Oslo

capital city of Norway

46 dated entries naming Oslo, drawn from 43 separate years between 1048 CE and 2011 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Kristiania, Oslo, Norway in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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11th century

1048The city of Oslo is founded by King Harald Hardrada of Norway (approximate date).source
1070Bergen is founded by King Olaf III of Norway; it will function as the main city and capital of Norway, until it is replaced by Oslo in 1314.source

14th century

1314August 31 – King Haakon V of Norway moves his capital from Bergen to Oslo – where he builds Akershus Fortress, from which Norway is ruled for the next 500 years.source

15th century

1442July 2 – The coronation of King Christopher of Sweden and Denmark as King of Norway takes place in Oslo.source

16th century

1514July 20 – King Christian II is crowned King of Norway in Oslo. This coronation will be the last in Norway for 304 years until the crowning of King Karl III Johan in 1818.source
1531November 5 – Christian II`s invasion force arrives in Oslo.source
1589November 21 – At Oslo, Patrick Vans, Lord Barnbarroch ratifies the marriage contract between King James VI of Scotland, and Anne of Denmark.source

17th century

161017 June – Prince Christian was proclaimed as heir apparent to Christian IV of Norway, in Oslo.source
1624Christian IV renames and moves Oslo after the great fire. He renames the city Christiania.source
162417-20 August – The great city fire of Oslo.source
1624May 24 – The city of Oslo, Norway, is destroyed by fire for the fourteenth time. King Christian IV of Denmark–Norway decrees its rebuilding on a new site, where it will be renamed Christiania.source
1639The Cathedral Hellig Trefoldigheds Kirke in Christiania completed (burned down in 1686).source
1643The first professional book publisher to use printing press in Norway is established in Oslo.source
1643The first professional book publisher to use printing press in Norway is established in Christiania.source
164812 August - King Frederick III was hailed as King of Norway in Christiania.source
1666July - Prince Christian was hailed as heir to the throne of Norway in Christiania.source
1686The Cathedral Hellig Trefoldigheds Kirke in Christiania burned down (completed in 1639).source

18th century

1716April - The forces of Charles XII of Sweden briefly occupy Christiania.source
1737The first Moravian Church congregations in Norway is established in Christiania.source
1744The first Chief of police is hired in Christiania.source
1745The construction of Paléet in Oslo is finished.source
1758A fire destroys parts of Christiania, Norway.source
177026 January - Ballet was performed by Madame Stuart, possibly the first ballet ever performed in Oslo.source
1780The amateur dramatic group Det Dramatiske Selskab is founded in Christiania, Norway.source

19th century

180828 January – The first issue of the newspaper Tiden was published in Christiania (now Oslo).source
1823King Carl III (Karl Johan) ordered to build the royal palace in Christiania.source
1827January 30 – The first public theatre in Norway, the Christiania Offentlige Theater, is inaugurated in Christiania (modern-day Oslo).source
182917 May – Henrik Wergeland became a symbol of the fight for celebration of the constitution at May 17, which was later to become the Norwegian National Day. He became a public hero after the infamous "Battle of the Square" in Christiania.source
18541 September – The first Norwegian railway, Hovedbanen between Oslo and Eidsvoll, is opened. This also constitutes the establishment of the now state owned Norwegian State Railways.source
186310 August – The murder of Knut Grøte in Christiania.source
186612–13 July – The town of Drammen is destroyed by fire, with the flames visible from Christiana (now Oslo) 36 km (22 mi) away. Tingle, Joseph Child (25 August 1866). "A Town in Ashes". All the Year Round. XVI (383). London: 150–153.source
18727 October – The railway line Drammenbanen between Oslo and Drammen is opened.source
1876February 24 – The first stage production of the verse-play Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen premieres, with incidental music by Edvard Grieg, in Christiania (modern-day Oslo), Norway.source

20th century

190525 November – Haakon VII and his family arrived in Christiania (present-day Oslo).source
1910June 3 – The Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, led by Roald Amundsen on the steamer Fram, departs from Christiania (modern-day Oslo). No announcement until later in the year of Amundsen's intention to reach the South Pole.source
1914May 5–October 11 – The Jubilee Exhibition (Jubilæumsutstillingen) is held at Kristiania, Norway, to mark the centennial of the country's constitution.source
1915December 4–18 – The 'Peace Ship' Oscar II chartered by industrialist Henry Ford sails from Hoboken, New Jersey to Oslo on an independent and eventually unsuccessful mission to broker a peace conference.source
194121 May – A theatre strike starts in Oslo, spreading to Bergen and Trondheim from the next day, and lasts for five weeks.source
1952February 14–25 – The Winter Olympics are held in Oslo, Norway.source
1953January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo.source
1966Long-term potentiation (LTP), the putative cellular mechanism of learning and memory, is first observed by Terje Lømo in Oslo, Norway.source
199320 August – The first agreement in the Oslo Accords is signed in Oslo, between by Foreign Minister Shimon Peres for Israel, Mahmoud Abbas for the Palestine Liberation Organization and Secretary of State Warren Christopher for the United States.source
1994February 12 – Edvard Munch's painting The Scream is stolen in Oslo (it is recovered on May 7).source

21st century

2004August 22 – Armed robbers steal Edvard Munch's The Scream, Madonna, and other paintings from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway.source
2010May 25–29 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 takes place in Oslo, Norway, and is won by German entrant Lena with the song "Satellite".source
201121–22 July – New Zealand Prime Minister John Key visits Washington, D.C. in the United States to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama. During their meeting at the White House, Prime Minister John Key and U.S. President Obama send their condolences to the people of Norway following the tragic terrorist attacks in Oslo, and are a reminder that the entire world must work together to prevent future attacks since World War II.source