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Treasures of Saxon State Library
Chronology
- 1206
- Dresden first mentioned as a fording point on the Elbe
River
- 1423
- Ruler of Saxony made elector of the Holy Roman Empire
- 1485
- Elector of Saxony chose Dresden as main residence
- 1517
- Martin Luther's "95 Theses on the Misuses of Indulgences"
purportedly posted on the doors of the Wittenberg Castle
Church
- 1520
- Luther publishes Address to the Christian Nobility of the
German Nation
- 1522
- Luther's German translation of New Testament published
- 1548
- Court Orchestra founded, forerunner of Saxon State
Orchestra
- 1556
- Royal Saxon Library founded by Prince Elector Augustus (1553-
1586) as his personal library
- 1694-1733
- Reign of Augustus I, the Strong, who also became King of
Poland in 1697
- 1709-1732
- Zwinger "arena," an art gallery and festival courtyard built
beside the palace by architect Pöppelmann
- 1727
- Royal Library moves into two wings of Zwinger Palace and is
made accessible to the public
- 1733-1763
- Reign of Augustus II
- 1736
- Johann von Besser's collection acquired by the Royal
Library
- 1755
- Librarian Winckelmann published Imitation of the Painting
and Sculpture of the Greeks
- 1756-1763
- Seven Years War
- 1763-1806
- Reign of Augustus III
- 1764
- Count von Bünau's library purchased
- 1768
- Count von Brühl's library purchased
- 1798
- "Romantic School" of literature created in Dresden, including
the Schlegels, Novalis, and Schelling
- 1806
- Holy Roman Empire dissolved during Napoleonic wars, and the
elector became King of Saxony; library became Royal Public
Library
- 1807
- Journal Phoebus, founded and published in Dresden,
was a leading periodical of the "Romantic" Movement
- 1884-1887
- Albertinum built to house the Sculpture Collection
- 1918
- Last King of Saxony abdicated; Dresden became part of
Germany
- 1919
- With the Weimar Republic, Library officially becomes the
Saxon State Library
* Based on the chronology in The Splendor of Dresden
exhibition guidebook. National Gallery of Art, 1978
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