Timeline of Mulhouse

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• 1273 – Mulhouse becomes an Imperial Free City of the Holy Roman Empire and receives privileges from Rudolph of Hapsburg.[1][2]
• 1466 – Mulhouse "formed an alliance with the Swiss."[2]
• 1515 – Mulhouse becomes part of the Swiss Confederacy.[1]
• 1528 – Protestant reformation.[2]
• 1553 – Hôtel de ville de Mulhouse (city hall) rebuilt.[2][3]
• 1746 – Cotton manufacturing begins.[2]
• 1798 – Mulhouse becomes part of France per treaty.
• 1800 – Population: 6,018.[4]
• 1801 – Mulhouse becomes part of the Haut-Rhin department.[4]
• 1826 – Société industrielle de Mulhouse founded.[5]
• 1830 – Rhone–Rhine Canal built.
• 1836 – Population: 16,932.[4]
• 1839 - Mulhouse-Ville station opened.
• 1849 – Synagogue de Mulhouse built.[3]
• 1853 – Cité ouvrière (residential area for factory workers) developed.[6][2]
• 1856 – Population: 45,981.[4]
• 1857
  • Paris–Mulhouse railway begins operating.
  • Musée de dessin industriel (museum) founded.[7]
• 1858 – Musée historique de Mulhouse (museum) established.[7]
• 1859 - Temple Saint-Étienne founded.
• 1861 – Canton of Mulhouse-Nord and Canton of Mulhouse-Sud created.[4]
• 1864 – Musée des beaux-arts de Mulhouse (museum) established.[7]
• 1866 – Population: 58,773.[8]
• 1867 – Théâtre de la Sinne built.[3]
• 1868 - Mulhouse Zoological and Botanical Park created.
• 1871 – Mulhouse becomes part of German Empire.[2]
• 1880 – Population: 68,140.[9]
• 1882 – Mulhouse tramway (1882) begins operating.

• 1906 – Population: 94,498.[4][2]
• 1914
  • 7–10 August: Battle of Mulhouse; German forces win.
  • 19 August: Battle of Dornach (1914).
  • Dornach becomes part of Mulhouse.[4]
• 1919 – Mulhouse becomes part of France again.[10]
• 1923 – Société d'histoire de Mulhouse (history society) founded.[5]
• 1925 – Bains municipaux de Mulhouse built.[11]
• 1932 – Gare de Mulhouse (train station) built.
• 1940 – June: German occupation of city begins.[10]
• 1944 – November: German occupation of city ends.[10]
• 1947 – Bourtzwiller becomes part of Mulhouse.[4]
• 1955 – Musée de l'impression sur étoffes (museum) active.[7]
• 1958 – Canton of Mulhouse-Est and Canton of Mulhouse-Ouest created.[4]
• 1959 – 1959 Tour de France bicycle race departs from Mulhouse.
• 1962 – Population: 108,995.[4]
• 1971
  • 1971 Tour de France bicycle race departs from Mulhouse.
  • Musée français du chemin de fer (train museum) established.[7]
• 1972 – Regional Opéra national du Rhin established.
• 1978 - Cité de l'Automobile established.
• 1986 – Bibliothèque de l'université et de la Société industrielle de Mulhouse (library) established.
• 1989 – Jean-Marie Bockel becomes mayor.
• 1992 – Musée EDF Electropolis (museum) opens.[7]
• 1999 – Kinepolis Mulhouse (cinema) opens.

• 2006 – Mulhouse tramway begins operating.
• 2009 – Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération (regional government) created.
• 2010
  • Tram-train Mulhouse Vallée de la Thur begins operating.
  • Jean Rottner becomes mayor.
• 2013 – Population: 112,063.
• 2015 – Cantons 1, 2, and 3 created.
• 2016 – Mulhouse becomes part of the Grand Est region.

• History of Mulhouse
• List of mayors of Mulhouse
• List of heritage sites in Mulhouse
• 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

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