Timeline of Hamburg: Difference between revisions

The following is a timeline of the [[History of Hamburg|history]] of the city of [[Hamburg]], Germany.

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* 1329 – [[St. Mary's Cathedral, Hamburg|St. Mary's Cathedral]] consecrated.

* 1350 – [[Black Death]].

* 1375 – Grocers' Guild formed.

* 1410 – [[Constitution of Hamburg]] established.

* 1418 – [[St. Peter's Church, Hamburg|St. Peter's Church]] rebuilt (approximate date).

* 1491 – [[Global spread of the printing press|Printing press]] in operation.<ref name="Bouchot1890">{{cite book|author= Henri Bouchot |editor=H. Grevel |location=London |title=The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time|year=1890|publisher=H. Grevel & Co. |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=5ycxAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA367 |chapter=Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established |author-link=Henri Bouchot }}</ref>

* 1500 – City expands its borders.<ref name=townsend1867>{{Citation |publisher = Frederick Warne & Co. |location = London |author = George Henry Townsend |title = A Manual of Dates |date = 1867 |edition=2nd |chapter=Hamburg |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/manualofdatesdic00townrich#page/472/mode/1up |author-link = George Henry Townsend }}</ref>

 

==16th–18th centuries==

* 1510 – Hamburg becomes an [[imperial city]] of the Holy Roman Empire.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}

* 1529

* 1590 – [[Berenberg Bank]] founded.

* 1615 – City walls extended around [[Hamburg-Neustadt]].{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}

* 1630 – Bremen–Lübeck–Hamburg defensive alliance formed.{{sfn|Dollinger|1970}}

* 1663 – ''[[Erbauliche Monaths Unterredungen]]'' magazine begins publication.<ref name=anzovin2000>{{cite book |title=Famous First Facts |year=2000 |publisher= H.W. Wilson Co. |editor=[[Steven Anzovin]] and Janet Podell |isbn= 0824209583 |title-link=Famous First Facts }}</ref>

* 1665 – [[Hamburg Chamber of Commerce]] founded.

* 1669

** [[St. Michael's Church, Hamburg|St. Michael's Church]] built.

* 1678 – [[Oper am Gänsemarkt]] (opera house) opens;<ref>{{cite journal |title=Opera in Hamburg 300 Years Ago |author= George J. Buelow |journal= Musical Times |volume= 119 |issue= 1619 |year= 1978 |jstor=958619 |doi=10.2307/958619 |pages=26–28}}</ref> premiere of [[Johann Theile|Theile]]'s opera ''Adam und Eva''.<ref name=rose2005>{{cite book|editor=[[Tim Carter (musicologist)|Tim Carter]] and [[John Butt (musician)|John Butt]] |title= Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Music |year=2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-79273-8 |chapter= Chronology |author=Stephen Rose |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mHJvKVq0vXoC&pg=PA533 }}</ref>

* 1679 – Coffee house in business.<ref name="Luttinger1999">{{cite book|author1=Nina Luttinger|author2=Gregory Dicum|title=The Coffee Book: Anatomy of an Industry from Crop to the Last Drop|year=1999|publisher=New Press|isbn=978-1-59558-724-4 |chapter= Historic Timeline |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=jP99B9uAdv4C&pg=PT12 }}</ref>

* 1705 – Premiere of Handel's opera ''[[Almira]].''<ref name="Lowe1896">{{cite book|author= Claude Egerton Lowe |title=Chronological Cyclopædia of Musicians and Musical Events |year=1896|publisher=Weekes & Co. |location=London |chapter=Chronological Summary of the Chief Events in the History of Music |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=rvhBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA87 }}</ref>

* 1712 – [[Great Northern War plague outbreak|Plague]].

* 1762

** City occupied by Danish forces.

** [[St. Michael's Church, Hamburg|St. Michael's Church]] built.{{sfn|Baedeker|1910}}

* 1765

** Komödienhaus (theatre) built.<ref name="Grange2006">{{cite book|author= William Grange |title=Historical Dictionary of German Theater |year= 2006|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-6489-4 |chapter=Chronology |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=WetnNgbRXDoC&pg=PR13 |author-link=William Grange }}</ref>

* 1767 – [[Hamburgische Entreprise]] (theatre) established.<ref name="Grange2006" />

* 1787 – [[City directory]] published.<ref>{{cite book |author=A. V. Williams |title= Development and Growth of City Directories |location=Cincinnati, USA |year=1913 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=62QQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA6 }}</ref>

* 1789 – Clubbs der Freundschaft founded.<ref name=petzholdt1853>{{Citation |publisher = H.W. Schmidt |location = Halle |title = Handbuch Deutscher Bibliotheken |author = Julius Petzholdt |language=de |date = 1853 |oclc = 8363581 |chapter= Hamburg |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/handbuchdeutsch01petzgoog#page/n187/mode/1up }}</ref>

* 1799 – [[H. J. Merck & Co.]] in business.

 

 

===1800s–1840s===

* 1806 – 19 November: French occupation of city begins.<ref name=townsend1867 />

* 1810 – [[Hoffmann und Campe]] publisher in business.<ref name=schulz1870>{{cite book|title=Allgemeines Adreßbuch für den deutschen Buchhandel ... 1870 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YNdEAAAAcAAJ|year=1870|publisher=O.A. Schulz |location=Leipzig |language=de }}</ref>

* 1813

** [[Siege of Hamburg]].

* 1814 – [[Hamburg Citizen Militia]] and [[Hamburg Police]] formed.

* 1815 – 8 June: City becomes a member state of the [[German Confederation]].<ref name=townsend1867 />

* 1843

** Thalía Theatre built.<ref name=murray1877 />

* 1846 – [[Hamburg Berliner Bahnhof|Berliner Railway Station]] established.

* 1847

** [[Hamburg America Line]] in business.

** Patriotic Club building constructed.{{sfn|Baedeker|1910}}

* 1849

** ''{{Ill|Hamburger Nachtrichten|de}}'' newspaper begins publication.<ref name=CRL />

* 1861

** [[Museum Godeffroy]] opens.

* 1863

** ''{{Ill|Hamburger Fremdenblatt|de}}'' newspaper in publication.<ref name=CRL />

* 1865

** [[Lübeck–Hamburg railway]] begins operating; Lübecker Railway Station established.

* 1866

** Horsecar [[Trams in Hamburg|tram]] begins operating.

** 21 August: City becomes part of the [[North German Confederation]].<ref name=haydn1910>{{Citation |publisher = Ward, Lock & Co. |location = London |title = Haydn's Dictionary of Dates |author = Benjamin Vincent |edition = 25th |date = 1910 |chapter=Hamburg |chapter-url = https://archive.org/stream/haydnsdictionary00hayd#page/657/mode/1up |title-link = Haydn's Dictionary of Dates }}</ref>

* 1867 – [[Trabrennbahn Bahrenfeld]] (horse racetrack) built.

* 1889 – 15 May: Exhibition of Trade and Industry opens.<ref name=haydn1910 />

* 1890

** May: Gas-worker strike.<ref name=haydn1910 />

** Population: 323,923.<ref name=chambers1901 />

 

===1900–1945===

* 1901 – Civil law courts built.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}

* 1904 – American Businessmen's Club of Hamburg founded.<ref name=americanclub />

** [[Stadion Hoheluft]] (stadium) opens.

* 1908

** [[Laeiszhalle|Music Hall]] inaugurated.{{sfn|Baedeker|1910}}

** [[Montblanc (company)|Simplo Fullfeder]] pen company relocates to Hamburg.

** ''Hamburger Volkszeitung'' newspaper begins publication.<ref name=CRL />

* 1919 – [[University of Hamburg]] and [[Hamburger SV|Hamburger Sport-Verein]] established.

* 1922 – [[Hamburg Museum|Museum of Hamburg History]] opens.

* 1923 – [[Labour and Socialist International]] founded in Hamburg.<ref name="Docherty2006">{{cite book|author1= James C. Docherty |author2= Peter Lamb |title=Historical Dictionary of Socialism |year= 2006 |edition=2nd |publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]] |isbn=978-0-8108-6477-1 |chapter=Chronology |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=JRYjU-L4F7wC&pg=PR21 }}</ref>

** Population: 1,145,124.

* 1933

** [[Hamburger Flugzeugbau]] (aircraft company) in business.

* 1934

** [[Gau Hamburg]] established.

** [[Transmitter Hamburg-Billstedt]] begins operating.

** major expansion of the land of Hamburg per the [[Greater Hamburg Act]]:

*** the cities [[Altona, Hamburg|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

** [[Max Brauer]] becomes mayor.

* 1948

** [[Hamburg University of Applied Sciences]] founded.

** Population: 1,793,640.

* 1973

** [[Congress Center Hamburg]] opens.

** [[Hans-Ulrich Klose]] becomes mayor.

* 1975 – [[Elbe Tunnel (1975)|New Elbe Tunnel]] opens.

* 1979

** [[Botanischer Garten Hamburg]] (garden) opens.

* 1984

** [[Chaos Communication Congress]] begins.

* 1985

** [[Birdland (Hamburg)|Birdland]] jazz club opens.

* 1989

** [[Deichtorhallen]] art centre opens.

* 1992 – [[Filmfest Hamburg]] begins.

* 1997 – [[Ortwin Runde]] becomes mayor.

* 1998

** [[Elbphilharmonie]] construction begins.

* 2008

** {{Ill|Lange Nacht der Industrie|de|3=Lange Nacht der Industrie}} (industrial public relations event) begins.

** Museum für Kunst und Kultur an der Elbe opens in [[Jenisch House]].

* 2012 – Population: 1,813,587.

* 2013 – December: [[2013–14 Hamburg demonstrations]] begin.

* 2016 – 31 October: [[Elbphilharmonie]] concert hall is officially completed.

 

==See also==

 

==References==

 

==Bibliography==

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* {{cite EB1911|wstitle= Hamburg (state) |volume= 12 | page = 871 |quote= a state of the German empire}}

* {{Citation |publisher = Grant Richards |location = London |author = Nathaniel Newnham Davis |title = The Gourmet's Guide to Europe |date = 1911 |edition=3rd |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/gourmetsguidetoe00daviuoft#page/208/mode/2up |chapter= Hamburg }}

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===in German===

|year= 1653

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* {{cite book|author=Gottfried Schütze|title=Die Geschichte von Hamburg |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eOM-AAAAcAAJ

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