Timeline of Hanover

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

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Prior to 19th century

• 1333 - de (church) consecrated.
• 1347 - de (church) built.
• 1366 - Marktkirche (church) built.
• 1369 - Welfs in power.
• 1382 - de built near city.
• 1400 - Public clock installed (approximate date).
• 1410 - de building expanded (approximate date).^(de)
• 1440 - de (library) founded.
• 1529 - Hanover Schützenfest established.
• 1550 - de (cemetery) established.
• 1640 - Royal Palace built.
• 1698 - de in use.
• 1670 - Neustädter Kirche (church) built.
• 1689 - Population: 11,373.
• 1698 - Schloss Herrenhausen built near city.^(de)
• 1720 - de active.[1]
• 1726 - de laid out.
• 1755 - Population: 17,432.
• 1797 - de founded.
• 1798 - de (city directory) begins publication.

19th century

• 1810 - Hanover becomes part of the Kingdom of Westphalia.
• 1815 - City becomes capital of the Kingdom of Hanover.
• 1821 - Population: 33,255.
• 1824 - de becomes part of city.
• 1826 - Gas lighting installed.
• 1832 - de (art society) formed.
• 1835 - de (historical society) founded.
• 1838 - de (military barracks) built.
• 1844 - Hanover–Braunschweig Railway in operation.
• 1847
  • Bremen–Hanover railway begins operating.
  • Development of de area begins.
• 1851 - Thalia Society founded.
• 1852
  • Royal Theatre built.
  • de newspaper in publication.
• 1853 - Hanoverian Southern Railway begins operating.
• 1854 - de newspaper begins publication.
• 1856 - de built.
• 1861 - Population: 71,170.
• 1864
  • Hanover–Hamburg railway in operation.
  • de and de (cemeteries) established.
• 1865 - Hanover Zoo established.
• 1866
  • Hanover becomes part of Prussia.
  • de active.[2]
  • de (palace) built.
  • X Army Corps headquartered in Hanover.
  • de established.
• 1870 - de built.
• 1871 - Continental rubber manufacturer in business.
• 1872
  • Horse-drawn tram begins operating.^(de)
  • de built.
• 1879 - Hannover Hauptbahnhof rebuilt.
• 1885 - Population: 139,731.
• 1886 - de built.
• 1888 - Photographischer Verein founded.
• 1889
  • de opens.
  • Kestner Museum established.
• 1891 - de, de, de, and de become part of city.
• 1893
  • Electric tram begins operating.^(de)
  • de newspaper begins publication.
• 1895 - de and de built.
• 1896
  • Hannover 96 football club formed.
  • de installed.
• 1897 - Music Conservatory established.
• 1898 - Hannoversche Waggonfabrik (manufacturer) in business.

20th century

1900-1945

• 1902 - Provincial museum built.
• 1903 - de opens.
• 1904 - Bismarck Tower erected.
• 1907 - de, de, Klein-Buchholz, de, de, Mecklenheide, Stöcken, and de become part of city.
• 1908 - Anti-noise society formed.
• 1911 - de (theatre) opens.
• 1913 - New City Hall built in the de.
• 1914
  • Stadthalle built.^(de)
  • de opens.
• 1916
  • Kestnergesellschaft (modern art society) formed.
  • de (fountain) installed in the Neustädter Markt.
• 1918
  • November: German Revolution of 1918–19.
  • de becomes mayor.
• 1919
  • Deutsche Luft-Reederei begins operating its Berlin-Hannover airplane route.
  • Population: 310,431.
• 1920
  • de becomes part of city.
  • de established.
• 1921
  • Nazi Party branch established.
  • Überlandwerke und Straßenbahnen Hannover AG (public transit entity) active.
  • de in use.
• 1923
  • German Völkisch Freedom Party branch established.
  • Nazi de weekly newspaper begins publication.
• 1924 - de becomes mayor.
• 1925
  • de becomes mayor.
  • Population: 422,745.
• 1927 - Botanischer Schulgarten Burg (garden) established.
• 1936 - Maschsee (lake) created.
• 1937 - de becomes mayor.
• 1938 - November: Kristallnacht pogrom against Jews.
• 1939
  • September: de by Allied forces begins.
  • Population: 472,527.
• 1942 - de becomes Staatskommissare.^(de)
• 1944
  • August: de begins operating.
  • September: de begins operating.
  • November: de established.
  • de becomes Staatskommissare.^(de)
• 1945
  • February: de begins operating.
  • 10 April: Allied forces arrive.
  • April-May: Mayor, Regierungspräsident, and Oberpräsident (local government officials) appointed.

1946-1990s

• 1946 - February: Flood.^(de)
• 1947
  • 1 April: Food protest.
  • Hannover Messe (trade fair) begins.
• 1949
  • Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung (newspaper) in publication.
  • de built.
• 1950s - Hannover War Cemetery established.
• 1951 - de built.
• 1952
  • de (theatre) established.
  • de built.
• 1954
  • Niedersachsenstadion (stadium) opens.
  • Mannesmann Tower erected.
  • de begins.
  • de rebuilt.
• 1965 - de begins.
• 1965 - Population: 555,228.
• 1969 - de built.
• 1970 - Norddeutsche Landesbank headquartered in city.
• 1972 - de becomes mayor.
• 1974 - Ahelm, Anderten, Bemerode, Misburg, Vinnhorst, Wettbergen, and de become part of city.
• 1975
  • Hanover Stadtbahn begins operating.
  • Eilenriedehalle built in the de.
• 1979 - Sprengel Museum opens.
• 1987 - de founded.
• 1991 - Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway built.
• 1992 - de moves to Bokemahle in de.

21st century

• 2000
  • June: Expo 2000 opens.
  • Hanover S-Bahn commuter rail begins operating.
• 2001 - Gehry Tower built.
• 2002 - de built.
• 2005 - Regional de established, including its de.
• 2006 - Stephan Weil becomes mayor.
• 2008
  • de urban planning process begins.
  • Baitus Sami Mosque built.
• 2013 - Stefan Schostok becomes mayor.
• 2014 - Population: 523,642.

Images

• 19061204 hannover herrenhauser allee.jpg

  Herrenhäuser Allee, laid out in 1726 (postcard from 1906)

• Georg Alpers jun. AK Serie B, 001, 1907, Vaterländisches Museum der Stadt Hannover. Sammlung von Gildealtertümern, Bildseite.jpg

  Vaterländisches Museum, opened in 1903

• Bundesarchiv Bild 102-01303, Hannover, Villa Hindenburgs, Menschenmenge.jpg

  Crowd outside house of Hindenburg on day he becomes President of Germany, 12 May 1925

• Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2005-0150, Hannover, zerstörter Festsaal des Rathauses.jpg

  Bombed wreckage of Old Town Hall, 1943

• Dreyerstraße Hannover Hochwasser 1946.jpg

  Flood, 1946

See also

• Hanover history
• de
• History of Hanover (region)
• List of mayors of Hanover
• de
• de

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• + 1873 ed.

in German

published in the 19th century

• + 1884 ed.
• ongoing

published in the 20th century

• (chronology)
• (chronology)

published in the 21st century

• ^(de)