Timeline of Gothenburg
The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Prior to 19th century
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- 1619 - Gothenburg founded by Gustavus Adolphus.[1]
- 1621
- Town chartered.[2]
- Gothenburg stave church completed.
- 1633 - Gothenburg Cathedral consecrated.[1]
- 1650 - Printing press in operation.[3]
- 1672 - Gothenburg Town Hall built.[1]
- 1680 - Gothenburg and Bohus County established.[citation needed]
- 1731 - Swedish East India Company headquartered in Gothenburg.
- 1761 - Göteborgs glasbruk (glassworks) begins operating.
- 1762 - East India House (Gothenburg)] built.
- 1773 - The Vauxhall pleasure gardens is inaugurated.
- 1778 - Royal Society of Sciences and Letters in Gothenburg active.[4]
- 1779 - Comediehuset, the first theater in the city, is established.
- 1786 - Societetsskolan, the first secondary school open to females, is founded.
- 1797 - Stay of Polish national hero Tadeusz Kościuszko in the city following the Partitions of Poland (see also Poland–Sweden relations).[5]
- 1800 - Population: 12,804.[6]
19th century
- 1802 - 22 December: Fire.[7]
- 1807 - Fortifications of Gothenburg demolished.[1]
- 1812 - Hotel Götakällare built.
- 1813 - Fire.[1]
- 1815 - Fruntimmersföreningens flickskola is founded.
- 1816 - Segerlindska teatern is founded.
- 1826 - Commercial college founded.[1]
- 1829 - Chalmers industrial school founded.
- 1832
- Göta Canal opens.[2]
- Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning newspaper begins publication.[8]
- 1833 - Kjellbergska flickskolan is founded.
- 1840 - Population: 21,558.[6]
- 1843 - Gumperts Bookshop in business.
- 1849 - Bourse (Gothenburg) built.[1]
- 1850
- Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad (shipbuilder) in business.
- Population: 26,084.[9]
- 1851 - Lindholmens varv (shipyard) begins operating.[9]
- 1854 - Statue of Gustavus Adolphus erected in the Stortorget.[10]
- 1858
- Gothenburg Central Station opens.
- Göteborgs-Posten newspaper begins publication.[8]
- 1859 - Stora Teatern is founded.
- 1860
- Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club founded.
- Population: 37,043.[6]
- 1861 - Göteborg City Museum and Göteborgs folkbibliotek (library) established.[11]
- 1864 - Aron Jonason photo studio active.
- 1865 - Population: 43,346.[6]
- 1870 - Bräutigams cafe in business.
- 1871 - Göteborgs folkbank (bank) established.[12]
- 1874 - Henriksberg in business.
- 1882 - Wettergrens bookshop in business.[citation needed]
- 1884 - Foundation of the Gothenburg's Women's Association and the local women's movement.
- 1886 - Hartelius bookshop in business.[citation needed]
- 1888 - Göteborgs Aftonblad newspaper begins publication.[8]
- 1892 - Population: 107,965.[13]
- 1894 - Hotel Eggers in business.
- 1896 - Göteborgs Morgonpost (newspaper) begins publication.[8]
- 1897 - Göteborgs handelsbank (bank) founded.[12]
- 1899
- Illustrated Hvar 8 dag magazine begins publication.
- Grand Hotel Haglund in business.
- 1900
- City Library of Gothenburg built.[9]
- Statue of John Ericsson erected in Kungsportsavenyen.[10]
- Population: 130,619.[6][1]
20th century
1900s-1940s
- 1902
- Göteborgs-Tidningen newspaper begins publication.[8]
- Göteborgs GK (golfing club) formed.
- 1903 - Säröbanan (railway) begins operating.
- 1904 - IFK Göteborg (football club) formed.
- 1905 - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra formed.
- 1908 - Cosmorama, Gothenburg cinema in business.
- 1909 - Population: 163,957.[6]
- 1911 - Landsarkivet i Göteborg (regional archives) opens.
- 1916
- Göteborg radio begins broadcasting.[citation needed]
- Gamla Ullevi (1916) (stadium) and Lorensbergsteatern (theatre)[14] open.
- 1917
- 1917 Gothenburg bread riot.
- Gothenburg City Theatre established.[14]
- 1919 - Palladium Cinema opens.[15]
- 1920 - Population: 200,577.[16]
- 1922 - Free Port of Gothenburg opens.[citation needed]
- 1923
- Gothenburg Tercentennial Jubilee Exposition held; Göteborgs Konsthallbuilt.
- Gothenburg Botanical Garden,[17] Liseberg amusement park, Gothenburg Natural History Museum, and Slottsskogsvallen open.
- 1926 - August: 1926 Women's World Games held.
- 1934 - Gothenburg City Theatre building opens.[14]
- 1936 - Gothenburg city hall building expanded.[18]
- 1939 - Aveny Cinema opens.[15]
- 1940 - Airport built as a military airbase.[citation needed]
- 1948 - Polish Veterans Association established by former Polish prisoners of Nazi German concentration camps.[19]
1950s-1990s
- 1952
- Folkteatern (theatre) opens.[20]
- Redesign of coat of arms of Gothenburg adopted.
- 1954 - University of Gothenburg established.[21]
- 1958
- Nya Ullevi (stadium) opens.
- June: Part of the 1958 FIFA World Cup held in Gothenburg.
- 1960
- Gothenburg commuter rail begins operating.
- Population: 443,843.
- 1971
- Gothenburg District Courtestablished.
- Scandinavium arena opens.
- 1972 - Göteborg Marathon begins.
- 1977 - Göteborg Horse Showbegins.
- 1985 - May: Eurovision Song Contest 1985 held.
- 1990 - Sister city partnership signed between Gothenburg and Kraków, Poland.[22]
- 1993 - Liseberg railway station opens.
- 1995 - BioPalatset cinema in business.[15]
- 1996 - Nils Ericson Terminal for buses opens.
- 1998 - 29 October: Gothenburg discothèque fire.
21st century
- 2001 - June: EU summit protest.
- 2002 - City co-hosts the 2002 European Men's Handball Championship.
- 2005 - Population: 484,942.
- 2006
- August: City hosts the 2006 European Athletics Championships.
- December: City co-hosts the 2006 European Women's Handball Championship.
- 2008 - City hosts the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships.
- 2009
- Gamla Ullevi (stadium) opens.
- Gothenburg Roller Derby league formed.
- 2010 - 19 September: Gothenburg 2010 municipal election held.
- 2011
- Population: 515,129 city; 930,635 metro.
- City co-hosts the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship.
- 2013
- 1 January: Gothenburg congestion tax introduced.
- January–February: City co-hosts the 2013 Bandy World Championship.
- March: City hosts the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships.
- July: City co-hosts the UEFA Women's Euro 2013.
- 2015
- 19 March: 2015 Gothenburg pub shooting.
- 12 June: Car bombing.
- 19 March:
- 2016 - City co-hosts the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship.
- 2018 - 13 August: 2018 Sweden vehicle fire attacks
- 2020 - City co-hosts the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship.
See also
- History of Gothenburg
- Timeline of Gothenburg (in Swedish)
- Other names of Gothenburg, e.g. Göteborg, Gotenburg
- Timelines of other municipalities in Sweden: Stockholm, Uppsala
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 271–272.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4422-5071-0.
- ^ Henri Bouchot [in French] (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
- ISBN 978-0-231-05996-1.
- ^ "Göteborg Tablica Kościuszki" (in Polish). Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ .
- – via HathiTrust.
- ^ a b c d e "Sveriges dagliga tidningar". Svensk Rikskalender (in Swedish). Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Soners Forlag. 1905.
- ^ a b c Gustav Sundbärg [in Swedish], ed. (1904). Sweden: Its People and Its Industry. Stockholm: Government Printing-Office.
- ^ a b "Gotenburg", Norway, Sweden, and Denmark (8th ed.), Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1903
- ^ Carl Magnus Carlander [in Swedish] (1904). Svenska bibliotek och ex-libris (in Swedish). Stockholm: Förlagsaktiebolaget Iduna.
- ^ a b "Sweden". International Banking Directory. Bankers Publishing Company. 1920.
- .
- ^ ISBN 978-0-521-43437-9.
- ^ a b c "Movie Theaters in Gothenburg, Sweden". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- .
- ^ "Garden Search: Sweden". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ISBN 978-0-271-06523-6.
- ^ "Polski Związek Kulturalny w Göteborgu" (in Polish). Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ISBN 9780415251570.
- ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
- ^ "Göteborg". krakow.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 31 July 2022.
This article incorporates information from the Swedish Wikipedia and Danish Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- in English
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 271–272.
- in Swedish
- "Göteborg", Historiskt-geografiskt och statistiskt lexikon öfver Sverige [Historical-Geographical and Statistical Dictionary of Sweden] (in Swedish), vol. 3, Stockholm: Hammers Förlag, 1859, OCLC 35756300– via Internet Archive
- Octavia Carlén [in Swedish] (1869). Göteborg: Beskrifning öfver staden och dess närmaste omgifningar [Göteborg: Guidebook] (in Swedish).
- Statistisk årsbok Göteborg [Statistical Yearbook of Gothenburg] (in Swedish). 1900-
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