Helsingfors: All Data
Helsingfors is a city in Finland (with Aland). This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Helsinki: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
1713 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russian Campaign in Finnland
1742 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russo-Swedish War (1741-1743)
1808 AD
Mentioned in Event: Finnish War
1914 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Governatorate of Nyland, part of Russian Empire
1917 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russian Civil War
1917 AD
Mentioned in Event: World War I eastern Front
1917 AD
Capital of Republic of Finland
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Aftermath of World War I
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Finnish Civil War
1918 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Helsinki, part of Finnish Civil War
1918 AD
Capital of Finland (German Protectorate)
1918 AD
Capital of White Finland
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Region of Uusimaa, part of Republic of Finland