Timeline of Finnish history

This is a timeline of Finnish history. To read about the background of these events, see History of Finland.

BC

Year Date Event
9000 BC End of the last ice age in Finland.
8900 BC Finland was inhabited by modern humans.[1]
5300 BC First pottery in Finland.
3500 BC Giant's Church was constructed.[citation needed]
2000 BC Beginning of the Kiukainen culture.[2]
1500 BC Beginning of the Bronze Age.
500 BC Beginning of the Iron Age.[1]

1st millennium

Year Date Event
1 Beginning of the Roman Period.
400 Beginning of the Migration Period.
575 Beginning of the Merovingian Period.
800 End of the Merovingian Period.

13th century

Year Date Event
1239 or 1256 The Second Swedish Crusade took place.[3]
1278 Karelia was controlled by Novgorod.
1293 The Third Swedish Crusade took place.

14th century

Year Date Event
1323 12 August The Treaty of Nöteborg was signed.
1348 Magnus IV of Sweden led a crusade against the Orthodox, but they failed.
1397 The Kalmar Union was established.

15th century

Year Date Event
1403 Eric of Pomerania arrived in Finland.
1407 Eric of Pomerania arrived in Finland again.
1495 Russo-Swedish War (1495–97): The war began.
1497 Russo-Swedish War (1495–97): The war ended.

16th century

Year Date Event
1521 The Kalmar Union was disestablished.
1550 Founding of Helsinki.

17th century

Year Date Event
1610 Ingrian War: The war began.
1611 Gustavus Adolphus became king of Sweden.
1617 Ingrian War: The war ended.
1655 Second Northern War: The war began.
1660 Second Northern War: The war ended.
1661 The Treaty of Cardis was signed with the Russian Empire.
1695 The Great Famine of 1695–1697 began.
1697 The Great Famine of 1695–1697 ended with one-third of the population dead.[4]
1700 Great Northern War: The war began.[5]

18th century

Year Date Event
1703 Saint Petersburg was founded.
1710 27 February The Battle of Helsingborg began.
28 February The Battle of Helsingborg ended with Swedish victory.
1718 Charles XII was killed.
1721 30 August The Treaty of Nystad was signed.
21 September The Great Northern War ended with Russian victory.
Population: 250,000.
1749 Population: 427,000.[6]
1771 Gustav III started a coup d'état.
1788 June Gustav III started a war against Russia.
1790 August Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790): The war ended.

19th century

Year Date Event
1808 21 February Finnish War: The war began.
1809 29 March Diet of Finland was formed.
17 September Finnish War: The war ended.
1818 The House of Bernadotte was established.
1869 The Ecclesiastical Law of 1869 was passed.
1889 The Dissenter Law of 1889 was passed.[7]
1892 Finnish became an official language of Finland.
1899 The Russification of Finland took place.

20th century

Year Date Event
1919 26 July Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg became the 1st president of Finland.[8]
1920 14 October Treaty of Tartu was signed to improve relations with the Soviet Union.
31 December The Treaty of Tartu became effective.
1925 2 March Lauri Kristian Relander became president of Finland.[8]
1931 2 March Pehr Evind Svinhufvud became president of Finland.[8]
1932 Mäntsälä rebellion took place.[9]
1937 1 March Kyösti Kallio became president of Finland.[8]
1939 30 November Winter War: The war began.
1940 13 March Winter War: The war ended.
19 December Risto Ryti became president of Finland.[8]
1941 25 June Continuation War: The war began against Soviet Union.
10 July Finnish conquest of East Karelia (1941): The conquest began.
September Finland conquered East Karelia.
6 December Finnish conquest of East Karelia (1941): The conquest ended.
1944 4 August Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim became president of Finland.[8]
15 September Lapland War: The war began against Nazi Germany.
19 September Continuation War: The war ended with Soviet victory.
1945 27 April Lapland War: The last of the German troops left the country and thus, ending the war in Finland.
1946 11 March Juho Kusti Paasikivi became president of Finland.[8]
1947 10 February The Paris Peace Treaties were signed and restored borders from 1 January 1941.
1952 Finland entered into a passport union.
1956 1 March Urho Kekkonen became president of Finland.[8]
1961 Finland requested membership for the European Free Trade Association.
1975 Finland signed the Helsinki Accords.
1982 27 January Mauno Koivisto became president of Finland.[8]
1982 Keke Rosberg wins the 1982 Formula One Championship, marking him the first Finnish Formula One driver to win a Championship.
1986 Finland became a member of the European Free Trade Association.
1991 A depression took place after an overheating of the economy.
1994 1 March Martti Ahtisaari became president of Finland.[8]
1995 Finland joined the European Union.
1998 1 November Mika Häkkinen wins the Championship against Michael Schumacher, in Japan.
1999 Finland joined the Eurozone.
2000 1 March Tarja Halonen became president of Finland.[8]

21st century

Year Date Event
2006 15 January A presidential election took place.
2007 21 October Kimi Raikkonen wins the Championship against both Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton, in Brazil.
2009 31 December The Sello mall shooting occurred.
2010 12 February In the 2010 Winter Olympics, 95 athletes competed.
2011 17 April The Finnish parliamentary election was held.
16 October The Ålandic legislative election was held.
26 December Cyclone Dagmar struck Finland, making it the worst storm that struck Finland after 10 years.[10]
2012 1 March Sauli Niinistö became president of Finland.[8]
26 May The Hyvinkää shooting occurred.
2013 30 January The Jyväskylä library stabbing occurred.
15 November The 2013 Nordic storms struck Finland.
2014 9 June Vladimir Putin said Finland could join NATO but Russia would have to react.[11]
24 July Two Finnish women were killed working in Herat, Afghanistan.
28 November Same sex marriage was legalized.[12]
2018 28 January A presidential election was held.
2023 4 April Finland joins NATO.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Museovirasto". museovirasto.fi.
  2. ^ Cerezo-Román, Jessica; Wessman, Anna; Williams, Howard (15 June 2018). Cremation and the Archaeology of Death. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-879811-8 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Suomen muinaismuistoyhdistys ry". muinaismuistoyhdistys.fi.
  4. ^ Jutikkala, Eino and Pirinen, Kauko. A History of Finland. Dorset Press, 1988, p. 108
  5. ^ Antti Kujala, "The Breakdown of a Society: Finland in the Great Northern War 1700–1714," Scandinavian Journal of History, Mar–June 2000, Vol. 25 Issue 1/2, pp. 69–86
  6. ^ B. R. Mitchell, European Historical Statistics, 1750–1970 (Columbia U.P., 1978) p. 4
  7. ^ Günther Gassmann et al. Historical dictionary of Lutheranism (2001) p. 296
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  9. ^ "Lapua Movement – Finnish fascist movement".
  10. ^ "phpinfo()". gamla.hbl.fi.
  11. ^ Forsell, Denis Dyomkin (July 2016). "Putin hints Russia will react if Finland joins NATO". Reuters.
  12. ^ "Finnish Parliament approves same-sex marriage | Yle Uutiset | yle.fi". Archived from the original on 19 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2018.