Timeline of Hanover

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Hanover, Germany.

Prior to 19th century

* 1333 - Kreuzkirche (church) consecrated.
* 1347 - Aegidienkirche (church) built.
* 1366 - Marktkirche (church) built.
* 1369 - Welfs in power.
* 1382 - built near city.
* 1400 - Public clock installed (approximate date).
* 1410 - Town Hall building expanded (approximate date).^{( de)}
* 1440 - (library) founded.
* 1529 - Hanover Schützenfest established.
* 1550 - (cemetery) established.
* 1670 - Neustädter Kirche (church) built.
* 1676 - Herrenhausen Palace expansion begins.
* 1689
** Population: 11,373.
** opens with premiere of Steffani's opera '' Henrico Leone''.
* 1698 - in use.
* 1720 - activ

* 1726 - laid out.
* 1755 - Population: 17,432.
* 1797 - founded.
* 1798 - ' (city directory) begins publication.

19th century

* 1810 - Hanover becomes part of the Kingdom of Westphalia.
* 1815 - City becomes capital of the Kingdom of Hanover.
* 1821 - Population: 33,255.
* 1824 - becomes part of city.
* 1826 - Gas lighting installed.
* 1832 - (art society) formed.
* 1835 - (historical society) founded.
* 1838 - (military barracks) built.
* 1844 - Hanover–Braunschweig Railway in operation.
* 1847
** Bremen–Hanover railway begins operating.
** Development of area begins.
* 1851 - Thalia Society founded.
* 1852
** Royal Theatre built.
** ' newspaper in publication.
* 1853 - Hanoverian Southern Railway begins operating.
* 1854 - ' newspaper begins publication.
* 1856 - built.
* 1861 - Population: 71,170.
* 1864
** Hanover–Hamburg railway in operation.
** and (cemeteries) established.
* 1865 - Hanover Zoo established.
* 1866
** Hanover becomes part of Prussia.
** activ

** (palace) built.
** X Corps (German Empire), X Army Corps headquartered in Hanover.
** established.
* 1870 - built.
* 1871 - Continental rubber manufacturer in business.
* 1872
** Horse-drawn tram begins operating.^{( de)}
** built.
* 1879 - Hannover Hauptbahnhof rebuilt.
* 1885 - Population: 139,731.
* 1886 - built.
* 1888 - Photographischer Verein founded.
* 1889
** opens.
** Kestner Museum established.
* 1891 - , Herrenhausen, , and become part of city.
* 1893
** Electric tram begins operating.^{( de)}
** ' newspaper begins publication.
* 1895 - and built.
* 1896
** Hannover 96 football club formed.
** installed.
* 1897 - Music Conservatory established.
* 1898 - Hannoversche Waggonfabrik (manufacturer) in business.

20th century

1900-1945

* 1902 - Provincial museum built.
* 1903 - opens.
* 1904 - Bismarck Tower erected.
* 1907 - , , Klein-Buchholz, , , Mecklenheide, Stöcken, and become part of city.
* 1908 - Anti-noise society formed.
* 1911 - (theatre) opens.
* 1913 - New City Hall built in the .
* 1914
** Stadthalle built.^{( de)}
** opens.
* 1916
** Kestnergesellschaft (modern art society) formed.
** (fountain) installed in the Neustädter Markt.
* 1918
** November: German Revolution of 1918–19.
** becomes mayor.
* 1919
** Deutsche Luft-Reederei begins operating its Berlin-Hannover airplane route.
** Population: 310,431.
* 1920
** Linden becomes part of city.
** established.
* 1921
** Nazi Party branch established.
** Überlandwerke und Straßenbahnen Hannover AG (public transit entity) active.
** in use.
* 1923
** German Völkisch Freedom Party branch established.
** Nazi ' weekly newspaper begins publication.
* 1924 - becomes mayor.
* 1925
** Arthur Menge becomes mayor.
** Population: 422,745.
* 1927 - Botanischer Schulgarten Burg (garden) established.
* 1936 - Maschsee (lake) created.
* 1937 - becomes mayor.
* 1938 - November: Kristallnacht pogrom against Jews.
* 1939
** September: Bombing of Hanover in World War II by Allied forces begins.
** Population: 472,527.
* 1942 - becomes Staatskommissare.^{( de)}
* 1944
** August: begins operating.
** September: begins operating.
** November: established.
** becomes Staatskommissare.^{( de)}
* 1945
** February: begins operating.
** 10 April: Allied forces arrive.
** April–May: Mayor, Regierungspräsident, and Oberpräsident (local government officials) appointed.

1946-1990s

* 1946 - February: Flood.^{( de)}
* 1947
** 1 April: Food protest.
** Hannover Messe (trade fair) begins.
* 1949
** '' Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung'' (newspaper) in publication.
** built.
* 1950s - Hannover War Cemetery established.
* 1951 - built.
* 1952
** (theatre) established.
** built.
* 1954
** Niedersachsenstadion (stadium) opens.
** Mannesmann Tower erected.
** begins.
** rebuilt.
* 1965 - begins.
* 1965 - Population: 555,228.
* 1969 - built.
* 1970 - Norddeutsche Landesbank headquartered in city.
* 1972 - becomes mayor.
* 1974 - Ahelm, Anderten, Bemerode, Misburg, Vinnhorst, Wettbergen, and become part of city.
* 1975
** Hanover Stadtbahn begins operating.
** Eilenriedehalle built in the .
* 1979 - Sprengel Museum opens.
* 1987 - founded.
* 1991 - Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway built.
* 1992 - moves to Bokemahle in .
* 2000
** June: Expo 2000 opens.
** Hanover S-Bahn commuter rail begins operating.

21st century

* 2001 - Gehry Tower built.
* 2002 - built.
* 2005 - Regional established, including its .
* 2006 - Stephan Weil becomes mayor.
* 2008
** urban planning process begins.
** Baitus Sami Mosque built.
* 2013 - Stefan Schostok becomes mayor.
* 2014 - Population: 523,642.

Images

File:19061204 hannover herrenhauser allee.jpg, Herrenhäuser Allee, laid out in 1726 (postcard from 1906)
File:Georg Alpers jun. AK Serie B, 001, 1907, Vaterländisches Museum der Stadt Hannover. Sammlung von Gildealtertümern, Bildseite.jpg, Vaterländisches Museum, opened in 1903
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-01303, Hannover, Villa Hindenburgs, Menschenmenge.jpg, Crowd outside house of Hindenburg on day he becomes President of Germany, 12 May 1925
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2005-0150, Hannover, zerstörter Festsaal des Rathauses.jpg, Bombed wreckage of Old Town Hall, 1943
File:Dreyerstraße Hannover Hochwasser 1946.jpg, Flood, 1946

See also

* Hanover history
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* History of Hanover (region)
* History of the Jews in Hannover
* List of mayors of Hanover
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Other cities in the state of Lower Saxony:^{( de)}
* Timeline of Braunschweig

References

''This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.''

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