Timeline of Bergen

The following is a of the history of the city of Bergen, Norway.

Prior to 19th century

• 1070s CE - Bergen founded by Olaf Kyrre (approximate date).
• 1080 - Catholic diocese of Bergen established (approximate date).
• 1153 - Bergen Cathedral School founded.
• 1163 - Coronation of Magnus V of Norway.
• 1180 - St Mary's Church, Bergen built (approximate date).
• 1181
• occurs.
• First recorded historical reference to Bergen Cathedral.
• 1194 - 29 June: Coronation of Sverre of Norway.
• 1247 - 29 July: Coronation of Haakon IV of Norway.
• 1261
• 11 September: Magnus-Ingeborg wedding party takes place in Haakon's Hall.
• 14 September: Coronation of Magnus VI of Norway.
• 1280 - Coronation of Eric II of Norway.
• 1350s - Hanseatic merchants set up kontor in Bryggen.
• 1393 - Sacking of Bergen (1393).
• 1429 - occurs.
• 1531 - Christ Church, Bergen demolished.
• 1665 - 2 August: Naval Battle of VÃ¥gen occurs.
• 1684 - Birth of Ludvig Holberg, writer and poet.
• 1702 - Fire.
• 1721 - Peter Nørvig printer in business.
• 1769 - Population: 18,827.
• 1764 - End of membership of the Hanseatic League.
• 1794 - Foundation of the local branch of the theatrical society Det Dramatiske Selskab.
• Birgithe Kühle publishes the magazine Provincial-Lecture.

19th century

• 1800 - The first theater, Komediehuset pÃ¥ Engen, is built.
• 1807 - Birth of Johan Sebastian Welhaven, "one of the greatest figures in Norwegian literature".
• 1825 - Bergen Museum founded.
• 1837 - becomes mayor.
• 1838 - founded.
• 1843 - Birth of Edvard Grieg, future composer and pianist.
• 1850 - Det norske Theater (Bergen) opens.
• 1851 - Bergen Steamship Company in business.
• 1853 - Stølen School established.
• 1855
• Fire.
• Bergens Privatbank and Bergen Mekaniske Verksted (shipyard) established.
• 1867 - (prison) built.
• 1868
• Bergens Tidende (newspaper) begins publication.
• (monument) erected.
• 1872 - Hanseatic Museum established.
• 1873 - Causative agent of leprosy, the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, identified by Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen.
• 1875 - Population: 54,436.
• 1876 - Bergens Kreditbank established.
• 1882
• (phone company) begins operating.
• ("moral protection" group) founded.
• 1883 - Voss Line railway begins operating.
• 1887 - West Norway Museum of Decorative Art established.
• 1890 - Gulating Court of Appeal established.
• 1894 - Bergen Historical Society founded.
• 1900 - Population: 72,179.

20th century

• 1905 - (teaching facility) established.
• 1909
• Den Nationale Scene (theatre) built.
• (school) founded.
• 1910
• Braille library established.
• Population: 104,224.
• 1915 - Bergen Chamber of Commerce founded.
• 1916 - January: Bergen fire of 1916.
• 1917 - Grieg statue erected in .
• 1919 - Protestant Dagen newspaper begins publication.
• 1920 - Bergenshalvøens Kommunale Kraftselskap (utility) established.
• 1927 - Bergensavisen newspaper in publication.
• 1929 - built.
• 1930 - Chr. Michelsen Institute established.
• 1933 - 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: near Bergen.
• Submarine "Operation Guidance" occurs in harbour.
• 1945 - Nils Handal becomes mayor.
• 1946
• University of Bergen established.
• (cinema) built.
• 1949 - established.
• 1950 - Population: 162,381.
• 1955 - Medieval Bryggen inscriptions discovered.
• 1967 - Sister city relationship established with Seattle, USA.
• 1970
• 29 November: Body of Isdal Woman found.
• Population: 209,066.
• 1972 - Arna, Åsane, Fana, and LaksevÃ¥g become part of city.
• 1973
• (art school) opens.
• Eilert Eilertsen becomes mayor.
• 1974 - built.
• 1975 - Bergen Bank established.
• 1976 - Muslim Association of Bergen founded.
• 1979
• (city archives) established.
• Bryggen designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• 1982 - (radio) begins broadcasting.
• 1986
• 3 May: Eurovision Song Contest 1986 held.
• Electronic toll collection introduced.
• 1992
• TV 2 (Norway) begins broadcasting.
• Islamic Cultural Centre established.
• 1996 - Bergen National Academy of the Arts established.

21st century

• 2001
• Bergen Kunsthall (art space) active.
• Population: 232,989.
• 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.
• 2009
• November: Gingerbread house sacked.
• ' slow television programme created.
• 2010 - Bergen Light Rail begins operating.
• 2011 - Trude Drevland becomes mayor.
• 2015 - held.