Strasbourg

:For other places named Strasburg or Straßburg see Strasburg.

History

At the site of Strasbourg, the Romans established a military outpost and named it Argentoratum. It belonged to the Germania Superior Roman province. From the 4th century, Strasbourg was the seat of a bishopric.

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Romans - Germania Superior - Roman province - 4th century - Bishopric

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The Alamanni fought a battle against Rome in Strasbourg in 357. They were defeated by Julian, later Emperor of Rome, and their king Chonodomarius was taken prisoner. On January 2, 366 the Alamanni crossed the frozen Rhine in large numbers, to invade the Roman Empire. Early in the 5th century the Alamanni appear to have crossed the Rhine, conquered and then settled what is today Alsace and a large part of Switzerland.

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Alamanni - 357 - Julian - Emperor of Rome - Chonodomarius - January 2 - 366 - Rhine - 5th century - Switzerland

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The town was occupied successively in the 5th century by Alamanni, Huns and Franks. In 842, Strasbourg was the site of the Oath of Strasbourg.

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Huns - Franks - 842 - Oath of Strasbourg

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A major commercial centre in the later Middle Ages, it became in 1262 an Imperial Free City of the Holy Roman Empire, with a broad-based city government from 1332. The minster of Strasbourg was completed in 1439, and became the World's Tallest Building, surpassing the Great Pyramid of Giza. During the 1520s the city embraced the religious teachings of Martin Luther, whose adherents established a university in the following century.

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Middle Ages - 1262 - Imperial Free City - Holy Roman Empire - 1332 - Minster - 1439 - World's Tallest Building - Great Pyramid of Giza - 1520s - Martin Luther

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Annexing Strasbourg in September 1681, France was confirmed in possession of the city by the Treaty of Ryswick (1697). The official policy of religious intolerance which drove many Protestants from France after the Edict of Fontainebleau (1685) was not applied in Strasbourg, as the Edict of Nantes (1598) had still been in effect in France at the time of the city's annexation. With the growth of industry and commerce, the city's population tripled in the 19th century to 150,000.

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1681 - Treaty of Ryswick - 1697 - Protestants - Edict of Fontainebleau - 1685 - Edict of Nantes - 1598 - 19th century

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Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle composed "La Marseillaise" on April 25, 1792 in Strasbourg during a dinner organised by Frédéric de Dietrich, Strasbourg's mayor.

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Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle - La Marseillaise - April 25 - 1792

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Annexed to the newly-established German Empire, as part of the Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen, in 1871 following the Franco-Prussian War (Treaty of Frankfurt), the city was restored to France after World War I, in 1919 by the Treaty of Versailles. It was again effectively a part of Germany during World War II, from 1940 to 1945.

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German Empire - Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen - 1871 - Franco-Prussian War - Treaty of Frankfurt - World War I - 1919 - Treaty of Versailles - Germany - World War II - 1940 - 1945

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