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The following is a [timeline](/source/%3ACategory%3ACity_timelines) of the [history](/source/History_of_Bern) of the [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Switzerland) of [Bern](/source/Bern), [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland).
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==Prior to 19th century==
{{History of Switzerland}}

* 2nd-3rd century CE - Roman settlement abandoned.<ref name="Schelbert2014" />
* 1191 - Bern set up as military outpost by [Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen](/source/Berthold_V%2C_Duke_of_Z%C3%A4hringen).<ref name="Schelbert2014chronology">{{cite book|author=Leo Schelbert|title=Historical Dictionary of Switzerland|year= 2014 |edition =2nd |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-4422-3352-2 |chapter=Chronology |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=XRevAwAAQBAJ&pg=PR21 }}</ref>
* 1218 - Bern becomes a [free imperial city](/source/free_imperial_city) of the Holy Roman Empire.<ref name=haydn1910>{{Citation |publisher = Ward, Lock & Co. |location = London |title = Haydn's Dictionary of Dates |author = Benjamin Vincent |title-link = Haydn's Dictionary of Dates |edition = 25th |date = 1910 |chapter= Berne |hdl = 2027/loc.ark:/13960/t89g6g776?urlappend=%3Bseq=180 |chapter-url = http://hdl.handle.net/2027/loc.ark:/13960/t89g6g776?urlappend=%3Bseq=180 |via=HathiTrust }}</ref>
* 1219 - [Zytglogge](/source/Zytglogge) (tower) built.<ref name="Schelbert2014" />
* 1223 - Theto von Ravensburg becomes {{Interlanguage link multi|Schultheiss von Bern|de}}.
* 1256 - [Käfigturm](/source/K%C3%A4figturm) (tower) built.
*1259 - First mention of Jews in Bern.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Wild, Matt|first=Dölf, Christoph Philipp|title="Zeugnisse jüdischen Lebens aus den mittelalterlichen Städten Zürich und Basel", in: Kunst und Architektur in der Schweiz. Synagogen 56:2|year=2005|pages=14–20}}</ref>
* 1268 - [Nydegg](/source/Nydegg) Castle demolished (approximate date).
* 1270 - [Felsenburg](/source/Felsenburg_(Bern)) (castle) built (approximate date).
* 1285 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Predigerkirche (Bern)|de|3=Französische Kirche (Bern)}} (church) built.<ref name="Schelbert2014" />
* 1289 - April: [Battle of Schosshalde](/source/Battle_of_Schosshalde) takes place; Bern successfully resisted [Rudolph of Hapsburg](/source/Rudolf_I_of_Germany).<ref name=haydn1910 />
* 1298
** Bern allies with Biel, Murten, and Solothurn.<ref name="Schelbert2014chronology" />
** Bern expands to include [Bolligen](/source/Bolligen), [Muri](/source/Muri_bei_Bern), [Stettlen](/source/Stettlen), and [Vechigen](/source/Vechigen).<ref name="Schelbert2014" />
* 1331-1333 - [Gümmenenkrieg](/source/G%C3%BCmmenenkrieg) ([Fribourg](/source/Fribourg)-Bern war).
* 1339 - [Battle of Laupen](/source/Battle_of_Laupen).<ref name="Schelbert2014chronology" />
* 1345 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Golatenmatttor|de}} (tower) built.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}
* 1346
** [Black Death](/source/Black_Death) plague.<ref name="Schelbert2014chronology" />
** [Äussere Neustadt](/source/%C3%84ussere_Neustadt_(Bern)) area developed.
** [Christoffelturm](/source/Christoffelturm) (tower) and [Nydeggkirche](/source/Nydeggkirche) (church) built.
*1348-49 - Pogroms and persecution of the Jews in Bern following the Black Death.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=«Judentum», in: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz HLS online, 2016|url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/011376/2016-02-01/}}</ref>
* 1353 - Canton of Bern joins the [Swiss Confederacy](/source/Old_Swiss_Confederacy).<ref name=HLS-canton>{{citation |title= Bern (Kanton) |trans-title=Bern (canton) |work=[Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz](/source/Historical_Dictionary_of_Switzerland) |url= http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/d/D7383.php |language=de |access-date=30 October 2015 }}</ref><ref name=brit1910/>
* 1380 - Public clock installed (approximate date).<ref name="Rossum1996">{{cite book|author=Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum |author-link=:de:Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum |title=History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders |year= 1996|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-15510-4 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=9Za4jdBEVB4C&pg=PA392 }}</ref>
* 1383-1384 - [Burgdorferkrieg](/source/Burgdorferkrieg) (Kyberg-Bern war) takes place in the [County of Burgundy](/source/County_of_Burgundy).
* 1406 - Construction begins of current [Town hall of Bern](/source/Town_hall_of_Bern).<ref name=brit1910/>
* 1417 - [Bern Town Hall](/source/Bern_Town_Hall) (town hall) built.<ref name="Schelbert2014" />
* 1421 - [Bern Munster](/source/Bern_Munster) construction begins.<ref name=brit1910>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Bern (city) |volume= 3 |last= Coolidge |first= William Augustus Brevoort |author-link= William Augustus Brevoort Coolidge | page = 795 }}</ref>
* 1430 - [Konrad Justinger](/source/Konrad_Justinger) writes ''[Chronik der Stadt Bern](/source/Bernese_Chronicle)'', a history of the city.
* 1470 - ''[Tschachtlanchronik](/source/Tschachtlanchronik)'' (Bern history) compiled.
* 1489 - [Untertorbrücke](/source/Untertorbr%C3%BCcke) (bridge) built.
* 1494 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Antoniterkirche (Bern)|de}} (church) rebuilt.
* 1513 - Town begins to keep bears in the [Bärenplatz](/source/B%C3%A4renplatz).<ref name=brit1910 />
* 1525 - [Printing press](/source/Global_spread_of_the_printing_press) in operation.<ref name="Bouchot1890">{{cite book|author= Henri Bouchot|author-link= Henri Bouchot|editor=H. Grevel |location=London |title=The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time|year=1890|publisher=H. Grevel & Co. |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=5ycxAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA367 |chapter=Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established }}</ref>
* 1528 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Bern Disputation|de}}.
* 1530 - Astronomical clock installed in the [Zytglogge](/source/Zytglogge).<ref name="Schelbert2014" />
* 1532 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Bernese Synod|de|3=Berner Synodus}} adopted.<ref name="Ehrstine2002">{{cite book|author=Glenn Ehrstine|title=Theater, Culture, and Community in Reformation Bern: 1523 - 1555|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r-j3SgmP5NcC|year=2002|publisher=Brill |isbn=90-04-12353-9}}</ref>
* 1543 - [Gerechtigkeitsbrunnen (Bern)](/source/Gerechtigkeitsbrunnen_(Bern)) (fountain) erected on [Gerechtigkeitsgasse](/source/Gerechtigkeitsgasse).
* 1544 - [Simsonbrunnen](/source/Simsonbrunnen) (fountain) erected.
* 1546 - Fountains [Anna-Seiler-Brunnen](/source/Anna-Seiler-Brunnen) (on [Marktgasse](/source/Marktgasse)) and [Pfeiferbrunnen](/source/Pfeiferbrunnen) (on [Spitalgasse](/source/Spitalgasse)) erected.
* 1573 - Munster construction ends.<ref name=brit1910 />
* 1615 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Schallenhaus|de}} (prison) in operation.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}
* 1689 - newspaper ''[Gazette de Berne](/source/Gazette_de_Berne)'' starts to be printed.<ref>{{HDS|043041|author=Ernst Bollinger|Gazette de Bern}}</ref>
* 1700 - Population: 14,219.<ref name=HLS />
* 1718 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Kornhaus (Bern)|de}} (granary) built.<ref name="Schelbert2014" />
* 1720 - [Bern banking crisis of 1720](/source/Bern_banking_crisis_of_1720)<ref>{{cite book| first=Nikolaus |last=Linder |title=Die Berner Bankenkrise von 1720 und das Recht. Eine Studie zur Rechts-, Banken- und Finanzgeschichte der Alten Schweiz|place= Zürich |publisher=Schulthess Juristische Medien |date= 2004}}</ref>
* 1729 - [Church of the Holy Ghost, Bern](/source/Church_of_the_Holy_Ghost%2C_Bern) rebuilt.<ref name="Schelbert2014" />
* 1752 - [Erlacherhof](/source/Erlacherhof) (mansion) built.<ref name="Schelbert2014" />
* 1759 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Ökonomische Gesellschaft|de|3=Ökonomische und Gemeinnützige Gesellschaft des Kantons Bern OGG}} (scientific society) founded.<ref name="McClellan1985">{{cite book|author=James E. McClellan|title=Science Reorganized: Scientific Societies in the Eighteenth Century|year= 1985|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-05996-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UXrpGZ6zsH8C }}</ref>
* 1798 - 5 March: [Battle of Grauholz](/source/Battle_of_Grauholz) takes place in canton; French in power.<ref name=HLS-canton />
* 1799 - [Stämpfli (publisher)](/source/St%C3%A4mpfli_(publisher)) in business.[http://www.staempfli.com/en/staempfli-ag/company/#c6612]

==19th century==

* 1803 - City library active.<ref name=michel-1985 />
* 1815 - Bernischen Musikgesellschaft (music society) founded.<ref name="Grunau1908">{{cite book|author= Gustav Grunau |title=Gedenkschrift zum 50-jährigen Bestehen der Berner Musikschule|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hdosAAAAYAAJ|year=1908|publisher=Grunau |location=Bern |language=de }}</ref>
* 1817 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Rathaus zum Äusseren Stand|de}} (government building) rebuilt.
* 1818 - Population: 18,997.<ref name=HLS />
* 1830 - [Eidgenössisches Schützenfest](/source/Eidgen%C3%B6ssisches_Sch%C3%BCtzenfest) held in Bern.
* 1832
** [Karl Zeerleder](/source/Karl_Zeerleder) becomes mayor.
** Canton becomes administratively independent of city.<ref name="Schelbert2014" />
* 1834 - [University of Bern](/source/University_of_Bern) established.<ref name=brit1910 />
* 1837 - Population: 24,362.<ref name=HLS />
* 1844 - [Nydeggbrücke](/source/Nydeggbr%C3%BCcke) (bridge) built.
* 1846 
**Jews granted freedom of establishment in the canton.<ref>{{Cite web|title=«Antisemitismus», in: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz HLS online, 2009|url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/011379/2009-11-18}}</ref>
**{{Interlanguage link multi|Historical Society of the Canton of Bern|de|3=Historischer Verein des Kantons Bern}} founded.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digibern.ch/katalog/archiv-des-historischen-vereins-des-kantons-bern |work=DigiBern |title= Archiv des Historischen Vereins des Kantons Bern |language=de |access-date= 30 September 2015 |publisher= {{Interlanguage link multi|Universitätsbibliothek Bern|de}} }} (links to fulltext publications of the society)</ref>
* 1848 - Bern becomes capital of Switzerland.<ref name=haydn1910 /><ref name=brit1910/>
* 1850
** ''[Der Bund](/source/Der_Bund)'' newspaper begins publication.
** Population: 29,670 in city; 407,765 in canton.<ref name=population2005 />
* 1851 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Tiefenaubrücke|de}} (bridge) built.
* 1857 - [Federal Palace of Switzerland](/source/Federal_Palace_of_Switzerland)<ref name="Schelbert2014" /> and [Bärengraben](/source/B%C3%A4rengraben) (bear pit) built.
* 1858
** [Bern railway station](/source/Bern_railway_station) opens.
** {{Interlanguage link multi|Musikschule Konservatorium Bern|de}} founded.<ref name="Grunau1908" />
* 1863 - Bernischen Juristenverein (lawyers' association) founded.[http://www.bernischerjuristenverein.ch/]
* 1864 - Catholic [Church of St. Peter and Paul, Bern](/source/Church_of_St._Peter_and_Paul%2C_Bern) built.<ref name="Schelbert2014" />
* 1868 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Chocolat Tobler|de}} in business.
* 1874
** International {{Interlanguage link multi|Weltpostkongress 1874|de}} (postal union meeting) held in Bern; "[Treaty concerning the formation of a General Postal Union](/source/Treaty_of_Bern)" signed.
** [Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland](/source/Christian_Catholic_Church_of_Switzerland) headquartered in Bern.<ref name="europa2004">{{cite book|title= Europa World Year Book |year=2004|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-85743-255-8 |chapter=Switzerland |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=gP_-8rXzQs8C&pg=PA4043 }}</ref>
* 1877 - [Bern Symphony Orchestra](/source/Bern_Symphony_Orchestra) established.<ref name="Lawson2003-19th">{{cite book|editor= Colin Lawson|editor-link= Colin Lawson|title= Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra|year= 2003|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-00132-8 |chapter= Orchestras Founded in the 19th Century (chronological list) |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=1DW1WyiooSMC&pg=PA275 }}</ref>
* 1879 - [Conche](/source/Conche) machine invented by chocolate maker [Rodolphe Lindt](/source/Rodolphe_Lindt).
* 1880
** {{Interlanguage link multi|Engehalbinsel|de}} [oppidum](/source/oppidum) ruins discovered near city.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}
** Population: 44,087 in city; 471,991 in canton.<ref name=population2005 />
* 1886 - International "[Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works](/source/Berne_Convention)" signed in city.<ref name=haydn1910 />
* 1888 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Berner Tramway-Gesellschaft|de|3=Berner Tramway-Gesellschaft (1888)}} founded.
* 1891
** August: 700th anniversary of city founding.<ref name=haydn1910 />
** {{Interlanguage link multi|State Archive of Bern|de|3=Staatsarchiv des Kantons Bern}} founded.
* 1893
** June: Labour unrest.<ref name=haydn1910 />
** {{Interlanguage link multi|Johanneskirche (Bern)|de}} (church) built.
** [Frauenkomitee Bern](/source/Frauenkomitee_Bern) founded.
* 1894 - [Bern Historical Museum](/source/Bern_Historical_Museum) built.
* 1900
** {{Interlanguage link multi|Städtische Strassenbahn Bern|de}} (public transit operator) and {{Interlanguage link multi|Gutenberg Museum (Bern)|de|3=Gutenberg Museum}}[http://www.gutenbergmuseum.ch/en/museum/history/] established.
** Population: 64,227.<ref name=brit1910/>

==20th century==

* 1902 - [Federal Palace of Switzerland](/source/Federal_Palace_of_Switzerland) building expanded.<ref name=brit1910 />
* 1903 - Albert Einstein moves into [Einsteinhaus](/source/Einsteinhaus) on [Kramgasse](/source/Kramgasse).
* 1905
** [St. Paul's Church, Bern](/source/St._Paul's_Church%2C_Bern) built.
** Akademischer Alpenclub Bern (hiking club) formed.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Mountaineering Clubs, 1857-1907 |author=A.J. Mackintosh |journal=[Alpine Journal](/source/Alpine_Journal) |location=UK |year=1907 |url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101076197365?urlappend=%3Bseq=694 |number=177 |hdl=2027/njp.32101076197365?urlappend=%3Bseq=694 }}</ref>
* 1906
** "[International Convention respecting the Prohibition of the Use of White (Yellow) Phosphorus in the Manufacture of Matches](/source/Berne_Convention_(1906))" signed in Bern.
** Anglican [St Ursula's Church, Berne](/source/St_Ursula's_Church%2C_Berne) built.
* 1910
** [Eidgenössisches Schützenfest](/source/Eidgen%C3%B6ssisches_Sch%C3%BCtzenfest) and Swiss Aviation Exhibition held.<ref name=airport />
** Population: 90,937 in city; 578,381 in canton.<ref name=population2005 />
* 1914 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Schweizerische Landesausstellung 1914|de}} (national exposition) held in Bern.
* 1915 - March: International socialist anti-war women's conference held in Bern.<ref name="Docherty2006">{{cite book|author1= James C. Docherty |author2= Peter Lamb |title=Historical Dictionary of Socialism |year= 2006 |edition=2nd |publisher=[Scarecrow Press](/source/Scarecrow_Press) |isbn=978-0-8108-6477-1 |chapter=Chronology |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=JRYjU-L4F7wC&pg=PR21 }}</ref>
* 1918
** {{Interlanguage link multi|Elfenau|de}} park now belongs to city.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/bern/Russische-Fuerstin-wirkte-Wunder-in-Bern-/story/13523418 |title=Russische Fürstin wirkte Wunder in Bern |date=15 September 2012 |work =Berner Zeitung |language=de }}</ref>
** {{Interlanguage link multi|Haupt Verlag|de}} (publisher) in business.[http://www.haupt.ch/Unternehmen/Ueber-uns/?cur=1&force_sid=dbcb4fe293094a51d39669cfc67c7ef3]
* 1919
** [Bümpliz](/source/B%C3%BCmpliz) becomes part of city.<ref name=HLS>{{citation |title= Bern (Gemeinde) |trans-title=Bern (municipality) |work=[Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz](/source/Historical_Dictionary_of_Switzerland) |url= http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/d/D209.php |language=de |access-date= 30 September 2015 }}</ref>
** February: [Second International](/source/Second_International) conference held in Bern.<ref name="Docherty2006" />
* 1920 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Friedenskirche (Bern)|de}} (church) built.
* 1928 - [Schweizeische Ausstellung für Frauenarbeit](/source/Schweizeische_Ausstellung_f%C3%BCr_Frauenarbeit) (women's rights event) held in Bern.
* 1929
** [Bern Aerodrome](/source/Bern_Airport) begins operating.<ref name=airport>{{cite web |url=http://www.flughafenbern.ch/en/corporate/Flughafen-Bern-AG/Geschichte |title=History |publisher=Flughafen Bern AG |series=Bern Airport |access-date= 30 September 2015 }}</ref>
** {{Interlanguage link multi|Alpar AG|de}} airline headquartered in Bern.<ref name=airport />
* 1930 - Population: 111,783 in city; 623,665 in canton.<ref name=population2005 />
* 1933 - [Bern Trial](/source/Bern_Trial) begins.
* 1936 - National [Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents](/source/Party_of_Farmers%2C_Traders_and_Independents) headquartered in Bern.<ref name="Ladner2004">{{cite book|author=Andreas Ladner |title=Stabilität und Wandel von Parteien und Parteiensystemen: Eine vergleichende Analyse von Konfliktlinien, Parteien und Parteiensystemen in den Schweizer Kantonen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tMslBgAAQBAJ|year=2004 |publisher={{Interlanguage link multi|Springer Fachmedien|de}} |isbn=978-3-322-80995-7 |language=de }}</ref>
* 1939
** [Tierpark Dählhölzli](/source/Tierpark_D%C3%A4hlh%C3%B6lzli) (zoo) opens.<ref name="Kisling2000">{{cite book|editor=Vernon N. Kisling|title=Zoo and Aquarium History|year= 2000|publisher=[CRC Press](/source/CRC_Press) |location=USA |isbn=978-1-4200-3924-5 |chapter=Zoological Gardens of Switzerland (chronological list) |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=dxTrR5nOE0UC&pg=PA373 }}</ref>
** ''Berner Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Heimatkunde'' (history journal) in publication.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digibern.ch/katalog/berner-zeitschrift-fuer-geschichte |work=DigiBern |title= Berner Zeitschrift für Geschichte |language=de |access-date= 30 September 2015 |publisher= Universitätsbibliothek Bern }} (links to fulltext)</ref>
* 1940 - [Trolleybus](/source/Trolleybuses_in_Bern) begins operating.
*1941- 1943 – The Bern group ([Lados group](/source/%C5%81ado%C5%9B_Group)) operates secretly to rescue Jews from the [Holocaust](/source/The_Holocaust).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lubrich|first=Naomi|title=Pässe, Profiteure, Polizei. Ein Schweizer Kriegsgeheimnis. Passports, Profiteers, Police. A Swiss War Secret.|publisher=Edition Clandestin, Jüdisches Museum der Schweiz|year=2021|location=Basel/ Biel}}</ref>
* 1947 - [Städtische Verkehrsbetriebe Bern](/source/St%C3%A4dtische_Verkehrsbetriebe_Bern) (public transit operator) established.
* 1949
** {{Interlanguage link multi|Zytglogge Theater|de}} founded.<ref name=Rubin1994>{{cite book |title=World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Europe |editor=Don Rubin |year=1994 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9780415251570 |chapter=Switzerland |pages=[https://archive.org/details/worldencyclopedi0002unse_j6c2/page/828 828+] |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1fDaAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA828 |display-editors=etal |url=https://archive.org/details/worldencyclopedi0002unse_j6c2/page/828 }}</ref>
** {{Interlanguage link multi|Felsenaubrücke|de}} (bridge) and {{Interlanguage link multi|Petruskirche (Bern)|de}} (church) built.
* 1950 - Population: 146,499 in city; 731,550 in canton.<ref name=population2005 />
* 1951 - [Burgerbibliothek of Berne](/source/Burgerbibliothek_of_Berne) (public library) foundation established.<ref name=michel-1985>{{cite journal |author= Hans A. Michel |title=Das wissenschaftliche Bibliothekswesen Berns vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart |journal= Berner Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Heimatkunde |number= 47 |year=1985 |pages= 167–234 |language=de |url=http://retro.seals.ch/digbib/view2?pid=zgh-001:1985:47::203 |via= [ETH-Bibliothek](/source/ETH-Bibliothek) }}</ref>
* 1955 - February: The Romanian embassy [is seized](/source/1955_seizure_of_the_Romanian_embassy_in_Bern).
* 1963 - [Camerata Bern](/source/Camerata_Bern) founded.
* 1969 - [Szeemann](/source/Harald_Szeemann)'s art exhibit "provokes a national scandal."<ref name=heilbrunn11euwcm>{{cite web |url= http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=11&region=euwcm#tabs-2 |title= Germany and Switzerland, 1900 A.D.–present: Key Events |work= Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History |publisher=[Metropolitan Museum of Art](/source/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art) |location=New York |access-date= 30 September 2015 }}</ref>
* 1970 - Population: 162,405 in city; 901,706 in canton.<ref name=population2005 />
* 1977
** [Gurtenfestival](/source/Gurtenfestival) of music begins.
** [Albert Einstein Society](/source/Albert_Einstein_Society) founded.
* 1979
** French-speaking [Canton of Jura](/source/Canton_of_Jura) secedes from mostly German-speaking Canton of Bern.<ref name=bbc-timeline>{{citation |work=BBC News |title=Switzerland Profile: Timeline |date=8 May 2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17988450 |access-date= 30 September 2015 }}</ref>
** ''[Berner Zeitung](/source/Berner_Zeitung)'' (newspaper) begins publication.
* 1982 - 6 September: Polish embassy occupied.<ref>{{citation |work=The New York Times|date=7 September 1982 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/09/07/world/polish-rebels-seize-embassy-in-bern.html |title= Polish rebels seize embassy in Bern }}</ref>
* 1983 - [Old City of Bern](/source/Old_City_of_Bern) designated an UNESCO [World Heritage Site](/source/World_Heritage_Site).<ref name="Schelbert2014">{{cite book|author=Leo Schelbert|title=Historical Dictionary of Switzerland|year= 2014 |edition =2nd |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-4422-3352-2 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=XRevAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA43 }}</ref>
* 1984 - [Regional Transport Bern-Solothurn](/source/Regionalverkehr_Bern-Solothurn) established.
* 1990 - March: Demonstration against federal government keeping secret files on citizens.<ref name="europa2004" />
* 1993 - [Klaus Baumgartner](/source/Klaus_Baumgartner) becomes mayor.
* 1995 
**Jewish religious community of Bern recognised under public law.<ref name=":0" />
**[Bern S-Bahn](/source/Bern_S-Bahn) railway in operation.
* 2000 - Population: 128,634 in city; 957,197 in canton.<ref name=population2005>{{citation |url= http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/fr/index/regionen/22/publ.html?publicationID=743 |title=Evolution de la population des communes 1850-2000 |language=fr |publisher=Swiss Confederation, Federal Statistical Office |format=xls |year=2005 }}</ref>

==21st century==

* 2002 - [House of Religions](/source/House_of_Religions) founded.<ref name="Schelbert2014" />
* 2004 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Buskers Bern Street Music Festival|de|3=Buskers Bern Strassenmusik-Festival}} begins.<ref name=timeout>{{citation |url=http://www.timeout.com/switzerland/bern |title=Switzerland: Bern City Guide |work=[Time Out](/source/Time_Out_(magazine)) |location=UK |access-date= 30 September 2015 }}</ref>
* 2005
** [Paul Klee Centre](/source/Zentrum_Paul_Klee) built.
** [Alexander Tschäppät](/source/Alexander_Tsch%C3%A4pp%C3%A4t) becomes mayor.
* 2007
** 4 August: {{Interlanguage link multi|Kulturzentrum Reithalle|de}} bombing.<ref>{{citation |work=[Der Bund](/source/Der_Bund) |location=Bern |language=de |title=Sprengstoffanschlag auf Reitschule: Prozess könnte noch heuer stattfinden |date= 25 June 2015 |url=http://www.derbund.ch/bern/stadt/Sprengstoffanschlag-auf-Reitschule-Prozess-koennte-noch-heuer-stattfinden/story/21839153 }}</ref>
** October: Political unrest.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/oct/08/international.mainsection |work=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) |location=UK |date= 7 October 2007 |title=Switzerland reeling as radicals create havoc at rightwing political rally }}</ref>
* 2008 - June: [UEFA Euro 2008 Group C](/source/UEFA_Euro_2008_Group_C) football contest takes place in Bern.<ref>{{citation |publisher=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-euro-berne-fans-idUKROG93453720080610 |title= Back to normality for Berne after Dutch invasion |date=10 June 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |publisher=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-euro-swiss-fans-idUKL1234039120080612 |title= Berne police fired pellets on rowdy fans |date=12 June 2008 }}</ref>
* 2009 - [Bärengraben](/source/B%C3%A4rengraben) opens.<ref>{{citation |url= http://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/bern/Chronologie-Ein-Park-mit-einem-zehnjaehrigen-Auf-und-Ab/story/11220341 |title= Chronologie: Ein Park mit einem zehnjährigen Auf und Ab |date=2 July 2010 |work =Berner Zeitung |language=de }}</ref>
* 2013 - Population: 137,980.<ref name=jahrbuch2014>{{citation |chapter-url=http://www.bern.ch/leben_in_bern/stadt/statistik/publikationen/jahrbuch |title=Jahrbuch 2014 |chapter=Bevölkerung |language=de |publisher=Stadt Bern }}</ref>

==See also==
* [History of Bern](/source/History_of_Bern)
* [List of mayors of Bern](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Bern)
* [List of cultural property of national significance in Switzerland: Bern](/source/List_of_cultural_property_of_national_significance_in_Switzerland%3A_Bern)
* [Timelines](/source/%3ACategory%3ACity_timelines) of other [municipalities](/source/Municipalities_of_Switzerland) in Switzerland: [Basel](/source/Timeline_of_Basel), [Geneva](/source/Timeline_of_Geneva), [Zürich](/source/Timeline_of_Z%C3%BCrich)

==References==
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''This article incorporates information from the [German Wikipedia](/source/German_Wikipedia) and [French Wikipedia](/source/French_Wikipedia).''

==Bibliography==
'''in English'''
* {{cite book|editor= William Henry Overall|editor-link= William Henry Overall|title= Dictionary of Chronology|year=1870|publisher=William Tegg |location=London |chapter= Berne |hdl= 2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949?urlappend=%3Bseq=90|chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949?urlappend=%3Bseq=90 }}
* {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Bern (city) |volume= 3 |last= Coolidge |first= William Augustus Brevoort |author-link= William Augustus Brevoort Coolidge | page = 795 |short= 1}}
* {{cite book |year=1912 |edition=2nd |title=Switzerland |series= [Grieben's Guide Books](/source/Grieben's_Guide_Books) |location=Berlin |publisher=Albert Goldschmidt |chapter=Berne |hdl=2027/uc1.$b264107?urlappend=%3Bseq=98 |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b264107?urlappend=%3Bseq=98 }}

'''in German'''
* {{cite book |author=Eduard von Rodt |author-link=:de:Eduard von Rodt |title=Bernische Stadtgeschichte|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1kUwAAAAYAAJ |year=1886 |publisher=Huber & Comp. |location=Bern |language=de }}
* {{cite book |author=Berchtold Weber |title= Historisch-topographisches Lexikon der Stadt Bern |year= 1976 |language=de |url=http://www.digibern.ch/katalog/historisch-topographisches-lexikon-der-stadt-bern |via=DigiBern }} (fulltext)
* {{cite book |editor=Peter Meyer |title= Illustrierte Berner Enzyklopädie |language=de |url=http://www.digibern.ch/katalog/illustrierte-berner-enzyklopaedie |via=DigiBern }} 1981-1987 (fulltext)
* {{cite book |author=J. Sulzer|title= Stadtplanung in Bern |year= 1989 |language=de |display-authors=etal}}
* {{cite journal |title=Festschrift zum 800-Jahr-Jubiläum der Stadt Bern |journal= Berner Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Heimatkunde |number= 53 |year= 1991 |language=de |url=http://retro.seals.ch/digbib/voltoc?pid=zgh-001:1991:53 |via= ETH-Bibliothek }} (fulltext)
* {{cite book |editor1=Ch. Lüthi |editor2=B. Meier |title=Bern: eine Stadt bricht auf |year= 1998 |language=de }}

==External links==
{{Commons category|History of Bern}}
* {{citation |url=http://www.burgerbib.ch/d/publikationen/bibliografie.html |title= Bibliografie der Berner Geschichte |trans-title=Bibliography of the History of Bern |publisher=[Burgerbibliothek of Berne](/source/Burgerbibliothek_of_Berne) |language=de }} 1995–present

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