Timeline of Lübeck

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Prior to 13th century

 * 1138 – Town sacked.
 * 1143 – New town founded by Adolf II of Holstein near site of old town.
 * 1158 – Town ceded by Adolf II of Holstein to Duke Henry the Lion of Saxony.
 * 1160 – Seat of Catholic diocese of Lübeck relocated to Lübeck from Oldenburg in Holstein.
 * 1173 – Lübeck Cathedral construction begins.
 * 1177 – Benedictine founded.
 * 1188 – Town charter issued by Henry the Lion.

13th–15th centuries

 * 1201 – Danes in power.
 * 1210 – Lübeck Cathedral construction completed (approximate date).
 * 1226 – Lübeck becomes an Imperial Free City.
 * 1250 – (church) built.
 * 1310 – Marienkirche (church) built (approximate date).
 * 1312 – founded.
 * 1356 – St. Catherine's Church built (approximate date).
 * 1368 – Hanseatic League adopts Lübeck's city seal.
 * 1379 – Circle Company founded.
 * 1408 – Uprising.
 * 1420 - Paper mill established.
 * 1442 – built.
 * 1444 – Burgtor (city gate) built.
 * 1450 – Merchants Company founded (approximate date).
 * 1462 – becomes mayor.
 * 1463 – Bernt Notke creates Dance of Death artwork for the Marienkirche.
 * 1475 - Printing press in operation.
 * 1477
 * Crucifix created by Bernt Notke erected in Lübeck Cathedral.
 * Holstentor (city gate) built.
 * 1491 – Artist Hans Memling creates triptych for the Lübeck Cathedral.

16th–18th centuries

 * 1515 – St. Anne's Priory built.
 * 1530 – Protestant reformation.
 * 1531 – Katharineum (school) opens.
 * 1533 – Jürgen Wullenwever becomes mayor.
 * 1535 – Shipowners' Guild house built.
 * 1586 – Outer Holstentor (city gate) built.
 * 1630 – Last Hanseatic Diet meets at Lübeck.
 * 1668 – Dieterich Buxtehude becomes organist at the Marienkirche.
 * 1697 – Buthman's Bierstube (tavern) in business.
 * 1793 – Gesellschaft zur Beförderung gemeinnütziger Tätigkeit (charitable society) established.

19th century

 * 1801 – City "temporarily occupied" by Danes.
 * 1802 – Town walls dismantled.
 * 1806 – 6 November: City captured by French forces.
 * 1810 – 12 November: City becomes part of the French Empire.
 * 1813 – French occupation ends.
 * 1815
 * Recognized as a free city by the Congress of Vienna.
 * Joins the German Confederation.
 * 1825 – Navigation School founded.
 * 1832 – Lübecker General-Anzeiger newspaper begins publication.
 * 1835 – Lübeckische Blätter (newspaper) in publication.
 * 1851 – Population: town 26,093; territory 54,166.
 * 1857 - Population: town 30,717; territory 49,324.
 * 1866 – Joins the North German Confederation.
 * 1867 – Wilhelm-Theater opens.
 * 1868
 * Joins the German Customs Union.
 * Schiffergesellschaft (restaurant) in operation.
 * 1871 – Joins the German Empire.
 * 1874 – Aegidienkirche (Lübeck) (church) restored.
 * 1875 – Population: 44,799.
 * 1890 – Population: town 63,590; territory 76,485.
 * 1891 – Sacred Heart Church consecrated.
 * 1893 – Museum am Dom (Lübeck) built.
 * 1900 – Elbe-Trave canal opens.

20th century

 * 1904 – City Theatre opens.
 * 1905 – Population: town 91,541; state 105,857.
 * 1915 – St. Anne's Museum opens.
 * 1917 – Lübeck Airport constructed.
 * 1919
 * Lübeck joins the Weimar Republic.
 * Ballsportverein Vorwärts Lübeck (sport club) formed.
 * Population: town 113,071.
 * 1921 – Sportvereinigung Polizei Lübeck (sport club) formed.
 * 1924 – Stadion an der Lohmühle (stadium) opens.
 * 1937 – The Greater Hamburg Act merges Lübeck into the Prussian Province of Schleswig-Holstein and it loses its status as an independent free city.
 * 1940 – Oflag X-C prisoner-of-war camp for Allied officers established.
 * 1942 – Bombing of Lübeck in World War II.
 * 1945
 * 2 May: City captured by British forces. Oflag X-C POW camp liberated.
 * VfB Lübeck sport club formed.
 * 1946 - Lübecker Nachrichten and Lübecker Freie Presse newspapers begin publication.
 * 1948 – Lübecker Kantorei (choir) founded.
 * 1973 – Lübeck Academy of Music founded.
 * 1982
 * Lübeck Museum of Theatre Puppets established.
 * Lübeck Cathedral reconstructed.
 * 1987 – City centre becomes a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
 * 2000 – becomes mayor.

21st century

 * 2001 – International School of New Media established.
 * 2005 – Herren Tunnel opens.
 * 2012 – Population: 211,713.