Timeline of Bremen
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Prior to 19th century
- 787 CE - Catholic diocese of Bremen formed.[1]
- 848 CE - Transfer of the archiepiscopal see of Hamburg to Bremen.
- 965 CE - Adaldag archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen given ruling powers by Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor[2]
- 1186 - Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor grants privilegium to the townspeople.[2]
- 1220's - Bremen Cathedral construction began.[2]
- 1223 – Archbishopric relocated to Bremen from Hamburg.
- 1230 – Church of Our Lady rebuilt (approximate date).
- 1243 – St. Ansgarius church built (approximate date).[2]
- 1247 - Location of Schlachte settled by local citizens and traders.
- 1283 - Bremen admitted to the Hanseatic League but was excluded in 1285.[2]
- 1304 - "The commonalty rose against the patricians and drove them from the city."[2]
- 1358 - Bremen re-admitted to the Hanseatic League.[2]
- 1409 – Town Hall built.
- 1427 – Bremen re-excluded from the Hanseatic League.[2]
- 1433 – Bremen re-admitted to the Hanseatic League.[2]
- 1522 - The Reformation was introduced into Bremen.[2]
- 1532 - Bremen joins the Schmalkaldic League.[2]
- 1588 – Stadtwaage built.
- 1618 - Protestantism definitively proclaimed as the state religion.[2]
- 1619 – Cloth-traders' guild hall built.[2]
- 1630
- Lübeck-Hamburg-Bremen defensive alliance formed.[3]
- Shipper's House built.
- 1644 - Frederick II of Denmark deposed by the Swedes.[2]
- 1654 & 1666 - Swedish Wars on Bremen.[2]
- 1675 – Bremen-Verden Campaign.
- 1682 - Bremen Exchange construction began of a single story building.[2]
- 1720 - George I., elector of Hanover recognized Bremen as a free city. [2]
- 1790 - City directory published.[4]
- 1792 – Bremer Stadttheater (1792) (theatre) built.
19th century
- 1807 - Population: 36,041.
- 1806 - Bremen taken by the French.[2]
- 1810 – Bremen becomes part of the French Empire.[5]
- 1815 - Congress of Vienna restores its independence.[2]
- 1823
- Art Society founded.
- St. John's Church rededicated as a Catholic church
- 1827 – Bremerhaven (seaport) established.
- 1847
- Bremen Hauptbahnhof (main railway station) opens.
- Wunstorf–Bremen railway opens.
- 1849 – Kunsthalle (art museum) built.
- 1857 – Norddeutscher Lloyd shipping company in business.
- 1862 - Population: 67,217.[6]
- 1866 – Bremen joins the North German Confederation.[5][2]
- 1867
- Exchange built.[2]
- Oldenburg–Bremen railway opened.
- Population: 74,574.[7]
- 1868 – 10 April: Premiere of Brahm's German Requiem.
- 1871
- End of Bremen independence, city becomes part of the German Empire.
- Population: 82,969.[7]
- 1872 – AG Weser in business.[8]
- 1874 – Agricultural exhibition held.[5]
- 1875
- 1876 – Horse tramway begins operating.
- 1878 – Post office built.[2]
- 1885 - Population: 118,395.[9]
- 1888
- Bremen joins German Customs Union.
- Bremen Hauptbahnhof (train station) re-built.[2]
- 1890
- Bremer Straßenbahn active.
- Population: 124,955.[7]
- 1892 – Electric tramway begins operating.
- 1893 – Bremer Vulkan shipbuilder in business.[8]
- 1895 – Law courts built.[2]
- 1900 – Population: 186,822; state 248,407.[2]
20th century
1900-1945
- 1901 – Bremen Cathedral great restoration completed.[2]
- 1902 – Kunsthalle (art museum) enlarged.
- 1905 – Population: 214,953; state 263,673.[2]
- 1906 – Production of decaffeinated Kaffee Hag coffee begins.[10]
- 1911 – Rathscafé built.
- 1913
- Bremen Airport established.
- New Town Hall and Theater am Goetheplatz built.
- 20 June: Bremen school shooting.
- 1919 – Population: 257,923.[11]
- 1919 January 10: Bremen Soviet Republic is formed.
- 1919 February 4: Bremen Soviet Republic is seized by the Weimar Republic
- 1919 January 10: Bremen Soviet Republic is formed.
- 1920 – New constitution put into effect.
- 1923 – Bremer Flugzeugbau aircraft manufactory in business.
- 1925 – Fahrzeugwerke Borgward automobile manufactory in business.
- 1928 – Population: 302,949.
- 1932 – Reichskolonialehrendenkmal (monument) unveiled.
- 1933
- March: Nazis take control of executive Senate. Nazi Richard Markert becomes mayor.
- May: Placed in a united Reich Governorship with Oldenburg under Carl Röver.
- October: Bürgerschaft (state parliament) is dissolved.
- 1939
- Aumund, Blumenthal, Fähr, Farge, Grohn, Hammersbeck, Lobbendorf, Rekum, Schönebeck, and Vegesack become part of city.[citation needed]
- August: Polish libraries seized by the Gestapo.[12]
- September: Mass arrests of local Polish activists (see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[13]
- Population: 431,800.
- 1940
- May: Bombing of Bremen in World War II begins.
- May: Bremen-Blumenthal forced labour camp for men established.[14]
- 1942 – 2nd SS construction brigade (forced labour camp) established by the SS.[15]
- 1943 – Bremen-Farge subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp established. The prisoners were mostly French, Polish and Soviet men.[16]
- 1944
- 15 April: 2nd SS construction brigade relocated to Berlin.[15]
- 2 August: Bremen-Hindenburgkaserne subcamp of Neuengamme established. Its prisoners were Jewish women.[17]
- 16 August: Bremen-Neuenland subcamp of Neuengamme established. Its prisoners were mostly French and Soviet men.[18]
- August: Bremen-Blumenthal subcamp of Neuengamme established. Its prisoners were mostly Belgian, French, Polish, Soviet and Jewish men.[19]
- 26 September: Bremen-Hindenburgkaserne subcamp of Neuengamme dissolved[17] and Bremen-Obernheide subcamp established. Prisoners moved from Hindenburgkaserne to Obernheide.[20]
- 28 November: Bremen-Neuenland subcamp of Neuengamme dissolved[18] and Bremen-Osterort subcamp established. Prisoners moved from Neuenland to Osterort.[21]
- 25/26 December: Bremen-Schützenhof subcamp of Neuengamme established. Its prisoners were mostly Jewish men.[22]
- 1945
- 4 April: Bremen-Obernheide subcamp of Neuengamme dissolved. Prisoners sent on a death march to Uesen.[20]
- 6 April: Bremen-Osterort subcamp of Neuengamme dissolved. Prisoners moved to the Bremen-Farge subcamp.[21]
- 7–9 April: Blumenthal and Schützenhof subcamps of Neuengamme dissolved. Prisoners moved to the Bremen-Farge subcamp.[19][22]
- 10 April: Bremen-Farge subcamp of Neuengamme dissolved. Prisoners either sent on death marches to Bremervörde and Sandbostel or deported by train towards the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.[16]
- 22 April: Bombing of Bremen in World War II ends.
- Late April: City captured by British forces.
- Wilhelm Kaisen becomes mayor.
1946-1990s
- 1947 – State of Bremen reestablished.
- 1949 – Becomes a constituent state of West Germany.
- 1956 – Population: 507,952.
- 1964 – Bremen-Arena opens.
- 1966
- 28 January: Airplane crash.
- Bürgerschaft (parliament) building and Zoo Bremen[23] open.
- 1983 – Bremer Shakespeare Company founded.
- 1986 – Bremen TV tower erected.
- 1990 – Population: 551,219.
- 1992 – Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen active.
- 1999
- 6 June: Bremen state election, 1999 held.
- Fatih Mosque, Bremen built.
21st century
- 2003
- City hosts the 2003 European Karate Championships.
- 25 May: Bremen state election, 2003 held.
- 2005 – Jens Böhrnsen becomes mayor.[24]
- 2007 – 13 May: Bremen state election, 2007 held.
- 2010 – Bremen S-Bahn begins operating.
- 2011 – 22 May: Bremen state election, 2011 held.
- 2012 – Population: 547,976.
- 2014 – City hosts the 2014 World Karate Championships.
- 2015 - 10 May: 2015 Bremen state election
- 2015 - 17 July: Carsten Sieling becomes mayor.
- 2019 - 26 May: 2019 Bremen state election
- 2019 - 15 August: Andreas Bovenschulte becomes mayor.
See also
- History of Bremen
- List of mayors of Bremen
- List of administrative units in Bremen
