- Source: Timeline of Helsinki
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Helsinki, Finland.
Prior to 19th century
1550 - Trading town established by Gustav I of Sweden.
1569 - City privileges granted.
1570 - Fire.
1616 - "Diet of Finland held in Helsinki."
1640 - Helsinki relocated across Kluuvinlahti bay to Vironniemi"
1654 - Fire.
1695 - Famine begins.
1710 - Plague.
1713 - Helsinki taken by Russian forces.
1727 - Ulrika Eleonora Church built.
1742 - Helsinki occupied by Russians again.
1743 - Herring fair begins.
1748 - Sveaborg fortress construction begins.
1757 - Sederholm house built.
19th century
1808
Suomenlinna fortress surrenders to Russia.
Fire.
1810 - Population: 4,065.
1812
Helsinki becomes capital of Grand Duchy of Finland.
Esplanadi park opens.
1815 - Helsinki Orthodox Cemetery established.
1819 - Sinebrychoff Brewery founded.
1822 - Government Palace built.
1826 - Helsinki Old Church built.
1827 - Engels Teater, the first theatre, is built.
1828 - The Royal Academy of Turku relocates to Helsinki.
1829 - Hietaniemi cemetery and University of Helsinki Botanical Garden established.
1838 - Kaivohuone built.
1844 - The state girls' school Svenska fruntimmersskolan i Helsingfors is opened.
1846 - Finnish Art Society and symphony orchestra founded.
1847 - Suometar newspaper begins publication.
1848 - Drawing school established.
1849 - Helsinki University of Technology founded.
1852
St Nicholas' Church built.
"Students Library" established.
1860
Swedish Theatre built.
Population: 22,228.
1862 - First Helsinki railway station opens with service to Hämeenlinna.
1864 - Hufvudstadsbladet newspaper begins publication.
1868 - Uspenski Cathedral built.
1870 - St. Petersburg-Helsinki railway built.
1871 - University of Arts and Design founded.
1872 - Helsinki typesetter strike of 1872.
1873 - First Finnish opera, Suomalainen Ooppera, is inaugurated.
1875 - City Council of Helsinki established.
1879 - Alexander Theatre built.
1881 - Rikhardinkatu Library opens.
1882
Helsinki Music Institute and Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra established.
Population: 45,919.
1884 - Electric power plant begins operating.
1886 - Kaivopuisto park established.
1887 - Ateneum and Hotel Kämp built.
1888 - Kauppahalli built.
1889
Zoo opens.
Päivälehti and Helsingin Sanomat newspapers begin publication.
1890 - Population: 61,530.
1891
Horse-drawn tram begins operating.
Fazer in business.
1893
Helsinki harbour rail begins operating.
Winter garden opens.
1894 - Statue of Alexander II of Russia erected in Senate Square.
1895 - Demari newspaper begins publication.
1896 - Population: 77,484.
1898 - Kauppalehti newspaper in publication.
1900 - Electric tram begins operating.
20th century
= 1900s-1940s
=1902 - Finnish National Theatre building constructed.
1904
Governor-General Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov assassinated by Eugen Schauman.
Population: 111,654.
1906
26 February: 1906 Helsinki bank robbery.
Helsinki Synagogue built.
1908 - Helsinki Workers' House built.
1909 - Seurasaari Open-Air Museum and Olympia cinema established.
1911
Helsinki School of Economics founded.
Domestic Opera founded.
Helsinki City Museum opens.
1912 - Helsinki Stock Exchange founded.
1917
May: 1917 Helsinki church riot occurs.
Helsinki Workers' Council formed.
1916 - National Museum of Finland opens.
1918
Civil war.
British submarine flotilla in harbor.
1919
16 May: Victory day.
Helsinki Central railway station, designed by Eliel Saarinen, opens.
Population: 187,544.
1922 - Arthur Castrén becomes mayor.
1924 - Natural History Museum of Helsinki established.
1926
Yleisradio begins broadcasting.
Citizens' College Helsinki founded.
1928 - Merano cinema opens.
1930 - Population: 205,833.
1931
Antti Tulenheimo becomes mayor.
Parliament House built.
Hotel Torni opens.
1932
Eläintarhan ajot (motor race) begins.
Ilta-Sanomat newspaper begins publication.
1936 - Lasipalatsi built.
1937 - Savoy hotel founded.
1938
May: Second International Aeronautic Exhibition held.
Helsinki-Malmi Airport and Stadium open.
Klaus Kurki hotel established.
Tennispalatsi built.
1939 - Bombing by Soviets.
1944
Bombing by Soviets.
Eero Rydman becomes mayor.
1946 - Haaga, Huopalahti, Kulosaari, and Oulunkylä become part of city.
1947 - Helsinki Swimming Stadium built.
= 1950s-1990s
=1950
Linnanmäki amusement park opens.
Population: 368,519.
1951 - Marimekko founded.
1952
Helsinki Airport opens.
1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki.
1956 - Lauri Aho becomes mayor.
1957 - Kansan Uutiset newspaper begins publication.
1960
Mosque established.
Lake Bodom murders occur.
1962
City hosts World Festival of Youth and Students.
Enzo-Gutzeit building constructed.
1964 - Orion (cinema) active.
1965
International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition begins.
Helsinki City Theatre established.
1966 - Helsinki Ice Hall opens.
1967 - Sibelius Monument unveiled.
1968
Teuvo Aura becomes mayor.
Helsinki Festival begins.
1969 - Temppeliaukio Church consecrated.
1970 - Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council created.
1971 - Finlandia Hall built.
1973 - Population: 510,614 city; 821,505 urban agglomeration.
1975
Helsinki Accords.
Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre built.
1979
Raimo Ilaskivi becomes mayor.
Lepakkoluola formed.
Helsinki Theatre Academy founded.
1980
Iltalehti newspaper begins publication.
Ring I highway constructed.
Population: 483,675.
1982
Helsinki Metro begins operating.
Sibelius Academy active.
1984 - Itäkeskus shopping mall built.
1986 - Mosque founded.
1989 - Night of the Arts begins.
1990 - Finnish National Gallery established.
1991
Linux software created by university student.
Kari Rahkamo becomes mayor.
1993
Helsinki Opera House opens.
National Defence College (Finland) established.
1995
Spårakoff pub tram begins operating.
Population: 515,765.
1996
Eva-Riitta Siitonen becomes mayor.
Helsinki Motor Show begins.
1997
Taloussanomat newspaper begins publication.
Hartwall Areena opens.
1998 - Kiasma museum inaugurated.
1999 - Finnkino Tennispalatsi (cinema) opens.
21st century
2002 - 11 October: Myyrmanni bombing occurs in nearby Vantaa.
2005 - Jussi Pajunen becomes mayor.
2007
Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences established.
Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences formed.
Eurovision Song Contest 2007 held.
2009
Helsinki Regional Transport Authority formed.
Kumpula Garden opens.
Prisma Itäkeskus shopping centre built.
2010 - Aalto University formed.
2011
Restaurant Day begins.
Sipoonkorpi National Park established.
Helsinki Music Centre built.
Helsinki Region Infoshare launched.
2012
Population: 596,233.
City designated World Design Capital.
2017
Jan Vapaavuori becomes mayor.
See also
History of Helsinki
Politics of Helsinki
References
This article incorporates information from the Finnish Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.
Bibliography
External links
Europeana. Items related to Helsinki, various dates.
Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Helsinki, various dates
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