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-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

Timeline of Events

1863

1.4.1863

The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany.

1927

5.14.1927

The Ship is launched at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg.

1938

12.13.1938

The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.

1940

11.16.1940

World War II: In response to Germany's leveling of Coventry, England two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.

1943

7.24.1943

World War II: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian aeroplanes bomb Hamburg by night, those of the Americans by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings.

1945

5.4.1945

World War II: The liberation of the Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg by the British Army.

1960

12.1.1960

Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested then deported from Hamburg, Germany, after accusations of attempted arson.

1962

2.17.1962

A storm kills more than 300 people in Hamburg, West Germany.