950 First settlement is established on the site of the present-day Old Town
1241 Hanover is awarded city status
c. 1350 First major buildings, such as Kreuz, Aegidien and Markt churches, are constructed
1371 Eilenriede forest becomes the property of the city of Hanover
1490 Seven men, known as the
Hanover Spartans, die in a successful attempt to stop the siege of Hanover by Duke Henry of Brunswick
1526 The brewer’s assistant, Cord Broyhan, invents a light beer, which stimulates the city’s economic prosperity
1529 Hanover is awarded
a
Schützenhof, which provides the basis for the present-day
Schützenfest (Marksmen’s Fair)
1533 Hanover becomes a Protestant city
1625 Hanover is occupied by Danish troops as part of the Thirty Years’ War; a third of the population die of the plague
1666 Great Garden at Herrenhausen is laid out
1676 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz becomes counsellor and librarian to the ducal court
1680 Duke Ernst August and Duchess Sophie move into Herrenhausen Palace; creation of the Great Garden begins under Martin Charbonnier
1692 Duke Ernst August is made Elector and Hanover becomes the capital of the electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg
1701 Electress Sophie is declared successor to the British throne
1710-12 Georg Friedrich Handel is Court musician
1714 Electress Sophie dies at Herrenhausen aged 84
1714 Elector Georg Ludwig becomes George I of Great Britain and Ireland
1714-1837 Hanoverian monarchs on the British throne
1716 Leibniz dies
1757 Hanover is occupied by French troops during the Seven Years’ War
1787 Construction of Georgstrasse
1803-13 Hanover is occupied by French troops under Napoleon
1814 Hanover becomes the seat of the Kingdom of Hanover
1831 Foundation of the university
1835 Completion of Georgengarten at Herrenhausen
1832 Waterloo Column is constructed
1837 Hanoverian rule in Great Britain and Ireland ends; King Ernst August ascends the Hanoverian throne
1843 First railway station in Germany – Ernst-August-Stadt – is constructed by Georg Ludwig Friedrich Laves
1851-62 Georg V resides in Wangenheim Palace
1864 Laves, town planner and Master of the Royal Works, dies
1865 Hanover Zoo opens on the edge of the Eilenriede
1866 Hanover taken over by the Prussians; King George V flees; Hanover becomes the Prussian royal seat
1887 Painter Kurt Schwitters is born
1887 Hanover resident, Emil Berliner, invents the gramophone and record
1913 New Town Hall opens
1916 Mittelland canal between Hanover and the Rhein (river Rhine) opens
1934 Construction of the Maschsee begins
1939-45 Half the city is destroyed in over 100 Allied air-raids; the center suffers 85% bomb damage
1947 First export trade fair is held in Hanover
1948 Opera house is re-built
1954 Niedersachsenstadion (Lower Saxony Stadium), built on the debris of the WWII air-raids, is opened
1986 Hanover Trade Fair splits into
CeBit and the Industry Trade Fair
1990 Hanover awarded Expo2000
1991 Hanover celebrates its 750th anniversary
2000 Expo2000 in Hanover
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