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).(de)
 * 1440 - (library) founded.
 * 1529 - Hanover Schützenfest established.
 * 1550 - (cemetery) established.
 * 1670 - Neustädter 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.
 * 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 - Hanover–Braunschweig Railway in operation.
 * 1847
 * Bremen–Hanover 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
 * Hanover–Hamburg railway in operation.
 * and (cemeteries) established.
 * 1865 - Hanover Zoo established.
 * 1866
 * Hanover becomes part of Prussia.
 * active.
 * Welfenschloss (palace) built.
 * X Army Corps headquartered in Hanover.
 * established.
 * 1870 - built.
 * 1871 - Continental rubber manufacturer in business.
 * 1872
 * Horse-drawn tram begins operating.(de)
 * 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.(de)
 *  newspaper begins publication.
 * 1895 - and  built.
 * 1896
 * Hannover 96 football club formed.
 * installed.
 * 1897 - Music Conservatory established.
 * 1898 - Hannoversche Waggonfabrik (manufacturer) in business.

1900-1945

 * 1902 - Provincial museum built.
 * 1903 - opens.
 * 1904 - Bismarck Tower erected.
 * 1907 -, , Klein-Buchholz, , , Mecklenheide, Stöcken, and become part of city.
 * 1908 - Anti-noise society formed.
 * 1911 - (theatre) opens.
 * 1913 - New City Hall built in the.
 * 1914
 * Stadthalle built.(de)
 * opens.
 * 1916
 * Kestnergesellschaft (modern art society) formed.
 * (fountain) installed in the Neustädter Markt.
 * 1918
 * November: German Revolution of 1918–19.
 * 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.
 * Überlandwerke und Straßenbahnen Hannover AG (public transit entity) active.
 * in use.
 * 1923
 * German Völkisch 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.(de)
 * 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.(de)
 * 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.
 * April–May: Mayor, Regierungspräsident, and Oberpräsident (local government officials) appointed.

1946-1990s

 * 1946 - February: Flood.(de)
 * 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 - Hanover–Würzburg 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 becomes mayor.
 * 2008
 * urban planning process begins.
 * Baitus Sami Mosque built.
 * 2013 - Stefan Schostok becomes mayor.
 * 2014 - Population: 523,642.

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