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 - active. 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. active. Welfenschloss (palace) built. 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 24 June: begins operating. 26 June: Hanover-Misburg subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp established. The prisoners were mostly Polish women. 1 September: Hanover-Limmer concentration camp redesignated a subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp. September: begins operating. Late September or early October: Hanover-Langenhagen subcamp of Neuengamme established. The prisoners were mostly Polish women. November: established. becomes Staatskommissare.(de)

1945 January: Hanover-Langenhagen subcamp of Neuengamme dissolved, surviving prisoners relocated to the Hanover-Limmer camp. February: begins operating. 6 April: Hanover-Limmer and Hanover-Misburg subcamps of Neuengamme dissolved, surviving prisoners sent on a death march. 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 (SPD) becomes mayor. 2008 urban planning process begins. Baitus Sami Mosque built. 2013 - Stefan Schostok becomes mayor. 2014 - Population: 523,642. 2019 - Belit Onay (Greens) becomes mayor.

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