Timeline of Bergen

The following is a timeline 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 * First recorded historical reference to Bergen Cathedral.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 Vågen 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 på 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 Laksevåg 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
 * (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.