• 13/12 BC - Roman fort
Mogontiacum built. • 314 -
Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz established (approximate date). • 406 -
Battle of Mainz (406). • 790s - Benedictine
St. Alban's Abbey active (approximate date). • 813 - Carolingian rhine bridge (Mainz) (bridge) burns down. • 848 -
Gottschalk of Orbais convicted of heresy while in Mainz. • 952 - Forces of
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor fought forces of
Liudolf, Duke of Swabia and
Conrad, Duke of Lorraine in Mainz for 2 months. • 1009 -
Mainz Cathedral finished and burnt down during inauguration. • 1160 - "Citizens revolted against archbishop
Arnold of Selenhofen." • 1163 - City wall dismantled. • 1184 -
Diet of Pentecost occurs. • 1244 -
Free City of Mainz established. • 1314 - church built. • 1340 -
St. Stephen's Church built. • 1370 - Public clock installed (approximate date). • 1454/5 -
Johannes Gutenberg prints a
Bible using movable type and a printing press;
printing revolution launched. • 1461/2 -
Mainz Diocesan Feud occurs. • 1477 -
University of Mainz founded. • 1481 -
Martinsburg, Mainz (castle) built. • 1561 - Jesuit
Kurfürstliches Kolleg (school) founded. • 1631 - City occupied by Swedish forces during the
Thirty Years' War. • 1604 -
Old arsenal built. • 1644 - City occupied by French forces during the Thirty Years' War. • 1660 -
Citadel built in the
Fortress of Mainz. • 1670 - built. • 1678 -
Electoral Palace, Mainz built. • 1689 - during the
Nine Years' War. • 1736 - Arsenal built. • 1750 -
Bassenheimer Hof built. • 1752 -
Osteiner Hof built on the . • 1754 - (scholarly society) established. • 1770 -
Schott Music publisher in business. • 1781 -
Altmünster Cistercian abbey dissolved. • 1792 - October:
Siege of Mainz (1792) by the
French Revolutionary Armies under
Adam-Philippe de Custine. • 1793 • March:
Republic of Mainz established. • 14 April:
Siege of Mainz (1793) begins. • 23 July: Siege ends; Republic dissolved. • 1797 - Mainz "ceded to France by the
Treaty of Campo Formio." • 1798 -
University of Mainz suppressed by the French. ==19th century==