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Timeline of Helsinki

Timeline of Helsinki

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Helsinki, Finland.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 19th century

  • 1550 - Trading town established by Gustav I of Sweden.[1]
  • 1569 - City privileges granted.[2]
  • 1570 - Fire.[2]
  • 1616 - "Diet of Finland held in Helsinki."[2]
  • 1640 - Helsinki relocated across Kluuvinlahti [fi] bay to Vironniemi"[2]
  • 1654 - Fire.[2]
  • 1695 - Famine begins.[2]
  • 1710 - Plague.[2]
  • 1713 - Helsinki taken by Russian forces.[3]
  • 1727 - Ulrika Eleonora Church [fi] built.
  • 1742 - Helsinki occupied by Russians again.[3]
  • 1743 - Herring fair begins.[citation needed]
  • 1748 - Sveaborg fortress construction begins.[3]
  • 1757 - Sederholm house [fi] built.[2]

19th century

Map of Helsinki, 1837

20th century

Map of Helsinki, c. 1900s

1900s-1940s

1950s-1990s

21st century

See also

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