Timeline of Helsinki

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Helsinki, Finland.

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Prior to 19th century

  • 1550 - Trading town established by Gustav I of Sweden.[1]
  • 1569 - City privileges granted.[2]
  • 1570 - Fire.[2]
  • 1616 - "Diet of Finland held in Helsinki."[2]
  • 1640 - Helsinki relocated across Kluuvinlahti bay to Vironniemi"[2]
  • 1654 - Fire.[2]
  • 1695 - Famine begins.[2]
  • 1710 - Plague.[2]
  • 1713 - Helsinki taken by Russian forces.[3]
  • 1727 - Ulrika Eleonora Church built.
  • 1742 - Helsinki occupied by Russians again.[3]
  • 1743 - Herring fair begins.
  • 1748 - Sveaborg fortress construction begins.[3]
  • 1757 - Sederholm house built.[2]

19th century

Map of Helsinki, 1837

20th century

Map of Helsinki, c. 1900s

1900s-1940s

1950s-1990s

21st century

See also

References

  1. ↑ Richard D. Lewis (2005). "Finnish History: Chronology". Finland, Cultural Lone Wolf. Nicholas Brealey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-931930-49-9.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 City Museum. "History of Helsinki (timeline)". City of Helsinki. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Brief history of Helsinki". City of Helsinki. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Haydn 1910.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Britannica 1910.
  6. ↑ "Finland Profile: Timeline", BBC News, retrieved 30 September 2015
  7. ↑ "Garden Search: Finland". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  8. ↑ Donna M. Di Grazia, ed. (2013). Nineteenth-Century Choral Music. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-98852-0.
  9. ↑ "Leading Libraries of the World: Russia and Finland". American Library Annual. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1916. pp. 477–478. Helsingfors
  10. 1 2 3 "Finland". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
  11. 1 2 3 4 Walter Rüegg, ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. 4. Cambridge University Press. pp. 575–594. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
  12. ↑ Colin Lawson, ed. (2003). "Orchestras Founded in the 19th Century (chronological list)". Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00132-8.
  13. ↑ "Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 New York Times 2006.
  15. ↑ Uschakoff 1898.
  16. 1 2 3 "Movie Theaters in Helsinki, Finland". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  17. ↑ City Museum. "Hakasalmi Villa - History of the museum building". City of Helsinki. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  18. ↑ Anthony F. Upton (1980). The Finnish Revolution: 1917-1918. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0-8166-0905-5.
  19. ↑ "Finland". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via HathiTrust.
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "City of Helsinki Mayors 1922-". City of Helsinki. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  21. ↑ Klaus K Hotel. "History". Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  22. ↑ Jørgen S. Nielsen; et al., eds. (2013). "Finland". Yearbook of Muslims in Europe. 5. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-25586-9.
  23. ↑ Don Rubin; et al., eds. (1994). "Finland". World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Europe. Routledge. pp. 250+. ISBN 9780415251570.
  24. ↑ Major Cities and Their Peripheries: Co-operation and Co-ordinated Management. Local and Regional Authorities in Europe. Council of Europe Press. 1993. ISBN 978-92-871-2394-7.
  25. ↑ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.
  26. ↑ Bernard A. Cook, ed. (2013). "Chronology of Major Political Events". Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-17939-7.
  27. ↑ Göran Larsson, ed. (2009). Islam in the Nordic and Baltic Countries. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-01292-3.
  28. 1 2 Hämäläinen 2014.
  29. ↑ "How Helsinki mashed up "open data" with regionalism". CitiScope. USA. April 2014.
  30. ↑ "Kaupunginvaltuusto valitsi pormestarin ja apulaispormestarit". Helsingin kaupunki. Retrieved 8 June 2017.

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