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).()
1440 - (library) founded.
1529 - Hanover SchÃÂ¼tzenfest established.
1550 - (cemetery) established.
1670 - NeustÃÂ¤dter 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.https://archive.org/details/diehandschrifte00landgoog
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 - HanoverÃ¢ÂÂBraunschweig Railway in operation.

1847

BremenÃ¢ÂÂHanover 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

HanoverÃ¢ÂÂHamburg railway in operation.

and (cemeteries) established.

1865 - Hanover Zoo established.

1866

Hanover becomes part of Prussia.

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Welfenschloss (palace) built.

X Army Corps headquartered in Hanover.

established.

1870 - built.

1871 - Continental rubber manufacturer in business.

1872

Horse-drawn tram begins operating.()

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.()

' 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, StÃÂ¶cken, and become part of city.
1908 - Anti-noise society formed.
1911 - (theatre) opens.
1913 - New City Hall built in the .
1914
Stadthalle built.()
opens.
1916
Kestnergesellschaft (modern art society) formed.
(fountain) installed in the NeustÃÂ¤dter Markt.
1918
November: German Revolution of 1918Ã¢ÂÂ19.
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.
ÃÂberlandwerke und StraÃÂenbahnen Hannover AG (public transit entity) active.
in use.
1923
German VÃÂ¶lkisch 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.()

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.()

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.

AprilÃ¢ÂÂMay: Mayor, RegierungsprÃÂ¤sident, and OberprÃÂ¤sident (local government officials) appointed.

1946-1990s

1946 - February: Flood.()

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 - HanoverÃ¢ÂÂWÃÂ¼rzburg 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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See also

Hanover history

History of Hanover (region)

History of the Jews in Hannover

List of mayors of Hanover

Other cities in the state of Lower Saxony:()

Timeline of Braunschweig

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

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+ 1873 ed.

in German

published in the 19th century

+ 1884 ed.

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published in the 21st century

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