Dresden: All Data
Dresden is a city in Germany. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Dresden: 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.
962 AD
Mentioned in Event: Incoronation of Otto I
1241 AD
Mentioned in Event: First Mongol Invasion of Germany
1485 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty of Leipzig (1485)
1485 AD
Capital of Duchy of Saxony (Albertines)
1547 AD
Mentioned in Event: Schmalkaldic War
1547 AD
Capital of Electorate of Saxony (Albertines)
1640 AD
Mentioned in Event: North German Front (Sweden)
1643 AD
Mentioned in Event: North German Front (Sweden)
1644 AD
Mentioned in Event: North German Front (Sweden)
1706 AD
Mentioned in Event: War against Augustus II
1745 AD
Mentioned in Event: Silesian Theatre (Second War)
1756 AD
Mentioned in Event: Saxon Theatre (Polish-Soviet War)
1757 AD
Mentioned in Event: Saxon Theatre (Polish-Soviet War)
1758 AD
Mentioned in Event: Saxon Theatre (Polish-Soviet War)
1760 AD
Mentioned in Event: Saxon Theatre (Polish-Soviet War)
1760 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Dresden, part of Saxon Theatre (Polish-Soviet War)
1806 AD
Mentioned in Event: Prussian Campaign (War of the Fourth Coalition)
1806 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Saxony
1809 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty of Schönbrunn
1809 AD
Mentioned in Event: War of the Fifth Coalition
1813 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Dresden, part of War of the Sixth Coalition
1871 AD
Mentioned in Event: Unification of Germany (1871)
1871 AD
Subdivision Capital of the State of Kingdom of Saxony, part of German Empire
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Republic proclamation in Germany
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Revolutionary States
1918 AD
Capital of Soviet Republic of Saxony
1919 AD
Mentioned in Event: Revolutionary States
1919 AD
Subdivision Capital of the State of Free State of Saxony, part of Weimar Republic
1933 AD
Subdivision Capital of the State of Free State of Saxony, part of Nazi Germany
1934 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Gau of Sachsen, part of Nazi Germany
1945 AD
Mentioned in Event: Allied occupation of Germany
1945 AD
Mentioned in Event: The Surrender of German forces
1949 AD
Mentioned in Event: End of World War II in Europe
1949 AD
Subdivision Capital of the State of Sachsen, part of Democratic Republic of Germany
1952 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Bezirk of Bezirk Dresden, part of Democratic Republic of Germany
1990 AD
Mentioned in Event: German Reunification
1990 AD
Subdivision Capital of the State of Saxony, part of Federal Republic of Germany