The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
1138 – Town sacked.
1143 – New town founded by Adolf II of Holstein near site of old town.
1158 – Town ceded by Adolf II of Holstein to Duke Henry the Lion of Saxony.
1160 – Seat of Catholic diocese of Lübeck relocated to Lübeck from Oldenburg in Holstein.
1173 – Lübeck Cathedral construction begins.
1177 – Benedictine St.-Johannis-Kloster (Lübeck) founded.
1188 – Town charter issued by Henry the Lion.
1201 – Danes in power.
1210 – Lübeck Cathedral construction completed (approximate date).
1226 – Lübeck becomes an Imperial Free City.
1250 – Petrikirche (Lübeck) (church) built.
1310 – Marienkirche (church) built (approximate date).
1312 – Heiligen-Geist-Hospital (Lübeck) founded.
1356 – St. Catherine's Church built (approximate date).
1368 – Hanseatic League adopts Lübeck's city seal.
1379 – Circle Company founded.
1408 – Uprising.
1420 - Paper mill established.
1442 – Lübeck Town Hall built.
1444 – Burgtor (city gate) built.
1450 – Merchants Company founded (approximate date).
1462 – Hinrich Castorp becomes mayor.
1463 – Bernt Notke creates Dance of Death artwork for the Marienkirche.
1475 - Printing press in operation.
1477
Crucifix created by Bernt Notke erected in Lübeck Cathedral.
Holstentor (city gate) built.
1491 – Artist Hans Memling creates triptych for the Lübeck Cathedral.
1515 – St. Anne's Priory built.
1530 – Protestant reformation.
1531 – Katharineum (school) opens.
1533 – Jürgen Wullenwever becomes mayor.
1535 – Shipowners' Guild house built.
1586 – Outer Holstentor (city gate) built.
1630 – Last Hanseatic Diet meets at Lübeck.
1668 – Dieterich Buxtehude becomes organist at the Marienkirche.
1697 – Buthman's Bierstube (tavern) in business.
1793 – Gesellschaft zur Beförderung gemeinnütziger Tätigkeit (charitable society) established.
1801 – Town "temporarily occupied" by Danes.
1802 – Town walls dismantled.
1806 – 5 November: Town occupied by French forces.
1810 – 12 November: Town becomes part of the French Empire.
1813 – French occupation ends.
1825 – Navigation School founded.
1832 – Lübecker General-Anzeiger newspaper begins publication.
1835 – Lübeckische Blätter (newspaper) in publication.
1851 – Population: town 26,093; territory 54,166.
1857 - Population: town 30,717; territory 49,324.
1866 – Lübeck becomes part of the North German Confederation.
1867 – Wilhelm-Theater opens.
1868
Lübeck joins the German Customs Union.
Schiffergesellschaft (restaurant) in operation.
1874 – Aegidienkirche (Lübeck) (church) restored.
1875 – Population: 44,799.
1890 – Population: town 63,590; territory 76,485.
1891 – Sacred Heart Church consecrated.
1893 – Museum am Dom (Lübeck) built.
1900 – Elbe-Trave canal opens.
1904 – City Theatre opens.
1905 – Population: town 91,541; state 105,857.
1915 – St. Anne's Museum opens.
1917 – Lübeck Airport constructed.
1919
Ballsportverein Vorwärts Lübeck (sport club) formed.
Population: town 113,071.
1921 – Sportvereinigung Polizei Lübeck (sport club) formed.
1924 – Stadion an der Lohmühle (stadium) opens.
1942 – Bombing of Lübeck in World War II.
1945 – VfB Lübeck (sport club) formed.
1946 - Lübecker Nachrichten and Lübecker Freie Presse newspapers begin publication.
1948 – Lübecker Kantorei (choir) founded.
1973 – Lübeck Academy of Music founded.
1982
Lübeck Museum of Theatre Puppets established.
Lübeck Cathedral reconstructed.
1987 – City centre becomes a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
2000 – Bernd Saxe becomes mayor.
2001 – International School of New Media established.
2005 – Herren Tunnel opens.
2012 – Population: 211,713.
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