Timeline of Berlin
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Berlin, Germany.
Prior to 17th century
History of Berlin |
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Margraviate of Brandenburg (1157–1806) |
Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1918) |
German Empire (1871–1918) |
Free State of Prussia (1918–1947) |
Weimar Republic (1919–1933) |
Nazi Germany (1933–1945) |
West Germany and East Germany (1945–1990) |
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Federal Republic of Germany (1990–present) |
See also |
- 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 1433militia) 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.[citation needed]
- 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.[citation needed]
- 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.[citation needed]
- 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.
- 15 October: University of Berlin established.
- 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.
- 1 July:
- 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.
- 1 January:
- 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.
- 1 June:
- 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.
- 7 February:
- 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.
- 1 May:
- 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.
- 15 February:
- 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.
- 14 May:
- 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.
- 29 March:
- 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.
- 8 June:
- 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: Skirmish of the Berlin Schloss.
- 31 December: Population: 1,748,000.
- 9 November:
- 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.[citation needed]
- 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.
- 30 January:
- 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.
- 18 April:
- 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.
- 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.
- 3 May:
- 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.
- 31 May:
- 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.[citation needed]
- 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.
- 28 February:
- 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.
- 2 January:
- 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.
- 29 January:
- 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.
- 30 September:
- 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.
- 5 October:
- 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.
- 28 April:
- 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.
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.
- 8 August:
- 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.