Turku

city in the region of Southwest Finland, Finland

6 dated entries naming Turku, drawn from 6 separate years between 1229 CE and 1812 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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13th century

  • 1229January 23 – The episcopal seat is moved from Nousiainen to Koroinen (located near the current centre of Turku) by the permission of Pope Gregory IX. The date is starting to be considered as the founding of Turku.source

16th century

  • 1554Mikael Agricola becomes the bishop of Turku.source

17th century

  • 1640July 15 – The first university of Finland, the Royal Academy of Turku, is inaugurated in Turku.source
  • 1676An Åbo Lantdag (assembly) meets in Turku, Finland.source

19th century

  • 1808June 12 – Finnish War: A landing of Swedish troops at Ala-Lemu, near Turku, fails.source
  • 1812April 8 – The capital of Finland is moved from Turku to Helsinki, when Russia's Tsar Alexander I signs an edict moving the Government Council of the Grand Duchy of Finland.source

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