Timeline of Tallinn

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tallinn, Estonia.

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Prior to 17th century

• 3000BC- First signs of a settlement in Tallinn.
• 900BC- Iru settlement
• 300- Iru fort built.
• 1050- Lyndanise Fort built on Toompea.
• 1219
  • Toompea Castle taken by forces of Valdemar II of Denmark.
  • St Mary's Cathedral built.
• 1227 - Town charter granted.
• 1240 – St. Olaf's Church built.
• 1265 – Town wall constructed.
• 1275 – St. Nicholas' Church built (approximate date).
• 1284 – Reval becomes part of Hanseatic League.
• 1343
  • April: Reval besieged by Estonian forces.
  • Brotherhood of Blackheads formed.
• 1347 – Reval sold to Teutonic Order.
• 1360 - Town "fortified."
• 1370 – Pikk Hermann tower built.
• 1372
  • School built on Pikk Street.
  • Population: 3,250.
• 1404 – Town Hall rebuilt.
• 1410 – Great Guild Hall built.
• 1422 – Raeapteek pharmacy in business.
• 1433 – Fire.
• 1436 – St. Bridget's Convent built.
• 1441 – Christmas tree display in Town Hall Square begins.
• 1464 - Plague.
• 1475 – The artillery tower Kiek in de Kök built.
• 1514 - December: Christmas tree displayed in marketplace.
• 1530
  • Fat Margaret tower built.
  • Old Thomas weathervane installed atop Town Hall.
• 1532 – Plague.
• 1561 – Reval becomes a dominion of Sweden.
• 1569 – Reval besieged by Danes.
• 1570 – Reval besieged by Russians.
• 1577 – Reval besieged by Russians.

17th century

• 1630 – Reval Gymnasium (school) established.
• 1633 - Gymnasiums printing house is founded.
• 1638 - Beginning of regular post between Tallinn and other Swedish cities.
• 1675 - First newspaper in Tallinn, de, starts operating.
• 1684 - Devastating fire in Toompea.

18th century

• 1710 – Peter the Great's army besieges Reval, Reval surrenders (Siege of Reval (1710)), and Russian rule begins.
• 1719 – Catherinethal Palace (Kadriorg Palace) built.
• 1725 - Toompea orphanage is founded.
• 1758 - City is released for the task to hold up the defence facilities.
• 1765 - Domeschool is changed to Academic Knightschool. Domechurch loses its control over the school and it is given to Estonian Knighthood.
• 1769- Mihkli church-monastery is reconstructed as an orthodox church.
• 1772
  • Castle rebuilt.
  • Population: 6,954.
  • Cemeteries are taken outside of city walls.
• 1774 – Kopli cemetery and Mõigu cemetery established.
• 1782 - Population: 10,653
• 1784 - First theater is founded by August von Kotzebue

19th century

• 1801 - British navy under the command of admiral Nelson is on the Bay of Tallinn, but he doesn´t attack.
• 1816 – Population: 12,000.
• 1817 - Tallinn´s customs affair
• 1820 - Oleviste Church´s tower burns down.
• 1827-
• 1831 - Cholera strikes Tallinn (758 victims)
• 1843 - The renovation of citys canalisation begins. It is finished by the year 1860.
• 1845 – Church of Saints Peter & Paul built.
• 1848
  • Estonian Knighthood House rebuilt.
  • Cholera attack again (1029 victims)
• 1851 – Population: 24,000.
• 1857
  • Tallinn is removed from the list of fortress citys, which marks the beginning of Tallinns rapid expansion and becoming a metropol.
  • First baltic singing festival takes place in Tallinn.
• 1864 – Kanut Guild Hall built.
• 1865 - The Gas factory of Tallinn is finished.
• 1867 – St. John's Church built.
• 1870
  • Railway begins operating.
  • Baltic Station (Tallinn Railway station, Balti jaam) built.
• 1880 - June: Estonian Song Festival held in city.
• 1881 - The construction of a modern canalisation begins.
• 1883
  • et open.
  • fr founded.
• 1886 – Glehn Castle built.
• 1888 – Horse-drawn tram begins operating.
• 1889 - Toompea is finally administratively united with Reval.
• 1896 – Estonian Song Festival relocates to Reval.

20th century

• 1900
  • Nevsky Cathedral built.
  • Population: 66,292.
• 1901 - First Estonian newspaper "Teataja" becomes operating.
• 1902 - Russalka Memorial erected.
• 1903 - Rahumäe cemetery established.
• 1905 - January: Labour strike.
• 1906 - Estonia theatre group active.
• 1910 - German Theatre built.
• 1913
  • Power Plant begins operating.
  • Bekker Port and Estonia Theatre open.
• 1914 - Industrial Art School founded.
• 1916 - Defence Forces Cemetery established.
• 1917
  • March: Labor strike.
  • November: Bolsheviks in power.
  • Reval renamed "Tallinn" (approximate date).
  • Nõmme gained borough rights.
  • Population: 160,000.
• 1918
  • February: Germans in power.
  • National Library of Estonia established.
  • Tallinn College of Engineering and Higher Music School established.
• 1919 - Art Museum of Estonia established.
• 1921 - Tallinn French School founded.
• 1923
  • Pääsküla-Tallinn electric railway begins operating.
  • Hiiu Stadium built.
  • Järve train station opens.
• 1924
  • Tallinn Jewish School established.
  • Elektriraudtee begins operating.
  • November 3 – Kivimäe train station opens.
• 1925
  • Narva Road tram begins operating.
  • Chamber of Commerce founded.
• 1926
  • Estonian Radio Symphony Orchestra active.
  • Kadriorg Stadium built.
  • Nõmme gained town rights.
  • Hiiu train station opens.
• 1928 - Lilleküla train station opens.
• 1932 - Laagri train station opens.
• 1933 - Pirita-Kose-Kloostrimetsa Circuit opens.
• 1935 - Estonian Maritime Museum founded.
• 1936
  • Tallinn Airport opens.
  • Tallinn Technical Institute active.
• 1937 - French Lyceum built.
• 1938 - Kopli freight station opens.
• 1939 - Tallinn Zoo founded.
• 1940 - July 29: Town of Nõmme merged to Tallinn.
• 1941 - August: Germans in power.
• 1942 - Bombing by Soviets.
• 1943
  • Bombing by Soviets.
  • March 24: Bungsberg (ship) sunk.
• 1944 - Bombing by Soviets.
• 1945 - Tallinna Autobussikoondis founded.
• 1946 - Institute of Theology of Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church established.
• 1947 - Monument to the Liberators of Tallinn unveiled.
• 1952 - Tallinn Pedagogical Institute established.
• 1955 - July: Television begins broadcasting.
• 1956 - Kalevi Keskstaadion built.
• 1959
  • Tallinn Song Stage built.
  • Bus Station moved to its current location from the Stalin Square (Viru Square).
  • Population: 283,071.
• 1960 - July 21: et (department store) opened.
• 1961
  • December 1 – Tallinn Botanic Garden established.
  • Development of Õismäe area begins.
  • Tallinn Music High School founded.
• 1962 - Kalevi Spordihall built.
• 1964 - Kalamaja cemetery destroyed.
• 1965
  • July 6 – Trolleybuses begin operating.
  • Helsinki-Tallinn ferry resumes operation.
  • New Bus Station built.
• 1966 - August 2: Tallinn Old Town conservation area established.
• 1969 - Pirita Velodrome opens.
• 1972 - May 5: Viru Hotel opens.
• 1977 - Development of Lasnamäe area begins.
• 1980
  • MS Georg Ots begins operating.
  • Linnahall, TV Tower and Post Office built.
  • April 6 – et opens.
• 1986 - Muuga Harbour opens.
• 1987
  • Singing demonstrations against Soviet occupation begin.
  • Estonian History Museum inaugurated.
• 1988 - Estonian Business School established.
• 1989
  • et active.[1]
  • Population: 478,974.
• 1990 - Estonian School of Diplomacy established.
• 1991
  • Estoniya newspaper begins publication.
  • Estonian Maritime Academy and University Nord founded.
• 1992
  • Port authority established.
  • Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, International University Audentes, Mainor Business School, and Tallinn University of Applied Sciences established.
• 1993 - Concordia International University Estonia established.
• 1997
  • Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival begins.
  • Euro University established.
• 1998 - Rocca al Mare Shopping Centre opens.
• 1999
  • Meriton Grand Hotel opens.
  • May 28 – Kristiine shopping centre opens.

21st century

• 2000 – Estonian Information Technology College established.
• 2001
  • A. Le Coq Arena (Lilleküla Stadium) and Saku Suurhall Arena open.
  • February 1 – Radisson SAS Hotel opens.
• 2003
  • Kultuuritehas Polymer active.
  • Museum of Occupations opens.
• 2004
  • Viru Center with bus terminal opens.
  • Ülemiste Center opens.
• 2005
  • Tallinn University and Baltic Film and Media School established.
  • Theatre NO99 active.
• 2006 - Kumu Art Museum built.
• 2007
  • April: Bronze Night unrest.
  • December 10 – Swissôtel Tallinn opens.
  • Tallinn Synagogue built.
• 2008
  • NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre built.
  • November 10 – Kitseküla train station opens.
• 2009
  • Väo Power Plant begins operating.
  • War of Independence Victory Column unveiled.
  • October 6 – Nokia Concert Hall opens.
  • October 9 – Solaris Center opens.
• 2010 - 23rd European Film Awards held.
• 2011
  • Tallinna TV begins broadcasting.
  • City designated a European Capital of Culture
• 2015 - Population: 439 286

See also

• List of mayors of Tallinn
• et
• Other names of Tallinn
• Timeline of Estonian history

References

This article incorporates information from the Estonian Wikipedia.

External links

• Europeana. Items related to Tallinn, various dates.