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.(da)
 * 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 (with city hall) 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.(da)
 * 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
 * (confectionery) in business.
 * Østre Anlæg and Vestre Cemetery established.
 * Population: 202,327.(da)
 * 1874 – Botanical Garden glasshouses built.
 * 1879
 * Dansk Fotografisk Forening (photo society) headquartered in city.
 * Vesterfælledvej truant school founded.
 * 1881 – Children's playground constructed.
 * 1882 – Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek established.
 * 1883 - (theatre) opens.
 * 1884 – Dagbladet Politiken newspaper begins publication.
 * 1890 - Population: 367,262.(da)
 * 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.

1900s-1940s

 * 1901
 * City expands.
 * Museum of Copenhagen and International Secretariat of National Trade Union Centres founded.
 * Population: 468,936.(da)
 * 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.(da)
 * 1912 – Theatre Museum in the Court Theatre founded.
 * 1913
 * Dansk Statens Arkiv for Historiske Film og Stemmer (film archive) founded.
 * The Little Mermaid (statue) unveiled.
 * 1915 - January: Conference of Socialist Parties of Neutral Countries held in Copenhagen.
 * 1917 - (publisher) in business.
 * 1924 – Alexandra Teatret (cinema) 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 (newspaper) 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.(da)
 * 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.

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 (TV series) 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 (market) in business.
 * MAD Symposium begins.
 * 2012
 * Bicycle superhighway opens.
 * Population: 1,213,882 urban area.(da)
 * 2014 - Cykelslangen (bike bridge) 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.