Timeline of Hamburg

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

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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.
• 1329 – St. Mary's Cathedral consecrated.
• 1350 – Black Death.
• 1356 – de (feast) begins.
• 1375 – Grocers' Guild formed.
• 1390 - Public clock installed (approximate date).
• 1410 – Constitution of Hamburg established.
• 1412 - de.
• 1418 – St. Peter's Church rebuilt (approximate date).
• 1479 – de (public library) established in the Town Hall.
• 1491 – Printing press in operation.

16th–18th centuries

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Hamburg, 1730

• 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 de.
• 1619 – de founded.
• 1630 – Bremen–Lübeck–Hamburg defensive alliance formed.
• 1654 - de in use.
• 1663 - Erbauliche Monaths Unterredungen magazine begins publication.
• 1665 – Hamburg Chamber of Commerce founded.
• 1669
  • St. Michael's Church built.
  • de (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 – de established.
• 1712 – Plague.
• 1735 – de (business library) founded.
• 1762
  • City occupied by Danish forces.
  • St. Michael's Church built.
• 1765
  • de (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 - de formed.
• 1799 – H. J. Merck & Co. in business.

19th century

1800s–1840s

• 1805 – de (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 – de (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.
  • de established.
• 1845 - de shopping arcade built.
• 1846 – Berliner Railway Station established.
• 1847
  • Hamburg America Line in business.
  • Patriotic Club building constructed.
• 1848 – de in business.
• 1849
  • de 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
  • de built.
  • Hamburg Frauenchor (women's choir) founded.
• 1861
  • Museum Godeffroy opens.
  • Population: 178,841.
• 1863
  • de newspaper in publication.
  • Zoological Garden of Hamburg opens.
  • Rebuilt St. Nicholas' Church dedicated.
• 1865
  • Lübeck–Hamburg railway begins operating; Lübecker Railway Station established.
  • de (bridge) built.
• 1866
  • Horsecar tram begins operating.
  • de (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.
  • de (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
  • de 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
  • de 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
  • de.
  • German Open Tennis Championships begin.
  • Hamburger Dom (funfair) relocated to Heiligengeistfeld fair ground.
• 1894 – St. Pauli becomes part of city.
• 1896
  • November: Dockworker strike.
  • de (fish market) rebuilt.
• 1897 – Hamburg Rathaus (city hall) built.
• 1898 – Hamburg-Altona railway station opens.
• 1899 - de (library) founded.

20th century

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.
  • Altona and Bahrenfeld become part of city, per Greater Hamburg Act.
• 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 de.
  • 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.
• 1970
  • Hamburg University of Applied Sciences founded.
  • Population: 1,793,640.
• 1971 – de and Fabrik cultural centre founded.
• 1973
  • Congress Center Hamburg opens.
  • University of the German Federal Armed Forces and Neumeier's Hamburg Ballet established.
  • de (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.
  • de 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.
  • de founded.
• 1990 - de 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 de headquartered in city.
  • 29 May: Anti-globalization protest.
  • Dockville music festival and Elbe Philharmonic Hall construction begin.
• 2008
  • HafenCity district and de established.
  • de (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.

See also

• History of Hamburg
• List of mayors of Hamburg
• List of museums and cultural institutions in Hamburg

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

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External links

• Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg. Maps of Hamburg
• Europeana. Items related to Hamburg, various dates.
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Hamburg, various dates
• New York Public Library. Items related to Hamburg