Timeline of Copenhagen
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Prior to 17th century
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- City hall built at Gammeltorv.
- University of Copenhagen founded.
17th century
[edit]- 1604 – Christian IV's Arsenal built.[3]
- 1608 – Caritas Well built.
- 1610
- 1611 – Leda and the Swan statue erected.
- 1618 – Brewery built.[3]
- 1624 – Rosenborg Castle built.
- 1625 – Copenhagen Stock Exchange founded.
- 1626 – Citadel built.
- 1634 - 5 October: Great wedding (1634) of Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony and Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark takes place.
- 1640 – Børsen built.
- 1648 – Royal Danish Library founded.
- 1659 – Assault on Copenhagen
- 1661 – Coat of arms of Copenhagen granted.
- 1666 – Holmens Cemetery established.
- 1670 – Kongens Nytorv laid out.
- 1671 – Garnisons Cemetery inaugurated.
- 1673 – Sophie Amalienborg built.
- 1683 – Palace built for Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve.
- 1686 – Thott Palace built.
- 1695 – Church of Our Saviour built.
18th century
[edit]- 1711 – Plague.
- 1722 - The first public theater, Lille Grønnegade Theatre, is founded.
- 1728
- Fire.
- City hall rebuilt between Gammeltorv and Nytorv.
- 1742 - Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters established.[4]
- 1745 – Christiansborg Palace built.
- 1748 – Royal Danish Theatre founded.
- 1751 – Mastekranen built.
- 1752 – Oeder's Garden planted.
- 1757 – Frederiks Hospital opens.
- 1758 – Christian's Church built.
- 1760
- Amalienborg Palace built.
- Assistens Cemetery inaugurated.
- Moses & Søn G. Melchior in business.
- 1769 - Population: 82,086.(da)
- 1770 - City directory published.[5]
- 1771 – Royal Danish Ballet founded.
- 1775
- Royal Porcelain Factory founded.
- P.F. Suhm library opens.[6]
- 1777 – Det Dramatiske Selskab is founded.
- 1781 – Vestindisk Pakhus built.
- 1785 – Heering House built.
- 1787 – J. Cl. Todes Døtreskole, the first secondary school for girls, is founded.
- 1791 – Døtreskolen af 1791 is founded.
- 1793 – Royal Danish Library opened to the public.[6]
- 1795 – Fire.
19th century
[edit]- 1801 – Battle of Copenhagen.
- 1807
- Battle of Copenhagen
- Royal Commission for the Preservation of Antiquities established.[7]
- 1815 – Copenhagen Court House (with city hall) built at Nytorv.
- 1825
- Royal Danish Academy of Music founded.
- Kunstforeningen founded.
- 1828 – Christiansborg Palace rebuilt.
- 1829 – Church of Our Lady rebuilt.
- 1835 - Andersen's Fairy Tales published.[8]
- 1840 - Population: 120,819.(da)
- 1843
- Tivoli Gardens opens.
- Tivoli Orchestra formed.
- 1845 – Copenhagen co-host a nordic student meeting with Lund.
- 1846 – Den højere Dannelsesanstalt for Damer is founded.
- 1847
- Railway station built.
- Carlsberg brewery founded.
- 1848 – Thorvaldsen Museum built.
- 1850s – Edition Wilhelm Hansen music publisher in business.[9]
- 1856 – Royal School of Library and Information Science founded.[6]
- 1857
- Folketeatret founded.
- Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition begins.[citation needed]
- 1859 – Copenhagen Zoo founded.
- 1860 – City gates dismantled.
- 1862 – Copenhagen co-host a nordic student meeting with Lund.
- 1865 – Hansen Writing Ball typewriter invented in Copenhagen.[10]
- 1870
- La Glace (confectionery) in business.
- Østre Anlæg and Vestre Cemetery established.
- Population: 202,327.(da)
- 1874 – Botanical Garden glasshouses built.
- 1879
- Dansk Fotografisk Forening (photo society) headquartered in city.[11]
- Vesterfælledvej truant school founded.[12]
- 1881 – Children's playground constructed.[13]
- 1882 – Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek established.
- 1883 - Dagmarteatret (theatre) opens.
- 1884 – Dagbladet Politiken newspaper begins publication.
- 1890 - Population: 367,262.(da)
- 1894 – Frederik's Church, popularly known as the "Marble Church", opens.
- 1895 - Copenhagen Women's Exhibition
- 1896 – Statens Museum for Kunst established.
- 1897
- Østerport Station opens.
- Coast Line railway begins operating.
20th century
[edit]1900s-1940s
[edit]
- 1901
- City expands.
- Museum of Copenhagen and International Secretariat of National Trade Union Centres[14] founded.
- Population: 468,936.(da)
- 1905 – Copenhagen City Hall built on City Hall Square.
- 1907 – Medical Museion established.
- 1910
- Rigshospitalet built.[citation needed]
- International socialist women's conference held.[14]
- 1911
- Copenhagen Central Station, Idrætsparken, and Hirschsprung Collection open.
- Population: 584,089.(da)
- 1912 – Theatre Museum in the Court Theatre founded.
- 1913
- Dansk Statens Arkiv for Historiske Film og Stemmer (film archive) founded.[10]
- The Little Mermaid (statue) unveiled.
- 1915 - January: Conference of Socialist Parties of Neutral Countries held in Copenhagen.
- 1917 - Munksgaards Forlag (publisher) in business.[15]
- 1924 – Alexandra Teatret (cinema) opens.[16]
- 1925
- Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup and Bakkehuset museum open.
- Danish National Symphony Orchestra founded.
- 1926 – Forum Copenhagen built.
- 1927 – Grundtvig's Church inaugurated.
- 1928
- Tøjhus Museum established.
- Christiansborg Palace rebuilt.
- 1929 – Søndermark Cemetery established.
- 1938 – Palladium (Copenhagen) cinema built.[16]
- 1940 – April: German occupation begins.[17]
- 1943
- 3 September: Stalag 391 prisoner-of-war camp for Danish POWs established by the Germans.[18]
- 8 November: Stalag 391 POW camp dissolved.[18]
- 1945
- 5 May: German occupation ends.[17]
- Dagbladet Information (newspaper) begins publication.
- Population: 731,707.[17]
- 1948 – David Collection opens.
1950s-1990s
[edit]- 1950 – Ryvangen Memorial Park officially inaugurated.[19]
- 1951 - 24 September: World's first successful sex reassignment surgery performed at Gentofte Hospital.
- 1957 – World Santa Claus Congress begins near city.[20]
- 1958 - "Egg" and "swan" chair designs introduced.
- 1962 – Strøget pedestrian zone laid out.
- 1971
- Weekendavisen newspaper begins publication.[21]
- Freetown Christiania founded.
- 1973 – Roskilde Airport opens.
- 1974 - Greater Copenhagen Council created.[22]
- 1975 - Vester Vov Vov cinema opens.[16]
- 1976
- Royal Danish Naval Museum established.
- Population: 1,292,647 urban area.(da)
- 1977
- 12 December: World's "first AIDS victim" dies in Copenhagen.[23]
- Frieboeshvile restored.
- 1978 – Danish Design Centre opens.
- 1979 – Copenhagen Jazz Festival begins.
- 1980 – Copenhagen Marathon begins.
- 1983 – Radio Rosa begins broadcasting.
- 1984 – Valby-Hallen opens.
- 1986
- Fotografisk Center and Rhythmic Music Conservatory established.
- Worker's Museum opens.
- 1992 – Parken Stadium built.
- 1995
- Copenhagen City Bikes launched.
- Danish Architecture Centre founded.
- 1996 – National Museum of Photography and Cisternerne – Museum for moderne Glaskunst founded.
- 1998 – Copenhagen Distortion begins.
- 1999 – Black Diamond (library) built.
- 2000
- Øresund Bridge opens to Malmö, Sweden.[24]
- Copenhagen Harbour Buses begin operating.
21st century
[edit]2000s
[edit]- 2001 – Copenhagen Free University established.
- 2002 – Copenhagen Metro and Copenhagen Harbour Baths inaugurated.
- 2003
- Copenhagen International Documentary Festival and Start! Festival begin.
- North Atlantic House cultural centre[25] and Noma (restaurant) open.
- 2004
- Copenhagen Opera House and Danish Jewish Museum open.
- Natural History Museum of Denmark formed.[6]
- 2005 – VM Houses built.
- 2006 – DieselHouse opens.
- 2007
- City becomes part of the Capital Region of Denmark.
- Karriere Bar and Geranium (restaurant) open.
- Fictional The Killing (TV series) begins broadcasting.
- Homeless World Cup football contest held.
- 2008
- Royal Danish Playhouse opens in Frederiksstaden.
- 21st European Film Awards held.
- Mountain Dwellings built.
- 2009
- United Nations Climate Change Conference held.
- CPH:PIX film festival begins.
2010s
[edit]- 2010 – 8 House built.
- 2011
- Torvehallerne (market) in business.[26]
- MAD Symposium begins.
- 2012
- Bicycle superhighway opens.[27]
- Population: 1,213,882 urban area.(da)
- 2014 - Cykelslangen (bike bridge) opens in Havneholmen.
- 2015 – 14–15 February: 2015 Copenhagen shootings occur, killing two civilians and wounding five police officers. The suspected perpetrator was later shot and killed by police.[28]
2020s
[edit]- 2022
- 3 July: The Field's mall shooting occurs, killing multiple people.[29]
See also
[edit]- History of Copenhagen
- List of lord mayors of Copenhagen
- Copenhagen metropolitan area
- Urban area of Copenhagen
- Timelines of other cities in Denmark: Aarhus
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- ^ Danish National Museum General Guide, Copenhagen: The Museum, 1900, OL 7080820M
- ^ "Timeline". Hans Christian Andersen. Online Exhibitions. British Library. 2005.
- ^ Chester L. Alwes (2012). "Choral Music in the Culture of the 19th Century". In André de Quadros (ed.). Cambridge Companion to Choral Music. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-11173-7.
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- ^ a b Steven Anzovin and Janet Podell, ed. (2000). Famous First Facts. H.W. Wilson Co. ISBN 0824209583.
- ^ "Continental Photographic Societies", International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin, New York: E. & H. T. Anthony & Company, 1890
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- ^ "Historie - Mindelunden Ryvangen" [History - Ryvangen Memorial Park] (in Danish). Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ "World Santa Claus Congress". Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
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- ^ Major Cities and Their Peripheries: Co-operation and Co-ordinated Management. Local and Regional Authorities in Europe. Council of Europe Press. 1993. ISBN 978-92-871-2394-7.
- ^ Patrick Robertson (2011). Robertson's Book of Firsts. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-60819-738-5.
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- ^ "36 Hours in Copenhagen". New York Times. 5 October 2014.
- ^ S. McGrane (17 July 2012). "Copenhagen Journal: Commuters Pedal to Work on Their Very Own Superhighway". New York Times.
- ^ "Chronicle of 2015", Annual Register (257 ed.), UK, 2016, ISSN 0266-6170
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