Timeline of Berlin

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

Prior to 17th century

  • 1163 – Berlin founded by Albert the Bear (approximate date).[1]
  • 1183 – Oak beam, discovered in 2008 by archaeologists, dated to 1183.
  • 1200 – Saint Peter's Church built in Cölln (approximate date).
  • 1220 – Population: 2,400.
  • 1230
  • 1237 – 28 October: First documentation of Cölln.[2]
  • 1240 – Marienfelde church built (approximate date).
  • 1244 – 29 April: First documentation of Berlin.[2]
  • 1250
  • 1253 – Oldest known town seal of Berlin.
  • 1272 – Bakers' guild established.[3]
  • 1278 – Georgenhospital established.
  • 1282 – First documentation of official papers of the Margrave of Brandenburg.
  • 1292 – 3 January: St. Mary's Church in existence.
  • 1300 – Heinersdorf church construction begins.
  • 1307
    • 20 March: Legal union of Berlin and Cölln.
    • Population: 4,000–7,000.
  • 1360 – Berlin-Cölln joins the Hanseatic League.
  • 1380 – Fire.
  • 1400
    • Population: 7,000–8,500.
    • 1,100 buildings.
  • 1432 – Merger of Berlin and Cölln.
  • 1433 – Schützengilde Berlin Korp. von 1433 [de] (militia) formed.
  • 1442 – Berlin leaves the Hanseatic League.
  • 1443 – Stadtschloss (palace) construction begins.
  • 1446 – 7 December: Pogrom against Jews.
  • 1448 – 14 October: Unsuccessful protest against the construction of the Stadtschloss. Town privileges curtailed.
  • 1450 – Population: 7,000–8,000.
  • 1451 – Stadtschloss built.
  • 1454 – St. Erasmus Chapel consecrated.
  • 1468 – First documentation of Kammergericht.
  • 1484 – 18 October: Jerusalem Church in existence.[4]
  • 1486 – 11 March: Berlin Stadtschloss becomes permanent seat of Brandenburg Electors.
  • 1510 – 100 Jews accused of desecrating hosts. 38 burned, the rest banished and stripped of their possessions.
  • 1530 – Tiergarten hunting park built.
  • 1539 – 1 November: Protestant Reformation.[2]
  • 1540
  • 1542 – Kurfürstendamm avenue built.
  • 1543 – Jagdschloss Grunewald hunting lodge built.
  • 1558 – Köpenick Palace built.
  • 1576
    • Population: 11,000–12,000.
    • Bubonic plague kills 6,000 people.
  • 1594 – Spandau Citadel built.

17th century

18th century

Berlin State Opera in the 1740s
  • 1742
  • 1743 – Opernplatz (square) laid out.
  • 1746 – Population: 97,000.
  • 1747 – Population: 107,224.
  • 1748
  • 1749 – Population: 110,933.
  • 1750 – Population: 113,289.
  • 1751
    • 22 September: Ackerstraße building begins.
    • Population: 116,483.
  • 1752 – Population: 119,224.
  • 1753
  • 1754 – Population: 125,385.
  • 1755 – Population: 126,661.
  • 1756 – Population: 99,224.
  • 1757
  • 1758 – Population: 92,356.
  • 1759 – Population: 94,433.
  • 1760
  • 1761 – Population: 98,238.
  • 1762 – Population: 98,090.
  • 1763
  • 1764
  • 1765
    • Bank established.[8]
    • Population: 125,139.
  • 1766
  • 1767 – Population: 127,140.
  • 1768 – Population: 130,359.
  • 1769
    • Brick Friedrichs Bridge built.
    • Population: 132,365.
  • 1770
    • Bergakademie Berlin established.
    • Population: 133,520.
  • 1771 – Population: 133,639.
  • 1772 – Population: 131,126.
  • 1773
  • 1774
  • 1775 – Population: 136,137.
  • 1776 – Population: 137,468.
  • 1777 – Population: 140,719.
  • 1778 – Population: 124,963.
  • 1779 – Population: 138,225.
French Comedy House and French Cathedral in the 1780s
  • 1780
    • Alte Bibliothek (Berlin) [de] (library) built.[7]
    • Population: 140,625.
  • 1781 – Population: 142,375.
  • 1782 – Population: 143,098.
  • 1783
  • 1784 – Population: 145,021.
  • 1785 – Population: 146,647.
  • 1786
  • 1787 – Population: 146,167.
  • 1788 – Population: 149,274.
  • 1789 – Population: 149,875.
  • 1790 – Population: 150,803.
  • 1791
  • 1792 – Population: 157,534.
  • 1793 – Population: 157,121.
  • 1794 – Population: 157,603.
  • 1795
    • First steam engine in Berlin, used to power spinning machines.
    • Population: 156,218.
  • 1796
  • 1797
  • 1798 – Population: 169,019.
  • 1799

19th century

1800s–1860s

Trial of Polish insurgents in 1847

1870s–1890s

20th century

1900s–1945

See also: 1920s Berlin

1946–1989

Main articles: East Berlin and West Berlin
Fall of the Berlin Wall

1990s

21st century

See also

References

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