Timeline of Copenhagen

Prior to 17th century

1167 – Absalon's Castle founded.

1238 – Franciscan monastery founded.

1254 – Copenhagen receives city charter.

1294 – Wednesdays and Saturdays designated market days.

1296 – House of the Holy Ghost founded.

1388 – Church of Our Lady rebuilt.

1417 – Eric of Pomerania takes Copenhagen Castle.

1479

City hall built at Gammeltorv.

University of Copenhagen founded.

1493 - Govaert van Ghemen sets up printing press.

1583 – Dyrehavsbakken founded near Copenhagen.

17th century

1604 – Christian IV's Arsenal built.

1608 – Caritas Well built.

1610

City hall rebuilt.

Nytorv created.

1611 – Leda and the Swan statue erected.

1618 – Brewery built.

1624 – Rosenborg Castle built.

1625 – Copenhagen Stock Exchange founded.

1626 – Citadel built.

1634 - 5 October: Great wedding (1634) of Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony and Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark takes place.

1640 – Børsen built.

1648 – Royal Danish Library founded.

1659 – Assault on Copenhagen

1661 – Coat of arms of Copenhagen granted.

1666 – Holmens Cemetery established.

1670 – Kongens Nytorv laid out.

1671 – Garnisons Cemetery inaugurated.

1673 – Sophie Amalienborg built.

1683 – Palace built for Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve.

1686 – Thott Palace built.

1695 – Church of Our Saviour built.

18th century

1711 – Plague.

1728

Fire.

City hall rebuilt between Gammeltorv and Nytorv.

1742 - Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters established.

1745 – Christiansborg Palace built.

1748 – Royal Danish Theatre founded.

1751 – Mastekranen built.

1752 – Oeder's Garden planted.

1757 – Frederiks Hospital opens.

1758 – Christian's Church built.

1760

Amalienborg Palace built.

Assistens Cemetery inaugurated.

1770 - City directory published.

1771 – Royal Danish Ballet founded.

1775

Royal Porcelain Factory founded.

P.F. Suhm library opens.

1781 – Vestindisk Pakhus built.

1785 – Heering House built.

1793 – Royal Danish Library opened to the public.

1795 – Fire.

19th century

1801 – Battle of Copenhagen.

1807

Battle of Copenhagen

Royal Commission for the Preservation of Antiquities established.

1815 – Copenhagen Court House (with city hall) built at Nytorv.

1825

Royal Danish Academy of Music founded.

Kunstforeningen founded.

1828 – Christiansborg Palace rebuilt.

1829 – Church of Our Lady rebuilt.

1835 - Andersen's Fairy Tales published.

1843

Tivoli Gardens opens.

Tivoli Orchestra formed.

1845 – Copenhagen co-host a nordic student meeting with Lund.

1847

Railway station built.

Carlsberg brewery founded.

1848 – Thorvaldsen Museum built.

1850s – Edition Wilhelm Hansen music publisher in business.

1856 – Royal School of Library and Information Science founded.

1857

Folketeatret founded.

Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition begins.

1859 – Copenhagen Zoo founded.

1860 – City gates dismantled.

1862 – Copenhagen co-host a nordic student meeting with Lund.

1865 – Hansen Writing Ball typewriter invented in Copenhagen.

1870

Population: 140,000.

Østre Anlæg and Vestre Cemetery established.

1874 – Botanical Garden glasshouses built.

1879

Dansk Fotografisk Forening (photo society) headquartered in city.

Vesterfælledvej truant school founded.

1881 – Children's playground constructed.

1882 – Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek established.

1883 - Dagmarteatret (theatre) opens.

1884 – Dagbladet Politiken newspaper begins publication.

1894 – Frederik's Church, popularly known as the "Marble Church", opens.

1896 – Statens Museum for Kunst established.

1897

Østerport Station opens.

Coast Line railway begins operating.

20th century

1901

City expands.

Museum of Copenhagen and International Secretariat of National Trade Union Centres founded.

1905 – Copenhagen City Hall built on City Hall Square.

1907 – Medical Museion established.

1910

Rigshospitalet built.

International socialist women's conference held.

1911 – Copenhagen Central Station, Idrætsparken, and Hirschsprung Collection open.

1912 – Theatre Museum in the Court Theatre founded.

1913

Dansk Statens Arkiv for Historiske Film og Stemmer (film archive) founded.

The Little Mermaid (statue) unveiled.

1915 - January: Conference of Socialist Parties of Neutral Countries held in Copenhagen.

1917 - Munksgaards Forlag (publisher) in business.

1924 – Alexandra Teatret (cinema) opens.

1925

Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup and Bakkehuset museum open.

Danish National Symphony Orchestra founded.

1926 – Forum Copenhagen built.

1927 – Grundtvig's Church inaugurated.

1928

Tøjhus Museum established.

Christiansborg Palace rebuilt.

1929 – Søndermark Cemetery established.

1938 – Palladium (Copenhagen) cinema built.

1940 – April: German occupation begins.

1945

5 May: German occupation ends.

Dagbladet Information (newspaper) begins publication.

Population: 731,707.

1948 – David Collection opens.

1950 – Ryvangen Memorial Park officially inaugurated.

1951 - 24 September: World's first successful sex reassignment surgery performed at Gentofte Hospital.

1957 – World Santa Claus Congress begins near city.

1962 – Strøget pedestrian zone laid out.

1971

Weekendavisen newspaper begins publication.

Freetown Christiania founded.

1973 – Roskilde Airport opens.

1974 - Greater Copenhagen Council created.

1975 - Vester Vov Vov cinema opens.

1976 – Royal Danish Naval Museum established.

1977

12 December: World's "first AIDS victim" dies in Copenhagen.

Frieboeshvile restored.

1978 – Danish Design Centre opens.

1979 – Copenhagen Jazz Festival begins.

1980 – Copenhagen Marathon begins.

1983 – Radio Rosa begins broadcasting.

1984 – Valby-Hallen opens.

1986

Fotografisk Center and Rhythmic Music Conservatory established.

Worker's Museum opens.

1992 – Parken Stadium built.

1995

Copenhagen City Bikes launched.

Danish Architecture Centre founded.

1996 – National Museum of Photography and Cisternerne – Museum for moderne Glaskunst founded.

1998 – Copenhagen Distortion begins.

1999 – Black Diamond (library) built.

21st century

2000

Øresund Bridge opens to Malmö, Sweden.

Copenhagen Harbour Buses begin operating.

2001 – Copenhagen Free University established.

2002 – Copenhagen Metro and Copenhagen Harbour Baths inaugurated.

2003

Copenhagen International Documentary Festival and Start! Festival begin.

North Atlantic House cultural centre and Noma (restaurant) open.

the group Oelfam emergers.

2004

Copenhagen Opera House and Danish Jewish Museum open.

Natural History Museum of Denmark formed.

2005 – VM Houses built.

2006 – DieselHouse opens.

2007

City becomes part of the Capital Region of Denmark.

Karriere Bar and Geranium (restaurant) open.

Fictional The Killing (TV series) begins broadcasting.

Homeless World Cup football contest held.

2008

Royal Danish Playhouse opens in Frederiksstaden.

21st European Film Awards held.

Mountain Dwellings built.

2009

United Nations Climate Change Conference held.

CPH:PIX film festival begins.

2010 – 8 House built.

2011

Torvehallerne (market) in business.

MAD Symposium begins.

2012 – Bicycle superhighway opens.

2014 - Cykelslangen (bike bridge) opens in Havneholmen.

2015 – The 2015 Copenhagen shootings occur, killing two civilians and wounding five police officers. The suspected perpetrator was later shot and killed by police.