Timeline of Oslo

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Oslo, Norway.

Prior to 1537

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  • 1000 - St. Clement's Church built (approximate date).[1]
  • 1050
  • 1070 - Catholic diocese of Oslo established (approximate date).[4]
  • 1080 (approximate) Old Aker Church erected (still existing)
  • 1153 - Oslo Cathedral School established.[5]
  • 1240 - Battle in Oslo 1240
  • 1290s - Akershus Fortress construction begins (approximate date).
  • 1299 - Norwegian capital relocated to Oslo from Bergen.[5]
  • 1308 - Akershus fortress withstands attack by Eric, Duke of Södermanland
  • 1314 - Haakon V of Norway declared that the provost of St Mary's church should be chancellor of Norway for ever (was abolished in 1679).
  • 1349 - Black Death plague.[5]
  • 1352 - St. Hallvard's Cathedral and the other Sogne Churches are burned to the ground in a major fire.

    • After 1537

    • 1537 - Reformation, Norway became a client kingdom under the Danish crown, most of the government administration moved to Copenhagen
    • 1567 - city destroyed during Nordic Seven Years' War
    • 1624 - 1624 Oslo fire [no]; settlement relocated to newly founded "Christiania,"[6][7] "Oslo" remained the name of a village outside the city
    • 1639 - Holy Trinity Cathedral (Oslo) [no] built.[8]
    • 1641 - Gamle rådhus [no] (town hall) built.
    • 1643 - Printing press in operation.[9]
    • 1654 - Vaterland Bridge built.[citation needed]
    • 1686 - Fire ruins ¼ of the city.[citation needed]
    • 1697 - Domkirken (church) built.[8]
    • 1716 - City occupied by forces of Charles XII of Sweden.[2][7]
    • 1769 - first census held and recorded 7469 inhabitants
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    19th century

    20th century

    21st century

    See also

    References

    1. ^ St. Clement's Church on Norske kirkebygg Norske-kirkebygg
    2. ^ a b c d e f g h Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1396, OL 6112221M
    3. ^ Hans Andersson (2003). "Urbanization". In Knut Helle (ed.). Cambridge History of Scandinavia. Vol. 1: Prehistory to 1520. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-47299-9.
    4. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Norway". Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
    5. ^ a b c Jan Sjåvik (2008). Historical Dictionary of Norway. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6408-5.
    6. ^ a b c Jan Sjåvik (2008). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Norway. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6408-5.
    7. ^ a b Britannica 1910.
    8. ^ a b Øystein Ekroll [in Norwegian] (2012). "State church and church state: churches and their interiors in post-Reformation Norway, 1537-1705". In Andrew Spicer (ed.). Lutheran Churches in Early Modern Europe. Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-7546-6583-0.
    9. ^ Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
    10. ^ "Christiania", Norway and Sweden, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1882
    11. ^ a b c d e Luccarelli 2012.
    12. ^ a b c "Norway". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
    13. ^ a b Don Rubin; et al., eds. (1994). "Norway". World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Europe. Routledge. pp. 616+. ISBN 9780415251570.
    14. ^ a b "Norway". International Banking Directory. Bankers Publishing Company. 1920.
    15. ^ Mitchel P. Roth (2006). "Chronology". Prisons and Prison Systems: A Global Encyclopedia. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-32856-5.
    16. ^ a b Martin Banham, ed. (1995). "Norway". Cambridge Guide to Theatre. Cambridge University Press. p. 799+. ISBN 978-0-521-43437-9.
    17. ^ A.J. Mackintosh (1907). "Mountaineering Clubs, 1857-1907". Alpine Journal (177). UK. hdl:2027/njp.32101076197365.
    18. ^ a b N.R. Bull, ed. (1907). Norges Statskalender ... 1908 (in Norwegian). Kristiania: Aschehoug & Co.
    19. ^ Patrick Robertson (2011). Robertson's Book of Firsts. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-60819-738-5.
    20. ^ "Norway". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
    21. ^ a b c "Norway Profile: Timeline", BBC News, 17 April 2012, retrieved 30 September 2015
    22. ^ a b "Movie Theaters in Oslo". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
    23. ^ a b "Organizations". International Relations and Security Network. Switzerland: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
    24. ^ "Oslo byarkiv". Lokalhistoriewiki (in Norwegian). Norwegian Institute of Local History. Retrieved 30 September 2015.[unreliable source?]
    25. ^ Jørgen S. Nielsen; et al., eds. (2013). "Norway". Yearbook of Muslims in Europe. Vol. 5. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-25586-9.
    26. ^ "Population Statistics". Statistics Norway. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
    27. ^ "Exploring Bike-Shares In Other Cities". New York Bike Share Project. Storefront for Art and Architecture. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
    28. ^ "Islam i Norge: Oslo" [Islam in Norway: Oslo]. Islam.no (in Norwegian). Oslo: Den Islamske Informasjonsforeningen. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
    29. ^ "The Value of Art No One Alive Will Ever Experience", The Atlantic, USA, June 2015

    This article incorporates information from the Norwegian Wikipedia.

    Bibliography

    Published in the 19th century

    • David Brewster, ed. (1830). "Christiania". Edinburgh Encyclopædia. Edinburgh: William Blackwood.
    • John Thomson (1845), "Christiania", New Universal Gazetteer and Geographical Dictionary, London: H.G. Bohn
    • George Henry Townsend (1867), "Christiania", A Manual of Dates (2nd ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co. – via Internet Archive
    • William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Christiania". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949 – via HathiTrust.
    • "Description of Christiania". Traveler's Guide in Sweden and the Most Interesting Places in Norway. Stockholm: Adolf Bonnier. 1871.
    • "Christiania". Norway: illustrated handbook for travellers. Christiania: Chr. Tønsberg. 1875. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081580908.
    • John Ramsay McCulloch (1880), "Christiania", in Hugh G. Reid (ed.), A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical and Historical of Commerce and Commercial Navigation, London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
    • "Christiania", Hand-book for Travellers in Norway (7th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1880
    • Maturin Murray Ballou (1887), "Capital of Norway", Due North; or, Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia, Boston: Ticknor and Company
    • Hunger. Knut Hamsun (1890). The ultimate book set in Oslo, "this wondrous city that no one leaves before it has made its marks upon him".
    • Yngvar Nielsen (1894). Christiania and its environs: illustrated hand-book for travellers. Christiania.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

    Published in the 20th century

    Published in the 21st century

    • Mark Luccarelli; Per Gunnar Røe, eds. (2012). Green Oslo: Visions, Planning and Discourse. Ashgate. ISBN 978-1-4094-7351-0.

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