Dresden

capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany

13 dated entries naming Dresden, drawn from 13 separate years between 1491 CE and 1959 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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15th century

1491A major fire breaks out in Dresden.source

16th century

1539April 17 – At Dresden in Germany, Heinrich IV of the House of Wettin, nicknamed "Heinrich der Fromme" (Henry the Pious) becomes the new Duke of Saxony within the Holy Roman Empire upon the death of his older brother, Georg der Bärtige ("George the Bearded").source

17th century

1667January 27 – The 2,000 seat Opernhaus am Taschenberg, a theater in Dresden (capital of the Electorate of Saxony) opens with its first production, Pietro Ziani's opera Il teseo.source

18th century

1708Calcareous hard-paste porcelain is produced for the first time in Europe, at Dresden, Saxony, by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, and developed after his death (October) by Johann Friedrich Böttger.source
1709March 28 – Johann Friedrich Böttger reports the first production of hard-paste porcelain in Europe, at Dresden.source
1719September 3 – The three-story tall Opernhaus am Zwinger, one of the largest opera houses in the world at the time, opens in Dresden by staging Antonio Lotti's Giovi in Argo.source
1745December 17 – Two days after Prussian troops rout the Saxons at the Battle of Kesselsdorf, the Saxon capital of Dresden falls to Prussia's King Frederick the Great.source
1758October 14 – Seven Years' War: Battle of Hochkirch: Frederick loses a hard-fought battle against the Austrians under Marshal Leopold von Daun, who besieges Dresden.source

19th century

1845October 19 – Richard Wagner's opera Tannhäuser debuts at the Dresden Royal Court Theater.source
1873October 29 – At Dresden, Albrecht I becomes new King Albrecht I of King of Saxony, an independent state within the German Empire, upon the death of his father King Johann, who had ruled since 1854.source

20th century

1911January 26 – Premiere of Richard Strauss's opera Der Rosenkavalier in Dresden.source
1937July 20 – The Geibeltbad Pirna water sports facility is opened in Dresden, Germany.source
1959June 23 – Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after nine years in a British prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.source