Timeline of Lübeck
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Prior to 13th century

 1138 – Town sacked.
 1143 – New town founded by Adolf II of Holstein near site of old town.
 1158 – Town ceded by Adolf II of Holstein to Duke Henry the Lion of Saxony.
 1160 – Seat of Catholic diocese of Lübeck relocated to Lübeck from Oldenburg in Holstein.
 1173 – Lübeck Cathedral construction begins.
 1177 – Benedictine  founded.
 1188 – Town charter issued by Henry the Lion.

13th–15th centuries

 1201 – Danes in power.
 1210 – Lübeck Cathedral construction completed (approximate date).
 1226 – Lübeck becomes an Imperial Free City.
 1250 –  (church) built.
 1310 – Marienkirche (church) built (approximate date).
 1312 –  founded.
 1356 – St. Catherine's Church built (approximate date).
 1368 – Hanseatic League adopts Lübeck's city seal.
 1379 – Circle Company founded.
 1408 – Uprising.
 1420 - Paper mill established.
 1442 –  built.
 1444 – Burgtor (city gate) built.
 1450 – Merchants Company founded (approximate date).
 1462 –  becomes mayor.
 1463 – Bernt Notke creates Dance of Death artwork for the Marienkirche.
 1475 - Printing press in operation.
 1477
 Crucifix created by Bernt Notke erected in Lübeck Cathedral.
 Holstentor (city gate) built.
 1491 – Artist Hans Memling creates triptych for the Lübeck Cathedral.

16th–18th centuries
 1515 – St. Anne's Priory built.
 1530 – Protestant reformation.
 1531 – Katharineum (school) opens.
 1533 – Jürgen Wullenwever becomes mayor.
 1535 – Shipowners' Guild house built.
 1586 – Outer Holstentor (city gate) built.
 1630 – Last Hanseatic Diet meets at Lübeck.
 1668 – Dieterich Buxtehude becomes organist at the Marienkirche.
 1697 – Buthman's Bierstube (tavern) in business.
 1793 – Gesellschaft zur Beförderung gemeinnütziger Tätigkeit (charitable society) established.

19th century
 1801 – Town "temporarily occupied" by Danes.
 1802 – Town walls dismantled.
 1806 – 5 November: Town occupied by French forces.
 1810 – 12 November: Town becomes part of the French Empire.
 1813 – French occupation ends.
 1825 – Navigation School founded.
 1832 – Lübecker General-Anzeiger newspaper begins publication.
 1835 –  (newspaper) in publication.
 1851 – Population: town 26,093; territory 54,166.
 1857 - Population: town 30,717; territory 49,324.
 1866 – Lübeck becomes part of the North German Confederation.
 1867 – Wilhelm-Theater opens.
 1868
 Lübeck joins the German Customs Union.
 Schiffergesellschaft (restaurant) in operation.
 1874 –  (church) restored.
 1875 – Population: 44,799.
 1890 – Population: town 63,590; territory 76,485.
 1891 – Sacred Heart Church consecrated.
 1893 –  built.
 1900 – Elbe-Trave canal opens.

20th century
 1904 – City Theatre opens.
 1905 – Population: town 91,541; state 105,857.
 1915 – St. Anne's Museum opens.
 1917 – Lübeck Airport constructed.
 1919
 Ballsportverein Vorwärts Lübeck (sport club) formed.
 Population: town 113,071.
 1921 – Sportvereinigung Polizei Lübeck (sport club) formed.
 1924 – Stadion an der Lohmühle (stadium) opens.
 1942 – Bombing of Lübeck in World War II.
 1945 – VfB Lübeck (sport club) formed.
 1946 - Lübecker Nachrichten and Lübecker Freie Presse newspapers begin publication.
 1948 – Lübecker Kantorei (choir) founded.
 1973 – Lübeck Academy of Music founded.
 1982
 Lübeck Museum of Theatre Puppets established.
 Lübeck Cathedral reconstructed.
 1987 – City centre becomes a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
 2000 –  becomes mayor.

21st century

 2001 – International School of New Media established.
 2005 – Herren Tunnel opens.
 2012 – Population: 211,713.