• Source: Timeline of Riga

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Riga, Latvia.




12th–14th centuries



1158 CE – Area settled by Bremen merchants.
1190 – Augustinian monastery established.
1201 – Town built by Catholic bishop Albert.
1202
Bishopric of Livonia relocates to Riga from Üxküll.
Order of the Brethren of the Sword founded.
1209 – St. Peter's Church active.
1211 – Church of the Virgin construction begins.
1225
Riga Town Council active (approximate date).
St. James's Church dedicated.
1234 – St. John's Chapel built (approximate date).
1255 – Archbishopric of Riga established.
1260 – St. Mary Magdalene's Church built.
1282 – Riga joins Hanseatic League.
1330 – Brotherhood of Blackheads organized.




16th century


1510 – December: Christmas tree displayed in marketplace.
1515 – Riga Castle rebuilt.
1524 – Public library established.
1541 – Riga joins League of Schmalkalden.
1547 – Sigismund II of Poland in power.
1558 – Riga area besieged by Russians.
1561 – Territory converts to Lutheranism from Catholicism.
1581 – Riga is granted status of Imperial Free City.
1582 – Polish in power.
1584 – Calendar riots begin.
1588 – Nicolaus Mollinus sets up printing business.
1591 – St. Gertrude Church rebuilt.




17th century


1621 – Riga taken by forces of Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.
1638 – Church of Jesus consecrated.
1650 – Powder Tower rebuilt.
1656 – Riga besieged by Russian forces of Alexis Mikhailovich.
1698 – Swedish Gate constructed.




18th century


1710 – Siege of Riga; Russians in power.
1721 – Riga becomes part of Russian empire.
1728 – St. Peter and St. Paul Church built (approximate date).
1765 – City Hall built.
1773
Great Cemetery and Pokrov Cemetery established.
Himsel Museum established.
1781 – City becomes capital of Riga viceroyalty.
1782 – The Riga City Theater is founded.
1785 – Our Lady of Sorrows Church built.
1796 – City becomes capital of Livonia.
1798 – Grebenstchikov House of Prayer rebuilt.




19th century


1812
Fire.
Siege of Riga by French forces.
1817 – Wohrmann Park inaugurated.
1818
Annunciation of Our Most Holy Lady Church built.
Erection of a granite column in a square facing the citadel to commemorate the defeat of Napoleon in 1812.
1825 – St. Alexander Nevsky Church built.
1833 – Homeopathic pharmacy opened by the Association of Chemists and Pharmaceutists.
1845 – Museum of Natural History founded.
1852 – St. Martin's Church built.
1854 – Riga blockaded by British.
1855 – Exchange built.
1857
Large Guild built.
Population: 70,463.
1858 – City fortifications dismantled.
1859 – English Church built.
1861 – Riga Central Station built; Riga – Daugavpils Railway begins operating.
1862 – Riga Polytechnical Institute founded.
1863 – Riga City Theatre built.
1866 – Small Guild built.
1867 – Population: 102,590.
1868
Riga – Jelgava Railway begins operating.
Riga Latvian Society founded.
1869
Polytechnic built.
Riga City Art Gallery opens.
Latvian Museum of National History founded.
1870 – Kunstverein founded.
1873 – Latvian Song and Dance Festival begins.
1877 – Tornakalns – Tukums II Railway begins operating; Brasa Station opens.
1878 – Imperial city self-government statute in effect.
1881 – Population: 169,329.
1883
Riga Russian Theatre established.
Nativity Cathedral built.
1887 – St. Paul's Lutheran Church built.
1889 – Riga – Lugazi Railway begins operating.
1890 – Ludvigs Vilhelms Kerkoviuss becomes mayor.
1891
Church of Luther consecrated.
Russian language becomes official language of Baltic provinces.
1892
Municipal "counter-reform" enacted by imperial government.
St. Francis Church consecrated.
1895 – Holy Trinity Orthodox Church built; Holy Archangel Mikhail Church dedicated.
1897 – Population: 282,943.




20th century


1903 – Commercial school established.
1905
13 January: Demonstration suppressed by Russian army.
Museum of Art built.
1906
Rīgas Centrālā bibliotēka (library) opens.
St. Gertrude New Church built.
Apollo Theatre (Riga) established.
1907 – Holy Trinity Cathedral built.
1909 – Church of the Cross and Cat House built.
1912 – Riga Zoo opens.
1914
Railway Bridge inaugurated.
Population: 569,100.
1915
Brothers' Cemetery established.
Port closed.
1916 – Riflemen Museum founded.
1917 – 3 September: Germans in power.
1918 – 18 November: Riga becomes capital of independent Latvia.
1919
3 January: Soviets in power.
May: Soviets ousted.
National Library of Latvia, Latvia Higher School, Latvian Conservatory of Music, and Latvian National Theatre founded.
Latvju Opera active.
1920
Riga Artists Group formed.
Latvian Museum of Foreign Art established.
Dailes Theatre opens.
1921 – Art Academy established.
1922 – University of Latvia Botanic Garden created.
1927 – Mezaparks Lutheran Church active.
1928 – Spilve Airport in operation.
1930 – Riga Central Market built.
1932 – The Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia opens.
1935 – Freedom Monument unveiled.
1937
Mangali – Rujiena Railway begins operating.
City hosts EuroBasket 1937.
1940 – Soviet occupation.
1941
13–14 June: June deportation .
1 July: German occupation begins.
October: Jewish ghetto created.
Proletariat, Kirov, and Moscow administrative districts established.
1944
13 October: Soviet re-occupation.
Latvian State Puppet Theatre founded.
1946 – Dinamo Riga ice hockey team formed.
1949
March 25–28: March Deportations
Riga Autobus Factory is founded.
1950 – Riga Medical Institute established.
1954 – Latvijas Televīzija (television station) headquartered in city.
1956
Academy of Sciences building constructed.
Riga Aviation Museum established.
1957
Rīgas Balss newspaper begins publication.
Stone Bridge opens.
1958
TTT Riga and BK VEF Rīga basketball clubs formed.
Daugava Stadium opens.
1964 – Coach Terminal built.
1965 – Population: 657,000.
1969 – October, Lenin, and Leningrad administrative districts established.
1972 – Andrejs Upits' Memorial Museum founded.
1973 – Riga International Airport built.
1977 – Island Bridge built.
1979 – Population: 840,000.
1981 – Gorky Bridge opens.
1984
Alfreds Rubiks becomes mayor.
Zolitūde construction begins.
1985
Monument to the Liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga from the German Fascist Invaders erected.
Krisjanis Barons Memorial Museum established.
Population: 883,000.
1986 – Riga Radio and TV Tower built.
1987
14 June: Demonstrators commemorate 1941 deportations.
Latvian Museum of Pharmacy founded.
1988 – Riga Film Museum established.
1989
Arsenals – Fine Arts Museum active
Latvian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design opens.
Riga Motor Museum founded.
1990
4 May: Restoration of Latvian independence
Diena newspaper begins publication.
Latvian Academy of Culture established.
Andris Teikmanis becomes mayor.
1991
January: The Barricades.
6 September: USSR recognizes Latvian independence.
St. Peter's Church rebuilt.
Riga Marathon begins.
1992
Banking College founded.
New Riga Theatre opens.
Latvian Institute of International Affairs headquartered in city.
1993
8 September: Pope John Paul II visits Riga and celebrates mass at St. James's Cathedral and in Mežaparks.
Museum of the Occupation of Latvia and Latvian Museum of Photography inaugurated.
School of Business Administration Turiba founded.
Rīgas Laiks magazine and Vakara Ziņas newspaper begin publication.
1994
Maris Purgailis becomes mayor.
Latvian Museum of Architecture and Latvian Railway History Museum established.
Stockholm School of Economics in Riga campus established.
1995 – Latvian National Opera house renovated.
1996 – Skonto Arena opens.
1997 – Andris Berzins becomes mayor.
1998 – Riga Graduate School of Law established.
1999
Riga Aviation University founded.
City hosts 1999 European Athletics Junior Championships.
House of the Blackheads rebuilt.
2000
Andris Argalis becomes mayor.
BK Barons Kvartāls basketball club and Baltic Institute of Social Sciences established.
Skonto Stadium opens.
International Charter on Authenticity and Historical Reconstruction in Relationship to Cultural Heritage signed in Riga.




21st century


2001
Gundars Bojars becomes mayor.
800th anniversary of founding of Riga.
Riga Porcelain Museum and Kino Citadele open.
Bikernieki Memorial unveiled.
2002 – Providus Centre for Public Policy established.
2003
Rigas Satiksme founded.
City hosts Eurovision Song Contest 2003.
Population: 739,232.
2004
1 May: Latvia joins the European Union.
Saules akmens (hi-rise) built.
2005
2 February: Railway accident.
12 March: Latvian local elections, 2005 held.
Aivars Aksenoks becomes mayor.
Latvian National Museum of Art and JFK Olimps football club established.
Riga Salsa Festival begins.
2006
Riga Planning Region and FK Jauniba Riga football club established.
City hosts NATO summit.
Arena Riga opens.
City hosts 2006 IIHF World Championship.
2007 – Janis Birks becomes mayor.
2008 – Southern Bridge opens.
2009
13 January: Riot.
Nils Usakovs becomes mayor.
Pushkin Statue erected.
2010
Body of European Regulators of Electronic Communications headquartered in Riga.
Population: 703,260.
2013
20 June: Castle fire.
21 November: Supermarket roof collapse.
2014 – National Library of Latvia new building constructed.
2015 – Zunda Towers built.
2021 – Hostel fire.
2022 – Monument to the Liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga from the German Fascist Invaders demolished.




See also


History of Riga
Mayors of Riga




References



This article incorporates information from the Latvian Wikipedia, Polish Wikipedia, and Russian Wikipedia.




Bibliography






External links



"Riga History". In Your Pocket Ltd.
Map of Ryga region, ca.1700s
Europeana. Items related to Riga, various dates.

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