Timeline of Finnish history

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

## BC

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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]

## 1st millennium

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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.

## 13th century

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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.

## 14th century

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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.

## 15th century

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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.

## 16th century

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1521 |  | The Kalmar Union was disestablished.
1550 |  | Founding of Helsinki.

## 17th century

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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]

## 18th century

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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.

## 19th century

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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.

## 20th century

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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]

## 21st century

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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.

## See also

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* Finland
* History of Finland
* History of Sweden
* History of Russia
* Soviet Union
* Timeline of Helsinki
* Timeline of Swedish history
* Timeline of Russian history
* List of presidents of Finland

## References

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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
8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Former Presidents of the Republic of Finland – The President of the Republic of Finland: Former Presidents". tpk.fi.
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.

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