# Timeline of Copenhagen

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Copenhagen, Denmark.

## Prior to 17th century

* 1167 – Absalon's Castle founded.
* 1238 – Franciscan monastery founded.
* 1254 – Copenhagen receives city charter.
* 1294 – Wednesdays and Saturdays designated market days.
* 1296 – House of the Holy Ghost founded.
* 1388 – Church of Our Lady rebuilt.
* 1417 – Eric of Pomerania takes Copenhagen Castle.
* 1479
** City hall built at Gammeltorv.
** University of Copenhagen founded.
* 1493 - Govaert van Ghemen sets up printing press.
* 1583 – Dyrehavsbakken founded near Copenhagen.

## 17th century

* 1604 – Christian IV's Arsenal built.
* 1608 – Caritas Well built.
* 1610
** City hall rebuilt.
** Nytorv created.
* 1611 – Leda and the Swan statue erected.
* 1618 – Brewery built.
* 1624 – Rosenborg Castle built.
* 1625 – Copenhagen Stock Exchange founded.
* 1626 – Citadel built.
* 1634 - 5 October: Great wedding (1634) [da] of Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony and Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark takes place.
* 1640 – Børsen built.
* 1648 – Royal Danish Library founded.
* 1659 – Assault on Copenhagen
* 1661 – Coat of arms of Copenhagen granted.
* 1666 – Holmens Cemetery established.
* 1670 – Kongens Nytorv laid out.
* 1671 – Garnisons Cemetery inaugurated.
* 1673 – Sophie Amalienborg built.
* 1683 – Palace built for Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve.
* 1686 – Thott Palace built.
* 1695 – Church of Our Saviour built.

## 18th century

* 1711 – Plague.
* 1722 - The first public theater, Lille Grønnegade Theatre, is founded.
* 1728
** Fire.
** City hall rebuilt between Gammeltorv and Nytorv.
* 1742 - Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters established.
* 1745 – Christiansborg Palace built.
* 1748 – Royal Danish Theatre founded.
* 1751 – Mastekranen built.
* 1752 – Oeder's Garden planted.
* 1757 – Frederiks Hospital opens.
* 1758 – Christian's Church built.
* 1760
** Amalienborg Palace built.
** Assistens Cemetery inaugurated.
** Moses & Søn G. Melchior in business.
* 1769 - Population: 82,086.
* 1770 - City directory published.
* 1771 – Royal Danish Ballet founded.
* 1775
** Royal Porcelain Factory founded.
** P.F. Suhm library opens.
* 1777 – Det Dramatiske Selskab is founded.
* 1781 – Vestindisk Pakhus built.
* 1785 – Heering House built.
* 1787 – J. Cl. Todes Døtreskole, the first secondary school for girls, is founded.
* 1791 – Døtreskolen af 1791 is founded.
* 1793 – Royal Danish Library opened to the public.
* 1795 – Fire.

## 19th century

* 1801 – Battle of Copenhagen.
* 1807
** Battle of Copenhagen
** Royal Commission for the Preservation of Antiquities established.
* 1815 – Copenhagen Court House (with city hall) built at Nytorv.
* 1825
** Royal Danish Academy of Music founded.
** Kunstforeningen founded.
* 1828 – Christiansborg Palace rebuilt.
* 1829 – Church of Our Lady rebuilt.
* 1835 - Andersen's Fairy Tales published.
* 1840 - Population: 120,819.
* 1843
** Tivoli Gardens opens.
** Tivoli Orchestra formed.
* 1845 – Copenhagen co-host a nordic student meeting with Lund.
* 1846 – Den højere Dannelsesanstalt for Damer is founded.
* 1847
** Railway station built.
** Carlsberg brewery founded.
* 1848 – Thorvaldsen Museum built.
* 1850s – Edition Wilhelm Hansen music publisher in business.
* 1856 – Royal School of Library and Information Science founded.
* 1857
** Folketeatret founded.
** Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition begins.
* 1859 – Copenhagen Zoo founded.
* 1860 – City gates dismantled.
* 1862 – Copenhagen co-host a nordic student meeting with Lund.
* 1865 – Hansen Writing Ball typewriter invented in Copenhagen.
* 1870
** La Glace [da] (confectionery) in business.
** Østre Anlæg and Vestre Cemetery established.
** Population: 202,327.
* 1874 – Botanical Garden glasshouses built.
* 1879
** Dansk Fotografisk Forening (photo society) headquartered in city.
** Vesterfælledvej truant school founded.
* 1881 – Children's playground constructed.
* 1882 – Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek established.
* 1883 - Dagmarteatret [da] (theatre) opens.
* 1884 – Dagbladet Politiken newspaper begins publication.
* 1890 - Population: 367,262.
* 1894 – Frederik's Church, popularly known as the "Marble Church", opens.
* 1895 - Copenhagen Women's Exhibition
* 1896 – Statens Museum for Kunst established.
* 1897
** Østerport Station opens.
** Coast Line railway begins operating.

## 20th century
### 1900s-1940s

* 1901
** City expands.
** Museum of Copenhagen and International Secretariat of National Trade Union Centres founded.
** Population: 468,936.
* 1905 – Copenhagen City Hall built on City Hall Square.
* 1907 – Medical Museion established.
* 1910
** Rigshospitalet built.
** International socialist women's conference held.
* 1911
** Copenhagen Central Station, Idrætsparken, and Hirschsprung Collection open.
** Population: 584,089.
* 1912 – Theatre Museum in the Court Theatre founded.
* 1913
** Dansk Statens Arkiv for Historiske Film og Stemmer (film archive) founded.
** The Little Mermaid (statue) unveiled.
* 1915 - January: Conference of Socialist Parties of Neutral Countries held in Copenhagen.
* 1917 - Munksgaards Forlag [da] (publisher) in business.
* 1924 – Alexandra Teatret (cinema) opens.
* 1925
** Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup and Bakkehuset museum open.
** Danish National Symphony Orchestra founded.
* 1926 – Forum Copenhagen built.
* 1927 – Grundtvig's Church inaugurated.
* 1928
** Tøjhus Museum established.
** Christiansborg Palace rebuilt.
* 1929 – Søndermark Cemetery established.
* 1938 – Palladium (Copenhagen) [da] cinema built.
* 1940 – April: German occupation begins.
* 1943
** 3 September: Stalag 391 prisoner-of-war camp for Danish POWs established by the Germans.
** 8 November: Stalag 391 POW camp dissolved.
* 1945
** 5 May: German occupation ends.
** Dagbladet Information (newspaper) begins publication.
** Population: 731,707.
* 1948 – David Collection opens.

### 1950s-1990s

* 1950 – Ryvangen Memorial Park officially inaugurated.
* 1951 - 24 September: World's first successful sex reassignment surgery performed at Gentofte Hospital.
* 1957 – World Santa Claus Congress begins near city.
* 1958 - "Egg" and "swan" chair designs introduced.
* 1962 – Strøget pedestrian zone laid out.
* 1971
** Weekendavisen newspaper begins publication.
** Freetown Christiania founded.
* 1973 – Roskilde Airport opens.
* 1974 - Greater Copenhagen Council created.
* 1975 - Vester Vov Vov [da] cinema opens.
* 1976
** Royal Danish Naval Museum established.
** Population: 1,292,647 urban area.
* 1977
** 12 December: World's "first AIDS victim" dies in Copenhagen.
** Frieboeshvile restored.
* 1978 – Danish Design Centre opens.
* 1979 – Copenhagen Jazz Festival begins.
* 1980 – Copenhagen Marathon begins.
* 1983 – Radio Rosa begins broadcasting.
* 1984 – Valby-Hallen opens.
* 1986
** Fotografisk Center and Rhythmic Music Conservatory established.
** Worker's Museum opens.
* 1992 – Parken Stadium built.
* 1995
** Copenhagen City Bikes launched.
** Danish Architecture Centre founded.
* 1996 – National Museum of Photography and Cisternerne – Museum for moderne Glaskunst founded.
* 1998 – Copenhagen Distortion begins.
* 1999 – Black Diamond (library) built.
* 2000
** Øresund Bridge opens to Malmö, Sweden.
** Copenhagen Harbour Buses begin operating.

## 21st century
### 2000s

* 2001 – Copenhagen Free University established.
* 2002 – Copenhagen Metro and Copenhagen Harbour Baths inaugurated.
* 2003
** Copenhagen International Documentary Festival and Start! Festival begin.
** North Atlantic House cultural centre and Noma (restaurant) open.
* 2004
** Copenhagen Opera House and Danish Jewish Museum open.
** Natural History Museum of Denmark formed.
* 2005 – VM Houses built.
* 2006 – DieselHouse opens.
* 2007
** City becomes part of the Capital Region of Denmark.
** Karriere Bar and Geranium (restaurant) open.
** Fictional The Killing (TV series) begins broadcasting.
** Homeless World Cup football contest held.
* 2008
** Royal Danish Playhouse opens in Frederiksstaden.
** 21st European Film Awards held.
** Mountain Dwellings built.
* 2009
** United Nations Climate Change Conference held.
** CPH:PIX film festival begins.

### 2010s

* 2010 – 8 House built.
* 2011
** Torvehallerne (market) in business.
** MAD Symposium begins.
* 2012
** Bicycle superhighway opens.
** Population: 1,213,882 urban area.
* 2014 - Cykelslangen (bike bridge) opens in Havneholmen.
* 2015 – 14–15 February: 2015 Copenhagen shootings occur, killing two civilians and wounding five police officers. The suspected perpetrator was later shot and killed by police.

### 2020s

* 2022
** 3 July: The Field's mall shooting occurs, killing multiple people.