Timeline of Bergen
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bergen, Norway.
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Prior to 19th century
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- 1070s CE - Bergen founded (approximate date).[1][2]
- 1080 - Catholic diocese of Bergen established (approximate date).[3]
- 1153 - Bergen Cathedral School founded.
- 1163 - Coronation of Magnus V of Norway.
- 1180 - St Mary's Church, Bergen built (approximate date).
- 1181 - Battle of Bergen (1181) occurs.[4]
- 1194 - 29 June: Coronation of Sverre of Norway.[5]
- 1247 - 29 July: Coronation of Haakon IV of Norway.
- 1261
- 11 September: Magnus-Ingeborg wedding party takes place in Haakon's Hall.[6]
- 14 September: Coronation of Magnus VI of Norway.
- 1280 - Coronation of Eric II of Norway.
- 1350s - Hanseatic merchants set up kontor in Bryggen.[6]
- 1393 - Sacking of Bergen (1393).
- 1429 - Battle of Bergen (1429) occurs.
- 1531 - Christ Church, Bergen demolished.
- 1665 - 2 August: Naval Battle of Vågen occurs.[7]
- 1702 - Fire.[7]
- 1721 - Peter Nørvig printer in business.[8][9]
- 1769 - Population: 18,827.[10]
19th century
- 1825 - Bergen Museum founded.[11]
- 1837 - Carsten B. Conradi becomes mayor.
- 1838 - Bergen Art Union founded.[11]
- 1850 - Det norske Theater (Bergen) opens.[11]
- 1851 - Bergen Steamship Company in business.
- 1855
- Fire.[7]
- Bergens Privatbank[12] and Bergen Mekaniske Verksted (shipyard) established.
- 1867 - Bergen kretsfengsel (prison) built.
- 1868
- Bergens Tidende (newspaper) begins publication.[9]
- Christiestøtten (monument) erected.
- 1872 - Hanseatic Museum established.[13]
- 1875 - Population: 54,436.[10][14]
- 1876 - Bergens Kreditbank established.[12]
- 1882
- Bergen Telefonkompani (phone company) begins operating.[6]
- Bergens Moralvernforening ("moral protection" group) founded.
- 1883 - Voss Line railway begins operating.[6]
- 1887 - West Norway Museum of Decorative Art established.
- 1890 - Gulating Court of Appeal established.
- 1894 - Bergen Historical Society founded.[15]
20th century
- 1905 - Arbeidsstuer for barn i Bergen (teaching facility) established.
- 1909
- Den Nationale Scene (theatre) built.
- Bergen Kunsthåndverksskole (school) founded.
- 1910
- Braille library established.[16]
- Population: 104,224.[10][17]
- 1915 - Bergen Chamber of Commerce founded.[9]
- 1916 - January: Bergen fire of 1916.
- 1917 - Grieg statue erected in Byparken (Bergen).
- 1919 - Protestant Dagen newspaper begins publication.[9]
- 1920 - Bergenshalvøens Kommunale Kraftselskap (utility) established.[9]
- 1927 - Bergensavisen newspaper in publication.[9]
- 1929 - Grand Hotel Terminus built.
- 1930 - Chr. Michelsen Institute established.
- 1933 - Bergen Courthouse built.
- 1935
- Fana Gymnas (school) active.
- Asbjørn Stensaker becomes mayor.
- 1936 - Norwegian School of Economics established.
- 1944
- 20 April: Harbour explosion in Bergen 1944.
- 4 October: Bombing of Laksevåg near Bergen.
- Submarine "Operation Guidance" occurs in harbour.
- 1945 - Nils Handal becomes mayor.
- 1946
- University of Bergen established.[18]
- Forum kino (cinema) built.
- 1949 - Gamle Bergen Museum established.
- 1950 - Population: 162,381.[10]
- 1955 - Medieval Bryggen inscriptions discovered.
- 1967 - Sister city relationship established with Seattle, USA.[19]
- 1970
- 29 November: Body of Isdal Woman found.
- Population: 209,066.[10]
- 1972 - Arna, Åsane, Fana, and Laksevåg become part of city.[6]
- 1973
- Vestlandets kunstakademi (art school) opens.
- Eilert Eilertsen becomes mayor.
- 1974 - Bergen City Hall built.
- 1975 - Bergen Bank established.
- 1976 - Muslim Association of Bergen founded.[20]
- 1979
- Bergen byarkiv (city archives) established.
- Bryggen designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- 1982 - Studentradioen i Bergen (radio) begins broadcasting.
- 1986
- 3 May: Eurovision Song Contest 1986 held.
- Electronic toll collection introduced.
- 1992
- TV 2 (Norway) begins broadcasting.[9]
- Islamic Cultural Centre established.[20]
- 1996 - Bergen National Academy of the Arts established.
21st century
- 2000 - Ylvis cabaret debuts.[21]
- 2001
- Bergen Kunsthall (art space) active.
- Population: 232,989.[10]
- 2002
- Hordaland Police District headquartered in Bergen.
- Bergen Program for Transport, Urban Development and the Environment begins.
- 2005
- 14 September: Hatlestad mudslide occurs.
- Bergen City Museum foundation established.
- 2006 - 1 September: Musical group Rolling Stones perform.[21]
- 2009
- November: Gingerbread house sacked.[22]
- Bergensbanen minutt for minutt slow television programme created.[23]
- 2010 - Bergen Light Rail begins operating.
- 2011 - Trude Drevland becomes mayor.
- 2015 - 2015 Bergen municipal election held.
See also
- Bergen history
- History of Bergen
- List of mayors of Bergen
- List of cultural heritage sites in Bergen
- List of fires in Bergen
- List of monuments in Bergen
- List of years in Norway
- Other cities in Norway
References
- ↑ Jan Sjåvik (2008). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Norway. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6408-5.
- ↑ Hans Andersson (2003). "Urbanization". In Knut Helle. Cambridge History of Scandinavia. 1: Prehistory to 1520. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-47299-9.
- ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Norway". Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved September 2015.
- ↑ Charles Francis Keary (1892). Norway and the Norwegians. London: Percival & Co.
- ↑ Sigvart Sörensen (1899). Norway. New York: P. F. Collier.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Bergen: historie". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved September 2015. (includes timeline)
- 1 2 3 "Bergen", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- ↑ Gina Dahl (2011). Books in Early Modern Norway. Brill. ISBN 90-04-20720-1.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Norway". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Kommune: Bergen: Tabeller" (PDF), Folke- og boligtelling 2001 (in Norwegian) (Statistics Norway), 2007
- 1 2 3 Christian Koren-Wiberg (1912). By og brygge: billeder fra Bergen (in Norwegian). Kristiania: H. Aschehoug & Co.
- 1 2 "Norway". International Banking Directory. Bankers Publishing Company. 1920.
- ↑ "Store norske leksikon" (in Norwegian). Retrieved September 2015.
- ↑ "Norway". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885.
- ↑ "Bergens Historiske Forening" (in Norwegian). Retrieved September 2015.
- ↑ World Guide to Special Libraries. K. G. Saur Verlag. 2007. ISBN 978-3-11-091785-7.
- ↑ "Norway". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
- ↑ Walter Rüegg, ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe 4. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
- ↑ "Seattle's 21 Sister Cities". USA: City of Seattle. Retrieved December 2015.
- 1 2 Göran Larsson, ed. (2009). Islam in the Nordic and Baltic Countries. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-01292-3.
- 1 2 Ivar Peersen (21 September 2015), "Insider's cultural guide to Bergen", The Guardian (UK)
- ↑ Cops on trail of 'gingerbread town' vandals, Reuters, 23 November 2009
- ↑ "Big in Norway: Slow TV", The Atlantic (USA), January 2014
This article incorporates information from the Norwegian Wikipedia and Russian Wikipedia.
Further reading
- in English
- W. Pembroke Fetridge (1883), "Bergen", Harper's Hand-Book for Travellers in Europe and the East (22nd ed.), New York: Harper & Brothers.
- "Bergen", Hand-book for Travellers in Norway (8th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1892
- "Bergen", Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1912
- United States Secretary of the Navy (1932), "Bergen Havn", Sailing directions for the southwest and south coasts of Norway (3rd ed.) (fulltext)
- in Norwegian
- Bergens fundas, 1560
- Yngvar Nielsen (1877). Bergen fra de ældste tider indtil nutiden (in Norwegian). Christiania: C. Tønsberg.
- Henrik Jæger (1889). Bergen og Bergenserne (in Norwegian). Bergen: F. Beyer.
- "Skrifter Udgivne af Bergens Historiske Forening" [Publications of the Bergen Historical Society] (in Norwegian) – via HathiTrust. 1895-
- Norway. Statistisk sentralbyrå (1899). "Bergen". Norges officielle statistik (in Norwegian). Kristiania: Statistiske Centralbureau.
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