{{Short description|Timeline of Cologne, North Rhine–Westphalia, Germany}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}} The following is a timeline of the [[History of Cologne|history]] of the city of [[Cologne]], [[Germany]]. {{Dynamic list}} {{TOC right}}
==Prior to the 14th century== {{History of Germany}}
* 13 CE - [[Germanicus]] headquartered in Cologne. * 15 CE - Town becomes administrative capital of [[Germania Inferior]] (approximate date). * 50 CE - Romans establish [[Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium|Colonia]].{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 80 CE - [[Eifel Aqueduct]] built. * 90 CE - Population: 45,000. * 260 - Cologne becomes capital of [[Gallic Empire]]. * 310 - Bridge built over Rhine. * 313 - [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne|Catholic diocese of Cologne]] established (approximate date).<ref name=katolsk>{{cite web |title=Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Germany |url= http://www.katolsk.no/organisasjon/verden/chronology/germany |publisher=Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese) |location=Norway |access-date= 30 September 2015 }}</ref> * 451 - The Huns under Attila sack Cologne. * 459 - [[Ripuarian Franks]] take power. * 475 - Becomes the residence of the Frankish king [[Childeric I]].{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 716 - [[Battle of Cologne]]. * 795 - City becomes Archbishop's see. * 960 - [[Great St. Martin Church, Cologne|Great St. Martin Church]] founded.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 974 - [[St. Andreas Church, Cologne|St. Andreas Church]] consecrated. * 980 - [[Church of St. Pantaleon]] consecrated. * 1003 - [[Deutz Abbey]] founded. * 1065 - [[St. Maria im Kapitol]] built. * 1106 - [[Basilica of St. Ursula|Church of the Holy Virgins]] built (approximate date).<ref>{{Citation |publisher = A. Seche |author = Albert Gereon Stein |title = Church of Saint Ursula and Her Companions in Cologne |date = 1882 |oclc = 14071164 |ol = 23525129M }}</ref> * 1114 - [[Coat of arms of Cologne]] in use. * 1160 - [[St. Cäcilien]] church built (approximate date). * 1182 - City expands with suburbs and ramparts.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1184 - [[Richerzeche]] formed (approximate date). * 1201 - The city joined the [[Hanseatic League]].{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1227 - [[St. Gereon's Basilica]] built. * 1247 - [[St. Kunibert (Cologne)|St. Kunibert]] church consecrated. * 1248 - [[Cologne Cathedral]] construction begins.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1250 - [[Great St. Martin Church]] built. * 1259 - [[Konrad von Hochstaden]] ([[Archbishop of Cologne]]) expels the [[Richerzeche]].{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1260 - Church of the Minorites built (approximate date).{{sfn|Baedeker|1911}} * 1288 - [[Battle of Worringen]].
==14th–18th centuries== [[Image:Eigentliche Abbildung des H. Römischen Reichs freyer Statt Cöllen (Plan 1633).jpg|thumb|right|Map of Cologne, 1633]]
* 1322 ** [[Cologne Cathedral]] choir consecrated. ** [[Historical Archive of the City of Cologne|Municipal archive]] in operation (approximate date). * 1334 - [[Cologne Charterhouse]] founded. * 1388 - [[University of Cologne]] established.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1396 - Constitution of Cologne in effect.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}} * 1400 - [[International Gothic|Gothic]] artist known as "[[Master of Saint Veronica]]" active (approximate date).<ref name=heilbrunn08euwc>{{cite web |url= http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=08®ion=euwc#/Key-Events |title= Central Europe (including Germany), 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events |work= Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History |publisher=[[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] |location=New York |access-date= 30 September 2015 }}</ref> * 1414 - [[History of the Jews in Cologne|Jews]] expelled.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1447 - {{ill|Gürzenich|de}} built.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1450 - [[Dreikönigsgymnasium]] founded. * 1466 - [[Ulrich Zell]] sets up [[Global spread of the printing press|printing press]].<ref name="Bouchot1890">{{cite book|author-link=Henri Bouchot|first=Henri|last=Bouchot|editor=Grevel, H.|location=London|title=The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time|year=1890|publisher=H. Grevel & Co.|url=https://archive.org/details/bookitsprinters01goog}}</ref> * 1473 - Work on [[Cologne Cathedral]] west front and towers suspended until 19th century * 1475 - City becomes [[Free Imperial City of Cologne|free imperial city]]. * 1569 - [[Cologne City Hall]] building expanded.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.stadt-koeln.de/politik-und-verwaltung/rathaus/ |access-date= 30 September 2015 |language=de |publisher= Stadt Köln |title= Rathaus}}</ref> * 1583/88 - [[Cologne War]] a religious conflict. * 1584 - [[Apostolic Nuncio to Cologne|Apostolic Nuncio]] established. * 1586 - [[Battle of Werl (1586)|Battle of Werl]]. * 1608 - Protestants banished.{{sfn|Baedeker|1911}} * 1626 ** Bertram Hilden sets up [[M. DuMont Schauberg|printing business]]. ** [[Witch trials in the early modern period|Witch trials]] begin (approximate date).<ref name="Levack2013">{{cite book|editor= Brian P. Levack |title=Oxford Handbook of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Df5NLUONwd8C&pg=PA344|year= 2013|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-164884-7}}</ref> * 1709 - [[Eau de Cologne]] launched by [[Giovanni Maria Farina]]. * 1734 - ''{{ill|Gazette de Cologne|de}}'' begins publication. * 1783 - Theater an der Schmierstraße built. * 1794 - Population: 40,000.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1795 - [[City directory]] published.<ref>{{cite book |author=A. V. Williams |title= Development and Growth of City Directories |location=Cincinnati, USA |year=1913 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=62QQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA6 }}</ref> * 1796 - City annexed by [[French First Republic]]. * 1798 ** [[University of Cologne]] closes.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} ** ''{{ill|Kölnische Zeitung|de}}'' newspaper begins publication.
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==19th century==
* 1801 - [[Treaty of Lunéville]] incorporates the city into France.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1802 - [[Hänneschen-Theater|Hänneschen]] puppet theatre founded.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.haenneschen.de/geschichte.php |title=Geschichte |author=Hänneschen-Theater Puppenspiele der Stadt Köln |language=de |access-date=10 August 2012}}</ref> * 1815 - [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussians]] take power, viz [[Congress of Vienna]].{{sfn|Baedeker|1911}}{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1823 - [[Rosenmontag]] (carnival) begins.<ref name=Heinzelmann2008timeline>{{cite book|author= Ursula Heinzelmann |title=Food Culture in Germany|year= 2008|publisher=Greenwood Press |isbn=978-0-313-34495-4 |chapter=Timeline |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ULLygtLOI-kC&pg=PR15 |author-link=Ursula Heinzelmann}}</ref> * 1827 - [[Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne]] formed. * 1839 - [[Stollwerck]] confectionery established.<ref name=Heinzelmann2008timeline /> * 1840 - [[Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne]] active.<ref name="Lawson2003-19th">{{cite book|editor= Colin Lawson|editor-link= Colin Lawson|title= Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra|year= 2003|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-00132-8 |chapter= Orchestras Founded in the 19th Century (chronological list) |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=1DW1WyiooSMC&pg=PA275 }}</ref> * 1842 ** ''[[Rheinische Zeitung]]'' begins publication. ** ''[[Zentral-Dombauverein zu Köln von 1842|Central-Dombauverein zu Köln]]'' (Central Cathedral Building Society) recommences construction work on [[Cologne Cathedral]] after 400 years. * 1848 - ''[[Neue Rheinische Zeitung]]'' begins publication. * 1849 - Population: 94,789 in city; 497,330 in [[Cologne (region)|region]].<ref name="Kolb1862">{{cite book|first=Georg Friedrich|last=Kolb|language=de|title=Grundriss der Statistik der Völkerzustands- und Staatenkunde|year=1862|location=Leipzig|publisher=A. Förstnersche Buchhandlung|chapter=Die europaischen Grossmachte: Preussen|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QkBVAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA37}}</ref> * 1850 - [[Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln|Conservatorium der Musik]] founded. * 1853 - [[Kolumba|Diözesanmuseum]] founded. * 1857 - [[Dom-Hotel|Hotel du Dome]] opens. * 1859 ** [[Cathedral Bridge]] built.<ref name="baedeker-1882">{{cite book|publisher=Karl Baedeker|location=Leipsic|title=The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance|chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/rhinefromrotter00karl#page/22/mode/2up|chapter=Cologne|date=1882|oclc=7416969}}</ref> ** [[Köln Hauptbahnhof]] opens. * 1860 - [[Cologne Zoological Garden|Zoo]] founded. * 1861 ** [[Wallraf-Richartz Museum]]<ref name="baedeker-1882" /> and [[Glockengasse Synagogue]] built. ** Population: 120,568 in city; 567,435 in [[Cologne (region)|region]].<ref name=statesman1865>{{cite book|title=Statesman's Year-Book|year=1865|location=London|publisher=Macmillan and Co.|chapter=Prussia|via=HathiTrust|hdl=2027/nyp.33433081590311|title-link=Statesman's Year-Book}}</ref> * 1863 - [[Excelsior Hotel Ernst|Hotel Ernst]] opens. * 1864 - [[Flora und Botanischer Garten Köln|Flora park]] laid out. * 1872 ** Theater in der {{ill|Glockengasse|de}} built. ** Zimmermann bakery in business.{{sfn|New York Times|2012}} * 1874 - {{ill|Wolkenburg (Köln)|de}} restored.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1876 - ''[[Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger]]'' begins publication. * 1877 - [[Cologne Stadtbahn]] opens. * 1880 - [[Cologne Cathedral]] completed. * 1885 ** Population: 239,437.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} ** City walls dismantled.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1888 - [[Bayenthal]], [[Ehrenfeld, Cologne|Ehrenfeld]], [[Lindenthal, Cologne|Lindenthal]] and [[Nippes, Cologne|Nippes]] incorporated into city.{{sfn|Baedeker|1911}} [[File:General view, Cologne, the Rhine, Germany-LCCN2002714082.jpg|thumb|Cologne in the 1890s]] * 1890 - [[Cologne Public Library|Public Library]] established. * 1894 - [[Köln Hauptbahnhof|Main station]] rebuilt. * 1900 - Population: 370,685.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
==20th century==
===1900-1945=== * 1902 - Theater am Habsburger Ring built. * 1904 - [[Cologne Opera|Oper der Stadt Köln]] formed. * 1905 - Population: 428,503.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1906 - [[Schnütgen Museum]] founded. * 1908 - 21 September: Mathematician [[Hermann Minkowski|Minkowski]] delivers "Raum und Zeit" lecture on [[Minkowski space|spacetime]]. * 1910 ** [[Kalk, Cologne|Kalk]] and {{ill|Vingst|de}} incorporated into city.{{sfn|Baedeker|1911}} ** Population: 516,527. * 1911 - [[Hohenzollern Bridge]] built. * 1913 - [[Rheinpark]] and [[Köln Messe/Deutz station]] open. * 1914 - [[Werkbund Exhibition (1914)|Werkbund Exhibition]] held.<ref name=heilbrunn11euwcm>{{cite web |url= http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=11®ion=euwcm#/Key-Events |title= Germany and Switzerland, 1900 A.D.–present: Key Events |work= Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History |publisher=[[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] |location=New York |access-date= 30 September 2015 }}</ref> * 1917 - [[Konrad Adenauer]] becomes mayor. * 1919 ** Consulate of Poland opens.<ref name=hc>{{cite book|last=Chałupczak|first=Henryk|editor-last1=Kaczmarek|editor-first1=Ryszard|editor-last2=Masnyk|editor-first2=Marek|year=2004|title=Konsulaty na pograniczu polsko-niemieckim i polsko-czechosłowackim w 1918–1939|language=pl|location=Katowice|publisher=Wydawnictwo [[University of Silesia in Katowice|Uniwersytetu Śląskiego]]|page=20|chapter=Powstanie i działalność polskich placówek konsularnych w okresie międzywojennym (ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem pogranicza polsko-niemiecko-czechosłowackiego)}}</ref> ** Population: 633,904.<ref>{{cite book |title=Statesman's Year-Book |year=1921 |location=London |publisher= Macmillan and Co.|chapter= Germany: Principal Towns |via=HathiTrust |hdl=2027/njp.32101072368440 |title-link=Statesman's Year-Book }}</ref> * 1921 - [[Jawne]] school built. * 1925 - Population: 705,477. * 1926 ** [[Cologne Butzweilerhof Airport|Airport]] opens. ** [[Kölner Werkschulen]] established. * 1928 ** [[Messeturm Köln]] built. ** Polish Consulate relocated to [[Frankfurt]], and replaced by a Polish Consular Agency in Cologne.<ref name=hc/> * 1930 ** Polish Consular Agency closed.<ref name=hc/> ** November: Flood. * 1934 - [[University of Cologne]] reopens. * 1938 - [[Kristallnacht]]. * 1939 - Nazi camp for [[Sinti]] and [[Romani people]] established (see also ''[[Porajmos]]'').<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesarchiv.de/zwangsarbeit/haftstaetten/index.php?action=2.2&tab=7&id=2269|title=Lager für Sinti und Roma Köln-Bickendorf|website=Bundesarchiv.de|access-date=8 August 2022|language=de}}</ref> * 1940 - [[Bombing of Cologne in World War II|Bombing]] begins. * 1942 - III [[SS construction brigade]] ([[Forced labour under German rule during World War II|forced labour]] camp) established by the [[SS]]. Its prisoners were mostly Poles and Soviets.<ref name=3SS>{{cite web|url=https://www.aussenlager-buchenwald.de/details.html?camp=44|title=Köln (III. SS-Baubrigade)|website=aussenlager-buchenwald.de|access-date=8 August 2022|language=de}}</ref> * 1944 ** May: III SS construction brigade camp relocated to [[Wieda]].<ref name=3SS/> ** 12 August: [[Ford-Werke]] [[List of subcamps of Buchenwald|subcamp]] of the [[Buchenwald concentration camp]] established. Its prisoners were mostly Soviets.<ref name=Ford>{{cite web|url=https://www.aussenlager-buchenwald.de/details.html?camp=108|title=Köln (Ford)|website=aussenlager-buchenwald.de|access-date=8 August 2022|language=de}}</ref> ** 15 August: Köln Stadt subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp established. Its prisoners were mostly Eastern Europeans.<ref name=aussen>{{cite web|url=https://www.aussenlager-buchenwald.de/details.html?camp=106|title=Köln (Stadt)|website=aussenlager-buchenwald.de|access-date=8 August 2022|language=de}}</ref> ** 27 September: Westwaggon subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp established. Its prisoners were mostly Soviets.<ref name=waggon>{{cite web|url=https://www.aussenlager-buchenwald.de/details.html?camp=107|title=Köln (Westwaggon)|website=aussenlager-buchenwald.de|access-date=8 August 2022|language=de}}</ref> ** 25 October: Köln Stadt subcamp of Buchenwald dissolved. Prisoners deported to the main Buchenwald camp.<ref name=aussen/> ** November: [[Ehrenfeld Group]] executed. ** November: 1. SS-Eisenbahnbaubrigade [[List of subcamps of Mittelbau|subcamp]] of the [[Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp]] based in Cologne.<ref name=SSeb>{{cite web|url=https://www.aussenlager-buchenwald.de/details.html?camp=6|title=1. SS-Eisenbahnbaubrigade|website=aussenlager-buchenwald.de|access-date=8 August 2022|language=de}}</ref> [[Image:Koeln 1945-sharpened-resized.jpg|thumb|right|Overview of Cologne, April 1945]] * 1945 ** February: Ford-Werke subcamp of Buchenwald dissolved. Prisoners deported to the main Buchenwald camp.<ref name=Ford/> ** February: 1. SS-Eisenbahnbaubrigade subcamp relocated from Cologne.<ref name=SSeb/> ** March: Westwaggon subcamp of Buchenwald dissolved. Many prisoners deported to the main Buchenwald camp, dozens managed to escape.<ref name=waggon/> ** American troops capture city.
===1946-1990s=== * 1946 - ''[[Kölnische Rundschau]]'' begins publication. * 1947 ** 27 March: Food protest.<ref>{{cite journal |journal= Chronology of International Events and Documents |volume= 3 |year=1947 |title= March 24-April 6, 1947 |publisher= [[Royal Institute of International Affairs]] |location=London |jstor= 40545021 }}</ref> ** [[German Sport University Cologne|Sport University]] founded. ** [[WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne|Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunk orchestra]] formed. * 1949 ** ''[[Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger]]'' resumes publication. ** [[imm Cologne|Cologne Furniture Fair]] begins. * 1950 - [[photokina 1950|Photokina]] trade fair begins. * 1951 - [[Cologne Bonn Airport]] opens. * 1954 ** [[Istituto Italiano di Cultura|Italian Cultural Institute]] in Cologne founded.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iiccolonia.esteri.it/iic_colonia/it/istituto/chi_siamo/|title=Chi Siamo|website=Istituto Italiano di Cultura Colonia|access-date=8 August 2022|language=it}}</ref> ** [[Cappella Coloniensis]] formed. * 1955 ** February–March: City co-hosts the [[1955 Ice Hockey World Championships]]. ** {{ill|Gaffel Haus|de}} rebuilt. * 1957 ** [[Cologne Central Station|Central Station]] rebuilt. ** [[Cologne Opera|Opera house]] built. ** [[Cologne Cable Car|Cable Car]] begins operating. ** City hosts [[Bundesgartenschau]] (national horticulture biennial).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bundesgartenschau.de/buga-iga/bisherige-gartenschauen/ |title=Bisherige Gartenschauen |language=de |trans-title=Previous Garden Shows |publisher=Deutsche Bundesgartenschau-Gesellschaft |location=Bonn |access-date=2 December 2013}}</ref> * 1960 ** [[Stadtwerke Köln]] established. ** Population: 803,616. * 1964 ** ''{{ill|Express (German newspaper)|de|3=Express (Zeitung)}}'' newspaper begins publication. ** [[Cologne school massacre|School massacre]]. ** [[Forstbotanischer Garten Köln|Forstbotanischer Garten]] created. * 1967 - [[Art Cologne|Kölner Kunstmarkt]] begins. * 1971 - [[Cologne University of Applied Sciences]] formed. * 1973 - {{ill|Association of Islamic Cultural Centres|de|3=Verband der Islamischen Kulturzentren}} headquartered in city.<ref name=Hamdan2011>{{citation|url=http://www.zikk.eu/tl_files/zikk/pdfs/Muslime-Band.pdf |year=2011 |author=Hussein Hamdan |title=Muslime in Deutschland: Geschichte, Gegenwart, Chancen |trans-title=Muslims in Germany: Past, Present, Prospects |publisher=Zentrum für interkulturelle Kommunikation |location=Heidelberg |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530055037/http://zikk.eu/tl_files/zikk/pdfs/Muslime-Band.pdf |archive-date=30 May 2015 }}</ref> * 1976 - [[Gebühreneinzugszentrale]] and [[Museum Ludwig]] established. * 1977 - {{ill|Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit|de}} headquartered in city.<ref name=ISN>{{cite web |url=http://www.isn.ethz.ch/Digital-Library/Organizations |title=Organizations |work= [[International Relations and Security Network]] |location=Switzerland |publisher=[[Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich]] |access-date= 30 September 2015 }}</ref> * 1981 - [[Colonius]] tower built. [[File:Altstadtpanorama 1.jpg|thumb|Flood in 1983]] * 1983 ** April: Flood. ** [[Akademie för uns Kölsche Sproch]] established. * 1984 ** [[Centrum Schwule Geschichte]] established. ** [[Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs]] headquartered in city.<ref name=Hamdan2011 /> ** [[Feminale]] film festival begins. * 1985 ** [[Käthe Kollwitz Museum (Cologne)|Käthe Kollwitz Museum]] opens. ** [[St. George's School, Cologne|St. George's School]] founded. * 1986 - {{ill|Islamic Council for the Federal Republic of Germany|de|3=Islamrat für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland}} headquartered in city.<ref name=Hamdan2011 /> * 1988 - [[EL-DE Haus|NS Documentation Center]] established. * 1990 - [[Academy of Media Arts Cologne]] established. * 1991 - [[Cologne Conference]] (television and film festival) and [[Cologne Comedy Festival]] begin. * 1992 - Cologne Festival of Early Music begins. * 1993 ** [[Imhoff-Schokoladenmuseum]] opens. ** [[Cologne Business School]] established. ** [[Ringfest]] begins. * 1994 - [[Central Council of Muslims in Germany]] headquartered in city.<ref name=Hamdan2011 /> * 1996 - [[Summerjam]] reggae festival begins. * 1998 ** September: City hosts the [[1998 World Rowing Championships]]. ** [[Lanxess Arena]] opens. * 1999 ** City website online (approximate date).<ref>{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19990427104017/http://www.stadt-koeln.de/ |url= http://www.stadt-koeln.de |archive-date= 27 April 1999 |language= de |title= Stadt Koeln |via= Internet Archive, [[Wayback Machine]] |url-status= dead |df= dmy-all }}</ref><!--Was there an earlier city website?-->{{Chronology citation needed|date=January 2016}} ** [[25th G8 summit]] held in Cologne. * 2000 ** [[Internationale Filmschule Köln]] established. ** Population: 962,884.
==21st century==
* 2001 ** April–May: City co-hosts the [[2001 IIHF World Championship]]. ** [[KölnTurm]] built. ** {{illm|Zentralarchiv des internationalen Kunsthandels|de}} (archives) headquartered in Cologne. * 2002 - [[Köln–Frankfurt high-speed rail line]] begins operating. * 2004 ** 9 June: [[2004 Cologne bombing|Bombing]]. ** [[MediaPark]] constructed. * 2005 ** City hosts Catholic [[World Youth Day 2005|World Youth Day]]. ** [[Weltstadthaus (Cologne)|Weltstadthaus]] built. * 2006 ** [[International Women's Film Festival Dortmund/Cologne]] begins. ** [[KölnTriangle]] built. * 2009 - [[Jürgen Roters]] becomes mayor.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.citymayors.com/mayors/german-mayors.html |title=German mayors |location=London |work=City Mayors.com |publisher=[[City Mayors Foundation]] |access-date=15 November 2013}}</ref> * 2010 - Population: 1,007,119 * 2014 - [[Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki]] succeeds [[Joachim Cardinal Meisner]] as archbishop of Cologne * 2015 - [[Henriette Reker]] becomes first female mayor of Cologne, one day after an assassination attempt on her at a market in [[Braunsfeld]] * 2015-2016 - [[2015-16 New Year's Eve sexual assaults in Germany]] * 2017 ** May: City co-hosts the [[2017 IIHF World Championship]]. ** [[Cologne Central Mosque]] is completed. * 2018 ** January: Flood. ** 13 June: [[2018 Cologne terrorist plot|Terrorist plot]] foiled. ** 15 October: [[2018 Cologne attack]] * 2025 ** 1 November: [[Torsten Burmester]] (SPD) becomes mayor of Cologne.
==See also== * [[History of Cologne]] * [[List of mayors of Cologne]] * [[Elector of Cologne]] * [[:Category:Timelines of cities in Germany|Timelines]] of other [[List of cities in Germany by population|cities]] in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia:<sup>([[:de:Liste der Städte und Gemeinden in Nordrhein-Westfalen|de]])</sup> [[Timeline of Aachen|Aachen]], [[Timeline of Bonn|Bonn]], [[Timeline of Dortmund|Dortmund]], [[Timeline of Duisburg|Duisburg]], [[Timeline of Düsseldorf|Düsseldorf]], [[Timeline of Essen|Essen]], [[Timeline of Münster|Münster]]
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==External links== {{commons category|History of Cologne}} * Europeana. [https://www.europeana.eu/portal/search.html?query=cologne+germany&rows=96 Items related to Cologne], various dates.
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