Timeline of Hanover

• 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. ==20th century==

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. • November: established. • becomes Staatskommissare.(de) • 1945 • January: Hanover-Langenhagen subcamp of Neuengamme dissolved, surviving prisoners relocated to the Hanover-Limmer camp. • 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 (SPD) becomes mayor. • 2008 • urban planning process begins. • Baitus Sami Mosque built. • 2013 - Stefan Schostok becomes mayor. • 2014 - Population: 523,642. • 2019 - Belit Onay (Greens) becomes mayor. ==Images==

File:19061204 hannover herrenhauser allee.jpg|Herrenhäuser Allee, laid out in 1726 (postcard from 1906) File:Georg Alpers jun. AK Serie B, 001, 1907, Vaterländisches Museum der Stadt Hannover. Sammlung von Gildealtertümern, Bildseite.jpg|Vaterländisches Museum, opened in 1903 File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-01303, Hannover, Villa Hindenburgs, Menschenmenge.jpg|Crowd outside house of Hindenburg on day he becomes President of Germany, 12 May 1925 File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2005-0150, Hannover, zerstörter Festsaal des Rathauses.jpg|Bombed wreckage of Old Town Hall, 1943 File:Dreyerstraße Hannover Hochwasser 1946.jpg|Flood, 1946 ==See also==