Timeline of Copenhagen

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Prior to 17th century

1167 – Absalon's Castle founded.
1238 – Franciscan monastery founded.
1254 – Copenhagen receives city charter.
1294 – Wednesdays and Saturdays designated market days.
1296 – House of the Holy Ghost founded.
1388 – Church of Our Lady rebuilt.
1417 – Eric of Pomerania takes Copenhagen Castle.
1479
* City hall built at Gammeltorv.
* University of Copenhagen founded.
1493 - Govaert van Ghemen sets up printing press.
1583 – Dyrehavsbakken founded near Copenhagen.

17th century

1604 – Christian IV's Arsenal built.
1608 – Caritas Well built.
1610
* City hall rebuilt.
* Nytorv created.
1611 – Leda and the Swan statue erected.
1618 – Brewery built.
1624 – Rosenborg Castle built.
1625 – Copenhagen Stock Exchange founded.
1626 – Citadel built.
1634 - 5 October: of Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony and Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark takes place.
1640 – Børsen built.
1648 – Royal Danish Library founded.
1659 – Assault on Copenhagen
1661 – Coat of arms of Copenhagen granted.
1666 – Holmens Cemetery established.
1670 – Kongens Nytorv laid out.
1671 – Garnisons Cemetery inaugurated.
1673 – Sophie Amalienborg built.
1683 – Palace built for Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve.
1686 – Thott Palace built.
1695 – Church of Our Saviour built.

18th century

1711 – Plague.
1722 - The first public theater, Lille Grønnegade Theatre, is founded.
1728
* Fire.
* City hall rebuilt between Gammeltorv and Nytorv.
1742 - Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters established.
1745 – Christiansborg Palace built.
1748 – Royal Danish Theatre founded.
1751 – Mastekranen built.
1752 – Oeder's Garden planted.
1757 – Frederiks Hospital opens.
1758 – Christian's Church built.
1760
* Amalienborg Palace built.
* Assistens Cemetery inaugurated.
* Moses & Søn G. Melchior in business.
1769 - Population: 82,086.
1770 - City directory published.
1771 – Royal Danish Ballet founded.
1775
* Royal Porcelain Factory founded.
* P.F. Suhm library opens.
1777 – Det Dramatiske Selskab is founded.
1781 – Vestindisk Pakhus built.
1785 – Heering House built.
1787 – J. Cl. Todes Døtreskole, the first secondary school for girls, is founded.
1791 – Døtreskolen af 1791 is founded.
1793 – Royal Danish Library opened to the public.
1795 – Fire.

19th century

1801 – Battle of Copenhagen.
1807
* Battle of Copenhagen
* Royal Commission for the Preservation of Antiquities established.
1815 – Copenhagen Court House built at Nytorv.
1825
* Royal Danish Academy of Music founded.
* Kunstforeningen founded.
1828 – Christiansborg Palace rebuilt.
1829 – Church of Our Lady rebuilt.
1835 - Andersen's Fairy Tales published.
1840 - Population: 120,819.
1843
* Tivoli Gardens opens.
* Tivoli Orchestra formed.
1845 – Copenhagen co-host a nordic student meeting with Lund.
1846 – Den højere Dannelsesanstalt for Damer is founded.
1847
* Railway station built.
* Carlsberg brewery founded.
1848 – Thorvaldsen Museum built.
1850s – Edition Wilhelm Hansen music publisher in business.
1856 – Royal School of Library and Information Science founded.
1857
* Folketeatret founded.
* Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition begins.
1859 – Copenhagen Zoo founded.
1860 – City gates dismantled.
1862 – Copenhagen co-host a nordic student meeting with Lund.
1865 – Hansen Writing Ball typewriter invented in Copenhagen.
1870
* in business.
* Østre Anlæg and Vestre Cemetery established.
* Population: 202,327.
1874 – Botanical Garden glasshouses built.
1879
* Dansk Fotografisk Forening headquartered in city.
* Vesterfælledvej truant school founded.
1881 – Children's playground constructed.
1882 – Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek established.
1883 - opens.
1884 – Dagbladet Politiken newspaper begins publication.
1890 - Population: 367,262.
1894 – Frederik's Church, popularly known as the "Marble Church", opens.
1895 - Copenhagen Women's Exhibition
1896 – Statens Museum for Kunst established.
1897
* Østerport Station opens.
* Coast Line railway begins operating.

20th century

1900s-1940s

1901
* City expands.
* Museum of Copenhagen and International Secretariat of National Trade Union Centres founded.
* Population: 468,936.
1905 – Copenhagen City Hall built on City Hall Square.
1907 – Medical Museion established.
1910
* Rigshospitalet built.
* International socialist women's conference held.
1911
* Copenhagen Central Station, Idrætsparken, and Hirschsprung Collection open.
* Population: 584,089.
1912 – Theatre Museum in the Court Theatre founded.
1913
* Dansk Statens Arkiv for Historiske Film og Stemmer founded.
* The Little Mermaid (statue) unveiled.
1915 - January: Conference of Socialist Parties of Neutral Countries held in Copenhagen.
1917 - in business.
1924 – Alexandra Teatret opens.
1925
* Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup and Bakkehuset museum open.
* Danish National Symphony Orchestra founded.
1926 – Forum Copenhagen built.
1927 – Grundtvig's Church inaugurated.
1928
* Tøjhus Museum established.
* Christiansborg Palace rebuilt.
1929 – Søndermark Cemetery established.
1938 – cinema built.
1940 – April: German occupation begins.
1943
* 3 September: Stalag 391 prisoner-of-war camp for Danish POWs established by the Germans.
* 8 November: Stalag 391 POW camp dissolved.
1945
* 5 May: German occupation ends.
* Dagbladet Information begins publication.
* Population: 731,707.
1948 – David Collection opens.

1950s-1990s

1950 – Ryvangen Memorial Park officially inaugurated.
1951 - 24 September: World's first successful sex reassignment surgery performed at Gentofte Hospital.
1957 – World Santa Claus Congress begins near city.
1958 - "Egg" and "swan" chair designs introduced.
1962 – Strøget pedestrian zone laid out.
1971
* Weekendavisen newspaper begins publication.
* Freetown Christiania founded.
1973 – Roskilde Airport opens.
1974 - Greater Copenhagen Council created.
1975 - cinema opens.
1976
* Royal Danish Naval Museum established.
* Population: 1,292,647 urban area.
1977
* 12 December: World's "first AIDS victim" dies in Copenhagen.
* Frieboeshvile restored.
1978 – Danish Design Centre opens.
1979 – Copenhagen Jazz Festival begins.
1980 – Copenhagen Marathon begins.
1983 – Radio Rosa begins broadcasting.
1984 – Valby-Hallen opens.
1986
* Fotografisk Center and Rhythmic Music Conservatory established.
* Worker's Museum opens.
1992 – Parken Stadium built.
1995
* Copenhagen City Bikes launched.
* Danish Architecture Centre founded.
1996 – National Museum of Photography and Cisternerne – Museum for moderne Glaskunst founded.
1998 – Copenhagen Distortion begins.
1999 – Black Diamond (library) built.
2000
* Øresund Bridge opens to Malmö, Sweden.
* Copenhagen Harbour Buses begin operating.

21st century

2000s

2001 – Copenhagen Free University established.
2002 – Copenhagen Metro and Copenhagen Harbour Baths inaugurated.
2003
* Copenhagen International Documentary Festival and Start! Festival begin.
* North Atlantic House cultural centre and Noma (restaurant) open.
2004
* Copenhagen Opera House and Danish Jewish Museum open.
* Natural History Museum of Denmark formed.
2005 – VM Houses built.
2006 – DieselHouse opens.
2007
* City becomes part of the Capital Region of Denmark.
* Karriere Bar and Geranium (restaurant) open.
* Fictional The Killing begins broadcasting.
* Homeless World Cup football contest held.
2008
* Royal Danish Playhouse opens in Frederiksstaden.
* 21st European Film Awards held.
* Mountain Dwellings built.
2009
* United Nations Climate Change Conference held.
* CPH:PIX film festival begins.

2010s

2010 – 8 House built.
2011
* Torvehallerne in business.
* MAD Symposium begins.
2012
* Bicycle superhighway opens.
* Population: 1,213,882 urban area.
2014 - Cykelslangen opens in Havneholmen.
2015 – 14–15 February: 2015 Copenhagen shootings occur, killing two civilians and wounding five police officers. The suspected perpetrator was later shot and killed by police.

2020s

2022
* 3 July: The Field's mall shooting occurs, killing multiple people.