Trondheim

city in Trøndelag, Norway

25 dated entries naming Trondheim, drawn from 24 separate years between 997 CE and 1941 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.

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10th century

997Trondheim is founded by King Olav Tryggvason. This will function as the main city and capital of Norway, until Bergen is founded in 1070.source

12th century

1150The 15-year-old King Inge I ("the Hunchback") of Norway calls for a meeting at Bergen of all religious leaders in anticipation that the English cardinal Nicholas Breakspear will find an archbishopric at Trondheim.source
1152The Archbishopric of Nidaros in the city of Nidaros (modern-day Trondheim) in Norway is established.source

13th century

1240May 24 – Duke Skule Bårdsson, claimant to the Norwegian throne, is defeated by King Haakon IV ("the Old") and his supporters. He seeks refuge in Elgeseter Priory in Trondheim, and Haakon burns down the monastery, in which Skule is burned alive. Haakon becomes the undisputed ruler; this ends the civil war era in Norway, after 110 years.source

14th century

1389September 8 – Erik of Pomerania becomes the new King of Norway with the regnal name of Erik III after being elected at Trondheim by the Ting, the kingdom's assembly.source

15th century

1449November 20 – Karl Knutsson, reigning as King Karl VIII of Sweden, is crowned as King Karl I of Norway in a ceremony at Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim.source
1450August 2 – The coronation of Christian I of Denmark as King of Norway takes place at Trondheim.source
1483July 20 – The coronation of Hans, King of Denmark as crowned King of Norway is held at Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim.source

16th century

1537April 1 – The Archbishop of Norway, Olav Engelbrektsson, flees from Trondheim to Lier, Belgium.source
1564February - Sweden pillage the Norwegian provinces of Jämtland, Härjedalen and Trondheim.source

17th century

1670September – Lisbet Nypan was executed by burning at the stake, while her husband Ole Nypan was beheaded, both in Trondheim.source
1680May - Peder Griffenfeld was imprisoned at Munkholmen, outside of Trondheim.source
1685The construction of the Old Town Bridge in Trondheim was finished.source
1686The first Chief of police is hired in Trondheim.source

18th century

1717Seminarium Lapponicum is established in Trondheim, a school for preparing teachers to teach in Sami language.source
173318 July – Christian VI travelled to Trondheim. A poem/speech by Peter Höyer was performed in his honor when he visited the city.source
1752Seminarium Lapponicum established in Trondheim, a school for preparing teachers to teach in Sami language.source
1760Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters was founded in Trondheim by the bishop of Nidaros Johan Ernst Gunnerus, headmaster at the Trondheim Cathedral School Gerhard Schøning and Councillor of State Peter Frederik Suhm under the name Det Trondhiemske Selskab (the Trondheim Society).source
1768January - Gunnerus Library, the oldest scientific library in Norway is opened in Trondheim.source

19th century

1802Det Dramatiske Selskab in Trondheim was founded.source
1810The construction of Lade Mansion in Trondheim is finished.source
1818September 7 – Carl III of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.source
18187 September – Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.source
18605 August - Charles XV of Sweden and Louise of the Netherlands was crowned King and Queen of Norway in Trondheim. Louise was the first queen to be crowned in Norway since the Middle Ages.source

20th century

194121 May – A theatre strike starts in Oslo, spreading to Bergen and Trondheim from the next day, and lasts for five weeks.source