Timeline of Berlin


Timeline of Berlin


The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Berlin, Germany.

Prior to 17th century

  • 1163 – Berlin founded by Albert the Bear (approximate date).
  • 1183 – Oak beam, discovered in 2008 by archaeologists, dated to 1183.
  • 1200 – Saint Peter's Church built in Cölln (approximate date).
  • 1220 – Population: 2,400.
  • 1230
    • St. Nicholas' Church built (approximate date).
    • Tabor Church (Berlin-Hohenschönhausen) built (approximate date).
  • 1237 – 28 October: First documentation of Cölln.
  • 1240 – Marienfelde church built (approximate date).
  • 1244 – 29 April: First documentation of Berlin.
  • 1250
    • Population: 1,200–2,000.
    • Jesus Church (Berlin-Kaulsdorf) built (approximate date).
    • Franziskaner-Klosterkirche built (approximate date).
    • Karow (Berlin) church built (approximate date).
  • 1253 – Oldest known town seal of Berlin.
  • 1272 – Bakers' guild established.
  • 1278 – Georgenhospital established.
  • 1282 – First documentation of official papers of the Margrave of Brandenburg.
  • 1292 – 3 January: St. Mary's Church in existence.
  • 1300 – Heinersdorf church construction begins.
  • 1307
    • 20 March: Legal union of Berlin and Cölln.
    • Population: 4,000–7,000.
  • 1360 – Berlin-Cölln joins the Hanseatic League.
  • 1380 – Fire.
  • 1400
    • Population: 7,000–8,500.
    • 1,100 buildings.
  • 1432 – Merger of Berlin and Cölln.
  • 1433 – Schützengilde Berlin Korp. von 1433 (militia) formed.
  • 1442 – Berlin leaves the Hanseatic League.
  • 1443 – Stadtschloss (palace) construction begins.
  • 1446 – 7 December: Pogrom against Jews.
  • 1448 – 14 October: Unsuccessful protest against the construction of the Stadtschloss. Town privileges curtailed.
  • 1450 – Population: 7,000–8,000.
  • 1451 – Stadtschloss built.
  • 1454 – St. Erasmus Chapel consecrated.
  • 1468 – First documentation of Kammergericht.
  • 1484 – 18 October: Jerusalem Church in existence.
  • 1486 – 11 March: Berlin Stadtschloss becomes permanent seat of Brandenburg Electors.
  • 1510 – 100 Jews accused of desecrating hosts. 38 burned, the rest banished and stripped of their possessions.
  • 1530 – Tiergarten hunting park built.
  • 1539 – 1 November: Protestant Reformation.
  • 1540
    • Church possessions secularized.
    • Printing press in operation.
  • 1542 – Kurfürstendamm avenue built.
  • 1543 – Jagdschloss Grunewald hunting lodge built.
  • 1558 – Köpenick Palace built.
  • 1576
    • Population: 11,000–12,000.
    • Bubonic plague kills 6,000 people.
  • 1594 – Spandau Citadel built.

17th century

  • 1600 – Population: 9,000.
  • 1618 – Population: 12,000.
  • 1631 – Population: 8,100.
  • 1636 – Joachimsthalsches Gymnasium (school) relocates to Berlin.
  • 1647 – Unter den Linden boulevard laid out.
  • 1642 – Population: 7,500.
  • 1648 – Population: 6,000.
  • 1650 – Berlin Fortress construction begins.
  • 1653 – Alte Kommandantur built.
  • 1661 – Library of the Elector opened.
  • 1664 – Schönhausen Palace built.
  • 1669 – Kronprinzenpalais built.
  • 1671 – 21 May: 50 Jewish families from Austria settled in Berlin.
  • 1674 – Dorotheenstadt receives town privileges.
  • 1677 – Köpenick Palace rebuilt and enlarged.
  • 1678 – Dorotheen Church built.
  • 1680 – Population: 10,000.
  • 1685
    • 29 June: Börse Berlin stock exchange founded.
    • 6,000 Huguenots settle in Berlin.
    • Wooden Neustädtische Brücke built.
    • Population: 17,500.
  • 1688
    • Gendarmenmarkt laid out.
    • Jungfern Bridge built.
    • Leipziger Straße (street) laid out.
    • Population: 18,000–20,000.
  • 1690 – Hohenschönhausen Castle built.
  • 1691 – Friedrichstadt (Berlin) founded.
  • 1693 – Jagdschloss Glienicke completed.
  • 1695
    • 21 July: Sebastiankirche opened.
    • Friedrichsfelde Palace built.
    • Lange-brucke (bridge) built.
  • 1696 – Academy of Arts founded.

18th century

  • 1700
    • 11 July: Electoral Brandenburg Society of Sciences founded.
    • Population: 28,500.
  • 1701 – 18 January: Berlin becomes capital of the Kingdom of Prussia.
  • 1702 – Friedrichs-Waisenhaus Rummelsburg orphanage and infirmary established.
  • 1703
    • 8 July: Parochialkirche opened.
    • Wooden Friedrichs Bridge built.
  • 1704 – Vossische Zeitung founded.
  • 1705
    • Charlottenburg founded.
    • French Cathedral built in Friedrichstadt.
  • 1706 – Zeughaus built.
  • 1708
    • 9 April: Neue Kirche completed in Friedrichstadt.
    • Frankfurter Allee built.
  • 1709
    • Berlin merges with the cities of Cölln, Dorotheenstadt, Friedrichstadt, and Friedrichswerder to create the capital and royal residence of Berlin.
    • Population: 55,196.
  • 1710 – Charité hospital established.
  • 1712 – Population: 61,000.
  • 1713
    • 18 June: Spandauische Kirche inaugurated.
    • Charlottenburg Palace built.
    • Nicolaische Buchhandlung (bookseller) in business.
  • 1715 – City hosts Treaty of Berlin (1715).
  • 1716 – 12 July: Luisenkirche inaugurated.
  • 1717 – Compulsory schooling established.
  • 1720 – Späth nursery founded.
  • 1721 – Population: 65,300.
  • 1722 – Garrison Church built.
  • 1726 – Population: 72,000.
  • 1730 – Population: 72,387.
  • 1732
    • 13 December: Treaty of the Three Black Eagles signed by Prussia.
    • 1,200 Bohemians settle in Berlin to escape religious persecution.
    • Population: 77,973.
    • Crown Prince's Palace remodelled.
  • 1733
    • Prinzessinnenpalais built.
    • Population: 79,017.
  • 1734
    • Potsdam Gate constructed.
    • Pariser Platz laid out.
    • Das Rondell laid out.
  • 1735 – Population: 86,000.
  • 1737
    • City fortifications replaced by the Berlin Customs Wall
    • Opera Palace constructed.
    • Zietenplatz built.
  • 1738 – Ordenspalais built.
  • 1739
    • 13 August: Holy Trinity Church built.
    • Prinz-Albrecht-Palais built.
  • 1740 – Population: 90,000.
  • 1742
    • 28 July: City hosts signing of the Treaty of Berlin (1742).
    • 7 December: Berlin State Opera house inaugurated.
  • 1743 – Opernplatz (square) laid out.
  • 1746 – Population: 97,000.
  • 1747 – Population: 107,224.
  • 1748
    • Berlin Cathedral built.
    • Population: 107,635.
  • 1749 – Population: 110,933.
  • 1750 – Population: 113,289.
  • 1751
    • 22 September: Ackerstraße building begins.
    • Population: 116,483.
  • 1752 – Population: 119,224.
  • 1753
    • Palais am Festungsgraben built.
    • Luisenstädtische Kirche rebuilt.
    • Population: 122,897.
  • 1754 – Population: 125,385.
  • 1755 – Population: 126,661.
  • 1756 – Population: 99,224.
  • 1757
    • 16 October: 1757 raid on Berlin. Austrian general András Hadik raids Berlin.
    • Population: 94,219.
  • 1758 – Population: 92,356.
  • 1759 – Population: 94,433.
  • 1760
    • 9–12 October: Raid on Berlin. City taken by Russian and Austrian forces.
    • Population: 95,245.
  • 1761 – Population: 98,238.
  • 1762 – Population: 98,090.
  • 1763
    • 19 September: Royal Porcelain Factory, Berlin founded in Charlottenburg.
    • Population: 119,219.
  • 1764
    • Döbbelinsches Theater opened, the first permanent German-language theater in Berlin.
    • Population: 122,667.
  • 1765
    • Bank established.
    • Population: 125,139.
  • 1766
    • Ephraim Palace built in Nikolaiviertel.
    • Population: 125,878.
  • 1767 – Population: 127,140.
  • 1768 – Population: 130,359.
  • 1769
    • Brick Friedrichs Bridge built.
    • Population: 132,365.
  • 1770
    • Bergakademie Berlin established.
    • Population: 133,520.
  • 1771 – Population: 133,639.
  • 1772 – Population: 131,126.
  • 1773
    • 1 November: St. Hedwig's Church consecrated.
    • Population: 132,204.
  • 1774
    • Französisches Komödienhaus established.
    • Population: 134,414.
  • 1775 – Population: 136,137.
  • 1776 – Population: 137,468.
  • 1777 – Population: 140,719.
  • 1778 – Population: 124,963.
  • 1779 – Population: 138,225.
  • 1780
    • Alte Bibliothek (Berlin) (library) built.
    • Population: 140,625.
  • 1781 – Population: 142,375.
  • 1782 – Population: 143,098.
  • 1783
    • Wednesday Society active.
    • Berlinische Monatsschrift (magazine) begins publication.
    • Population: 144,224.
  • 1784 – Population: 145,021.
  • 1785 – Population: 146,647.
  • 1786
    • Bellevue Palace built.
    • Population: 147,338.
  • 1787 – Population: 146,167.
  • 1788 – Population: 149,274.
  • 1789 – Population: 149,875.
  • 1790 – Population: 150,803.
  • 1791
    • 24 May: Sing-Akademie zu Berlin (choral society) founded.
    • Brandenburg Gate dedicated.
    • Population: 155,211.
  • 1792 – Population: 157,534.
  • 1793 – Population: 157,121.
  • 1794 – Population: 157,603.
  • 1795
    • First steam engine in Berlin, used to power spinning machines.
    • Population: 156,218.
  • 1796
    • Zuckerbäckerei Johann Josty & Co. established.
    • Population: 160,733.
  • 1797
    • Pfaueninsel Palace built.
    • Population: 164,978.
  • 1798 – Population: 169,019.
  • 1799
    • 18 March: Bauakademie founded.
    • Population: 169,510.

19th century

1800s–1860s

  • 1800 – Population: 172,132.
  • 1801 – Population: 176,709.
  • 1802 – Population: 177,029.
  • 1803 – Population: 178,309.
  • 1804
    • Royal Prussian Iron Foundry established.
    • Population: 182,157.
  • 1805
    • 25 October: Alexanderplatz renamed in honor of Tsar Alexander I of Russia.
    • Population: 155,706.
  • 1806
    • 24 October: Berlin occupied by the French army.
    • 21 November: Napoleon issues Berlin Decree while passing through city.
    • Population: 155,000.
  • 1807 – Population: 150,489.
  • 1808
    • December: French occupation ends.
    • Population: 145,941.
  • 1809
    • Elections to city council held.
    • 25 March: Berlin Police formed.
    • 4 November: Gesetzlose Gesellschaft zu Berlin founded.
    • Population: 151,119.
  • 1810
    • 15 October: University of Berlin established.
      • Natural History Museum established as part of the University of Berlin.
    • Population: 162,971.
  • 1811 – Population: 169,763.
  • 1812
    • Café Josty in business (approximate date).
    • Population: 171,000.
  • 1813 – Population: 178,641.
  • 1814 – Population: 185,659.
  • 1815
    • 10 March: Nathan Israel Department Store established.
    • City becomes part of the Province of Brandenburg.
    • Population: 197,717.
  • 1816
    • First continental European locomotive built at the Royal Prussian Iron Foundry.
    • Population: 197,817.
  • 1817 – Population: 195,689.
  • 1818
    • 18 September: Neue Wache inaugurated.
    • Population: 198,125.
  • 1819 – Population: 209,138.
  • 1820 – Population: 201,900.
  • 1821
    • 30 March: Prussian National Monument for the Liberation Wars opened.
    • 18 June: Schauspielhaus Berlin (theatre) inaugurated.
    • Population: 205,965.
  • 1822 – Population: 209,146.
  • 1824
    • 29 February: Berlin Missionary Society constituted.
    • Schlossbrücke rebuilt.
  • 1825
    • 1 December: Population: 220,277.
    • Sing-Akademie building constructed.
    • First horsebus line operational.
  • 1826
    • Glienicke Palace built.
    • First gas lighting in Berlin at the Unter den Linden.
    • Crelle's Journal founded.
  • 1827 – 29 April: Premiere of Mendelssohn's opera Hochzeit des Camacho.
  • 1828
    • 1 December: Population: 236,830.
    • Berlin Geographical Society founded.
  • 1830
    • 3 August: Königliches Museum opens.
    • Museum Vaterländischer Altertümer formed.
  • 1831
    • 10 July: Friedrichswerder Church inaugurated.
    • 1 December: Population: 248,682.
  • 1834
    • 3 December: Population: 265,122.
    • Café Kranzler in business.
  • 1835 – 24 April: Berlin Observatory opened.
  • 1837
    • 13 August: Ss. Peter and Paul inaugurated.
    • 3 December: Population: 283,722.
    • August Borsig founds Machine factory on Chausseestraße.
    • Old Palace built.
    • Schinkelplatz laid out.
  • 1838
    • 22 September: Berlin-Zehlendorf station opened.
    • 29 October:
      • first railway in Prussia, the Berlin–Potsdam railway opened.
      • Berlin Potsdamer Bahnhof opened.
    • Bote & Bock music publisher in business.
  • 1839 – 13 June: Berlin Rathaus Steglitz station opened.
  • 1840
    • 3 December: Population: 330,230.
    • Zwei Friedenssäulen erected outside Charlottenburg Palace.
  • 1841
    • 1 July:
      • Berlin–Halle railway opened.
      • Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof opened.
    • Verein Berliner Künstler (artists association) founded.
  • 1842
    • 1 August: Bernau bei Berlin station opened.
    • 1 October: Stettiner Bahnhof opened.
    • 23 October:
      • Berlin–Wrocław railway opened.
      • Frankfurter Bahnhof opened.
      • Berlin-Friedrichshagen station opened.
      • Berlin-Köpenick station opened.
    • Johann Friedrich Ludwig Wöhlert opens locomotive factory at Chausseestrasse No. 29.
    • Springer-Verlag (publisher) in business.
  • 1843
    • 3 December: Population: 353,149.
    • Royal Opera House rebuilt.
  • 1844
    • Kroll Opera House opened.
    • Berlin Zoological Garden opened.
  • 1845
    • 14 January: Physical Society of Berlin established.
    • Stadtschloss completed.
  • 1846
    • 24 September: Discovery of Neptune planet at the Observatory.
    • 15 October:
      • Berlin–Hamburg Railway opened.
      • Berlin-Stresow station opened.
      • Hamburger Bahnhof opened.
      • Nauen station opened.
    • 3 December: Population: 408,502.
    • 15 December: Berlin–Hamburg Railway completed.
  • 1847
    • April: Prussian parliament begins meeting in the Stadtschloss.
    • 1 October: Siemens founded.
    • Stern Gesangverein founded.
    • Neue Berliner Musikzeitung begins publishing.
  • 1848
    • 18 March: "Barricade fights." 303 civilians killed by Prussian troops. King Friedrich Wilhelm promises reforms.
    • 22 May: Elected assembly held.
    • 15 June: Political unrest.
    • 21 November: St. Marien am Behnitz consecrated.
    • 5 December: Elected assembly dissolved and monarchist constitution imposed.
    • Falkensee station opened.
  • 1849
    • 3 December: Population: 423,902.
    • Moabit Prison built.
    • Berliner Gummiwaarenfabrik founded.
    • Wolffs Telegraphisches Bureau in business.
  • 1850
    • 31 January: Prussian House of Lords established.
    • Berliner Musikschule (music school) founded.
    • Friedrich-von-Raumer-Bibliothek founded.
  • 1851
    • 31 May: Equestrian statue of Frederick the Great inaugurated on Unter den Linden.
    • 15 October: Disconto-Gesellschaft founded.
    • 19 November: Corps Vandalia-Teutonia founded.
    • Schering AG founded.
  • 1852
    • 3 October: Eisengießerei und Maschinen-Fabrik von L. Schwartzkopff founded.
    • 3 December: Population: 438,958.
    • Luisenstadt Canal constructed.
  • 1853
    • 1 October: C. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik founded.
    • F. W. Borchardt delicatessen founded.
    • Katholischer Studentenverein Askania-Burgundia Berlin established.
  • 1855
    • 3 December: Population: 447,483.
    • Advertising columns installed in city.
    • New Museum opens.
  • 1856 – J. F. Schwarzlose Söhne perfume maker founded.
  • 1857 – Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift scientific journal founded.
  • 1858 – Population: 458,637.
  • 1859
    • 10 May: Alexander von Humboldt funeral.
    • Berlin-Spandau Ship Canal opened.
    • Charlottenburg Canal opened.
  • 1860 – Customs Wall removed.
  • 1861
    • Moabit and Wedding become part of Berlin.
    • Tiergarten locality established.
    • Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung begins publishing.
    • 28 October: St. Michael's Church consecrated.
    • 3 December: Population: 547,571.
  • 1862 – Berthold Kempinski wine shop in business.
  • 1863
    • Photographers Association founded.
    • Exchange built.
    • Ed. Westermayer piano manufacturer founded.
    • Grieben-Verlag (publisher) in business.
  • 1864
    • Wallner Theater built.
    • 3 December: Population: 632,749.
  • 1865 – 22 June: First horse-drawn tram line set up.
  • 1866
    • 27 February: Lette-Verein (women's educational organization) founded.
    • 7 May: Ferdinand Cohen-Blind's assassination attempt against Otto von Bismarck.
    • 5 September: New Synagogue consecrated.
    • 13 September: Berlin-Grünau station opened.
    • Berlin–Görlitz railway opened.
    • Westend (Berlin) locality established.
  • 1867
    • 29 September: Friedrichstadt-Palast built.
    • 1 October: Berlin Old Ostbahnhof opened.
    • 3 December: Population: 702,437.
  • 1868
    • 24 May: Berlin-Schöneweide station opened.
    • 20 September: Berlin-Lichterfelde Ost station opened.
    • City wall dismantled.
    • Berliner Pfandbriefinstitut bank established.
    • Palais Strousberg built.
    • Biesdorf Palace built.
    • Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin established.
  • 1869
    • 25 August: Kaulsdorf station opened.
    • 3 October: Rotes Rathaus (city hall) opened.
    • Royal School of Art in Berlin founded.
    • St. Thomas inaugurated.

1870s–1890s

  • 1870 – 10 March: Deutsche Bank established.
  • 1871
    • 18 January: Berlin becomes capital of the newly unified German Empire.
    • 17 July: Berlin Ringbahn (railway) begins operating.
    • 1 December: Population: 826,341.
    • Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing founded.
  • 1872
    • 1 January:
      • Berlin-Gesundbrunnen station opened.
      • Berlin-Neukölln station opened.
      • Berlin-Tempelhof station opened.
    • 1 May:
      • Berlin Frankfurter Allee station opened.
      • Berlin-Wedding station opened.
    • 15 December: Berlin-Lichterfelde West station opened.
    • German Society of Surgery founded.
    • Ludwig Loewe & Co. in business.
    • Berlin-Lichterfelde West station built.
  • 1873
    • 2 September: Victory Column inaugurated on Königsplatz.
    • Ethnological Museum of Berlin opened.
  • 1874
    • 1 June:
      • Wannsee Railway opened.
      • Berlin-Schlachtensee station opened.
      • Berlin-Wannsee station opened.
    • 1 November: Berlin-Friedenau station opened.
    • Fachschule für Dekomponieren, Komponieren und Musterzeichnen established.
    • Twelve Apostels Church opened.
  • 1875
    • 1 February: Berlin Treptow station opened.
    • 1 May: Berlin Greifswalder Straße station opened.
    • 17 June:
      • Berlin Dresdner Bahnhof opened.
      • Marienfelde station opened.
      • Rangsdorf railway station opened.
    • 15 October: Royal Prussian Military Railway opened.
    • 1 December: Population: 966,858.
    • Socialist Workers' Party of Germany headquartered in Berlin.
    • Hotel Kaiserhof in business.
    • Königliche Hochschule für Musik active.
  • 1876
    • 1 January: Reichsbank established.
    • 1 April: Orenstein & Koppel founded.
    • 31 December: Population: 980,194.
    • Imperial Health Agency established.
    • National Gallery opens.
    • Spandau Prison built.
  • 1877
    • 1 June: Berlin-Blankenburg station opened.
    • 10 July:
      • Berlin-Hermsdorf station opened.
      • Berlin-Schönholz station opened.
      • Berlin-Wilhelmsruh station opened.
      • Berlin-Wittenau station opened.
      • Berlin Wollankstraße station opened.
      • Berlin Old Nordbahnhof opened.
    • 15 November:
      • Berlin Ringbahn completed.
      • Berlin-Halensee station opened.
      • Berlin Hermannstraße station opened.
      • Berlin-Westend station opened.
    • Berlin Wuhlheide station opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 1,008,566.
    • Wasserturm Prenzlauer Berg water tower completed.
  • 1878
    • 13 July: City hosts Congress of Berlin.
    • Berlin Stadtbahn (city railway) begins operating.
  • 1879
    • 1 April: Technical University of Berlin formed.
    • 15 May: Berlin-Rahnsdorf station opened.
    • 26 June: Berlin-Buch station opened.
    • 1 August:
      • Berlin-Grunewald station opened.
      • Berlin Schönhauser Allee station opened.
    • 1 September: Rangierbahnhof station opened.
    • Imperial Treasury headquartered in city.
    • Crown Prince Bridge built.
    • Plötzensee Prison established.
  • 1880
    • 15 June: New Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof opened.
    • 15 August: Südende station opened.
    • 9 September: Weißensee cemetery inaugurated.
    • 15 October: Berlin-Pankow station opened.
    • 1 December: Population: 1,122,330.
    • Berlin movement initiated.
    • Matthew Church (Berlin-Steglitz) built.
  • 1881
    • 29 April: Electromote presented.
    • 4 May: Berlin Storkower Straße station opened.
    • 16 May: Gross-Lichterfelde Tramway in service, the world's first electric tram line.
    • 15 October: Berlin Julius-Leber-Brücke station opened.
    • Berlin administrative district separates from Province of Brandenburg.
    • Martin-Gropius-Bau built.
    • Berlin-Lichtenberg station opened.
    • Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde cemetery built.
    • Städtischer Friedhof III cemetery built.
    • Industrial museum established.
  • 1882
    • 7 February:
      • Berlin Stadtbahn (railway) begins operating.
      • Berlin Alexanderplatz station opened.
      • Berlin Bellevue station opened.
      • Berlin-Charlottenburg station opened.
      • Berlin Hackescher Markt station opened.
      • Berlin Zoologischer Garten railway station opened.
      • Berlin Jannowitzbrücke station opened.
      • Berlin Friedrichstraße station opened
      • Stralau-Rummelsburg station opened.
    • 1 May: Berlin Philharmonic established.
    • 15 November:
      • Berlin-Karow station opened.
      • Neu-Rahnsdorf station opened.
    • Pestalozzi-Fröbel Haus founded.
    • Berlin-Blankenheim railway opened.
    • Kietz-Rummelsburg station opened.
  • 1883
    • 1 June: Lichtenrade station opened.
    • 15 December: Berlin Heidelberger Platz station opened.
    • AEG founded.
    • Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger founded.
  • 1884
    • Dankeskirche (church) built.
    • 20 May: Berlin-Waidmannslust station opened.
    • 11 August: Berlin Warschauer Straße station opened.
    • 7 September: Dahlewitz railway station opened.
    • 15 November: City hosts West Africa Conference.
  • 1885
    • 5 January: Berlin-Tiergarten station opened.
    • 26 February: West Africa Conference concluded.
    • 1 August: Berlin-Biesdorf station opened.
    • 19 November: St. George's Anglican Church inaugurated.
    • 1 December: Population: 1,315,287.
    • St. George's Anglican Church built.
  • 1886 – Ethnological museum established.
  • 1887
    • German Colonial Society headquartered in Berlin.
    • Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke (Berlin) (bridge) and Heiligekreuzkirche (church) built.
    • Society for Friends of Photography founded.
  • 1888
    • 3 March: Urania founded.
    • 15 April: BFC Germania 1888 founded.
    • 11 September: Lessing Theater opened.
  • 1889
    • 6 June: BFC Viktoria 1889 founded.
    • 14 June: Treaty of Berlin (1889) signed over Samoa.
    • Museum of Natural History opens.
    • Academic Alpine Club of Berlin formed.
  • 1890
    • 5 February: Allianz founded.
    • 20 May: Baumschulenweg station opened.
    • 1 December: Population: 1,578,794.
    • May Day begins.
    • Wittenbergplatz laid out.
  • 1891
    • April: Moltke Bridge opened.
    • 1 July: Robert Koch Institute founded.
    • 1 October: Western Berlin Yorckstraße station opened.
    • Oder–Spree Canal opened.
    • Hotel Bristol in business.
  • 1892
    • 4 January: Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung begins publishing.
    • 1 May:
    • Berlin Bundesplatz station opened.
    • Berlin Prenzlauer Allee station opened.
    • 2 July: Berliner SV 1892 founded.
    • 25 July: Hertha BSC founded.
    • 24 September: Komische Oper Berlin opened.
    • 20 December: Wriezen Railway opened.
    • Neues Theater opens.
    • Luther Bridge opened.
  • 1893
    • 26 February: Gethsemane Church inaugurated.
    • 26 June: St. Sebastian opened.
    • 1 August: Lichterfelde Süd station opened.
    • 1 October:
      • First section of the Kremmen Railway opened.
      • Berlin Alt-Reinickendorf station opened.
      • Berlin Karl-Bonhoeffer-Nervenklinik station opened.
      • Berlin-Pankow-Heinersdorf station opened.
      • Schulzendorf railway station opened.
      • Berlin-Tegel railway station opened.
      • Hennigsdorf station opened.
    • 20 December: Second section of the Kremmen Railway opened.
    • Department of Medical Microbiology (Schering AG) established.
    • Mendelssohn Palace built.
  • 1894
    • 8 January: Adlershof station opened.
    • 1 May:
      • Berlin Beusselstraße station opened.
      • Berlin Jungfernheide station opened.
    • 1 October: Eichborndamm station opened.
    • 5 December: Reichstag building completed.
    • Friedrichs Bridge completely rebuilt.
    • Chapel of Reconciliation built.
    • Ss. Constantine and Helena Church built.
  • 1895
    • 15 February: Attilastraße station opened.
    • 1 May:
      • Berlin-Karlshorst station opened.
      • Berlin Landsberger Allee station opened.
    • 1 September:
      • Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church consecrated.
      • Mahlsdorf railway station opened.
    • 15 September: Spandau Synagogue dedicated.
    • 1 December:
      • Population: 1,677,304.
      • Lankwitz station opened.
    • 13 December: Premiere of Mahler's Symphony No. 2.
    • 17 December: Berolina unveiled.
    • Pan (magazine) begins publishing.
  • 1896
    • Oberbaum Bridge rebuilt.
    • 1 May: Great Industrial Exposition of Berlin opened.
    • 8 June: Baumschulenweg–Neukölln link line opened.
    • 1 August: Berlin Savignyplatz station opened.
    • September: Treptow Observatory opened.
    • 17 September: Weidendammer Bridge rebuilt.
    • 15 October: Great Industrial Exposition of Berlin closed.
    • Messter Film in business.
  • 1897
    • 22 March: National Kaiser Wilhelm Monument unveiled.
    • 1 May: Heiligensee station opened.
    • 30 September: International Automobile Exhibition begins.
    • Rot-Weiss Tennis Club founded.
  • 1898
    • 1 May:
      • Ahrensfelde station opened.
      • Berlin-Marzahn station opened.
    • 31 August: Population: 1,820,000.
    • 1 October: Berlin Westhafen station opened.
    • 15 October: Wriezen Railway completed.
    • Jewel Palace (Berlin) built.
    • Einkaufsgenossenschaft der Kolonialwarenhändler im Halleschen Torbezirk zu Berlin established.
    • Berlin Secession (art group) founded.
    • Café des Westens in business.
  • 1899
    • 18 March: Die Woche begins publishing.
    • 30 April: Kopenhagener Straße opened.
    • 2 December: Tripartite Convention signed, dividing Samoa into German and American spheres of influence.
    • Deutsches Kolonialmuseum (museum) opens.

20th century

1900s–1945

  • 1900
    • 15 August: Berlin-Staaken station opened.
    • 1 December: Population: 1,888,848.
    • Berlin Automobile Association founded.
    • Viktoria-Luise-Platz laid out.
  • 1901
    • Population: 1,901,567.
    • 18 January: Überbrettl cabaret opened.
    • 1 October: Teltow railway station opened.
    • 1 December:
    • Anhalt Suburban Line opened.
    • Berlin Papestraße station opened.
    • Neuer Marstall built.
    • Catholic Apostolic Church (Kreuzberg) opened.
  • 1902
    • 15 February:
      • Berlin U-Bahn begins operating.
      • Kottbusser Tor (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Möckernbrücke (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 18 February:
      • Görlitzer Bahnhof (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Hallesches Tor (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened (U1 line).
      • Berlin Potsdamer Platz station station opened.
      • Berlin Potsdamer Platz station station opened.
      • Schlesisches Tor (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 11 March:
      • Bülowstraße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Nollendorfplatz (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Berlin Zoologischer Garten U-Bahn station opened.
      • Wittenbergplatz (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 1 May: Berlin-Nikolassee station opened.
    • 22 July: Capernaum Church completed.
    • 17 August: Warschauer Straße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 14 December:
      • Ernst-Reuter-Platz (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
  • 1903
    • 1 May: Western Berlin Yorckstraße station opened.
    • 27 May: Telefunken founded.
    • 1 October: Berlin-Friedrichsfelde Ost station opened.
    • German Colonial House built.
    • Original American Church in Berlin built.
  • 1904
    • 4 September: Rykestrasse Synagogue inaugurated.
    • 1 November: Zehlendorf-Beerenstraße station opened.
    • Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum opens.
    • Tietz department store in business on Alexanderplatz.
  • 1905
    • 27 February: Berlin Cathedral consecrated after rebuilding.
    • 20 May: Charlottenburg Town Hall opened.
    • 1 June: Siemensstadt-Fürstenbrunn station opened.
    • 20 December: Tabor Church consecrated.
    • Neues Schauspielhaus built.
    • Population: 2,040,148.
  • 1906
    • 14 May:
      • Deutsche Oper (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Richard-Wagner-Platz (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 2 June: Teltow Canal opened.
    • 23 September: Hackesche Höfe courtyard opened.
    • 8 November: Museum of East Asian Art founded.
    • Britz Canal opened.
    • Griebnitz Canal opened.
    • Virchow Hospital opens in Moabit.
  • 1907
    • 1 January: Schiller Theater opened.
    • 17 February: Reformation Church consecrated.
    • 27 March: Kaufhaus des Westens established.
    • 16 November: Glienicke Bridge inaugurated.
    • Hotel Fürstenhof built.
    • Märkisches Museum built in Köllnischer Park.
  • 1908
    • 29 March:
      • Kaiserdamm (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Sophie-Charlotte-Platz (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Theodor-Heuss-Platz (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 2 April: Hotel Excelsior opened.
    • 1 October:
      • Hausvogteiplatz (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Kaiserhof U-Bahn station opened.
      • Spittelmarkt (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Stadtmitte (Berlin U-Bahn) U2 platform opened.
    • Reichskanzlerplatz laid out.
    • Charlottenburg Gate opened.
    • Hotel Esplanade Berlin opened.
    • Friedrichstraßenpassage shopping arcade built.
    • Shot Ball Tower (Berlin) built.
  • 1909
    • 1 May: Berlin Botanischer Garten station opened.
    • 23 May: Rennbahn station opened.
    • 26 September: Johannisthal Air Field opened.
    • 1 November: Berlin Heerstraße station opened.
    • AEG turbine factory built.
    • Expressionist Der Neue Club founded.
  • 1910
    • April: Liebermann Villa completed.
    • 1 May: Berlin-Frohnau station opened.
    • 24 May: Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum opened.
    • 15 July: Berlin-Spandau station opened.
    • 7 August: Last horse-drawn tram line closed.
    • 17 November: Hohenzollern-Sport-Palast opened.
    • 1 November: Berlin Hohenzollerndamm station opened.
    • 1 December:
      • Population: 2,071,257.
      • Bayerischer Platz (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Berlin Innsbrucker Platz station station opened.
      • Rathaus Schöneberg (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Viktoria-Luise-Platz (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • Berlin Hohenzollerndamm station built.
    • Rathaus Schöneberg (Berlin U-Bahn) opened.
    • Der Sturm magazine begins publication.
  • 1911
    • 9 April: Tabor Church (Berlin-Wilhelmshagen) consecrated.
    • 5 September: Berlin-Pichelsberg railway station opened.
    • 1 October: Berlin Sonnenallee station opened.
    • 29 October: Altes Stadthaus inaugurated.
    • 31 December: Population: 2,084,045.
    • Kaiser Wilhelm Society for the Advancement of Sciences founded.
    • Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry founded.
    • Hotel Esplanade built.
    • Haus Cumberland built.
    • Spandau Suburban Line opened.
    • Die Aktion magazine begins publication.
  • 1912
    • February: Haus Potsdam built.
    • 26 August: Fasanenstrasse Synagogue opened.
    • 22 September: Mater Dolorosa church consecrated.
    • 3 November: Gleisdreieck (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 7 November: Deutsche Oper Berlin opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 2,095,030.
  • 1913
    • 8 June:
      • Deutsches Stadion (Berlin) opened.
      • Stadion U-Bahn station opened.
    • 15 June: Märchenbrunnen opened.
    • 1 July:
      • Berlin Alexanderplatz station U-Bahn line U2 opened.
      • Klosterstraße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Märkisches Museum (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 27 July:
      • Eberswalder Straße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Schönhauser Tor U-Bahn station opened.
      • Berlin Schönhauser Allee station station opened.
      • Senefelderplatz (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 12 October:
      • Breitenbachplatz (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Dahlem-Dorf (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Fehrbelliner Platz (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Berlin Heidelberger Platz U-Bahn station opened.
      • Hohenzollernplatz (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Podbielskiallee (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Rüdesheimer Platz (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Freie Universität (Thielplatz) (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Thielpalatz U-Bahn station opened.
    • 17 October: Johannisthal air disaster.
    • 31 December: Population: 2,079,156.
    • Cines-Palast (cinema) opened.
    • Neukölln Ship Canal opened.
    • Schillerpark opened.
  • 1914
    • 25 March: Rathaus Schöneberg opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 1,945,684.
    • Volksbühne (theatre) and Bendlerblock built.
    • Pacifist Bund Neues Vaterland headquartered in city.
  • 1915 – 31 December: Population: 1,835,094.
  • 1916
    • 1 April: Witzleben station opened.
    • 19 November: Deulig Film company established.
    • 1 December: Population: 1,771,491.
    • Schleusen Bridge rebuilt.
    • Eiserne Bridge rebuilt.
    • Körnerpark opened.
  • 1917
    • 22 November: Standardisation Committee of German Industry founded.
    • 5 December: Population: 1,744,085.
    • 13 December: Deutsche Luft-Reederei founded.
    • 18 December: UFA GmbH established.
    • Rathaus Friedenau built.
  • 1918
    • 9 November:
      • Proclamation of the Republic by Philipp Scheidemann from the Reichstag building.
      • Die Rote Fahne newspaper begins publication.
    • 23 December: The Volksmarinedivision occupies the Reich Chancellery.
    • 24 December: Christmas crisis.
    • 31 December: Population: 1,748,000.
  • 1919
    • 1 January: Communist Party of Germany founded.
    • 5–12 January: Spartacist uprising.
    • 15 January: Socialists Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht killed by Freikorps.
    • February: Dadaist Jedermann sein eigner Fussball published.
    • 3–16 March: Berlin March Battles: Socialist uprising crushed by the government, 1,200 killed.
    • 10 March: Marxist revolutionary Leo Jogiches killed by right-wing paramilitaries.
    • May: Premiere of LGBT-themed film Anders als die Andern.
    • 22 June: Prizyv begins publishing.
    • 6 July: Institut für Sexualwissenschaft opened.
    • 8 October: Population: 1,902,508.
    • 7 November: SPD politician Hugo Haase killed by Johann Voss.
    • 31 December: Population: 1,928,432.
    • City becomes capital of the Weimar Republic.
    • Deutsche Luft-Reederei airline begins operating its Weimar-Berlin route.
  • 1920
    • February: Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute established.
    • 13–17 March: Kapp Putsch.
    • June: First International Dada Fair held.
    • 20 June: SC Berliner Amateure founded.
    • 7 August: Stadion An der Alten Försterei opened.
    • 16 August: Köllnische Heide station opened.
    • 1 October: City area expands per Greater Berlin Act, incorporating Charlottenburg, Köpenick, Lichtenberg, Neukölln, Schöneberg, Spandau, and Wilmersdorf.
    • October: Deutsche Hochschule für Politik founded.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,879,409.
    • Lokomotiv-Versuchsamt Grunewald facility established.
    • Akaflieg Berlin founded.
  • 1921
    • 15 March: Assassination of Talat Pasha by Soghomon Tehlirian.
    • 25 August: U.S.–German Peace Treaty (1921) signed.
    • 24 September: AVUS established.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,914,151.
    • Archenhold School built.
  • 1922
    • 28 March: Assassination of Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov by Russian monarchists.
    • 17 April: Cemal Azmi assassinated by Armenian revolutionaries.
    • 27 April: Release of the first part of Dr. Mabuse the Gambler by Fritz Lang, filmed and set in Berlin.
    • 22 May: Neu-Westend (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 24 June: Foreign Minister Walther Rathenau assassinated.
    • December: International of Revolutionary Syndicalists founded in Berlin.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,953,920.
  • 1923
    • 30 January:
      • Französische Straße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Berlin Friedrichstraße U-Bahn station opened.
      • Hallesches Tor U6 line opened.
      • Kochstraße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Oranienburger Tor (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Naturkundemuseum (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Stadtmitte (Berlin U-Bahn) U6 platform opened.
    • 8 March:
      • Leopoldplatz (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Reinickendorfer Straße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Schwartzkopffstraße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Seestraße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Berlin-Wedding U-Bahn station opened.
    • 25 August: Last horsebus run in Berlin.
    • 8 October: Tempelhof Airport established.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,918,985.
  • 1924
    • 9 February: Stadion am Gesundbrunnen opened.
    • 19 April:
      • Mehringdamm (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Gneisenaustraße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 31 May: Bank of Workers, Employees, and Civil Servants established.
    • 7 July: Stadt und Land founded.
    • 14 December: Südstern (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,986,458.
    • Traffic light installed in Potsdamer Platz.
    • Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin (radio exhibit) begins.
    • Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra active.
  • 1925
    • 1 February: Deutsche Werke formed.
    • 26 April: Ahmadiyya Mosque Berlin inaugurated.
    • 16 June: Population: 4,024,286.
    • 31 December: Population: 4,082,778.
    • Hufeisensiedlung housing estate construction begins.
  • 1926
    • 6 January: Deutsche Luft Hansa founded.
    • 14 February: Kreuzberg U-Bahn station opened.
    • 11 April:
      • Hermannplatz (Berlin U-Bahn) U7 platform opened.
      • Bergstrasse U-Bahn station opened.
      • Rathaus Neukölln (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 24 April: Treaty of Berlin (1926) signed with the Soviet Union.
    • 3 September: Funkturm Berlin (radio tower) erected.
    • 24 October:
      • Kurfürstenstraße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Nollendorfplatz U-Bahn station platforms added.
    • 31 December: Population: 4,125,824.
    • Das Buddhistische Haus built.
  • 1927
    • 10 January: Premiere of film Metropolis.
    • 1 May: Adolf Hitler gives his first speech in Berlin, at the Clou Concert Hall.
    • 4 July: Der Angriff begins publishing.
    • 17 July:
      • U8 (Berlin U-Bahn) line opened.
      • Boddinstraße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Hermannplatz (Berlin U-Bahn) U8 platform opened.
      • Schönleinstraße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 10 September: Paradestraße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 17 November: Betriebshaltepunkt Nieder-Schöneweide station opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 4,195,725.
    • Tempelhof Airport terminal built.
    • Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics founded.
  • 1928
    • 12 February: Kottbusser Tor U-Bahn station U8 platform opened.
    • 6 April:
      • Neanderstraße U-Bahn station opened.
      • Moritzplatz (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 23 August: Berlin Eichkamp station opened.
    • 31 August: Premiere of Brecht's The Threepenny Opera.
    • 1 October: Founding of NSDAP Gau Berlin.
    • 7 October: Priesterweg station opened.
    • 10 December: Berlin Westkreuz station opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 4,272,375.
    • First TV broadcast in Berlin.
    • Titania Palast (theatre) opens.
  • 1929
    • 11 April: Kino Babylon opened.
    • 1–3 May: Blutmai unrest. 32 killed, 1,228 arrested and 11,000 rounds of ammunition fired by the police.
    • 28 May: Poststadion opened.
    • 4 August: Leinestraße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 22 December:
      • Krumme Lanke (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Onkel Toms Hütte (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Oskar-Helene-Heim (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Ruhleben (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Berlin-Tempelhof U-Bahn station opened.
    • 25 December: Lichtburg cinema opens.
    • 31 December: Population: 4,328,760.
    • Charlotten Bridge rebuilt.
    • Spandauer Kirchenmusikschule established.
  • 1930
    • 18 April:
      • Berlin Alexanderplatz station U-Bahn line U8 opened.
      • Bernauer Straße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Berlin-Gesundbrunnen U-Bahn station opened.
      • Berlin Jannowitzbrücke U-Bahn station opened.
      • Rosenthaler Platz (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Voltastraße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Weinmeisterstraße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 29 June: Vinetastraße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 13 August: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Berlin established.
    • 17 August: Mommsenstadion opened.
    • 30 September: Berlin rocket launching site opened.
    • 21 December:
      • Berlin Alexanderplatz station U-Bahn line U8 opened.
      • Frankfurter Allee (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Frankfurter Tor (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Friedrichsfelde (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Grenzallee (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Neukölln (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Magdalenenstraße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Berlin-Lichtenberg station U-Bahn station opened.
      • Samariterstraße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Schillingstraße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Strausberger Platz (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Weberwiese (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 4,332,834.
    • Pergamon Museum built.
  • 1931
    • 22 January: Haus des Rundfunks inaugurated.
    • 9 August: Murder of Paul Anlauf and Franz Lenck.
    • 31 December: Population: 4,314,466.
    • Großsiedlung Siemensstadt housing built.
  • 1932
    • 24 January: Hitler Youth member Herbert Norkus killed by Communists.
    • 14–20 March: Ice Hockey European Championship 1932.
    • 3–7 November: 1932 Berlin transport strike.
    • 31 December: Population: 4,273,701.
    • Columbushaus built on Potsdamer Platz.
  • 1933
    • Nazi headquarters relocated to Berlin from Munich.
    • 30 January: Hitler named Chancellor.
    • 27 February: Reichstag fire.
    • 19 March: Kirche am Hohenzollernplatz inaugurated.
    • April: Research Office of the Reich Air Ministry established.
    • 26 April: Nazi Gestapo (secret police) headquartered in Berlin, on Prinz-Albrecht-Straße.
    • 6 May: Institut für Sexualwissenschaft destroyed by the German Student Union.
    • 10 May: Nazi book burnings in Opernplatz.
    • 6 June: Afghan ambassador to Germany, Prince Shirdar Mohammed Aziz Khan, assassinated by an Afghan student.
    • 16 June: Population: 4,242,501.
    • 21–26 June: Köpenick's week of bloodshed.
    • 1 July: Berlin Innsbrucker Platz station opened.
    • July: Columbia concentration camp established.
    • 19 September: Ufa-Palast am Zoo premiere of the Hitlerjunge Quex, the first major Nazi propaganda film.
    • 22 September: Reich Chamber of Culture established.
    • 31 December: Population: 4,221,024.
    • City becomes capital of the Greater German Reich.
    • Hufeisensiedlung housing built.
    • Strength Through Joy national leisure programme headquartered in Berlin.
  • 1934
    • 30 June – 2 July: Night of the Long Knives.
      • Kurt von Schleicher, Ferdinand von Bredow, Gregor Strasser, Erich Klausener, Edgar Jung, Herbert von Bose, Karl Ernst and Karl-Günther Heimsoth killed.
    • 1 July: Berlin Sundgauer Straße station opened.
    • 27 September: Ferdowsi millennial celebration in Berlin.
    • 31 December: Population: 4,218,332.
    • City becomes seat of the Greater Berlin and Mark Brandenburg Gaue (Nazi administrative divisions).
  • 1935
    • 31 January: Berlin Humboldthain station opened.
    • 22 March: First TV broadcasting service in the world in operation.
    • 28 March: Premiere of the film Triumph of the Will.
    • 1 October: Berlin Bornholmer Straße station opened.
    • 29 November: Deutschlandhalle inaugurated.
    • 31 December: Population: 4,226,584.
    • Olympiapark Schwimmstadion Berlin built.
    • Nazi SS-Hauptamt headquartered in Berlin, on Prinz-Albrecht-Straße.
  • 1936
    • January: Gosen Canal opened.
    • 1 April: Luftkriegsschule 2 Berlin-Gatow staff and technical college opened.
    • 28 May:
      • Berlin Nord-Süd Tunnel opened.
      • Berlin Oranienburger Straße station opened.
    • July: Sachsenhausen concentration camp established near the city.
    • 16 July: Berlin-Marzahn concentration camp established.
    • 27 July: Berlin Brandenburger Tor station opened.
    • 1 August: Olympic Stadium opened.
    • 1–16 August: 1936 Summer Olympics held.
    • 2 August: Waldbühne amphitheater opened.
    • August: Air Ministry Building completed.
    • 31 December: Population: 4,267,560.
    • Bundesautobahn 9 from Berlin to Munich opened.
    • Vorbunker built.
  • 1937
    • 5 January: Julius Lippert becomes mayor.
    • 30 January: Albert Speer becomes Generalbauinspektor for the Reich capital.
    • 28 May: Volkswagen auto company founded.
    • 31 December: Population: 4,314,432.
    • 700th anniversary of the city celebrated.
    • Messe Berlin built.
  • 1938
    • 20 April: Olympia (1938 film) released.
    • 29 April: DEST founded.
    • 9–10 November: Kristallnacht; Fasanenstrasse Synagogue and Spandau Synagogue burned.
    • 31 December: Population: 4,347,875.
    • Schwimmhalle Finckensteinallee opened.
    • Helicopter flight demonstrated.
    • Elektro-Mess-Technik founded.
  • 1939
    • 10 January: New Reich Chancellery completed.
    • 15 April: Berlin Potsdamer Platz station opened.
    • 20 April: Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday.
    • 17 May: Population: 4,338,756.
    • 1 September: German declaration of war against Poland.
    • 31 December: Population: 4,330,640.
  • 1940
    • 1 January: Altglienicke station opened.
    • July: Ludwig Steeg becomes mayor.
    • 25 August: Bombing of Berlin in World War II begins.
    • 31 December: Population: 4,330,810.
    • Reichsbank extension (Haus am Werderschen Markt) built.
    • Telefunkenwerk Zehlendorf built.
  • 1941
    • 14 October: Deportation of Jews to the east ordered by Kurt Daluege.
    • 11 December: German declaration of war against the United States.
    • 31 December: Population: 4,383,882.
    • Tempelhof Airport terminal built.
    • Zoo Tower built.
  • 1942
    • 20 January: Wannsee Conference.
    • 31 December: Population: 4,478,102.
    • Schwerbelastungskörper built.
  • 1943
    • 28 January: Mass deportation of Jews to Auschwitz concentration camp ordered.
    • February–March: Rosenstrasse protest.
    • 18 February: Proclamation of Total War in the Sportpalast speech by Joseph Goebbels.
    • 1 April: Berlin Albrechtshof station opened.
    • 18 November: Battle of Berlin (RAF campaign) begins.
    • 31 December: Population: 4,430,204.
    • Bunker (Berlin) air raid shelter built.
  • 1944
    • 31 March: RAF bombing campaign ends.
    • 21 July: Execution of 20 July plot conspirators.
    • 23 October: Führerbunker completed.
    • 31 December: Population: 4,361,398.
  • 1945
    • 16 April: Battle of Berlin begins.
    • 20 April: Operation Clausewitz begins.
    • 22 April: Panzerbär begins publishing.
    • 23 April: Battle in Berlin begins.
    • 24 April: Red Army encirclement of Berlin complete.
    • 30 April: Death of Adolf Hitler in the Führerbunker.
    • 1 May: Suicides of Joseph and Magda Goebbels.
    • 2 May:
      • Red Army capture of the Reichstag building.
      • Battle of Berlin ends.
      • Nikolai Berzarin becomes commander of the Soviet sector of city.
    • 8 May: Ceremonial German Instrument of Surrender signed in Karlshorst.
    • 21 May: Berliner Zeitung begins publishing.
    • Spring–summer: Mass rape of 100,000 German women by the Red Army.
    • 5 June: Berlin Declaration (1945).
    • 13 June: Deutsche Volkszeitung begins publishing.
    • 4 July: Floyd L. Parks becomes commander of the U.S. sector of city.
    • 5 July: Lewis Lyne becomes commander of the British sector of city.
    • 7 July: Das Volk begins publishing.
    • 11 July: Geoffroi du Bois de Beauchesne becomes commander of the French sector of city.
    • 17 July-2 August: Potsdam Conference held.
    • 21 July: Victory Parade.
    • 12 August: Population: 2,807,405.
    • 30 August: Allied Control Council constituted.
    • 12 December: Berlin Air Safety Center established.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,064,629.

1946–1989

  • 1946
    • 15 May: Buckower Chaussee station opened.
    • October: City election held.
    • 29 October: Population: 3,170,832.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,213,966.
    • Berlin Schönefeld Airport opened.
  • 1947
    • 8 February: Karlslust dance hall fire.
    • Ernst Reuter becomes mayor.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,271,179.
  • 1948
    • 5 April: 1948 Gatow air disaster.
    • 24 June: Soviet blockade begins.
    • 26 June: Allied airlift of supplies begins.
    • 4 December: Free University of Berlin established.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,312,307.
    • Berlin Tegel Airport opened.
    • Kampfgruppe gegen Unmenschlichkeit formed.
    • Handelsorganisation grocery opens in East Berlin.
  • 1949
    • 12 May: Berlin Blockade ends.
    • November: Berliner Ensemble founded.
    • 8 December: Supreme Court of East Germany set up.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,328,193.
    • City divided into East Berlin and West Berlin.
    • East Berlin becomes capital of the German Democratic Republic.
    • Currywurst introduced on Kantstraße.
  • 1950
    • 18 January: Marienfelde refugee transit camp opened.
    • 29 April: Liebknecht Bridge opened.
    • 20 May: Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,336,026.
    • Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle opened.
    • Academy of Arts established in East Berlin.
    • Freedom Bell installed in city hall of West Berlin.
  • 1951
    • 11 January: Landtag (parliament) of West Berlin established.
    • 6–17 June: Berlin International Film Festival begins in West Berlin.
    • 27 July: Ernst Thälmann Pioneer Park opened.
    • 3 August: Stalin Statue (Berlin) dedicated.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,351,865.
    • East Berlin hosts 3rd World Festival of Youth and Students.
    • Berliner Festspiele established in West Berlin.
  • 1952
    • Deutsche Waggon und Maschinenfabrik in business.
    • 1 May: Hochhaus an der Weberwiese completed.
    • 20 February: Knaack club opened.
    • 1 October: Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,374,178.
  • 1953
    • June: Uprising in East Berlin.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,367,406.
  • 1954
    • 25 January – 18 February: Berlin Conference (1954) held.
    • 10 September: Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,350,957.
    • Academy of Arts established in West Berlin.
    • SC Dynamo Berlin founded.
  • 1955
    • 2 July: Tierpark Berlin opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,343,182.
    • Radrennbahn Weissensee cycling track opened.
  • 1956
    • 3 May:
      • Afrikanische Straße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Kurt-Schumacher-Platz (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Rehberge (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 3 June: Plänterwald railway station opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,345,650.
    • Westhafen Canal opened.
    • Rotes Rathaus reconstructed; becomes city hall of East Berlin.
  • 1957
    • 31 December: Population: 3,338,561.
    • International Building Exposition held.
    • Haus der Kulturen der Welt built in West Berlin.
  • 1958
    • 31 May:
      • Alt-Tegel (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Borsigwerke (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Holzhauser Straße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Otisstraße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Scharnweberstraße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,316,353.
    • Bundesautobahn 100 opened.
  • 1959
    • 2 June: Spichernstraße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,290,333.
    • Institute for European Politics founded in West Berlin.
    • Jüdisches Gemeindehaus Fasanenstraße (Jewish centre) inaugurated in West Berlin.
  • 1960
    • 31 December: Population: 3,274,016.
    • Gropiusstadt developed.
  • 1961
    • 28 January: Birkenstraße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 8 May: Augsburger Straße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 4 June: Berlin Crisis of 1961 begins.
    • 13–15 August: Berlin Wall construction begins between East Berlin and West Berlin.
    • 19–20 August: U.S. vice president Lyndon B. Johnson visits West Berlin
    • 28 August:
      • Amrumer Straße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Hansaplatz (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Kurfürstendamm (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Leopoldplatz U9 platform opened.
      • Spichernstraße U9 platform opened.
      • Turmstraße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Berlin Westhafen station station opened.
      • Berlin Zoologischer Garten U9 platform opened.
    • 27–28 October: U.S.–Soviet confrontation at Checkpoint Charlie.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,252,691.
    • Max Planck Institute for Human Development established.
    • Ampelmännchen pedestrian signal introduced in East Berlin.
  • 1962
    • 27 May: Grünbergallee station opened.
    • 17 August: Killing of Peter Fechter at the Berlin Wall by East German border guards.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,235,231.
  • 1963
    • 5 May: Maria Regina Martyrum consecrated.
    • 26 June: U.S. president Kennedy gives Ich bin ein Berliner speech in West Berlin.
    • 28 September:
      • Blaschkoallee (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Parchimer Allee (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 29 September: Britz-Süd (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 15 October: Berliner Philharmonie opened.
    • 15 November: Kino International opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,251,489.
    • Berliner Philharmonie (concert hall) built in West Berlin.
    • Berliner Singakademie founded in East Berlin.
    • Hotel Berolina opened.
    • Wellblechpalast opened.
    • Biotronik founded.
  • 1964
    • 18 July: Fernmeldeturm Berlin in service.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,270,959.
    • Old Palace rebuilt.
    • Prinzessinnenpalais rebuilt.
    • JazzFest Berlin begins in West Berlin.
  • 1965
    • 2 April: Europa-Center inaugurated.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,274,500.
  • 1966
    • 28 February:
      • Alt-Mariendorf (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Alt-Tempelhof (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Kaiserin-Augusta-Straße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Möckernbrücke U7 platform opened.
      • Ullsteinstraße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Westphalweg (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • May: Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof Berlin opened.
    • 17 September: Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin founded.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,265,398.
    • Prussian Heritage Image Archive established.
  • 1967
    • 2 June: Death of Benno Ohnesorg.
    • 15 September: Brücke Museum opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,245,325.
    • Strausberger Platz built.
    • Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.
  • 1968
    • 11 April: Josef Bachmann's assassination attempt against Rudi Dutschke.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,225,354.
    • New National Gallery opens in West Berlin.
  • 1969
    • 30 September: World Clock (Alexanderplatz) opened.
    • 3 October: Fernsehturm Berlin (TV tower) erected in East Berlin.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,218,112.
    • Neuer Berliner Kunstverein founded.
    • Kulturpark Plänterwald opened.
  • 1970
    • 2 January:
      • Johannisthaler Chaussee (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Lipschitzallee (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Wutzkyallee (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Zwickauer Damm (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 7 October: Hotel Stadt Berlin built in East Berlin.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,208,719.
    • Protestant Church of Plötzensee inaugurated.
  • 1971
    • 29 January:
      • Bayerischer Platz U7 platform opened.
      • Berliner Straße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Blissestraße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Berlin Bundesplatz U-Bahn station opened
      • Eisenacher Straße station opened
      • Fehrbelliner Platz U7 platform opened.
      • Friedrich-Wilhelm-Platz (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Güntzelstraße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Kleistpark (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Walther-Schreiber-Platz (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Berlin Yorckstraße U7 platform opened.
    • 4 December: Georg von Rauch shot and killed during arrest by West Berlin police.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,172,902.
    • 2 June Movement anarchist group active in West Berlin.
  • 1972
    • 15 May: Memorial to Polish Soldiers and German Anti-Fascists dedicated.
    • 3 June: Four Power Agreement on Berlin in force.
    • 1 July: Rudow (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 21 December: Basic Treaty, 1972 signed.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,152,489.
    • Kunstbibliothek Berlin opened.
  • 1973
    • 25 June: Tierpark (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,136,776.
    • Großgaststätte Ahornblatt (restaurant) built in East Berlin.
  • 1974
    • 30 September:
      • Berlin Rathaus Steglitz U-Bahn station opened.
      • Schloßstraße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 13 October: Berlin Marathon begins in West Berlin.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,118,134.
  • 1975
    • 31 December: Population: 3,083,011.
    • Berlinische Galerie opened.
    • Hochschule der Künste Berlin (art school) formed.
    • Peter Lorenz becomes president of the Landtag of West Berlin.
  • 1976
    • 23 April: Palace of the Republic inaugurated.
    • 30 April:
      • Nauener Platz (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Osloer Straße (Berlin U-Bahn) U9 station opened.
    • 13 October: Bierpinsel opened.
    • 30 December: Berlin Springpfuhl station opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,056,973.
  • 1977
    • 5 October:
      • Osloer Straße U8 platform opened.
      • Pankstraße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,044,968.
  • 1978
    • 28 April:
      • Adenauerplatz (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Bismarckstraße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Konstanzer Straße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Wilmersdorfer Straße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • July: Air Berlin established.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,038,689.
    • Berlin Motor Show begins in West Berlin.
    • Berlin State Library building opens on Haus Potsdamer Straße in West Berlin.
  • 1979
    • 5 March: BESSY founded.
    • 2 April: Internationales Congress Centrum Berlin opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,042,504.
    • Teufel company founded.
  • 1980
    • 1 May: Tempodrom opened.
    • 1 October:
      • Halemweg (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Jakob-Kaiser-Platz (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Berlin Jungfernheide U7 station opened.
      • Mierendorffplatz (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Rohrdamm (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Siemensdamm (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • Islamische Föderation Berlin founded.
    • Memorial to the German Resistance erected.
    • 15 December:
      • Mehrower Allee station opened.
      • Raoul-Wallenberg-Straße station opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,048,759.
  • 1981
    • 20 November: Western entrance to Teltow Canal reopened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,050,974.
    • AG Märkische Kleinbahn established.
  • 1982
    • 15 January: 1982 Berlin restaurant bombing.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,042,612.
  • 1983
    • 12 August: Weltkugelbrunnen opened.
    • 25 August: Bombing of French consulate in West Berlin.
    • 26 September: IAV founded.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,040,035.
    • German Museum of Technology opened.
    • Berliner Rock- und Pop-Archiv founded.
  • 1984
    • 9 February: Eberhard Diepgen becomes mayor of West Berlin.
    • 1 October:
      • Altstadt Spandau (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Haselhorst (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Paulsternstraße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Rathaus Spandau (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Zitadelle (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 20 December: Berlin-Hohenschönhausen station opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,045,456.
  • 1985
    • 31 December: Population: 3,075,670.
    • West Berlin hosts Bundesgartenschau (garden show).
    • ESCP Europe school moves to Berlin.
  • 1986
    • 1 January: Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin opened.
    • 5 April: West Berlin discotheque bombing.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,115,473.
  • 1987
    • 750th anniversary of founding of Berlin celebrated.
    • Topography of Terror exhibit opens.
    • 27 April:
      • Franz-Neumann-Platz (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Paracelsus-Bad (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Residenzstraße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 1 May: May Day in Kreuzberg begins.
    • 12 June: U.S. president Reagan gives Tear down this wall! speech in West Berlin.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,273,630.
  • 1988
    • 31 March – 2 April: Four Nations Tournament (1988).
    • 1 July:
      • Biesdorf-Süd (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Elsterwerdaer Platz (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,352,848.
    • West Berlin designated a European Capital of Culture.
    • 1988 IMF/World Bank protests.
    • Metropol Verlag founded.
  • 1989
    • Population: 1,279,212 in East Berlin.
    • 1 July:
      • Cottbusser Platz (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Hellersdorf (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Hönow (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Kaulsdorf-Nord (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Louis-Lewin-Straße (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Kienberg (Gärten der Welt) (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Berlin Wuhletal station opened.
    • 7 October: Demonstrations in East Berlin.
    • 4 November: Alexanderplatz demonstration in East Berlin.
    • 9 November: Berlin Wall opened between East Berlin and West Berlin.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,409,737.

1990s

  • 1990
    • 13 June: Demolition of the Berlin wall begins.
    • 1 August: Most roads between West and East Berlin rebuilt and reopened.
    • 28 September: East Side Gallery opened.
    • 3 October: German reunification; unified Berlin designated capital of the Federal Republic of Germany.
    • 7 November: Stasi Museum opened.
    • 1 December: Schichauweg railway station opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,433,695.
    • Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Records and German Academy for Urban and Regional Spatial Planning headquartered in Berlin.
    • Kunsthaus Tacheles established.
  • 1991
    • 20 June: Decision on the Capital of Germany.
    • 4 July: Alba Berlin founded.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,446,031.
  • 1992
    • 1 January: Weierstrass Institute established.
    • 17 September: Mykonos restaurant assassinations.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,456,891.
    • A-Trane club opened.
  • 1993
    • 1 October: West and East Berlin Academy of Arts merged.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,461,421.
    • Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology established.
    • Berlin Cathedral renovated.
    • Transparency International headquartered in city.
    • Magix founded.
    • Japanische Internationale Schule zu Berlin established.
  • 1994
    • March: Max Planck Institute for the History of Science established.
    • 26 April: Berlin-Bonn Act.
    • 9 September: Russian and Allied forces depart.
    • 24 September:
      • Berlin Karl-Bonhoeffer-Nervenklinik U-Bahn station opened.
      • Lindauer Allee (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Rathaus Reinickendorf (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Berlin-Wittenau U-Bahn station opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,452,284.
    • Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial opened.
    • Berlin British School founded.
  • 1995
    • 17 January: Die Pyramide completed.
    • 10 May: German-Russian Museum opens.
    • June: Artist Christo wraps the Reichstag.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,446,039.
    • Berlin Central and Regional Library opened.
  • 1996
    • 13 July: Berlin Hermannstraße U-Bahn station opened.
    • 13 December: Max-Schmeling-Halle opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,428,644.
    • Crown Prince Bridge rebuilt.
    • City website online (approximate date).
    • Berggruen Museum and Café Einstein Unter den Linden open.
  • 1997
    • 5 September: Velodrom arena opened.
    • December: Propeller Island City Lodge founded.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,387,901.
    • Computer Games Museum founded.
  • 1998
    • 20 May: Treptowers opened.
    • 12 June: Gemäldegalerie opened.
    • 25 September: Osdorfer Straße station opened.
    • 2 October: Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Park (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,358,235.
    • Allied Museum opened.
  • 1999
    • 17 February: 1999 Israeli consulate attack in Berlin.
    • 19 April: German Bundestag (legislature) relocated to Berlin from Bonn per Berlin-Bonn Act.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,340,887.
    • Molecule Man (sculpture) installed in the Spree River.
    • Clocktower reinstalled on Potsdamer Platz.
  • 2000
    • 14 June: Sony Center opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,331,232.
    • Bahntower built.
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21st century

  • 2001
    • February: Anhalter Steg bridge built.
    • 2 May: Federal Chancellery (Berlin) completed.
    • 16 June: Klaus Wowereit becomes governing mayor.
    • 9 September: Jewish Museum, Berlin opened.
    • 21 October: Berlin state election, 2001.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,337,232.
    • Merger of boroughs: Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Marzahn-Hellersdorf, Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Tempelhof-Schöneberg, and Treptow-Köpenick formed.
    • DZ Bank building constructed.
    • Jewish Museum opens.
    • Berlin International Literature Festival begins.
  • 2002
    • 31 December: Population: 3,336,248.
    • SRH Hochschule Berlin established.
    • Berlin Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra founded.
    • Exberliner English-language magazine founded.
  • 2003
    • 2 December: AquaDom opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,330,242.
  • 2004
    • 1 January: Federal Joint Committee health agency established.
    • May: Badeschiff opened.
    • 3 June: Museum of Photography, Berlin opened.
    • 9 December: University Library of the TU Berlin and UdK opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,333,108.
    • Festival of Lights begins.
  • 2005
    • 7 February: Honor killing of Hatun Sürücü.
    • 24 February: Berlin-Lichterfelde Süd–Teltow Stadt railway opened.
    • 10 May: Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe unveiled.
    • 30 June: Gustav Heinemann Bridge opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,339,436.
    • Philological Library opened.
    • Transradio founded.
  • 2006
    • February: Institute for Media and Communication Policy.
    • 26 May: Berlin Hauptbahnhof (Central station) constructed.
    • 27 May: Berlin North–South mainline opened.
    • 9 July: FIFA World Cup Final held at Olympiastadion.
    • 15 July: DDR Museum opened.
    • 17 September: Berlin state election, 2006.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,348,805.
    • Türk Bakım Evi nursing home established.
  • 2007
    • July: Berlin Fashion Week first held.
    • 12 September: Alexa Centre shopping mall opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,353,858.
    • Rocket Internet founded.
  • 2008
    • July: Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection opened.
    • 10 September: Mercedes-Benz Arena (Berlin) opened.
    • 1 October: BMG Rights Management founded.
    • October: Zalando founded.
    • 16 October: Khadija Mosque opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,362,843.
  • 2009
    • 8 August:
      • U55 (Berlin U-Bahn) line opened.
      • Bundestag (Berlin U-Bahn) station opened.
      • Berlin Hauptbahnhof U55 platforms opened.
    • 15–23 August: 2009 World Championships in Athletics held.
    • 16 October: Neues Museum reopened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,369,672.
    • International Psychoanalytic University Berlin founded.
    • Prinzessinnengärten (garden) created.
  • 2010 – 31 December: Population: 3,387,562.
  • 2011
    • 29 June: Humboldt Box opened.
    • 18 September: Berlin state election, 2011.
    • 15 October: Occupy Berlin.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,427,114.
  • 2012
    • March: Zoofenster high-rise completed.
    • 27 September: Rathaus Bridge inaugurated after rebuilding.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,469,621.
  • 2013
    • 21 March: 2013 Berlin helicopter crash.
    • 2 June: Hohenzollern Stadtschloss (palace) reconstruction begins.
    • 3 November: Berlin energy referendum, 2013 held.
    • 15 November: Museum in the Kulturbrauerei opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,517,424.
    • N26 (bank) founded.
  • 2014
    • March: .berlin internet domain name begins.
    • 28 August: 2014 Conference of Western Balkan States, Berlin held.
    • 25 September: Mall of Berlin opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,562,166.
    • Headquarters of the Federal Intelligence Service built.
  • 2015
    • 7 February: Victoria released.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,610,156.
  • 2016
    • July: Protest against gentrification in Friedrichshain.
    • 18 September: Berlin state election, 2016.
    • 1 December: Berlin Police Academy established.
    • 19 December: 2016 Berlin truck attack.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,670,622.
  • 2017
    • 13 April: IGA Cable Car opened.
    • 13 October: Babylon Berlin TV series released.
    • 10 December: Berlin–Munich high-speed railway opened.
    • 31 December: Population: 3,711,930.
    • Urban Nation museum opens.[1]
  • 2018 – 31 December: Population: 3,748,148.
  • 2022 - 8 June - 2022 Berlin car attack.

See also

  • History of Berlin
  • List of governing mayors of Berlin

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

External links

  • "Berlin in Brief: History". Berlin.de. Governing Mayor of Berlin. 19 May 2023.
  • Links to fulltext city directories for Berlin via Wikisource
  • Europeana. Items related to Berlin, various dates.
  • Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Berlin, various dates
  • "Berlin Time Line: 1945–1990". Virginia, USA: Cold War Museum.


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