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Timeline of Copenhagen

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Prior to 17th century

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  • 1167 – Absalon's Castle founded.
  • 1238 – Franciscan monastery founded.
  • 1254 – Copenhagen receives city charter.
  • 1294 – Wednesdays and Saturdays designated market days.{{cite journal |title=Food Marketing in Copenhagen 1250–1850 |author= Karen J. Friedmann |journal= Agricultural History |volume= 50 |issue= 2 |pages= 400–413 |year= 1976 |jstor= 3741339 }}
  • 1296 – House of the Holy Ghost founded.
  • 1388 – Church of Our Lady rebuilt.
  • 1417 – Eric of Pomerania takes Copenhagen Castle.
  • 1479
  • City hall built at Gammeltorv.
  • University of Copenhagen founded.
  • 1493 - Govaert van Ghemen sets up printing press.{{cite book |title= Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum |author= Robert Proctor |location=London |publisher= Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company |year= 1898 |chapter=Books Printed From Types: Denmark |via=HathiTrust |hdl= 2027/uc1.c3450632 |author-link= Robert Proctor (bibliographer) }}
  • 1583 – Dyrehavsbakken founded near Copenhagen.

17th century

18th century

19th century

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  • 1860 – City gates dismantled.
  • 1862 – Copenhagen co-host a nordic student meeting with Lund.
  • 1865 – Hansen Writing Ball typewriter invented in Copenhagen.{{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 }}
  • 1870
  • {{interlanguage link|La Glace, Copenhagen|lt=La Glace|da|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.{{citation |title=International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin |year=1890 |publisher=E. & H. T. Anthony & Company |location=New York |chapter=Continental Photographic Societies |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uyoXAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA481 }}
  • Vesterfælledvej truant school founded.{{cite journal |title=Copenhagen Children's Lives and the Impact of Institutions, c. 1840–1920 |author= Ning de Coninck-Smith |journal=History Workshop |pages= 57–72 |number=33 |year= 1992 |jstor=4289139 }}
  • 1881 – Children's playground constructed.{{cite journal |title=Where Should Children Play? City Planning Seen From Knee-Height: Copenhagen 1870 to 1920 |author= Ning de Coninck-Smith |journal= Children's Environments Quarterly |volume= 7 |issue= 4 |pages= 54–61 |year=1990 |jstor=41514760 }}
  • 1882 – Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek established.
  • 1883 - {{Interlanguage link|Dagmarteatret|da}} (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

=1900s-1940s=

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  • 1901
  • City expands.
  • Museum of Copenhagen and International Secretariat of National Trade Union Centres{{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 }} founded.
  • Population: 468,936.(da)
  • 1905 – Copenhagen City Hall built on City Hall Square.
  • 1907 – Medical Museion established.
  • 1910
  • Rigshospitalet built.{{citation needed|date=July 2012}}
  • International socialist women's conference held.
  • 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.
  • The Little Mermaid (statue) unveiled.
  • 1915 - January: Conference of Socialist Parties of Neutral Countries held in Copenhagen.
  • 1917 - {{Interlanguage link|Munksgaards Forlag|da}} (publisher) in business.{{cite web |title=Blackwell Timeline |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141020120518/http://www.ulib.niu.edu/publishers/Blackwell.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-10-20 |url=http://www.ulib.niu.edu/publishers/index.htm |work=The Academic Publishing Industry: A Story of Merger and Acquisition |author= Mary H. Munroe |year=2004 |via= Northern Illinois University }}
  • 1924 – Alexandra Teatret (cinema) opens.{{cite web |url= http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/denmark/copenhagen?status=all |title=Movie Theaters in Copenhagen, Denmark |work=CinemaTreasures.org |publisher= Cinema Treasures LLC |location=Los Angeles |access-date=30 September 2015 }}
  • 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 – {{Interlanguage link|Palladium (Copenhagen)|da|3=Palladium (København)}} cinema built.
  • 1940 – April: German occupation begins.
  • 1943
  • 3 September: Stalag 391 prisoner-of-war camp for Danish POWs established by the Germans.{{cite book|last1=Megargee|first1=Geoffrey P.|last2=Overmans|first2=Rüdiger|last3=Vogt|first3=Wolfgang|year=2022|title=The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV|publisher=Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum|page=385|isbn=978-0-253-06089-1}}
  • 8 November: Stalag 391 POW camp dissolved.
  • 1945
  • 5 May: German occupation ends.
  • Dagbladet Information (newspaper) begins publication.
  • Population: 731,707.{{Citation |publisher = G. & C. Merriam Co. |location = Springfield, Massachusetts |title = Webster's Geographical Dictionary |date = 1960 |ol=5812502M }}
  • 1948 – David Collection opens.

=1950s-1990s=

21st century

=2000s=

=2010s=

  • 2010 – 8 House built.
  • 2011
  • Torvehallerne (market) in business.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/05/travel/things-to-do-in-36-hours-in-copenhagen.html |work=New York Times |date=5 October 2014 |title=36 Hours in Copenhagen }}
  • MAD Symposium begins.
  • 2012
  • Bicycle superhighway opens.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/18/world/europe/in-denmark-pedaling-to-work-on-a-superhighway.html |title=Copenhagen Journal: Commuters Pedal to Work on Their Very Own Superhighway |author=S. McGrane |date=17 July 2012 |work= New York Times }}
  • 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.{{citation |title=Annual Register |location=UK |issn=0266-6170 |year=2016 |edition=257 |chapter=Chronicle of 2015 |title-link=Annual Register }}

=2020s=

  • 2022
  • 3 July: The Field's mall shooting occurs, killing multiple people.{{Cite web |title=Several killed in Copenhagen shopping mall shooting |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62030919 |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=BBC News |date=3 July 2022}}

See also

References

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This article incorporates information from the Danish Wikipedia.

Further reading

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External links

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  • Europeana. [https://www.europeana.eu/portal/search.html?query=copenhagen&rows=96 Items related to Copenhagen], various dates
  • Digital Public Library of America. [http://dp.la/search?utf8=✓&page_size=100&q=Copenhagen+Denmark Items related to Copenhagen], various dates.

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