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more contenders for 1880-1930 from this thread

Date Event Highest occupied floor Roof Architectural top Tip Freestanding Manmade
2010 Burj Khalifa opens Burj Khalifa (621.3) Burj Khalifa (???) Burj Khalifa (828) Burj Khalifa (830) Burj Khalifa (830) Burj Khalifa (830)
2009-01-18 Burj Khalifa topped out Shanghai World Financial Center Shanghai World Financial Center Taipei 101 Sears (now Willis) Tower Burj Khalifa (828) Burj Khalifa (828)
2008-08-28 Shanghai World Financial Center opens Shanghai World Financial Center (474) Shanghai World Financial Center (487.4) Taipei 101 Sears Tower Burj Khalifa Burj Khalifa
2008-04-07 Burj Khalifa exceeds KVLY-TV mast Taipei 101 Taipei 101 Taipei 101 Sears Tower Burj Khalifa Burj Khalifa (in progress)
2007-09-12 Burj Khalifa exceeds CN Tower Taipei 101 Taipei 101 Taipei 101 Sears Tower Burj Khalifa (in progress) KVLY-TV mast
2003-12-31 Taipei 101 opens Taipei 101 (439.2) Taipei 101 (449.2) Taipei 101 (509.2) Sears Tower CN Tower KVLY-TV mast
2000 Sears Tower antenna extension Sears Tower Sears Tower Petronas Towers Sears Tower (527) CN Tower KVLY-TV mast
1998 Petronas Towers opens Sears Tower Sears Tower Petronas Towers (451.9) 1 World Trade Center CN Tower KVLY-TV mast
1991-08-08 Warsaw radio mast collapses Sears Tower Sears Tower Sears Tower 1 World Trade Center CN Tower KVLY-TV mast (628.8)
1978 World Trade Center antenna added Sears Tower Sears Tower Sears Tower 1 World Trade Center (526.3) CN Tower Warsaw radio mast
1975 CN Tower finished Sears Tower Sears Tower Sears Tower John Hancock Center CN Tower (553.3) Warsaw radio mast
1974-05-18 Warsaw radio mast built Sears Tower Sears Tower Sears Tower John Hancock Center Ostankino Tower Warsaw radio mast (646.38)
1974 Sears Tower opens Sears Tower (4??) Sears Tower (442) Sears Tower (442) John Hancock Center Ostankino Tower KVLY-TV mast
1973 World Trade Center opens 1 World Trade Center (413) 1 World Trade Center (417) 1 World Trade Center (417) John Hancock Center Ostankino Tower KVLY-TV mast
1969-04-xx John Hancock Center opens Empire State Building Empire State Building Empire State Building John Hancock Center (457.2) Ostankino Tower KVLY-TV mast
1967 Ostankino Tower built Empire State Building Empire State Building Empire State Building Empire State Building Ostankino Tower (540.1) KVLY-TV mast
1963-08-13 KVLY-TV mast built Empire State Building Empire State Building Empire State Building Empire State Building Empire State Building KVLY-TV mast (628.8)
1963-09-xx WIMZ-FM Tower built Empire State Building Empire State Building Empire State Building Empire State Building Empire State Building WIMZ-FM Tower (534.01)
1962 WTVM/WRBL-TV & WVRK-FM Tower built Empire State Building Empire State Building Empire State Building Empire State Building Empire State Building WTVM/WRBL-TV & WVRK-FM Tower (533)
1959 WGME TV Tower built Empire State Building Empire State Building Empire State Building Empire State Building Empire State Building WGME TV Tower (493.5)
1956-12-xx KOBR-TV Tower built Empire State Building Empire State Building Empire State Building Empire State Building Empire State Building KOBR-TV Tower (490.7[t 1])
1954 KWTV Mast built Empire State Building Empire State Building Empire State Building Empire State Building Empire State Building KWTV Mast (480.5)
1952 Empire State Building antenna added Empire State Building Empire State Building Empire State Building Empire State Building (448[t 2]) Empire State Building (448[t 2]) Empire State Building (448[t 2])
1931-05-01 Empire State Building opens Empire State Building (373.2) Empire State Building (381) Empire State Building (381) Empire State Building (381) Empire State Building (381) Empire State Building (381)
1930-05-28 Chrysler Building opens xxx Chrysler Building (282) Chrysler Building (318.9) Chrysler Building (318.9) Chrysler Building Chrysler Building
1930-04-xx 40 Wall Street opens 40 Wall Street xxx 40 Wall Street (282.5) 40 Wall Street (282.5) Chrysler Building Chrysler Building
1929-10-23 Chrysler Building topped out xxx xxx Woolworth Building Woolworth Building Chrysler Building (318.9) Chrysler Building (318.9)
1913 Woolworth Building opens xxx xxx Woolworth Building (241) Woolworth Building (241) Eiffel Tower Eiffel Tower
1909 Met Life Tower opens xxx xxx Met Life Tower (213) Met Life Tower (213) Eiffel Tower Eiffel Tower
1908 Singer Building opens xxx xxx Singer Building (187) Singer Building (187) Eiffel Tower Eiffel Tower
1901 Philadelphia City Hall opens (155.8) xxx Ulm Minster Mole Antonelliana Mole Antonelliana Eiffel Tower Eiffel Tower
1899 Park Row Building opens (119) xxx Ulm Minster Mole Antonelliana Mole Antonelliana Eiffel Tower Eiffel Tower
1894 Manhattan Life Insurance Building opens (106) xxx Ulm Minster Mole Antonelliana Mole Antonelliana Eiffel Tower Eiffel Tower
1890 Ulm Minster opens xxx Ulm Minster (162) Mole Antonelliana Mole Antonelliana Eiffel Tower Eiffel Tower
1890 New York World Building opens (94) xxx Cologne Cathedral Mole Antonelliana Mole Antonelliana Eiffel Tower Eiffel Tower
1889 Auditorium Building, Chicago opens (82) xxx Cologne Cathedral Mole Antonelliana Mole Antonelliana Eiffel Tower Eiffel Tower
1889 Mole Antonelliana opens xxx Cologne Cathedral Mole Antonelliana (167) Mole Antonelliana (167) Eiffel Tower Eiffel Tower
1889 Eiffel Tower built xxx Cologne Cathedral Cologne Cathedral Cologne Cathedral Eiffel Tower (300[t 3]) Eiffel Tower (300[t 3]
1884 Washington Monument built xxx Cologne Cathedral Cologne Cathedral Cologne Cathedral Washington Monument (169) Washington Monument (169)
1880 Cologne Cathedral built xxx Cologne Cathedral (157) Cologne Cathedral (157) Cologne Cathedral (157) Cologne Cathedral (157) Cologne Cathedral (157)
1876 Rouen Cathedral built xxx Rouen Cathedral (151) Rouen Cathedral (151) Rouen Cathedral (151) Rouen Cathedral (151) Rouen Cathedral (151)
1874 St. Nikolai, Hamburg built xxx St. Nikolai (147) St. Nikolai (147) St. Nikolai (147) St. Nikolai (147) St. Nikolai (147)
1870 Equitable Life Building (New York City) opens (43) xxx Strasbourg Cathedral Strasbourg Cathedral Strasbourg Cathedral Strasbourg Cathedral Strasbourg Cathedral
1647 St. Mary's church, Stralsund spire burnt down xxx Strasbourg Cathedral (142) Strasbourg Cathedral (142) Strasbourg Cathedral (142) Strasbourg Cathedral (142) Strasbourg Cathedral (142)
1625 St. Olaf's church, Tallinn spire burnt down by lightning xxx St. Mary's Church (151) St. Mary's Church (151) St. Mary's Church (151) St. Mary's Church (151) St. Mary's Church (151)
1549 Lincoln Cathedral spire destroyed in a storm xxx St. Olaf's Church (159) St. Olaf's Church (159) St. Olaf's Church (159) St. Olaf's Church (159) St. Olaf's Church (159)
1311 Lincoln Cathedral built xxx Lincoln Cathedral (160[t 4]) Lincoln Cathedral (160[t 4]) Lincoln Cathedral (160[t 4]) Lincoln Cathedral (160[t 4]) Lincoln Cathedral (160[t 4])
2570 BCE Great Pyramid of Giza built xxx xxx xxx xxx Great Pyramid of Giza (146) Great Pyramid of Giza (146)
2600 BCE Red Pyramid of Sneferu built xxx xxx xxx xxx Red Pyramid (105) Red Pyramid (105)
2700 BCE Pyramid of Djoser built xxx xxx xxx xxx Pyramid of Djoser (62) Pyramid of Djoser (62)

Notes:

  1. ^ Fell in a gale in 1959; rebuilt 1960
  2. ^ a b c later reduced to 443m
  3. ^ a b The addition of a telecommunications tower in the 1950s brought the overall height to 324 m (1,063 ft)
  4. ^ a b c d e The central spire was destroyed in a storm in 1549. While the reputed height of 525 ft (160 m) is doubted by A.F. Kendrick,(A.F.K. "The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Cathedral Church Of LINCOLN, by A.F. KENDRICK, B.A". Gwydir.demon.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-11-28.) other sources [which?] agree on this height.

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