title: Timeline of Mulhouse
text: # Timeline of Mulhouse
  
  The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mulhouse, France.
  
  ## Prior to 20th century
  
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  Ancient Prehistory   Greek colonies 600 BC – 49 BC Celtic Gaul   until 50 BC Roman Gaul 50 BC – 486 AD :
  
  Middle Ages Francia and the Franks   Merovingians 481–751 Carolingians 751–987 Direct Capetians 987–1328 Valois 1328–1498 :
  
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  * 1273 – Mulhouse becomes an Imperial Free City of the Holy Roman Empire and receives privileges from Rudolph of Hapsburg.
  * 1466 – Mulhouse "formed an alliance with the Swiss."
  * 1515 – Mulhouse becomes part of the Swiss Confederacy.
  * 1528 – Protestant reformation.
  * 1553 – Hôtel de ville de Mulhouse [fr] (city hall) rebuilt.
  * 1674 – Battle of Mulhouse.
  * 1746 – Cotton manufacturing begins.
  * 1798 – Mulhouse becomes part of France per treaty.
  * 1800 – Population: 6,018.
  * 1801 – Mulhouse becomes part of the Haut-Rhin department.
  * 1826 – Société industrielle de Mulhouse [fr] founded.
  * 1830 – Rhone–Rhine Canal built.
  * 1836 – Population: 16,932.
  * 1839 - Mulhouse-Ville station opened.
  * 1849 – Synagogue de Mulhouse [fr] built.
  * 1853 – Cité ouvrière (residential area for factory workers) developed.
  * 1856 – Population: 45,981.
  * 1857
     * Paris–Mulhouse railway begins operating.
     * Musée de dessin industriel [fr] (museum) founded.
  * 1859 - Temple Saint-Étienne founded.
  * 1861 – Canton of Mulhouse-Nord [fr] and Canton of Mulhouse-Sud [fr] created.
  * 1864 – Musée des Beaux-Arts de Mulhouse established.
  * 1866 – Population: 58,773.
  * 1867 – Théâtre de la Sinne built.
  * 1868 - Mulhouse Zoological and Botanical Park created.
  * 1871 – Mulhouse becomes part of German Empire.
  * 1874 – Musée historique de Mulhouse established.
  * 1880 – Population: 68,140.
  * 1882 – Mulhouse tramway (1882) [fr] begins operating.
  
  ## 20th century
  
  * 1906 – Population: 94,498.
  * 1914
     * 7–10 August: Battle of Mulhouse; German forces win.
     * 19 August: Battle of Dornach (1914) [fr].
     * Dornach [fr] becomes part of Mulhouse.
  * 1919 – Mulhouse becomes part of France again.
  * 1923 – Société d'histoire de Mulhouse (history society) founded.
  * 1925 – Bains municipaux de Mulhouse [fr] built.
  * 1932 – Gare de Mulhouse (train station) built.
  * 1940
     * June: German occupation of city begins.
     * August: Frontstalag 213 prisoner-of-war camp for Allied POWs established by the Germans.
     * December: Frontstalag 213 POW camp dissolved. Stalag V-E POW camp established.
  * 1942 – March: Stalag V-E POW camp dissolved.
  * 1944 – November: German occupation of city ends.
  * 1947 – Bourtzwiller becomes part of Mulhouse.
  * 1955 – Musée de l'impression sur étoffes [fr] (museum) active.
  * 1958 – Canton of Mulhouse-Est [fr] and Canton of Mulhouse-Ouest [fr] created.
  * 1959 – 1959 Tour de France bicycle race departs from Mulhouse.
  * 1962 – Population: 108,995.
  * 1971
     * 1971 Tour de France bicycle race departs from Mulhouse.
     * Musée français du chemin de fer (train museum) established.
  * 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 [fr] (library) established.
  * 1989 – Jean-Marie Bockel becomes mayor.
  * 1992 – Musée EDF Electropolis [fr] (museum) opens.
  * 1999 – Kinepolis Mulhouse (cinema) opens.
  
  ## 21st century
  
  * 2006 – Mulhouse tramway begins operating.
  * 2009 – Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération (regional government) created.
  * 2010
     * Tram-train Mulhouse Vallée de la Thur [fr] begins operating.
     * Jean Rottner becomes mayor.
  * 2013
     * June: City hosts the 2013 Men's World Team Squash Championships.
     * Population: 112,063.
  * 2015 – Cantons 1, 2, and 3 created.
  * 2016 – Mulhouse becomes part of the Grand Est region.
  