Timeline of Bergen
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bergen, Norway.
Prior to 19th century
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- Battle of Bergen (1181) [no] occurs.[5]
- First recorded historical reference to Bergen Cathedral.[3]
- 11 September: Magnus-Ingeborg wedding party takes place in Haakon's Hall.[7]
- 14 September: Coronation of Magnus VI of Norway.
- Birgithe Kühle publishes the magazine Provincial-Lecture.
19th century
- 1800 - The first theater, Komediehuset på Engen, is built.
- 1807 - Birth of Johan Sebastian Welhaven, "one of the greatest figures in Norwegian literature".[3]
- 1825 - Bergen Museum founded.[11][3]
- 1837 - Carsten B. Conradi [no] becomes mayor.
- 1838 - Bergen Art Union [no] founded.[11]
- 1843 - Birth of Edvard Grieg, future composer and pianist.[3]
- 1850 - Det norske Theater (Bergen) opens.[11]
- 1851 - Bergen Steamship Company in business.
- 1853 - Stølen School established.[12][13]
- 1855
- Fire.[3]
- Bergens Privatbank[14] and Bergen Mekaniske Verksted (shipyard)[citation needed] established.
- 1867 - Bergen kretsfengsel [no] (prison) built.
- 1868
- Bergens Tidende (newspaper) begins publication.[9]
- Christiestøtten [no] (monument) erected.
- 1872 - Hanseatic Museum established.[15]
- 1873 - Causative agent of leprosy, the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, identified by Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen.[16]
- 1875 - Population: 54,436.[10][17]
- 1876 - Bergens Kreditbank established.[14]
- 1882
- Bergen Telefonkompani [no] (phone company) begins operating.[7]
- Bergens Moralvernforening [no] ("moral protection" group) founded.
- 1883 - Voss Line railway begins operating.[7]
- 1887 - West Norway Museum of Decorative Art established.
- 1890 - Gulating Court of Appeal established.[citation needed]
- 1894 - Bergen Historical Society founded.[18]
- 1900 - Population: 72,179.[3]
20th century
- 1905 - Arbeidsstuer for barn i Bergen [no] (teaching facility) established.
- 1909
- Den Nationale Scene (theatre) built.
- Bergen Kunsthåndverksskole [no] (school) founded.[citation needed]
- 1910
- Braille library established.[19]
- Population: 104,224.[10][20]
- 1915 - Bergen Chamber of Commerce founded.[9]
- 1916 - January: Bergen fire of 1916.
- 1917 - Grieg statue erected in Byparken (Bergen) [no].
- 1919 - Protestant Dagen newspaper begins publication.[9]
- 1920 - Bergenshalvøens Kommunale Kraftselskap (utility) established.[9]
- 1927 - Bergensavisen newspaper in publication.[9]
- 1929 - Grand Hotel Terminus [no] built.
- 1930 - Chr. Michelsen Institute established.[citation needed]
- 1933 - Bergen Courthouse [no] built.
- 1935
- Fana Gymnas (school) active.
- Asbjørn Stensaker becomes mayor.
- 1936 - Norwegian School of Economics established.
- 1944
- 20 April: Harbour explosion in Bergen 1944.
- 4 October: Bombing of Laksevåg [no] near Bergen.
- Submarine "Operation Guidance" occurs in harbour.
- 1945 - Nils Handal becomes mayor.
- 1946
- University of Bergen established.[21]
- Forum kino [no] (cinema) built.
- 1949 - Gamle Bergen Museum [no] established.
- 1950 - Population: 162,381.[10]
- 1955 - Medieval Bryggen inscriptions discovered.
- 1967 - Sister city relationship established with Seattle, USA.[22]
- 1970
- 29 November: Body of Isdal Woman found.
- Population: 209,066.[10]
- 1972 - Arna, Åsane, Fana, and Laksevåg become part of city.[7]
- 1973
- Vestlandets kunstakademi [no] (art school) opens.
- Eilert Eilertsen becomes mayor.
- 1974 - Bergen City Hall [no] built.
- 1975 - Bergen Bank established.
- 1976 - Muslim Association of Bergen founded.[23]
- 1979
- Bergen byarkiv [no] (city archives) established.
- Bryggen designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- 1982 - Studentradioen i Bergen [no] (radio) begins broadcasting.
- 1986
- 3 May: Eurovision Song Contest 1986 held.
- Electronic toll collection introduced.
- 1992
- TV 2 (Norway) begins broadcasting.[9]
- Islamic Cultural Centre established.[23]
- 1996 - Bergen National Academy of the Arts established.
21st century
- 2001
- Bergen Kunsthall [no] (art space) active.
- Population: 232,989.[10]
- 2002
- Hordaland Police District headquartered in Bergen.
- Bergen Program for Transport, Urban Development and the Environment begins.
- 2005
- 14 September: Hatlestad mudslide occurs.
- Bergen City Museum foundation established.
- 2006 - 1 September: Musical group Rolling Stones perform.[24]
- 2009
- November: Gingerbread house sacked.[25]
- Bergensbanen minutt for minutt [no] slow television programme created.[26]
- 2010 - Bergen Light Rail begins operating.
- 2011 - Trude Drevland becomes mayor.
- 2015 - 2015 Bergen municipal election [no] held.
See also
- Bergen history
- History of Bergen [no]
- List of mayors of Bergen
- List of cultural heritage sites in Bergen [no]
- List of fires in Bergen [no]
- List of monuments in Bergen [no]
- List of years in Norway
- Timelines of other cities in Norway: Oslo
References
- ^ Jan Sjåvik (2008). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Norway. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6408-5.
- ^ Hans Andersson (2003). "Urbanization". In Knut Helle (ed.). Cambridge History of Scandinavia. Vol. 1: Prehistory to 1520. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-47299-9.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bergen" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 772–773.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Norway". Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ^ Charles Francis Keary (1892). Norway and the Norwegians. London: Percival & Co.
- ^ Sigvart Sörensen (1899). Norway. New York: P. F. Collier.
- ^ a b c d e "Bergen: historie". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 September 2015. (includes timeline)
- ^ Gina Dahl (2011). Books in Early Modern Norway. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-20720-2.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Norway". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
- ^ a b c d e f "Kommune: Bergen: Tabeller" (PDF), Folke- og boligtelling 2001 (in Norwegian), Statistics Norway, 2007
- ^ a b c Christian Koren-Wiberg (1912). By og brygge: billeder fra Bergen (in Norwegian). Kristiania: H. Aschehoug & Co.
- ^ "Bergen Map". Bergen: Histos. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ "Publikasjoner". Bergen Byarkiv (in Norwegian). Bergen Kommune. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Norway". International Banking Directory. Bankers Publishing Company. 1920.
- ^ "Store norske leksikon" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ^ Irgens L (2002). "The discovery of the leprosy bacillus". Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 122 (7): 708–9. PMID 11998735.
- ^ "Norway". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590469.
- ^ "Bergens Historiske Forening" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ^ World Guide to Special Libraries. K. G. Saur Verlag. 2007. ISBN 978-3-11-091785-7.
- ^ "Norway". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
- ^ Walter Rüegg [in German], ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
- ^ "Seattle's 21 Sister Cities". USA: City of Seattle. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ a b Göran Larsson, ed. (2009). Islam in the Nordic and Baltic Countries. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-01292-3.
- ^ Ivar Peersen (21 September 2015), "Insider's cultural guide to Bergen", The Guardian, UK
- ^ Cops on trail of 'gingerbread town' vandals, Reuters, 23 November 2009
- ^ "Big in Norway: Slow TV", The Atlantic, USA, January 2014
This article incorporates information from the Norwegian Wikipedia and Russian Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- in English
- W. Pembroke Fetridge (1883), "Bergen", Harper's Hand-Book for Travellers in Europe and the East (22nd ed.), New York: Harper & Brothers, hdl:2027/nyp.33433066588371.
- "Bergen", Hand-book for Travellers in Norway (8th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1892
- "Bergen" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 772–773.
- "Bergen", Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1912, hdl:2027/uva.x030531120
- United States Secretary of the Navy (1932), "Bergen Havn", Sailing directions for the southwest and south coasts of Norway (3rd ed.), hdl:2027/uc1.31822033787201 (fulltext)
- in Norwegian
- Bergens fundas [no], 1560
- Yngvar Nielsen (1877). Bergen fra de ældste tider indtil nutiden (in Norwegian). Christiania: C. Tønsberg.
- Henrik Jæger (1889). Bergen og Bergenserne (in Norwegian). Bergen: F. Beyer.
- "Skrifter Udgivne af Bergens Historiske Forening" [Publications of the Bergen Historical Society] (in Norwegian) – via HathiTrust.
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(help) 1895- - Norway. Statistisk sentralbyrå (1899). "Bergen". Norges officielle statistik (in Norwegian). Kristiania: Statistiske Centralbureau.
External links
- Europeana. Items related to Bergen, various dates
- Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Bergen, various dates.