Berlin History Timeline

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• 1510-07-19 38 Jews are burned at stake in Berlin, Prussia
• 1732-12-13 Prussia joins Austria and Russia in signing the Treaty of Berlin, a secret treaty regarding succession to the Polish throne

• 1757-10-16 Austrian troops occupy Berlin
• 1760-09-28 Russian and Austrian armies occupy Berlin
• 1760-10-02 Russian and Austrian army evacuates Berlin [NS=10/13]
• 1760-10-09 Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian forces occupy Berlin [OS=Sep 28]
• 1760-10-13 Russian and Austrian armies evacuate Berlin
• 1806-10-27 The French Army enters in Berlin

• 1817-03-02 1st Evangelical church building dedicated, New Berlin, Pennsylvania

• 1829-03-11 Johann Sebastian Bach's "St Matthew Passion" is revived by Felix Mendelssohn, aged 20, conducting in Berlin, Germany
• 1833-01-10 Felix Mendelssohn's cantata "Die erste Walpurgisnacht" premieres in Berlin, Germany
• 1840-07-06 Christian Hebbel's "Judith" premieres in Berlin
• 1876-01-01 The Reichsbank, central bank of the German Empire, opens in Berlin
• 1878-06-13 Congress of Berlin begins, determines the territories of the states in the Balkan peninsula following the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78
• 1878-07-13 Congress of Berlin ends, redrawing the terms of Treaty of San Stefano to give Russia less influence in old Ottoman Empire
• 1879-05-31 1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition
• 1881-05-16 World's 1st electric tram enters service in Lichterfelder (near Berlin)
• 1882-01-15 1st US ski club forms (Berlin NH)

• 1884-11-15 European Colonization and trade in Africa is officially regulated at the international Berlin Conference, formalizing European powers "Scramble for Africa"
• 1885-02-26 Berlin Conference gives Congo to Belgium and Nigeria to Great Britain
• 1886-04-06 Declaration of Berlin neutralizes Tonga

• 1889-11-27 Hermann Sudermann's "Ehre" premieres in Berlin
• 1893-01-07 Hermann Sudermanns' play "Heimat" premieres in Berlin
• 1893-01-19 Henrik Ibsen's play "The Master Builder" premieres in Berlin
• 1893-06-01 Opera "Falstaff" is produced (Berlin)
• 1893-11-14 Gerhart Hauptmann's play "Hanneles Himmelfahrt" premieres in Berlin, Germany

• 1896-12-02 Gerhart Hauptmann's play "Die versunkene Glocke" premieres in Berlin
• 1897-03-09 Premiere of (parts of) Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony, in Berlin, Germany

• 1898-11-05 Gerhart Hauptmann's play "Fuhrmann Henschel" premieres in Berlin

• 1900-01-03 Gerhart Hauptmann's play "Schluck und Jau," premieres in Berlin
• 1900-12-07 Max Planck, in his house at Grunewald, on the outskirts of Berlin, discovers the law of black body radiation.
• 1900-12-21 Gerhart Hauptmann's play "Michael Kramer" premieres in Berlin
• 1901-11-27 Gerhart Hauptmann's play "Der rote Hahn" premieres in Berlin
• 1902-02-01 Hermann Sudermanns "Es lebe das Leben" premieres in Berlin
• 1902-02-15 Berlin U-Bahn (Underground railway) opened
• 1902-03-18 Turkey grants Germany syndicate the first concession to construct a railroad through Turkish territory to Baghdad, to be linked to Berlin
• 1902-12-17 Frank Wedekind's play "Der Erdgeist" premieres in Berlin
• 1905-03-04 Gerhart Hauptmann's play "Elga" premieres in Berlin
• 1906-01-19 Gerhart Hauptmann's play "Und Pippa Tanzt!" premieres in Berlin

• 1906-11-03 International Radiotelegraph Conference in Berlin selects "SOS" (· · · – – – · · ·) distress signal as the worldwide standard for help
• 1907-02-21 SS Berlin sinks off the Hook of Holland (142 dead)
• 1909-03-21 Moran & MacFarland (US) wins Europe's 1st 6 day bicycle race (Berlin)
• 1911-01-13 Gerhart Hauptmann's play "Die Ratten" (The Rats) premieres in Berlin

• 1912-02-08 British Emissary journeys to Berlin to suggest that Britain might support German colonial aspirations in Africa if Germany agrees to hold her current naval strength
• 1912-04-29 Frank Wedekind's play "Tod und Teufel" premieres in Berlin

• 1914-01-17 Gerhart Hauptmann's play "Der Bogen des Odysseus" premieres in Berlin
• 1915-03-19 VI Summer (Modern) Olympic Games: IOC President Pierre de Coubertin writes to Associated Press indicating 1916 Berlin Games won't take place because of WWI

• 1916-01-27 Communist party "Spartacus Letters" 1st published in Berlin
• 1916-08-23 Military court of Berlin sentences socialist Karl Liebknecht to 4 years
• 1916-11-16 I. Berlin, V. Herbert, H. Blossoms musical premieres in NYC
• 1918-01-28 Strike on Berlin ammunition factory
• 1918-03-03 Richard Goering's "Seeschlacht" premieres in Berlin
• 1918-12-17 A conference of workers' and soldiers' councils take control of German government in Berlin, until elections in January selects new national assembly
• 1919-01-05 Left-wing Spartacus organization instigates a revolt in Berlin; terrified by the spread of Bolshevism, German troops brutally suppress the uprising
• 1919-07-06 Institute for Sexual Science opened in Berlin by physician Magnus Hirschfeld to establish study of sexual science
• 1919-08-30 Ernst Toller's "Die Wandlung" premieres in Berlin
• 1921-08-05 Treaty of Berlin: US and Germany sign separate peace treaty

• 1922-04-27 Fritz Lang's "Dr Mabuse, der Spieler" premieres in Berlin
• 1923-02-25 Bread in Berlin rises to 2,000 marks

• 1923-10-24 General Otto von Lossow calls Reichswehr to Berlin to form a dictatorship

• 1925-01-14 Alban Berg's atonale opera "Wozzeck" premieres in Berlin
• 1925-02-01 1st national conference of KPD's Rotfrontkämpferbund in Berlin
• 1927-01-10 Fritz Lang's silent film "Metropolis" premieres in Berlin
• 1927-03-19 Bloody battles between communists & Nazis in Berlin

• 1927-05-13 "Black Friday" on Berlin Stock Exchange

• 1928-03-05 Karl Zuckmayer's "Der Hauptmann von Köpenick" premieres in Berlin

• 1929-05-01 Police kill 19 Mayday demonstrators in Berlin
• 1930-11-08 Friedrich Wolf's "Die Matrosen von Cattaro" premieres in Berlin
• 1931-03-20 Bishop Schreiber warns against national-socialism in Berlin
• 1931-05-11 "M" Fritz Lang's first sound film starring Peter Lorre premieres in Berlin
• 1933-02-02 Ucicky's "Rotten Morning" premieres in Berlin

• 1933-02-07 Social-Dem meeting in Berlin "As thousands cheer" Marxism is dead
• 1933-02-15 Social-democratic newspaper "Vorwarts" banned again in Berlin
• 1933-02-24 Final demonstration of German communist party in Berlin

• 1933-03-09 Bulgarian communists Georgi Dimitrov, Blagoy Popov & Vasil Tanev arrested in Berlin, Germany, on charges of complicity in the Reichstag fire; all were acquitted

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• 1487-08-27 Anna of Brandenburg, Queen of Denmark, born in Berlin (d. 1514)
• 1606-12-20 Christoph Schultze, German composer, born in Berlin, Margraviate of Brandenburg (d. 1683)
• 1632-05-08 Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German field marshal and Governor of Berlin, born in Mierzęcin, Poland (d. 1706)
• 1688-08-14 Frederik Willem I, King of Prussia (bodyguard of giants), born in Berlin, Prussia (d. 1740)

• 1720-07-24 Louise Ulrike, Queen of Sweden and wife of Adolf Frederik, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1782)
• 1722-08-09 Augustus William, Prince of Prussia, born in Stadtschloss, Berlin, Prussia (d. 1758)
• 1744-09-25 Frederick Willem II, King of Prussia (1786-97), born in Berlin Palace, Berlin (d. 1797)
• 1751-02-18 Karl Haack, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1819)
• 1751-08-07 Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange (1767-1806), born in Berlin (d. 1820)
• 1753-04-28 Franz K. Achard, German physicist and chemist, born in Berlin (d. 1821)
• 1758-12-11 Carl Friedrich Zelter, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1832)
• 1761-04-20 Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1805)
• 1763-10-24 Dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist (Florentin), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1839)
• 1765-10-22 Daniel Steibelt, German pianist and composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1823)

• 1771-05-19 Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German literary hostess, born in Berlin, Prussia (d. 1833)
• 1773-05-31 Ludwig Tieck, German writer, born in Berlin (d. 1853)
• 1773-07-13 Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder, German writer (Fantasies about Art), born in Berlin (d. 1798)
• 1774-01-24 Karl Moser, German composer and violinist, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1851)
• 1779-04-11 Louise Reichardt, German composer of lieder and scared songs, educator, and choral conductor, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1826)
• 1781-11-03 Friedrich Wollank, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1831)
• 1787-02-23 Emma Willard, American women's rights activist and educator who founded the 1st school for women's higher education in the US, born in Berlin, Connecticut (d. 1870)
• 1788-09-06 Friedrich Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari), born in Berlin (d. 1862)
• 1791-09-05 Giacomo Meyerbeer, German opera composer (Gott und die Natur - God and Nature), born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1864)
• 1794-05-29 Johann Heinrich von Mädler, German astronomer (published the most complete map of the Moon of the time, Mappa Selenographica, 4 vol. with Wilhelm Beer), born in Berlin (d. 1874)
• 1795-10-15 Frederick William IV, King of Prussia (1840-61) and Germany (1849-61), born in Berlin (d. 1861)
• 1797-02-28 Frederick, prince of Netherlands, general and admiral (10 day campaign), born in Berlin (d. 1881)
• 1799-04-13 Ludwig Rellstab, German music theorist, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1860)
• 1800-11-06 Eduard Grell, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1886)
• 1802-05-06 Wilhelm Schirmer, German landscape artist, born in Berlin (d. 1866)
• 1805-06-21 Karl Friedrich Curschmann, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1841)
• 1810-03-27 Adolf Glassbrenner, German satirical writer, born in Berlin (d. 1876)
• 1810-05-09 Princess Marianne of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau and daughter of King Willem I, born in Berlin (d. 1883)
• 1818-11-07 Emil du Bois-Reymond, German physiologist, co-discoverer of nerve action potential and founder of modern electrophysiology, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1896)
• 1819-06-27 Carl Albert Löschhorn, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1905)
• 1819-07-06 Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke, German physician and physiologist, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1892)
• 1821-06-27 August Conradi, German organist and composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1873)
• 1823-04-16 Ferdinand Eisenstein, German mathematician (number theory), born in Berlin, Prussia (d. 1852)
• 1825-10-15 Marie of Prussia, Queen consort of Bavaria (1848-64), born in Berlin City Palace, Prussia (d. 1889)
• 1827-03-08 Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (Father of Bantu Philology), born in Berlin (d. 1875)
• 1827-06-13 Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1882)
• 1827-09-08 Emil Naumann, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1888)
• 1828-10-03 Woldemar Bargiel, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1897)
• 1829-09-06 Marie Zakrzewska, Polish physician, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1902)
• 1835-10-31 Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), born in Berlin (d. 1917)
• 1836-05-28 Alexander Mitscherlich, German chemist and son of Eilhard Mitscherlich, born in Berlin (d. 1918)
• 1837-08-27 Heinrich Urban, German violinist, composer, and teacher of Wanda Landowska and Ignace Jan Paderewski, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1901)
• 1838-12-11 Emil Rathenau, German industrialist (AEG), born in Berlin (d. 1915)
• 1840-03-26 Carli Zoeller, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1889)
• 1841-05-11 Ernst von Possart, German actor and theatre director (Bayerische Hoftheater), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1921)
• 1843-01-08 Frederick Abberline, British police investigator (d. 1929)
• 1843-09-25 Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, American geologist and educator, born in Mattoon, Illinois (d. 1928)
• 1849-10-26 Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician (Frobenius–Stickelberger formulae), born in Charlotteburg, Berlin, Germany (d. 1917)
• 1854-10-31 Adolf Erman, German Egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt), born in Berlin (d. 1937)
• 1855-09-06 Ferdinand Hummel, German composer, born in Berlin, Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1928)
• 1855-10-12 Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor (Berlin Philharmonic), born in Mosonszentmiklós, Hungary (d. 1922)

• 1862-07-03 Friedrich Ernst Koch, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1927)
• 1863-03-21 Hugo Kaun, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1932)
• 1863-10-05 Ludwig Borchardt, German Egyptologist, born in Berlin (d. 1938)
• 1866-11-07 Paul Lincke, German composer and theater conductor considered the "father" of the Berlin operetta (Frau Luna, Lysistrata), born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1946)
• 1869-04-30 Hans Poelzig, German architect (Grosses Schauspielhaus), born in Berlin (d. 1936)
• 1871-04-29 William Stern, German-American philosopher (Intelligence of Children), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1938)
• 1871-08-01 Oskar Fried, German-Russian composer, born in Berlin, German Empire (d. 1941)
• 1872-11-03 Paul Panzer, German-American silent film actor (The Perils of Pauline, Mildred Pierce, Hotel Berlin), born in Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany (d. 1958)
• 1873-01-06 Karl Straube, German organist and conductor, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1950)
• 1873-06-29 Leo Frobenius, German ethnologist and archaeologist (African cultures), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1938)
• 1874-11-13 Henry Kolker, German-American actor and director (Holiday, Baby Face, Mad Love), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1947)
• 1876-09-15 Bruno Walter, German-French opera and symphony conductor (Vienna Philharmonic; NY Philharmonic), born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (d. 1962)
• 1878-04-08 Rudolf Nelson, German composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1960)

• 1879-02-06 Carl Ramsauer, German physicist (Ramsauer-Townsend effect), born in Oldenburg, Germany (d. 1879)
• 1879-09-06 Max Schreck, German stage, silent and sound screen actor (Nosferatu - "Count Orlock"), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1936)

• 1881-06-29 Curt Sachs, German musicologist, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1959)
• 1881-07-12 Ludwig Rubiner, German poet and essayist, born in Berlin (d. 1920)
• 1881-10-04 Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (WWII), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1948)
• 1882-04-14 Moritz Schlick, Austrian philosopher, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1936)
• 1882-06-27 Eduard Spranger, German psychologist and educator, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1963)
• 1883-05-18 Walter Gropius, German architect (founder of the Bauhaus school), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1969)

• 1885-08-17 Kurt Hiller, German writer, born in Berlin (d. 1972)
• 1885-11-08 Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect (Shell-Haus in Berlin), born in Aachen, Germany (d. 1966)
• 1886-01-25 Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor (Berlin Philharmonic, 1922-45, 1952-54), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1954)
• 1886-04-28 Erich Salomon, German photographer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1944)
• 1887-05-27 Erich Kuttner, German journalist and historian (Vorwarts), born in Berlin (d. 1942)
• 1887-10-05 Max Ackermann, German "entartet" painter, born in Berlin (d. 1975)
• 1887-11-01 Max Trapp, German composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1971)
• 1888-01-23 Paul Peter Ewald, German Crystallographer and physicist who devised the theory of X-ray interference by crystals and pioneered X-ray diffraction methods, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1985)
• 1888-04-15 Maximilian Kronberger, German poet, born in Berlin (d. 1904)
• 1888-10-06 Max Butting, German composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1976)
• 1889-08-23 Alfred Lichtenstein, German writer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1914)
• 1890-09-06 Manfred Gurlitt, German composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1973)
• 1891-06-21 Hermann Scherchen, German conductor (Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, 1922-50), and music theorist (Lehrbuch des Dirigierens - Treatise on Conducting), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1966)

• 1892-01-29 Ernst Lubitsch, German actor, producer and film director (To Be or Not to Be, Love Parade), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1947)
• 1893-03-31 Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera; Berlin State Opera), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1954)
• 1893-07-26 George Grosz, German cartoonist and painter (Gott mit uns), born in Berlin (d. 1959)
• 1893-09-20 Hans Scharoun, German architect (Berlin Philharmonic), born in Bremen, Germany (d. 1972)

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