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Bonn

city in Germany and capital of former West Germany

9 dated entries naming Bonn, drawn from 9 separate years between 11 BCE and 1983 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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1st century BC

  • 11 BCEMay – Drusus secures the Rhine frontier and builds Roman fortresses near Bonn, Dorsten, Haltern, and Oberaden.source
  • 10 BCEThe Romans build a bridge across the Rhine near Bonn (approximate date).source

16th century

  • 1588September 13 – Dutch General Charles III de Croÿ captures the German city of Bonn in the Electorate of Cologne.source

17th century

  • 1673November 13 – Dutch troops commanded by Raimondo Montecuccoli and William, Prince of Orange conquer Bonn.source

18th century

  • 170318 May – War of the Spanish Succession: The Duke of Marlborough captures the cities of Cologne, Bonn, Limbourg, Huy and Guelders.source

20th century

  • 1918December 13 – The Canadian Corps parades across bridges over the Rhine, the 1st Division at South Bridge (Cologne) and the 2nd Division at Bonn. The Canadians participate in the Occupation of the Rhineland until gradually withdrawn starting in January 1919.source
  • 1949September 7 – The first Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany convenes in Bonn. They will elect Konrad Adenauer as Chancellor while the Federal Convention, a constitutional body consisting of the Bundestag members and a same number of representatives of the States, elect the liberal Theodor Heuss as President of Germany on 12 September.source
  • 19793 December – Ministers from France, Germany, and Luxembourg meet in Bonn. Germany and Luxembourg protest against France's plans to allow the construction of a nuclear power plant at Cattenom, but in vain.source
  • 1983April 29 – Erich Honecker cancels planned goodwill visit to Bonn due to escalating nuclear tensions.source

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