Timeline of Leipzig

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Prior to 18th century

1 June 1593: Execution on the market square Calvinistenenthauptung.jpg
1 June 1593: Execution on the market square

18th century

Leipzig on the Schildbach Painting (1765) Leipzig Schildbach Painting.jpg
Leipzig on the Schildbach Painting (1765)

19th century

Battle of the Nations Battle of Leipzig 11.jpg
Battle of the Nations
An early train in Leipzig (1837) Friedrich List und die erste grosse Eisenbahn 1.jpg
An early train in Leipzig (1837)
Digging the Karl Heine Canal (1884/85) Df a 0008858 karl heine kanal.jpg
Digging the Karl Heine Canal (1884/85)
Market Square in the 1890s Market place and Hotel de Ville, Leipsig (i.e., Leipzig), Saxony, Germany-LCCN2002720591.jpg
Market Square in the 1890s

20th century

German revolution of 1918-1919 on Augustusplatz in Leipzig Bundesarchiv Bild 183-J0908-0600-005, Leipzig, Kundgebung auf dem Augustusplatz.jpg
German revolution of 1918–1919 on Augustusplatz in Leipzig
Polish armaments seized during the invasion of Poland on display at the 1939 Leipzig Trade Fair Wystawa wojenna na Targach Lipskich (2-155).jpg
Polish armaments seized during the invasion of Poland on display at the 1939 Leipzig Trade Fair
Abtnaundorf massacre site a day later, 1945 Site of mass burning of 250 Polish and French slave laborers at Nazi camp near Leipzig on April 19, 1945, the day before the city was captured by 69th Inf. Div. First U.S. Army. The victims LCCN90709903.jpg
Abtnaundorf massacre site a day later, 1945
Match GDR - Czechoslovakia in the Leipzig Zentralstadion 1957 Leipzig 1957 004a.jpg
Match GDR - Czechoslovakia in the Leipzig Zentralstadion 1957
Leipzig in 1971 Katharinenstrasse a Markt felol nezve. Fortepan 61116.jpg
Leipzig in 1971
The 1989 demonstrations in a mural of Michael Fischer-Art (2013) Mirnye demonstratsii po ponedel'nikam - panoramio (1).jpg
The 1989 demonstrations in a mural of Michael Fischer-Art (2013)

21st century

Oranje supporters at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Leipzig Oranjes-Leipzig.jpg
Oranje supporters at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Leipzig
Leipzig Book Fair 2024 Leipziger Buchmesse 2024.jpg
Leipzig Book Fair 2024

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