1655 |
Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden-Baden is born |
1677 |
He takes charge of the government of the margraviate |
1688-1698 |
France wages war against the German Reich due to the hereditary claim of Louis XIV to the Palatinate |
1689 |
French troops devastate the Palatinate and the region of the Upper Rhine. The residential palaces of the Baden margraviates in Durlach and Baden-Baden are also destroyed. As the imperial commander, Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm destroys a Turkish army in Hungary near Nissa |
1690 |
Ludwig Wilhelm marries the fifteen year old Princess Sibylla Augusta Franziska von Sachsen-Lauenburg |
1691 |
"Türkenlouis" wins a decisive victory against the Osmanli in the battle near Slankamen |
1693 |
Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm is called to the West to protect the Reich |
1697 |
Peace of Ryswijk |
1697/98 |
Ludwig Wilhelm commissions the architect Domenico Egidio Rossi to build a hunting palace in Rastatt |
1699/1700 |
The Margrave decides to build a much larger palace instead of the hunting palace as the center of a new, fortified residence |
1701-1714 |
War of Spanish Succession |
1702 |
The roof over the "Hauptbau" (Main Building) of the palace, the "Corps de Logis", is completed |
1703 |
The Italian fresco painter Paolo Manni commissioned to paint the ceilings dies. Giovanni Battista Artario, creator of important stuccowork on the ground floor, works in the staircase and in the "Beletage" (primary floor) |
1704 |
The ceiling painters Giuseppe Roli, Giuseppe Antonio Caccioli and Pietro Antonio Farina are hired in Italy. They create the ceiling paintings in the "Ahnensaal" (Ancestral Hall) and in the Margravine's appartement |
1705 |
The Margrave's family moves into the northern wing of the "Ehrenhof" (Court of Honor) |
1707 |
The Margrave dies. The palace and its decorative furnishings have mostly been completed |
1710 |
The Margravine has an appartement built in accordance with her needs in the areas of the northern garden wing |
1712 |
Brickwork vaults are put in to restore heavy building damage in the "Sala Terrena". Later stuccowork in the Rococo style is added here |
1714 |
The War of Spanish Succession ends. The peace treaty is signed in the writing cabinet of Ludwig Wilhelm by Prince Eugen and Marshal Villars |
1719-1723 |
A "Holy Staircase" and the palace church are built adjacent to the private rooms of the "Sibyllenbaus" (Sibylla Building) |
1727 |
The hereditary prince Ludwig Georg takes charge of the government |
1733 |
Margravine Sibylla Augusta dies in her widow's seat Ettlingen Palace |
1747-1752 |
The second major phase of furnishing the palace takes place and the stucco ceilings are modernized in the Rococo style |
1771 |
Margrave August Georg, the last male member of his family, dies. After the line of Baden-Baden dies out, the margraviate falls to Baden-Durlach |
1964 |
Thorough restoration of the palace begins |
1974 |
The "Freedom Museum" is set up in the left wing of the ground floor |
1984 |
The ”Military History Museum” is expanded from the southern wing into the right half of the ground floor. The "Ahnensaal" (Ancestral Hall) is opened for events |
1988 |
The palace garden is redesigned |
1989 |
The restored main floor is opened to visitors |
1996 |
The "State Building Administration of Baden-Württemberg" is awarded a prize for the restoration of Rastatt Palace |