Finland

67 entries quoted from the Wikipedia articles written per year for Finland, 1896 CE to 2016 CE. Each century below shows a sample spread across it; the year link on a line opens everything held for that year.

19th century

4 entries, 1896 CE to 1896 CE

1896Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland TEKFinland source
1896Free Exhibitions, a free art exhibition, opened.Finland source
189619 August - Vilho Niittymaa, athlete (died 1979)Finland source
189610 May - Antti Ahlström, businessman, founder of Ahlstrom Corporation, 68Finland source

20th century

38 entries, 1917 CE to 1993 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

19176 December – Finnish Declaration of Independence: Finland declares its independence from the Russian Empire following the Bolsheviks taking power.Finland source
1917Confederation of Salaried EmployeesFinland source
191716 March – Governor-General of Finland Franz Albert Seyn is removed from his office and arrestedFinland source
19189 October – Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse is elected King of Finland.Finland source
19186 March – The Finnish Army Corps of Aviation, a forerunner of the Finnish Air Force, is founded. The blue swastika, Viking in origin, is adopted as its symbol, in tribute to the Swedish explorer and aviator Eric von Rosen, who donated the first plane.Finland source
191814 December – Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse renounces the Finnish throne, without setting foot in the country.Finland source
191925 July – Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg is elected President of Finland by the country's Parliament.Finland source
19195 June – Veikko Huhtanen, artistic gymnast (d. 1976)Finland source
1953Finnish Footballer of the Year award (Football Association of Finland)Finland source
195310 May – The 1953 Eläintarhanajot motor race is held at Eläintarha and is won by Rodney Nuckey (UK).Finland source
195329 March – Väinö Kivisalo, politician (b. 1882)Finland source
195523 December – The first film adaptation of Väinö Linna's novel The Unknown Soldier, directed by Edvin Laine, was premiered.Finland source
1956Häädetkeidas Strict Nature Reserve.Finland source
1956Finland participated in the 1956 Summer Olympics, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, in Melbourne, Australia. The team of 72 Finns included 64 competitors. They won a total of 15 medals.Finland source
197815–16 January – 1978 Finnish presidential electionFinland source
197830 September – Finnair Flight 405 aircraft is hijacked by Aarno Lamminparras in Oulu, Finland.Finland source
19788 March – Taneli Tikka, entrepreneur and IT influencerFinland source
197813 March – Kaare Bache, triple jumperFinland source
19791 February – Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, cross-country skierFinland source
197926 August – Mika Waltari, author (b. 1908)Finland source
19904 June - Ville Mäkilä, Finnish former professional football playerFinland source
1991The Iriadamant group established itself in Kittilä.Finland source
1991List of number-one singles of 1991 (Finland)Finland source
19911991 European Figure Skating ChampionshipsFinland source
1993Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993Finland source

21st century

25 entries, 2000 CE to 2016 CE

200016 January to 6 February - 2000 Finnish presidential election with Tarja Halonen elected as the first female president of Finland.Finland source
2000October 1 – Kalle Rovanperä, rally driverFinland source
2001March 2 – The Finnish Medical Association began a doctors' strike that lasted until August 18th.Finland source
2001August 24 – Heino murders: Four teenagers murdered businessman Martti Heino and his wife Elise Heino in Loppi.Finland source
2001February 13 – Kaapo Kakko, ice hockey playerFinland source
2002Kamppi Car Bomb: On 16 July 2002, a car bomb detonated in the Kamppi district of Helsinki. The blast was linked to a rare contract killing.Finland source
2002Myyrmanni Bombing: On 11 October 2002, a bomb exploded at the Myyrmanni shopping centre in Vantaa, near Helsinki. The attack killed seven people and injured around 159 others, including children.Finland source
2002Rally Finland 2002, part of the World Rally Championship, is held in Jyväskylä and won by Marcus Grönholm.Finland source
2002Erkki Salmenhaara – Finnish composer and musicologist (died 19 March 2002).Finland source
200315 April: Parliament of Finland elects Anneli Jäätteenmäki as the nation's first woman Prime Minister.Finland source
200323 May: A Russian nuclear energy company founded a branch to promote its bid for Finland's new nuclear power plant. Competing bids have been submitted by French-German company Framatome and General Electric. Finnish power company TVO will make its selection in the autumn at the earliest, but by the end of the year at the latest.Finland source
200316 April: The Helsingin Sanomat reports that in late March, a RITEG-beacon was disassembled by thieves in Kurgolovo, Russia, who dumped the highly radioactive nuclear material into the Gulf of Finland, 100 km south of Finland.Finland source
200310 May: The first confirmed SARS case is reported in Finland. A man who had been visiting Toronto is now being treated at Turku University Hospital.Finland source
200510 August – A Sikorsky S-76 helicopter of the Finnish company Copterline has crashed into the Gulf of Finland near Estonia's capital Tallinn with 14 on board; eight Finns, four Estonians and two Americans. There are no survivors.Finland source
200523 June – Thousands of workers from UPM-Kymmene and Stora Enso, two leading Finnish companies in the paper industry go on strike over pay and working hours. Finland provides two thirds of the paper supply for the European magazine market. Industry analysts believe that the strike may have serious repercussions on the magazine market of Europe.Finland source
200514 May – Dario Naamo, footballerFinland source
2006July 1: Finland receives the presidency of the Council of the European Union.Finland source
2006January 15: The first round of the 2006 presidential election.Finland source
2006March 29: Partial solar eclipse.Finland source
2006May 20: Lordi wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens, Greece.Finland source
201315-18 November – the 2013 Nordic storms hit FinlandFinland source
2014June 13 – The city council of Pello offers 50 euro to each Finnish speaking taxpayer who changes language to Swedish in order to secure the bilingual Finnish-Swedish regime.Finland source
2016City council of Tampere approved building of light rail system.Finland source
2016December 29 – President Sauli Niinistö appoints Mika Lintilä, an MP for the Centre Party, as the Minister of Economic Affairs.Finland source
2016December 25 – Ten thousand households within Southwest Finland go without power for an hour after an equipment failure at grid operator Fingrid's hub in the town of Uusikaupunki.Finland source