Timeline of Riga
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Riga, Latvia.
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12th–14th centuries
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- 1190 - Augustinian monastery established.[1]
- 1202
- 1209 - St. Peter's Church active.[citation needed]
- 1211 - Church of the Virgin construction begins.[2]
- 1225 - St. James's Church dedicated.
- 1234 - St. John's Chapel built (approximate date).[citation needed]
- 1255 - Archbishopric of Riga established.
- 1260 - St. Mary Magdalene's Church built.
- 1282 - Riga joins Hanseatic League.[3]
- 1330 - Brotherhood of Blackheads organized.[1]
16th century
- 1515 - Riga Castle rebuilt.
- 1541 - Riga joins League of Schmalkalden.[2]
- 1547 - Sigismund II of Poland in power.[1]
- 1558 - Riga area besieged by Russians.[1]
- 1561 - Territory converts to Lutheranism from Catholicism.[citation needed]
- 1581 - Riga is granted status of Imperial Free City.
- 1582 - Polish in power.[2]
- 1591 - St. Gertrude Church rebuilt.
17th century
- 1621 - Riga taken by forces of Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.[3]
- 1638 - Church of Jesus consecrated.
- 1650 - Powder Tower rebuilt.[2]
- 1656 - Riga besieged by Russian forces of Alexis Mikhailovich.[2]
- 1698 - Swedish Gate constructed.
18th century
- 1710 - Siege of Riga; Russians in power.[1]
- 1728 - St. Peter and St. Paul Church built (approximate date).[citation needed]
- 1765 - City Hall built.[2]
- 1773
- Great Cemetery and Pokrov Cemetery established.
- Himsel Museum established.[5]
- 1781 - City becomes capital of Riga viceroyalty.[1]
- 1785 - Our Lady of Sorrows Church built.
- 1798 - Grebenstchikov House of Prayer rebuilt.[citation needed]
19th century
- 1812 - Siege of Riga by French.
- 1817 - Wohrmann Park inaugurated.
- 1818 - Annunciation of Our Most Holy Lady Church built.
- 1825 - St. Alexander Nevsky Church built.
- 1833 - Homeopathic pharmacy opened by the Association of Chemists and Pharmaceutists.[6]
- 1845 - Museum of Natural History founded.
- 1852 - St. Martin's Church built.
- 1854 - Riga blockaded by British.[2]
- 1855 - Exchange built.[2]
- 1857
- Large Guild built.
- Population: 70,463.[7]
- 1858 - City fortifications dismantled.[8]
- 1859 - English Church built.[2]
- 1861 - Riga Central Station built; Riga – Daugavpils Railway begins operating.[7]
- 1862 - Riga Polytechnical Institute founded.
- 1863 - City Theatre built.[2]
- 1866 - Small Guild built.
- 1867 - Population: 102,590.[1]
- 1868
- Riga – Jelgava Railway begins operating.
- Riga Latvian Society founded.[9]
- 1869
- Polytechnic built.[2]
- Riga City Art Gallery opens.[5]
- Latvian Museum of National History founded.
- 1870 - Kunstverein founded.[5]
- 1877 - Tornakalns – Tukums II Railway begins operating; Brasa Station opens.
- 1878 - Imperial city self-government statute in effect.[7]
- 1883
- Riga Russian Theatre established.
- Nativity Cathedral built.
- 1887 - St. Paul's Lutheran Church built.
- 1889 - Riga – Lugazi Railway begins operating.[7]
- 1890 - Ludvigs Vilhelms Kerkoviuss becomes mayor.
- 1891
- Church of Luther consecrated.[citation needed]
- Russian language becomes official language of Baltic provinces.
- 1892
- Municipal "counter-reform" enacted by imperial government.[7]
- St. Francis Church consecrated.
- 1895 - Holy Trinity Orthodox Church built; Holy Archangel Mikhail Church dedicated.
- 1897 - Population: 282,943.[1]
20th century
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- 1903 - Commercial school established.[1]
- 1905
- January 13: Demonstration suppressed by Russian army.[citation needed]
- Museum of Art built.[1]
- 1906 - St. Gertrude New Church built.
- 1907 - Holy Trinity Cathedral built.
- 1909 - Church of the Cross and Cat House built.
- 1912 - Riga Zoo opens.
- 1913 - Population: 481,950.[7]
- 1914 - Railway Bridge inaugurated.
- 1915
- Brothers' Cemetery established.
- Port closed.[3]
- 1916 - Riflemen Museum founded.
- 1917 - Germans in power.[3]
- 1918 - November 18: Riga becomes capital of independent Latvia.
- 1919
- National Library of Latvia, Latvia Higher School, and Latvian National Theatre founded.
- Latvju Opera active.
- 1920
- Riga Artists Group formed.[10]
- Latvian Museum of Foreign Art established.
- Daile Theatre opens.
- 1921 - Art Academy established.
- 1927 - Mezaparks Lutheran Church active.
- 1928 - Spilve Airport in operation.
- 1930 - Riga Central Market built.
- 1932 - Latvian Ethnographic Open Air Museum opens.
- 1935 - Freedom Monument unveiled.
- 1937
- Mangali – Rujiena Railway begins operating.
- City hosts EuroBasket 1937.
- 1940 - Soviet occupation.
- 1941
- 29 June: German occupation begins.[3]
- Proletariat, Kirov, and Moscow administrative districts established.
- 1946 - Dinamo Riga ice hockey team formed.
- 1950 - Riga Medical Institute established.
- 1956
- Academy of Sciences building constructed.
- Riga Aviation Museum established.
- 1957 - Stone Bridge opens.
- 1958
- TTT Riga and BK VEF Rīga basketball clubs formed.
- Daugava Stadium opens.
- 1964 - Coach Terminal built.
- 1969 - October, Lenin, and Leningrad administrative districts established.
- 1972 - Andrejs Upits' Memorial Museum founded.
- 1973 - Riga International Airport built.
- 1977 - Island Bridge built.
- 1981 - Gorky Bridge opens.
- 1984
- Alfreds Rubiks becomes mayor.
- Zolitūde construction begins.
- 1985
- Victory Memorial to Soviet Army erected.
- Krisjanis Barons Memorial Museum established.
- 1986 - Riga Radio and TV Tower built.
- 1987
- June 14: Demonstrators commemorate 1941 deportations.
- Latvian Museum of Pharmacy founded.
- 1988 - Riga Film Museum established.
- 1989
- Arsenals – Fine Arts Museum active[5]
- Latvian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design opens.[5]
- Riga Motor Museum founded.
- 1990 - Andris Teikmanis becomes mayor.
- 1991
- January: The Barricades.
- August 21: Latvia declares independence.
- September 6: USSR recognizes Latvian independence.
- St. Peter's Church rebuilt.
- Riga Marathon begins.
- 1992
- Banking College founded.
- New Riga Theatre opens.
- 1993
- Museum of the Occupation of Latvia and Latvian Museum of Photography inaugurated.
- School of Business Administration Turiba founded.
- 1994
- Maris Purgailis becomes mayor.
- Latvian Museum of Architecture and Latvian Railway History Museum established.
- Stockholm School of Economics in Riga campus established.
- 1995 - Latvian National Opera house renovated.
- 1996 - Skonto Arena opens.
- 1997 - Andris Berzins becomes mayor.
- 1998 - Riga Graduate School of Law established.
- 1999
- Riga Aviation University founded.
- City hosts 1999 European Athletics Junior Championships.
- House of the Blackheads rebuilt.
21st century
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- 2000
- Andris Argalis becomes mayor.
- BK Barons Kvartāls basketball club formed.
- Skonto Stadium opens.
- International Charter on Authenticity and Historical Reconstruction in Relationship to Cultural Heritage signed in Riga.
- 2001
- Gundars Bojars becomes mayor.
- 800th anniversary of founding of Riga.
- Riga Porcelain Museum and Kino Citadele open.[11]
- Bikernieki Memorial unveiled.
- 2003
- Rigas Satiksme founded.
- City hosts Eurovision Song Contest 2003.
- 2004 - May 1: Latvia joins the European Union.
- 2005
- Aivars Aksenoks becomes mayor.
- Latvian National Museum of Art[5] and JFK Olimps football club established.
- Riga Salsa Festival begins.
- 2006
- Riga Planning Region and FK Jauniba Riga football club established.
- City hosts NATO Summit.
- Arena Riga opens.
- City hosts 2006 IIHF World Championship.
- 2007 - Janis Birks becomes mayor.
- 2008 - Southern Bridge opens.
- 2009
- Nils Usakovs becomes mayor.
- Pushkin Statue erected.
- 2010
- Body of European Regulators of Electronic Communications headquartered in Riga.
- Population: 703,260.[12]
- 2013 - November 21: Supermarket roof collapse.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Riga". Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.). New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1910. OCLC 14782424.
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{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d e f Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1960, OCLC 3832886
- ^ a b Arthur Berthold (1935). "Niclas Mollyn, First Printer of Riga, 1588-1625". The Library Quarterly. 5. JSTOR 4302191.
- ^ a b c d e f Latvian National Museum of Art. "History". Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ^ Janis Kirsis (1991). "The Homeopathic Drugstore of Riga". Pharmacy in History. 33. American Institute of the History of Pharmacy. JSTOR 41111378.
- ^ a b c d e f Michael F. Hamm (October 1980). "Riga's 1913 City Election: A Study in Baltic Urban Politics". Russian Review. 39. JSTOR 128811.
- ^ "Riga", Hand-book for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland (2nd ed.), London: John Murray, 1868
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "History of the Museum". National History Museum of Latvia. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ^ "In Riga, Creating an Identity Through the Arts". New York Times. 16 July 2007. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ^ "Movie Theaters in Riga, Latvia". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ^ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
This article incorporates information from the Latvian Wikipedia, Polish Wikipedia, and Russian Wikipedia.
Further reading
- Published in the 18th-19th centuries
- Thomas Nugent (1749), "Riga", The Grand Tour, vol. 2: Germany and Holland, London: printed for S. Birt ...
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- Heinrich August Ottokar Reichard (1784). "Riga (Russland)". Handbuch für Reisende aus allen Ständen (in German). Leipzig: Weygand.
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- William Coxe (1802), "(Riga)", Travels in Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark, vol. 2: Russia, London: Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, OCLC 4765943
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- Mary Holderness (1823), "Riga", New Russia: Journey from Riga to the Crimea, by Way of Kiev, London: Sherwood, Jones and Co., OCLC 5073195
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- Conrad Malte-Brun (1827), "(Riga)", Universal Geography, vol. 6: Europe, Edinburgh: Adam Black
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- David Brewster, ed. (1830). "Riga". Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Edinburgh: William Blackwood.
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- Josiah Conder (1830), "Riga", The Modern Traveller, vol. Russia, London: J.Duncan
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- John Thomson (1845), "Riga", New Universal Gazetteer and Geographical Dictionary, London: H.G. Bohn
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- John Ramsay McCulloch (1880), "Riga", in Hugh G. Reid (ed.), A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical and Historical of Commerce and Commercial Navigation, London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
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- August Michael von Bulmerincq (1898), Die Verfassung der Stadt Riga im ersten Jahrhundert der Stadt (in German), Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, OCLC 35695074
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- Published in the 20th century
- William Harman Black (1920). "Riga, Capital of Livonia". Real Europe Pocket Guide-book. NY: Brentano's.
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- P. Jērāns (1988). Enciklopēdija Rīga (in Latvian). Rīga: Galvenā Enciklopēdiju Redakcija.
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- Gunârs Asaris; Inâra Marana (1996). "Riga, Latvia: Demography and Housing". Ambio. 25. JSTOR 4314431.
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