# Timeline of Bremen

"none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]] The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bremen, Germany.

## Prior to 19th century

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* 787 CE - Catholic diocese of Bremen formed.
* 848 CE - Transfer of the archiepiscopal see of Hamburg to Bremen.
* 965 CE - Adaldag archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen given ruling powers by Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor
* 1186 - Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor grants privilegium to the townspeople.
* 1220's - Bremen Cathedral construction began.
* 1223 – Archbishopric relocated to Bremen from Hamburg.
* 1230 – Church of Our Lady rebuilt (approximate date).
* 1243 – St. Ansgarius church built (approximate date).
* 1247 - Location of Schlachte settled by local citizens and traders.
* 1283 - Bremen admitted to the Hanseatic League but was excluded in 1285.
* 1304 - "The commonalty rose against the patricians and drove them from the city."
* 1358 - Bremen re-admitted to the Hanseatic League.
* 1409 – Town Hall built.
* 1427 – Bremen re-excluded from the Hanseatic League.
* 1433 – Bremen re-admitted to the Hanseatic League.
* 1522 - The Reformation was introduced into Bremen.
* 1532 - Bremen joins the Schmalkaldic League.
* 1588 – Stadtwaage built.
* 1618 - Protestantism definitively proclaimed as the state religion.
* 1619 – Cloth-traders' guild hall built.
* 1630
** Lübeck-Hamburg-Bremen defensive alliance formed.
** Shipper's House built.
* 1644 - Frederick II of Denmark deposed by the Swedes.
* 1654 & 1666 - Swedish Wars on Bremen.
* 1675 – Bremen-Verden Campaign.
* 1682 - Bremen Exchange construction began of a single story building.
* 1720 - George I., elector of Hanover recognized Bremen as a free city.
* 1790 - City directory published.
* 1792 – Bremer Stadttheater (1792) [de] (theatre) built.

## 19th century

* 1807 - Population: 36,041.
* 1806 - Bremen taken by the French.
* 1810 – Bremen becomes part of the French Empire.
* 1815 - Congress of Vienna restores its independence.
* 1823
** Art Society founded.
** St. John's Church rededicated as a Catholic church
* 1827 – Bremerhaven (seaport) established.
* 1847
** Bremen Hauptbahnhof (main railway station) opens.
** Wunstorf–Bremen railway opens.
* 1849 – Kunsthalle (art museum) built.
* 1857 – Norddeutscher Lloyd shipping company in business.
* 1862 - Population: 67,217.
* 1866 – Bremen joins the North German Confederation.
* 1867
** Exchange built.
** Oldenburg–Bremen railway opened.
** Population: 74,574.
* 1868 – 10 April: Premiere of Brahm's German Requiem.
* 1871
** End of Bremen independence, city becomes part of the German Empire.
** Population: 82,969.
* 1872 – AG Weser in business.
* 1874 – Agricultural exhibition held.
* 1875
** Kaiserbrucke (bridge) built.
** Population: 102,499.
* 1876 – Horse tramway begins operating.
* 1878 – Post office built.
* 1885 - Population: 118,395.
* 1888
** Bremen joins German Customs Union.
** Bremen Hauptbahnhof (train station) re-built.
* 1890
** Bremer Straßenbahn active.
** Population: 124,955.
* 1892 – Electric tramway begins operating.
* 1893 – Bremer Vulkan shipbuilder in business.
* 1895 – Law courts built.
* 1900 – Population: 186,822; state 248,407.

## 20th century
### 1900-1945

* 1901 – Bremen Cathedral great restoration completed.
* 1902 – Kunsthalle (art museum) enlarged.
* 1905 – Population: 214,953; state 263,673.
* 1906 – Production of decaffeinated Kaffee Hag coffee begins.
* 1911 – Rathscafé built.
* 1913
** Bremen Airport established.
** New Town Hall and Theater am Goetheplatz built.
** 20 June: Bremen school shooting.
* 1919 – Population: 257,923.
** 1919 January 10: Bremen Soviet Republic is formed.
*** 1919 February 4: Bremen Soviet Republic is seized by the Weimar Republic
* 1920 – New constitution put into effect.
* 1923 – Bremer Flugzeugbau aircraft manufactory in business.
* 1925 – Fahrzeugwerke Borgward automobile manufactory in business.
* 1928 – Population: 302,949.
* 1932 – Reichskolonialehrendenkmal [de] (monument) unveiled.
* 1933
** March: Nazis take control of executive Senate. Nazi Richard Markert becomes mayor.
** May: Placed in a united Reich Governorship with Oldenburg under Carl Röver.
** October: Bürgerschaft (state parliament) is dissolved.
* 1939
** Aumund, Blumenthal, Fähr, Farge, Grohn, Hammersbeck, Lobbendorf, Rekum [de; nds], Schönebeck, and Vegesack become part of city.
** August: Polish libraries seized by the Gestapo.
** September: Mass arrests of local Polish activists (see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).
** Population: 431,800.
* 1940
** May: Bombing of Bremen in World War II begins.
** May: Bremen-Blumenthal forced labour camp for men established.
* 1942 – 2nd SS construction brigade (forced labour camp) established by the SS.
* 1943 – Bremen-Farge subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp established. The prisoners were mostly French, Polish and Soviet men.
* 1944
** 15 April: 2nd SS construction brigade relocated to Berlin.
** 2 August: Bremen-Hindenburgkaserne subcamp of Neuengamme established. Its prisoners were Jewish women.
** 16 August: Bremen-Neuenland subcamp of Neuengamme established. Its prisoners were mostly French and Soviet men.
** August: Bremen-Blumenthal subcamp of Neuengamme established. Its prisoners were mostly Belgian, French, Polish, Soviet and Jewish men.
** 26 September: Bremen-Hindenburgkaserne subcamp of Neuengamme dissolved and Bremen-Obernheide subcamp established. Prisoners moved from Hindenburgkaserne to Obernheide.
** 28 November: Bremen-Neuenland subcamp of Neuengamme dissolved and Bremen-Osterort subcamp established. Prisoners moved from Neuenland to Osterort.
** 25/26 December: Bremen-Schützenhof subcamp of Neuengamme established. Its prisoners were mostly Jewish men.
* 1945
** 4 April: Bremen-Obernheide subcamp of Neuengamme dissolved. Prisoners sent on a death march to Uesen.
** 6 April: Bremen-Osterort subcamp of Neuengamme dissolved. Prisoners moved to the Bremen-Farge subcamp.
** 7–9 April: Blumenthal and Schützenhof subcamps of Neuengamme dissolved. Prisoners moved to the Bremen-Farge subcamp.
** 10 April: Bremen-Farge subcamp of Neuengamme dissolved. Prisoners either sent on death marches to Bremervörde and Sandbostel or deported by train towards the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
** 22 April: Bombing of Bremen in World War II ends.
** Late April: City captured by British forces.
** Wilhelm Kaisen becomes mayor.

### 1946-1990s

* 1947 – State of Bremen reestablished.
* 1949 – Becomes a constituent state of West Germany.
* 1956 – Population: 507,952.
* 1964 – Bremen-Arena opens.
* 1966
** 28 January: Airplane crash.
** Bürgerschaft (parliament) building and Zoo Bremen [de] open.
* 1983 – Bremer Shakespeare Company founded.
* 1986 – Bremen TV tower erected.
* 1990 – Population: 551,219.
* 1992 – Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen active.
* 1999
** 6 June: Bremen state election, 1999 held.
** Fatih Mosque, Bremen [de] built.

## 21st century

* 2003
** City hosts the 2003 European Karate Championships.
** 25 May: Bremen state election, 2003 held.
* 2005 – Jens Böhrnsen becomes mayor.
* 2007 – 13 May: Bremen state election, 2007 held.
* 2010 – Bremen S-Bahn begins operating.
* 2011 – 22 May: Bremen state election, 2011 held.
* 2012 – Population: 547,976.
* 2014 – City hosts the 2014 World Karate Championships.
* 2015 - 10 May: 2015 Bremen state election
* 2015 - 17 July: Carsten Sieling becomes mayor.
* 2019 - 26 May: 2019 Bremen state election
* 2019 - 15 August: Andreas Bovenschulte becomes mayor.