Owing to the rich archeological sites found on its territory, the Pays de Fribourg bears witness to the close ties it had with the Celtic (300-58 BC) and the Roman (58 BC-401 AD) cultures. Even today, it is possible to visit those archeological sites.
1218: The Zaehringens died out and the city of Fribourg came under the sovereignty of the Kibourgs.
1277: The sons of Rodolphe of Habsburg acquired Fribourg.
1476: After the Battle of Murten Fribourg's territory expanded.
1481: Fribourg and Solothurn entered the Confederation, which, at that time, was made up of just eight cantons.
1862: Fribourg was linked up to the new Bern-Lausanne railway line, an event which was of crucial importance to the development of the canton.
1889: The University of Fribourg was founded.
1981: The A12 motorway was opened.
1990: The people of Fribourg accepted a new constitution in which German and French are recognized as official languages.
1999: The people of Fribourg accepted the principle of the need to revise the cantonal constitution in its entirety.
Joseph Deiss became Fribourg's third minister in the Swiss federal government. The "Forum de Fribourg" trade fair and congress centre was inaugurated.
2001: The A1 motoway was opened.
2002: Swiss National Fair "Expo.02" in Murten.
