paläontologisches Museum established. 1844 Ludwigskirche consecrated. Feldherrnhalle constructed. 1848 München Hauptbahnhof relocated. Daily newspaper Münchner Neueste Nachrichten first published. 1853 Maximilianstraße laid out. Neue Pinakothek established. 1854 - Glaspalast built; city hosts General German Industrial Exhibition. 1855 - Bavarian National Museum founded. 1861 - Population: 148,201. 1862 - Propylaea constructed. 1865 - Premiere of Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde. 1867 - Royal Bavarian Music School established. 1868 State Museum of Ethnology founded. Technical University of Munich opened. 1869 - Museum für Abgüsse Klassischer Bildwerke created. 1871 Haidhausen station and München Süd station open. Population: 169,693. 1875 - Munich Opera Festival begins. 1876 - Trams in Munich runs by horsecar. 1878 - Munich Pasing station relocated. 1879 Bavarian Army Museum founded. Over 28 million gallons of beer were brewed in Munich. 1880 Bürgerliches Brauhaus formed. Population: 230,023. 1882 - Allgemeine Zeitung moved to Munich. 1885 Bürgerbräukeller (beer hall) in business. Population: 261,982. 1887 Hofatelier Elvira founded. opens. 1888 - Munich Stadtmuseum established. 1889 - Eisenbahnkaserne built.

1890 - Population: 350,594. 1892 (hospital) opens. formed. 1893 active. Kaim Orchestra formed. 1894 -Production of Hildebrand & Wolfmüller motorcycle begins. 1895 Trams in Munich electrified. Population: 407,174. 1896 - Simplicissimus magazine begins publication. 1898 - City hosts Kraft- und Arbeitsmaschinen-Ausstellung. 1900 FC Bayern Munich founded. opens.

20th century

1900–1945

1901 Franz Eher publisher in business. Prinzregententheater opens. 1902 - Anthropologisch-Prähistorisches Sammlung des Staates formed. 1903 - Deutsches Museum von Meisterwerken der Naturwissenschaft und Technik founded. 1904 - Heinrich Thannhauser's art gallery opens. 1905 - Population: 538,983. 1906 - City co-hosts the 1906 World Figure Skating Championships. 1908 - New Town Hall built; Rathaus-Glockenspiel installed. 1909 Neue Künstlervereinigung München founded. Modern Gallery of contemporary art and Schackgalerie open. 1910 – 12 September: Premiere of Mahler's Symphony No. 8. 1911 Hellabrunn Zoo opens. Der Blaue Reiter art exhibit held. 1917 - Bayerische Motoren Werke formed. 1919 German Workers' Party founded in Munich. 16 October: Hitler gives his first political speech at the Hofbräukeller. City becomes capital of Bavarian Soviet Republic. Population: 630,711. 1920 July: Consulate of Poland opens. Nazi paramilitary Sturmabteilung headquartered in Munich. Nazi Völkischer Beobachter newspaper headquartered in Munich. 1923 - 8–9 November: Nazis attempt coup ("Beer Hall Putsch"). 1925 (transportation exposition) held in city. München Hauptbahnhof electrified. 1927 - Richard Strauss Conservatory founded. 1929 - Lenbachhaus museum opens. 1930 13 September: Hitler gives campaign speech at the Circus Krone Building, prior to German federal election, 1930 on 14 September. Feinkost Käfer founded in Munich. Population: 728,900. 1931 - National Socialist Party headquartered in Brown House. 1932 Nazi Sicherheitsdienst (intelligence agency) headquartered in Munich. Zoologische Staatssammlung München formed. 1933 Nazi headquarters relocated from Munich to Berlin. March: Dachau concentration camp begins operating near city. 1934 - Hunting museum established. 1935 - Münchner Haus der Kulturinstitute built.

1937 Führerbau constructed. 18 July: House of German Art opens. 19 July: "Degenerate art" exhibit held in Hofgarten. 1938 September: Munich Agreement signed. November: Kristallnacht. 1939 Munich-Riem Airport opens. Population: 829,318. 1940 June: Bombing of Munich begins. 1942 27 June: White Rose group active. 17 December: Forced labour camp for men established in the Moosach district. 1943 February: Munich-Allach subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp established by the SS. Polenlager Ost and Polenlager Süd forced labour subcamps of the local Nazi prison for youth established for young Poles (see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation). 1944 5 August: Forced labour camp for women established in the Berg am Laim district. Agfa-Commando subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp established. 2 December: Forced labour camp for women in Berg am Laim dissolved.

1945 13 March: Forced labour camp for men in Moosach dissolved. City captured by Americans. Remaining prisoners of the Munich-Allach and Agfa-Commando subcamps liberated. AFN Munich begins broadcasting. Munich Central Collecting Point set up. Denazification. Christian Social Union in Bavaria headquartered in Munich.

1946-1990s

1948 - Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste established. 1949 - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra founded. 1951 - Residenz Theatre built. 1952 - Deutsches Brauereimuseum founded. 1954 - Population: 908,572. 1955 Italian Cultural Institute in Munich founded. Fast-food Wienerwald (restaurant) in business. 1958 6 February: Munich air disaster. Population: 1,011,878. 1959 - begins. 1960 Munich Central Station rebuilt. Convair 340 crash. 1961 - Population: 1,106,298. 1963 - National Theatre rebuilt. 1965 - Population: 1,214,603. 1966 Staatliche Sammlung für Ägyptische Kunst founded. Deutsches Jagdmuseum reopens. 1967 - Staatliche Antikensammlungen opens. 1969 - City hosts the 1969 World Table Tennis Championships. 1970 Munich bus attack Population: 1,311,978. 1971 - U-Bahn begins operating. 1972 S-Bahn begins operating. Olympic Stadium opens; city hosts Summer Olympics; Munich massacre. BMW Headquarters is established. 1973 - built. 1974 - City hosts the 1974 World Figure Skating Championships. 1975 - City co-hosts the 1975 Ice Hockey World Championships.

1978 - Population: 1,296,970. 1980 - Museum Witt established; Oktoberfest bombing. 1983 April–May: City co-hosts the 1983 Ice Hockey World Championships. City hosts Bundesgartenschau (garden show). City hosts the Eurovision Song Contest 1983. 1985 - Gasteig culture center opens. 1988 - Munich Biennale opera festival begins. 1989 - Sister city relationship established with Cincinnati, USA. 1990 - Museum of Man and Nature opens. 1992 City hosts 18th G7 summit. Museum Villa Stuck opens. Munich Airport opens. 1993 Bayerische Staatskanzlei built. Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding founded. 1995 - Eureka Prometheus Project's VaMP driverless car goes to Copenhagen and back. 1996 - City website online (approximate date). 1999 Czech Centre in Munich founded. BMW Headquarters declared as protected historical building 2000 - formed.

21st century 2001 - City hosts the 2001 World Judo Championships. 2002 - Pinakothek der Moderne opens. 2003 - Goetz Collection opens. 2005 - Allianz Arena opens. 2006 - Ohel Jakob synagogue built. 2007 Jewish Museum opens. Population: 1,311,573. 2009 - Museum Brandhorst opens. 2010 - Türkentor restored. 2012 - March: 2012 Munich artworks discovery. 2013 - Population: 1,407,836. 2014 - Dieter Reiter becomes mayor. 2015 Migrants arrive. NS-Dokumentationszentrum (Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism) opens. 2016 - Munich shooting occurs. 2024 - 2024 Munich shooting 2025 - 2025 Munich car attack

See also History of Munich List of mayors of Munich Timeline of German history Timelines of other cities in the state of Bavaria: Augsburg, Nuremberg, Würzburg

References

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External links

Links to fulltext city directories for Munich via Wikisource