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Timeline of Hamburg

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Hamburg, Germany.

Contents

Prior to 16th century

  • 831 – Bishopric established.
  • 845 – Town sacked by Norsemen.
  • 1189
  • Adolf III of Holstein gets charter from Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I that gives Hamburg a court, jurisdiction, and fishing rights.
  • St. Peter's Church built (approximate date).
  • 1190 – Alster dam installed.
  • 1201 – Hamburg occupied by forces of Valdemar II of Denmark.
  • 1223 – Archbishopric relocated from Hamburg to Bremen.
  • 1241 – Lübeck-Hamburg alliance established.
  • 1248 – Fire.
  • 1256 – St. Catherine's Church active (approximate date).
  • 1284 – 5 August: Fire.
  • 1286 - 24 April: acquires rights to maintain permanent fire on Neuwerk.
  • 1299 - 1 November: allowed to build a fortified tower, the new work (Neuwerk).
  • 1310 - completion of the Great Tower Neuwerk.
  • 1329 – St. Mary's Cathedral consecrated.
  • 1350 – Black Death.
  • 1356 – Matthiae-Mahlzeit (feast) begins.
  • 1375 – Grocers' Guild formed.
  • 1390 - Public clock installed (approximate date).
  • 1410 – Constitution of Hamburg established.
  • 1412 - 1412 Unterelbe flood.
  • 1418 – St. Peter's Church rebuilt (approximate date).
  • 1479 – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg (public library) established in the Town Hall.
  • 1491 – Printing press in operation.

    • 16th–18th centuries

  • 1500 – City expands its borders.
  • 1510 – Hamburg becomes an imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire.
  • 1529
  • Protestant Reformation.
  • Council of citizens established.
  • Johanneum (college) founded.
  • 1536 – Hamburg joins Schmalkaldic League.
  • 1558 – Hamburg Stock Exchange established.
  • 1567 – Trade with the Company of Merchant Adventurers of London established.
  • 1590 – Berenberg Bank founded.
  • 1615 – City walls extended around Hamburg-Neustadt.
  • 1619 – Bank of Hamburg founded.
  • 1630 – Bremen–Lübeck–Hamburg defensive alliance formed.
  • 1654 - Synagoge Neuer Steinweg in use.
  • 1663 - Erbauliche Monaths Unterredungen magazine begins publication.
  • 1665 – Hamburg Chamber of Commerce founded.
  • 1669
  • St. Michael's Church built.
  • Wapen von Hamburg (1669) (ship) launched.
  • 1678 – Oper am Gänsemarkt (opera house) opens; premiere of Theile's opera Adam und Eva.
  • 1679 - Coffee house in business.
  • 1705 - Premiere of Handel's opera Almira.
  • 1710 – Hamburg City Archives established.
  • 1712 – Plague.
  • 1735 – Commerzbibliothek (business library) founded.
  • 1762
  • City occupied by Danish forces.
  • St. Michael's Church built.
  • 1765
  • Hamburgische Gesellschaft zur Beförderung der Künste und nützlichen Gewerbe (arts society) and Patriotic Club founded.
  • Komödienhaus (theatre) built.
  • 1767 – Hamburgische Entreprise (theatre) established.
  • 1778 - Hamburger Ersparungskasse (bank) established.
  • 1787 - City directory published.
  • 1789 – Clubbs der Freundschaft founded.
  • 1790 – United States consulate established.
  • 1792 - Hamburger Jakobinerklub formed.
  • 1799 – H. J. Merck & Co. in business.

    • 1800s–1840s

  • 1805 – Gesellschaft der Freunde des vaterländischen Schul- und Erziehungswesens (education society) founded.
  • 1806 – 19 November: French occupation of city begins.
  • 1810 – Hoffmann und Campe publisher in business.
  • 1811 – City becomes capital of the French Bouches-de-l'Elbe department.
  • 1813
  • Siege of Hamburg.
  • Hamburg Women's Association established.
  • 1814 – Hamburg Citizen Militia and Hamburg Police formed.
  • 1815 – 8 June: City becomes a member state of the German Confederation.
  • 1821 – Lehmann's botanical garden established.
  • 1823 – Hospital built in St. George.
  • 1825 - February flood of 1825.
  • 1827 – City Theatre opens.
  • 1828 - Hamburg Philharmonic Society formed.
  • 1833 – Rauhes Haus founded.
  • 1834 – Johanneum building constructed.
  • 1835 – Coat of arms of Hamburg redesigned.
  • 1838 – English Church built.
  • 1839 – Verein für Hamburgische Geschichte (local history society) founded.
  • 1840
  • Gymnasium founded.
  • Population: 136,956.
  • 1841 – Circus Gymnasticus opens.
  • 1842
  • Exchange built.
  • 5–8 May: Great Fire of Hamburg.
  • 1843
  • Thalía Theatre built.
  • Naturhistorisches Museum Hamburg established.
  • 1845 - Sillem’s Bazar shopping arcade built.
  • 1846 – Berliner Railway Station established.
  • 1847
  • Hamburg America Line in business.
  • Patriotic Club building constructed.
  • 1848 – Otto Meissner (publisher) in business.
  • 1849
  • Hamburger Nachtrichten newspaper begins publication.
  • St. Peter's Church rebuilt again.

    • 1850s–1890s

  • 1850 – Kunsthalle (art gallery) opens.
  • 1855 – January: Flood.
  • 1856 – North German Bank and Union Bank established.
  • 1859
  • Synagoge Kohlhöfen built.
  • Hamburg Frauenchor (women's choir) founded.
  • 1861
  • Museum Godeffroy opens.
  • Population: 178,841.
  • 1863
  • Hamburger Fremdenblatt newspaper in publication.
  • Zoological Garden of Hamburg opens.
  • Rebuilt St. Nicholas' Church dedicated.
  • 1865
  • Lübeck–Hamburg railway begins operating; Lübecker Railway Station established.
  • Lombardsbrücke (bridge) built.
  • 1866
  • Horsecar tram begins operating.
  • Bahnhof Hamburg Klosterthor (railway station) established.
  • 21 August: City becomes part of the North German Confederation.
  • 1867 – Trabrennbahn Bahrenfeld (horse racetrack) built.
  • 1868 – St. Georg becomes part of city.
  • 1869 – Horner Rennbahn (horse racetrack) and Kunsthalle built.
  • 1871
  • City becomes part of the German Empire.
  • Population: 240,251.
  • Gesellschaft für Verbreitung von Volksbildung (education society) branch established.
  • 1872 – Venloer Railway Station established.
  • 1873
  • Photographic Society founded.
  • Frei Hafen bridge constructed.
  • 1874 – Hagenbeck's zoo opens.
  • 1877
  • Ohlsdorf Cemetery established near city.
  • Blohm + Voss shipbuilders in business near city.
  • 1878 – Museum for Art and Industry founded.
  • 1879
  • Hanseatic High Court of Appeal headquartered in Hamburg.
  • Holsten Brewery in business.
  • 1880 – Steinway & Sons piano factory in operation.
  • 1883 – Speicherstadt (warehouse district) construction begins in the Port of Hamburg.
  • 1887
  • Hamburger Echo newspaper begins publication.
  • Sport-Club Germania Hamburg founded.
  • Central post office built.
  • 1888
  • Hamburg joins German Customs Union.
  • Harbourworks and iron bridge constructed.
  • Free Port opens.
  • 1889 – 15 May: Exhibition of Trade and Industry opens.
  • 1890
  • German East Africa Line (shipping company) in business.
  • May: Gas-worker strike.
  • Population: 323,923.
  • 1891 – Natural History Museum built.
  • 1892
  • 1892 Germany cholera outbreak.
  • German Open Tennis Championships begin.
  • Hamburger Dom (funfair) relocated to Heiligengeistfeld fair ground.
  • 1894 – St. Pauli becomes part of city.
  • 1896
  • November: Dockworker strike.
  • Fischauktionshalle (Hamburg-Altona) (fish market) rebuilt.
  • 1897 – Hamburg Rathaus (city hall) built.
  • 1898 – Hamburg-Altona railway station opens.
  • 1899 - Hamburger Öffentliche Bücherhallen (library) founded.

    • 1900–1945

  • 1900
  • Institute for Maritime and Tropical Diseases opens.
  • Shipbuilding school founded.
  • 1901 - Civil law courts built.
  • 1904 – American Businessmen's Club of Hamburg founded.
  • 1905 – Population: 802,793.
  • 1906
  • Hamburg Hauptbahnhof (railway station) opens.
  • Altona-Hamburg railway begins operating.
  • 1907
  • Tierpark Hagenbeck (zoo) established.
  • Stadion Hoheluft (stadium) opens.
  • 1908
  • Music Hall inaugurated.
  • Simplo Fullfeder pen company relocates to Hamburg.
  • 1909 – Hotel Atlantic in business.
  • 1910 – Sportplatz at Rothenbaum opens.
  • 1911 – Hamburg Airport and Elbe Tunnel open.
  • 1912
  • Hamburg U-Bahn begins operating.
  • Hamburg-Bergedorf Observatory dedicated.
  • Hamburg-Mannheimer Insurance Corporation in business.
  • 1913
  • 3 April: Vaterland passenger ship launched.
  • Gewerkschaftlich-Genossenschaftliche Versicherungsaktiengesellschaft (insurance firm) in business.
  • 1914 – Hamburg Stadtpark (park) opens.
  • 1918
  • Hamburg Kammerspiele (theatre) founded.
  • Hamburger Volkszeitung newspaper begins publication.
  • 1919 – University of Hamburg and Hamburger Sport-Verein established.
  • 1922 – Museum of Hamburg History opens.
  • 1923 - Labour and Socialist International founded in Hamburg.
  • 1924
  • Nordische Rundfunk radio begins broadcasting.
  • Chilehaus built.
  • 1925
  • Helms-Museum and Hamburg School of Astrology established.
  • Population: 1,079,126.
  • 1926 – Botanischer Sondergarten Wandsbek (garden) established.
  • 1930
  • Planten un Blomen (park) created.
  • Population: 1,145,124.
  • 1933
  • Carl Vincent Krogmann becomes mayor.
  • Hamburger Flugzeugbau (aircraft company) in business.
  • 1934
  • Gau Hamburg established.
  • Transmitter Hamburg-Billstedt begins operating.
  • 1938
  • Neuengamme concentration camp established by SS.
  • major expansion of the land of Hamburg per the Greater Hamburg Act:
  • the cities Altona, Wandsbek, and Harburg-Wilhelmsburg join
  • and the cities Geesthacht and Cuxhaven (including Neuwerk) leave the territory of the Land Hamburg.
  • 1939 – Bombing of Hamburg in World War II begins.
  • 1945
  • Bombing of Hamburg in World War II ends.
  • Eppendorf (company) founded.
  • Population: 1,350,278.

    • 1946–1990s

  • 1946
  • 5 December: Hamburg Ravensbrück trials for war crimes begin at the Curiohaus.
  • Max Brauer becomes mayor.
  • 1948
  • Hamburger Abendblatt newspaper and Stern news magazine begin publication.
  • Population: 1,518,900.
  • 1949 – Hamburger Morgenpost newspaper begins publication.
  • 1950 – Public University of Music established.
  • 1951 – Institut français Hamburg founded.
  • 1952
  • Der Spiegel news magazine headquartered in city.
  • Bild newspaper begins publication.
  • Constitution of Hamburg ratified.
  • UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning headquartered in city.
  • 1953
  • Volksparkstadion (stadium) opens.
  • International garden show held.
  • 1955 – Hamburg State Opera building opens.
  • 1957
  • Fazle Omar Mosque built.
  • Streit's Haus Filmtheater opens.
  • British Army School and Hamburg Symphony Orchestra established.
  • 1958 – Hamburg Atlantic Line in business.
  • 1959 – Kaiserkeller night club opens.
  • 1960 – August: English rock band The Beatles begin performing in Hamburg.
  • 1961 - Population: 1,840,543.
  • 1962
  • Spiegel scandal.
  • North Sea flood of 1962.
  • 1963
  • Millerntor-Stadion (stadium) opens.
  • St. James' Church restored.
  • Alter Botanischer Garten Hamburg greenhouses built.
  • 1965
  • Gruner + Jahr publisher in business.
  • Hamburg Transport Association established.
  • Imam Ali Mosque built.
  • NDR Fernsehen (television) headquartered in city.
  • 1967 – Eros Center brothel in business on the Reeperbahn.
  • 1968
  • Cherry Blossom Festival begins.
  • Alsterdorfer Sporthalle and Gruenspan music club open.
  • 1969 - waived older rights on harbour estate in Cuxhaven in favour of Neuwerk and Scharhörn to build an offshore harbour.
  • 1970
  • Hamburg University of Applied Sciences founded.
  • Population: 1,793,640.
  • 1971 – Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy and Fabrik cultural centre founded.
  • 1973
  • Congress Center Hamburg opens.
  • University of the German Federal Armed Forces and Neumeier's Hamburg Ballet established.
  • Kattwykbrücke (bridge) built.
  • 1974
  • Köhlbrand Bridge built.
  • Hans-Ulrich Klose becomes mayor.
  • 1975 – New Elbe Tunnel opens.
  • 1976 – Die Motte youth centre founded in Ottensen.
  • 1978 – Technical University of Hamburg founded.
  • 1979
  • Botanischer Garten Hamburg (garden) opens.
  • Werkstatt 3 co-operative founded in Ottensen.
  • 1980 – Stadtteilarchiv Ottensen (archive) founded.
  • 1981
  • Protest against proposed Brokdorf Nuclear Power Plant.
  • Klaus von Dohnányi becomes mayor.
  • Squat on Hafenstraße begins.
  • 1982 – Kampnagel (cultural space) established.
  • 1984
  • Chaos Communication Congress begins.
  • Hamburg Institute for Social Research founded.
  • 1985
  • Birdland jazz club opens.
  • Museum der Arbeit established.
  • 1986
  • Chaos Computer Club headquartered in city.
  • Radio Hamburg begins broadcasting.
  • Hamburg Marathon begins.
  • Brokdorf Nuclear Power Plant commissioned near city.
  • 1988
  • Center for Science and International Security at the University of Hamburg founded.
  • Henning Voscherau becomes mayor.
  • Population: 1,603,070.
  • 1989
  • Deichtorhallen art centre opens.
  • Hamburg Center for Film Research founded.
  • 1990 - GoodMills Deutschland headquartered in city.
  • 1992 – Filmfest Hamburg begins.
  • 1994 – Film and Television Museum Hamburg and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hamburg established.
  • 1996 - City website online (approximate date).
  • 1997 – Ortwin Runde becomes mayor.
  • 1998
  • Afghan Museum established.
  • Am Rothenbaum (sport venue) built.

    • 21st century

  • 2000
  • Bucerius Law School established.
  • International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea headquartered in city.
  • 2001
  • Long Night of Museums begins.
  • Container Terminal Altenwerder opens.
  • Ole von Beust becomes mayor.
  • 2002
  • 4 November: Bambule eviction.
  • O2 World arena opens.
  • Bucerius Kunst Forum (art gallery) founded.
  • 2003 – Hamburg Pride founded.
  • 2004
  • Hamburg Summit: China meets Europe begins.
  • Major Records in business.
  • 2005 – eVendi Arena (for American Football) built.
  • 2006 – German Institute of Global and Area Studies established.
  • 2007
  • World Future Council and Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein Film Promotion headquartered in city.
  • 29 May: Anti-globalization protest.
  • Dockville music festival.
  • Elbphilharmonie construction begin with an estimated cost of 241.3 millionen Euro and expected completion in 2010.
  • 2008
  • HafenCity district and Foundation for Historic Museums of Hamburg established.
  • Lange Nacht der Industrie (industrial public relations event) begins.
  • Museum für Kunst und Kultur an der Elbe opens in Jenisch House.
  • 2009
  • International Chamber Music Competition Hamburg begins.
  • Student protest for education reform.
  • 2010 – Christoph Ahlhaus becomes mayor.
  • 2011
  • Olaf Scholz becomes mayor.
  • European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean Foundation headquartered in city.
  • 2012 – Population: 1,813,587.
  • 2013 - December: 2013–14 Hamburg demonstrations begin.
  • 2016 - 31 October: Elbphilharmonie construction officially ends with a total cost of 789 millionen Euro.

    • References

    Timeline of Hamburg Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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