Timeline of Lübeck

{{see also|Liubice}}

{{History of Germany}}

• 1138 – Town sacked.{{sfn|Pauli|Ashworth|1911}}
• 1143 – New town founded by Adolf II of Holstein near site of old town.{{sfn|Pauli|Ashworth|1911}}
• 1158 – Town ceded by Adolf II of Holstein to Duke Henry the Lion of Saxony.{{sfn|Knight|1866}}
• 1160 – Seat of Catholic diocese of Lübeck relocated to Lübeck from Oldenburg in Holstein.{{cite web |title=Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Germany |url= http://www.katolsk.no/organisasjon/verden/chronology/germany |publisher=Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese) |location=Norway |access-date= 30 September 2015 }}
• 1173 – Lübeck Cathedral construction begins.{{sfn|Lins|1913}}
• 1177 – Benedictine {{Interlanguage link multi|St.-Johannis-Kloster (Lübeck)|de}} founded.{{sfn|Lins|1913}}
• 1188 – Town charter issued by Henry the Lion.{{sfn|Pauli|Ashworth|1911}}

{{main|Free City of Lübeck}}

• 1201 – Danes in power.{{sfn|Lins|1913}}
• 1210 – Lübeck Cathedral construction completed (approximate date).{{sfn|Lins|1913}}
• 1226 – Lübeck becomes an Imperial Free City.{{sfn|Townsend|1867}}
• 1250 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Petrikirche (Lübeck)|de}} (church) built.{{sfn|Hirsch|1906}}
• 1310 – Marienkirche (church) built (approximate date).{{sfn|Chambers|1901}}{{cite book|title=Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler der Freien und Hansestadt Lübeck |trans-title=Architecture and monuments of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck |url= https://archive.org/stream/diebauundkunstde0202lbuoft |year=1906|publisher=Bernhard Nöhring |location=Lübeck |language =de |volume=2 |number=2 }}
• 1312 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Heiligen-Geist-Hospital (Lübeck)|de}} founded.{{sfn|Murray|1877}}
• 1356 – St. Catherine's Church built (approximate date).
• 1368 – Hanseatic League adopts Lübeck's city seal.{{sfn|Pauli|Ashworth|1911}}
• 1379 – Circle Company founded.{{sfn|Simon|1993}}
• 1408 – Uprising.{{cite journal |title=The Lübeck Uprising of 1408 and the Decline of the Hanseatic League |author= Rhiman A. Rotz |journal= Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society |volume= 121 |issue= 1 |pages= 1–45 |year=1977 |jstor=986565 }}
• 1420 - Paper mill established.{{cite book|author=Wilhelm Sandermann|title=Papier: Eine spannende Kulturgeschichte|year= 2013|publisher=Springer-Verlag|isbn=978-3-662-09193-7 |language=de |chapter=Beginn der Papierherstellung in einigen Landern |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z2atBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA121 }} (timeline)
• 1442 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Lübeck Town Hall|de|3=Lübecker Rathaus}} built.{{sfn|Townsend|1867}}
• 1444 – Burgtor (city gate) built.
• 1450 – Merchants Company founded (approximate date).{{sfn|Simon|1993}}
• 1462 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Hinrich Castorp|de}} becomes mayor.
• 1463 – Bernt Notke creates Dance of Death artwork for the Marienkirche.{{cite journal |title=The Dance of Death in Reval (Tallinn) |author= Elina Gertsman |journal= Gesta |volume= 42 |year=2003 |jstor=25067083 }}
• 1475 - Printing press in operation.{{cite book |title= Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum |url= https://archive.org/details/b29003611_0001 |author= Robert Proctor |location=London |publisher= Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company |year= 1898 |chapter=Books Printed From Types: Germany: Lubeck |via=HathiTrust |hdl= 2027/uc1.c3450631 |author-link= Robert Proctor (bibliographer) }}
• 1477
• Crucifix created by Bernt Notke erected in Lübeck Cathedral.
• Holstentor (city gate) built.{{sfn|Murray|1877}}
• 1491 – Artist Hans Memling creates triptych for the Lübeck Cathedral.{{sfn|Murray|1877}}

• 1515 – St. Anne's Priory built.
• 1530 – Protestant reformation.{{sfn|Lins|1913}}
• 1531 – Katharineum (school) opens.{{sfn|Hoffmann|1908}}
• 1533 – Jürgen Wullenwever becomes mayor.{{sfn|Hoffmann|1908}}
• 1535 – Shipowners' Guild house built.{{sfn|Murray|1877}}
• 1586 – Outer Holstentor (city gate) built.
• 1630 – Last Hanseatic Diet meets at Lübeck.{{sfn|Pauli|Ashworth|1911}}
• 1668 – Dieterich Buxtehude becomes organist at the Marienkirche.{{cite book |editor=George Grove |editor-link=George Grove |volume=1 |title=A Dictionary of Music and Musicians |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lf0AAAAMAAJ|year=1879|publisher=Macmillan |location=London }}
• 1697 – Buthman's Bierstube (tavern) in business.{{sfn|New York Times|2011}}
• 1793 – Gesellschaft zur Beförderung gemeinnütziger Tätigkeit (charitable society) established.

File:Schlacht um Lübeck 1806 - Markt.jpg]]

• 1801 – City "temporarily occupied" by Danes.{{sfn|Pauli|Ashworth|1911}}
• 1802 – Town walls dismantled.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}}
• 1806 – 6 November: City captured by French forces.{{sfn|Lins|1913}}
• 1810 – 12 November: City becomes part of the French Empire.{{sfn|Townsend|1867}}
• 1813 – French occupation ends.
• 1815
• Recognized as a free city by the Congress of Vienna.
• Joins the German Confederation.
• 1825 – Navigation School founded.{{sfn|Hoffmann|1908}}
• 1832 – Lübecker General-Anzeiger newspaper begins publication.
• 1835 – {{ill|Lübeckische Blätter|de}} (newspaper) in publication.
• 1851 – Population: town 26,093; territory 54,166.{{sfn|Knight|1866}}
• 1857 - Population: town 30,717; territory 49,324.{{cite book|author=Georg Friedrich Kolb |language=de |title=Grundriss der Statistik der Völkerzustands- und Staatenkunde |year=1862 |location=Leipzig |publisher=A. Förstnersche Buchhandlung |chapter=Deutschland: Lubeck |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=QkBVAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA61 }}
• 1866 – Joins the North German Confederation.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}}
• 1867 – Wilhelm-Theater opens.
• 1868
• Joins the German Customs Union.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}}
• Schiffergesellschaft (restaurant) in operation.{{sfn|New York Times|2011}}
• 1871 – Joins the German Empire.
• 1874 – {{ill|Aegidienkirche (Lübeck)|de}} (church) restored.{{sfn|Murray|1877}}
• 1875 – Population: 44,799.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}}
• 1890 – Population: town 63,590; territory 76,485.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}}
• 1891 – Sacred Heart Church consecrated.
• 1893 – {{ill|Museum am Dom (Lübeck)|de}} built.
• 1900 – Elbe-Trave canal opens.{{sfn|Pauli|Ashworth|1911}}

File:Luebeck Hafen 2 1900.jpg

• 1904 – City Theatre opens.{{cite book |location=Berlin |title=Neuer Theater-Almanach |year=1908|publisher=F.A. Günther & Sohn |language=de |chapter=Lübeck |hdl=2027/uva.x030515382 }}
• 1905 – Population: town 91,541; state 105,857.{{sfn|Lins|1913}}
• 1915 – St. Anne's Museum opens.
• 1917 – Lübeck Airport constructed.
• 1919
• Lübeck joins the Weimar Republic.
• Ballsportverein Vorwärts Lübeck (sport club) formed.
• Population: town 113,071.{{cite book |title=Statesman's Year-Book |year=1921 |location=London |publisher= Macmillan and Co.|chapter= Germany: Area and Population: Principal Towns |via=Hathi Trust |hdl=2027/njp.32101072368440 |title-link=Statesman's Year-Book }}
• 1921 – Sportvereinigung Polizei Lübeck (sport club) formed.
• 1924 – Stadion an der Lohmühle (stadium) opens.
• 1937 – The Greater Hamburg Act merges Lübeck into the Prussian Province of Schleswig-Holstein and it loses its status as an independent free city.
• 1940 – Oflag X-C prisoner-of-war camp for Allied officers established.
• 1942 – Bombing of Lübeck in World War II.
• 1945
• 2 May: City captured by British forces. Oflag X-C POW camp liberated.
• VfB Lübeck sport club formed.
• 1946 - Lübecker Nachrichten and Lübecker Freie Presse newspapers begin publication.{{cite web |url= http://catalog.crl.edu/search~S35?/dLubeck+%28Germany%29+--+Newspapers |publisher=Center for Research Libraries |location=Chicago, USA |title= Global Resources Network |access-date=7 December 2013}}
• 1948 – Lübecker Kantorei (choir) founded.
• 1973 – Lübeck Academy of Music founded.
• 1982
• Lübeck Museum of Theatre Puppets established.
• Lübeck Cathedral reconstructed.
• 1987 – City centre becomes a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• 2000 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Bernd Saxe|de}} becomes mayor.

• 2001 – International School of New Media established.
• 2005 – Herren Tunnel opens.
• 2012 – Population: 211,713.

• Lübeck history
• {{Interlanguage link multi|History of Lübeck|de|3=Geschichte der Hansestadt Lübeck}} (includes timeline)
• {{Interlanguage link multi|List of mayors of Lübeck|de|3=Lübecker Bürgermeister}}

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