This is a timeline of Finnish history. To read about the background of these events, see History of Finland.
Year | Date | Event |
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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] |
Year | Date | Event |
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1 | Beginning of the Roman Period. | |
400 | Beginning of the Migration Period. | |
575 | Beginning of the Merovingian Period. | |
800 | End of the Merovingian Period. |
Year | Date | Event |
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1239 or 1256 | The Second Swedish Crusade took place.[3] | |
1278 | Karelia was controlled by Novgorod. | |
1293 | The Third Swedish Crusade took place. |
Year | Date | Event |
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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. |
Year | Date | Event |
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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. |
Year | Date | Event |
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1521 | The Kalmar Union was disestablished. | |
1550 | Founding of Helsinki. |
Year | Date | Event |
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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] |
Year | Date | Event |
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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. |
Year | Date | Event |
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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. |
Year | Date | Event |
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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] |
Year | Date | Event |
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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. |