Timeline of Tallinn

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

Prior to 17th century

* 5,000 BCE - The sea still reaches the foot of the cliffs of Toompea
* 3,000 BCE - First signs of a settlement in Tallinn.
* 900 BCE - Iru settlement.

* 300 CE - 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 by Danes.
* 1227 - Town charter granted.
* 1228 - Toompea Castle taken by the Livonian Knights.
* 1237 - Toompea Castle returned to the Danes.
* 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 ( & Esthonia) sold to Teutonic Order by Valdemar III of Denmark.
* 1360 - Town "fortified."
* 1370 – Pikk Hermann tower built.
* 1372
** School built on Pikk Street.
** Population: 3,250.
* 1404 – Town Hall construction completed.
* 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.
** St. Mary's Cathedral, Tallinn changes from Roman Catholic to Lutheran.
* 1569 – Reval besieged by Danes.
* 1570 – Reval besieged by Russians.
* 1577 – Reval again 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, '' Revalsche Post-Zeitung'', 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 by Peter the Great.
* 1725 - Toompea orphanage is founded.
* 1726 - Naval Blockade of Reval (1726)
* 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
** Toompea 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 theatre is founded by August von Kotzebue.
* 1795 - The Tallinna saksa teater is founded.

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 city's canalisation begins. It is finished by the year 1860.
* 1844 – St. Peter and St. Paul's Cathedral, Tallinn completed.
* 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.
* 1860 - First edition of the Revalsche Zeitung published
* 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
** Tallinn City Archives open.
** Great Synagogue of Tallinn 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.
* 1900
** Nevsky Cathedral completed.
** Population: 66,292.

20th century

1900s-1940s

* 1901 - First Estonian newspaper ''Teataja'' begins circulation.
* 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.

1950s-1990s

* 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: Tallinna Kaubamaja (department store) opened.
* 1961
**December 1 – Tallinn Botanic Garden established.
** Development of Õismäe area begins.
** Tallinn Music High School founded.
* 1962 - Kalevi Spordihall

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