Aix-la-Chapelle: All Data
1. Lists and Timelines
Aachen: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
792 AD
Capital of Kingdom of the Franks
800 AD
Capital of Frankish Empire
843 AD
Capital of Middle Francia
855 AD
Capital of Lotharingia (Lothair II)
899 AD
Mentioned in Event: French invasion of Lotharingia
899 AD
Capital of Lotharingia (Sventibald)
922 AD
Capital of Lotharingia (Charles III)
962 AD
Mentioned in Event: Incoronation of Otto I
1166 AD
Capital of Imperial City of Aachen
1248 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Aachen (1248)
1614 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Aachen (1614), part of War of the Jülich Succession
1794 AD
Mentioned in Event: Flanders Campaign
1803 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Department of Roer, part of First French Republic
1812 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Department of Roer, part of First French Empire
1815 AD
Mentioned in Event: Congress of Vienna
1871 AD
Mentioned in Event: Unification of Germany (1871)
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Republic proclamation in Germany
1919 AD
Mentioned in Event: Occupation of the Rhineland
1923 AD
Mentioned in Event: Occupation of the Rhineland
1923 AD
Capital of Rhenish Republic
1924 AD
Mentioned in Event: Occupation of the Rhineland
1929 AD
Mentioned in Event: Occupation of the Rhineland
1944 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battle of Aachen
1944 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Aachen, part of Battle of Aachen
1945 AD
Mentioned in Event: Allied occupation of Germany
1949 AD
Mentioned in Event: End of World War II in Europe