Timeline of Bergen explained

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).^{[1] [2]}
• 1080 - Catholic diocese of Bergen established (approximate date).^[3]
• 1153 - Bergen Cathedral School founded.
• 1163 - Coronation of Magnus V of Norway.
• 1180 - St Mary's Church, Bergen built (approximate date).
• 1181
  • occurs.^[4]
  • First recorded historical reference to Bergen Cathedral.
• 1194 - 29 June: Coronation of Sverre of Norway.^[5]
• 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.^[6]
• 1684 - Birth of Ludvig Holberg, writer and poet.
• 1702 - Fire.
• 1721 - Peter Nørvig printer in business.^[7]
• 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.^[8]
• 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.^{[9] [10]}
• 1855
  • Fire.
  • Bergens Privatbank and Bergen Mekaniske Verksted (shipyard) established.
• 1867 - (prison) built.
• 1868
  • Bergens Tidende (newspaper) begins publication.^[11]
  • (monument) erected.
• 1872 - Hanseatic Museum established.^[12]
• 1873 - Causative agent of leprosy, the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, identified by Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen.^[13]
• 1875 - Population: 54,436.^[14]
• 1876 - Bergens Kreditbank established.^[15]
• 1882
  • (phone company) begins operating.^[16]
  • ("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.^[17]
• 1900 - Population: 72,179.

20th century

• 1905 - (teaching facility) established.
• 1909
  • Den Nationale Scene (theatre) built.
  • (school) founded.
• 1910
  • Braille library established.^[18]
  • Population: 104,224.^[19]
• 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.^[20]
  • (cinema) built.
• 1949 - established.
• 1950 - Population: 162,381.
• 1955 - Medieval Bryggen inscriptions discovered.
• 1967 - Sister city relationship established with Seattle, USA.^[21]
• 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.^[22]
• 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.

See also

• Bergen history
  • List of mayors of Bergen
    • • List of years in Norway
• Timelines of other cities in Norway: Oslo

References

This article incorporates information from the Norwegian Wikipedia and Russian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• .
  • Bergen . 3 . 772 - 773 . 1.
  • (fulltext)

in Norwegian

• • Book: Bergen fra de ældste tider indtil nutiden . Yngvar Nielsen . Yngvar Nielsen . Christiania . C. Tønsberg . 1877 . no .
• Book: Bergen og Bergenserne . Henrik Jæger . Henrik Jæger . Bergen . F. Beyer . 1889 . no .
• Skrifter Udgivne af Bergens Historiske Forening . Publications of the Bergen Historical Society . HathiTrust . no . 1895-
• Book: Norway. Statistisk sentralbyrå. Norges officielle statistik . 1899 . Bergen . https://books.google.com/books?id=yEsUAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA10-PA1 . no . Kristiania . Statistiske Centralbureau . 315 .

External links

• Europeana. Items related to Bergen, various dates
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Bergen, various dates.

Notes and References

1. Book: Jan Sjåvik. Historical Dictionary of Norway. 2008. . 978-0-8108-6408-5 . Chronology . https://books.google.com/books?id=Bf6xAAAAQBAJ&pg=PR17 .
2. Book: Knut Helle. Knut Helle. Cambridge History of Scandinavia . 1: Prehistory to 1520 . 2003. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-47299-9 . Urbanization . Hans Andersson . https://books.google.com/books?id=PFBtfXG6fXAC&pg=PA326 .
3. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Norway . Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo . 30 September 2015 .
4. Book: Charles Francis Keary. Charles Francis Keary. Norway and the Norwegians. 1892. Percival & Co. . London .
5. Book: Sigvart Sörensen . Norway. 1899. P. F. Collier . New York .
6. Bergen . 3 . 772 - 773 .
7. Book: Gina Dahl. Books in Early Modern Norway. 2011. Brill . 978-90-04-20720-2.
8. Book: Christian Koren-Wiberg . By og brygge: billeder fra Bergen . 1912. . Kristiania . no .
9. Web site: Bergen Map . 12 September 2016 . Histos . Bergen .
10. Web site: Publikasjoner . Bergen Kommune . Bergen Byarkiv . no . 12 September 2016 .
11. Book: Europa World Year Book . 2004. . 978-1-85743-255-8 . Norway . https://books.google.com/books?id=gP_-8rXzQs8C&pg=PA3230 .
12. Web site: Store norske leksikon . 30 September 2015 . no .
13. Irgens L . The discovery of the leprosy bacillus . Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen . 122 . 7 . 708–9 . 2002 . 11998735.
14. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . Statesman's Year-Book . 1885 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Norway . 2027/nyp.33433081590469?urlappend=%3Bseq=502 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590469?urlappend=%3Bseq=502 .
15. Book: International Banking Directory. https://books.google.com/books?id=NdEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA475 . 1920. Bankers Publishing Company . Norway .
16. Web site: Bergen: historie . . 30 September 2015 . no . (includes timeline)
17. Web site: Bergens Historiske Forening . 30 September 2015 . no .
18. Book: World Guide to Special Libraries. 2007. . 978-3-11-091785-7.
19. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . Statesman's Year-Book . 1921 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Norway . 2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=1184 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=1184 .
20. Book: Walter Rüegg .

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    . History of the University in Europe . 4 . Universities Since 1945 . 2011. Cambridge University Press. 978-1-139-49425-0 . Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995 . https://books.google.com/books?id=VCKRv1GiFqEC&pg=PA575 .
21. Web site: City of Seattle . 30 December 2015 . Seattle's 21 Sister Cities . USA.
22. Book: Göran Larsson . Islam in the Nordic and Baltic Countries . 2009. Routledge. 978-1-134-01292-3.