Berlin: All Data
Berlin is a city in Germany. 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
Berlin: 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.
962 AD
Mentioned in Event: Incoronation of Otto I
1241 AD
Mentioned in Event: First Mongol Invasion of Germany
1341 AD
Mentioned in Event: Third Mongol Invasion of Germany
1417 AD
Capital of Electorate of Brandenburg
1619 AD
Mentioned in Event: Union of Brandenburg and Prussia
1619 AD
Capital of Brandenburg-Prussia
1631 AD
Mentioned in Event: Swedish Period
1637 AD
Mentioned in Event: North German Front (Sweden)
1643 AD
Mentioned in Event: North German Front (Sweden)
1644 AD
Mentioned in Event: North German Front (Sweden)
1656 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second Northern War
1656 AD
Capital of Prussia (Swedish Vassal)
1701 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Prussia
1757 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russian invasion of Brandenburg (Third Silesian War)
1757 AD
Mentioned in: 1757 raid on Berlin, part of Third Silesian War
1760 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russian invasion of Brandenburg (Third Silesian War)
1760 AD
Mentioned in: 1760 raid on Berlin, part of Third Silesian War
1762 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russia switches sided
1806 AD
Mentioned in Event: Prussian Campaign (War of the Fourth Coalition)
1813 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Dennewitz, part of War of the Sixth Coalition
1871 AD
Mentioned in Event: Unification of Germany (1871)
1871 AD
Capital of German Empire
1871 AD
Subdivision Capital of the State of Kingdom of Prussia, part of German Empire
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Republic proclamation in Germany
1918 AD
Capital of Weimar Republic
1919 AD
Subdivision Capital of the State of Free State of Prussia, part of Weimar Republic
1922 AD
Subdivision Capital of the State of Free State of Prussia, part of Weimar Republic
1929 AD
Subdivision Capital of the State of Free State of Prussia, part of Weimar Republic
1933 AD
Capital of Nazi Germany
1933 AD
Subdivision Capital of the State of Free State of Prussia, part of Nazi Germany
1934 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Gau of Groß-Berlin, part of Nazi Germany
1945 AD
Mentioned in Event: Allied occupation of Germany
1945 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battle of Berlin
1945 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Berlin, part of Battle of Berlin
1949 AD
Mentioned in Event: End of World War II in Europe
1949 AD
Subdivision Capital of the State of Berlin, part of Federal Republic of Germany
1961 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Bezirk of Berlin, part of Democratic Republic of Germany
1990 AD
Mentioned in Event: German Reunification
1990 AD
Subdivision Capital of the State of Berlin, part of Federal Republic of Germany
2000 AD
Capital of Federal Republic of Germany