1300

Eberswalde receives the rights to hold markets

1317

Relocation of the Frankfurt upon Oder - Stettin trade route; it now runs via Eberswalde

1375-1877

Names "Neustadt" (New Town) and / or "Neustadt-Eberswalde" (Eberswalde New Town) used

1499

Great fire

1532

First provisional urban industrial settlements in the Schwärze Valley, two copper workshops and the first paper mill in the Mark Brandenburg region

1605-1620

Construction of the first Finow Canal, destroyed during the Thirty Years' War from 1618-1648

1691

Settlement of Swiss families in "Schweizer Straße" (Swiss Street)

1746

The second Finow Canal is opened. It connects the rivers Havel and Oder and is soon to become the region's lifeline.

1743-1755

Settlement of knife-makers and scissor-makers from Ruhla (in Thuringia), development of a steel and iron factory

1750-1898

First spa in Eberswalde, numerous spa businesses are started (ferrous springs)

1830

Relocation of the Forest Academy from Berlin to Eberswalde, lecture classes until 1860 by Friedrich Leopold Pfeil

1842

Berlin - Eberswalde - Stettin railroad line opened

1878

Setting up of the Royal Workshop for Repairs of Locomotives and Train Cars, which later became the "Reichsbahnausbesserungswerk"

1892

"Internationen Verbandes forstlicher Versuchsanstalten (IUFRO)" founded in Eberswalde

1905

Opening of the New Town Hall in Breite Straße

1910-1940

Streetcars in operation

1911

Eberswalde becomes an independent town (i.e. an administrative district in its own right)

1912

Eberswalde enterprise Ardelt opens new facilities in Heegermühler Straße

1913

The Eberswalde Gold Treasure is found during excarvations in "Messingwerksiedlung". It is the most important gold find of the Bronze Age in Germany.

1914

Hohenzollern Canal opened, current name "Oder-Havel-Canal"

1940

Trolley busses used as means of public transportation

1945

German Air Force destroys the old part of Eberswalde in April.

1963

The Department of Forestry is closed for political reasons.

1970

Eberswalde and Finow become "Eberswalde-Finow".

1978

Opening of the residential area "Max Reimann" (with a population of approx. 15,000 people in 1989), renamed "Brandenburgisches Viertel" in 1993

1984

First "Märkisches Volksfest" (fair)

1990

After brutal racist attacks, Mr. Amadeu Antonio, an Angolan migrant worker, dies on 6th December. From now on, every year on this day commemorating events take place.

1992

Legislation passed to redevelop the town. Foundation of the University of Applied Sciences of Eberswalde, lecture classes resume.

1993

Creation of Barnim County, Eberswalde becomes the county seat. The villages of Sommerfelde and Tornow become parts of Eberswalde.

1994

Withdrawal of all remaining Russian armed forces.

1996

• Opening of the "Rathauspassage" - a shopping centre near the old part of town
• foundation of the "Kommunale Arbeitsgemeinschaft Region Finowkanal (KAG)" (association to promote local development in the Finow Canal region)

1997

• Reopening of the town museum in the renovated Eagle-Pharmacy - the town's oldest half timbered building
• Opening of the annex to the Eberswalde Werner Forßmann Hospital
• Opening of the new building for the University of Applied Sciences, economics  department and caféteria
• In March: opening of the new municipal library in the "Rathauspassage"; 1,500 square metres of floor space are made available.
• Prof. Gunther Wolff receives the Federal Cross of Merit for his long-standing honorary  cultural engagement.

1998

• The "Anneliese" sails from Eberswalde via Bonn to Brussels (PR tour)

1999

• Opening of the new library building of the University of Applied Sciences of Eberswalde
• 11th September
  World sensation: for the first time the world's biggest pocket watch, which was created by Wilfried Schwuchow, is opened at the Family Garden in Eberswalde. This event has been published in The Guiness Book of Records.

2000

• 10th April
  Opening of the Eberswalde inland port Operated by Technische Werke Eberswalde GmbH
• November
  In the town centre the re-designed "Park am Weidendamm" (park) is officially opened. Its size is 26,950 square meters.

2001

• Irene Vahl and Christiane Grunert receive the Federal Cross of Merit for their honorary cultural engagement.
   Retired church superintendent Erich Schuppan receives the Federal Cross of Merit for his life-long service for humanism and tolerance.
• September
  "Tour de Tolérance" - an event organized by the town of Eberswalde with more than 1,000 cyclists going from Eberswalde via Bernau and Berlin to Potsdam where the tour ends with a rally for tolerance and against xenophobia.

2002

• April to October
  The 2002 State of Brandenburg Gardening Exhibition takes place in Eberswalde. More than 600,000 visitors see the modern horticultural show with many flowers and numerous leisure time activities staged on the post-industrial land near the Finow Canal.
• October
  Eberswalde receives a bronze plaque (national prize) for its combined efforts concerning town renewal activities, protection of historical monuments and urban planning from the "Städtebaukongress der Bundesregierung".

2003

• March
  The so-called "Familiengarten" (Family Garden) is opened on the former grounds of the 2002 State of Brandenbug Gardening Exhibition.
• August
  Opening of the "Sporthallenkomplex Westend" (gym) and the "baff" (indoor swimming pool with numerous pools, giant slide, small outdoor pool and spa area).

2004

• Eberswalde celebrates its 750th birthday. Celebrations lasted one year. One climax was the parade with more than 4,000 citizens of Eberswalde dressed up in the historical costumes. A booklet entitled "Zeitzeichen" (sings of the times) is published.
• 4th September: The "BRANDENBURG-TAG 2004" (state fair) is staged in Eberswalde. The town welcomes more than 140,000 visitors who enjoy a wealth of activities in beautiful sunshine and eat among many other things a giant plum cake of 16 square metres and a 40-kilogram giant meatball.

 2005

• March
  100th anniversary of the "Heimatverein" (Local History Association)
  100th anniversary of the town museum
• April
  Opening of the Wald-Solar-Heim
• April
  Construction begins on the Paul-Wunderlich-Haus at the market square, which had been destroyed 60 years ago
• November
  Karin Friese receives the Federal Cross of Merit for her long-standing engagement with the Local History Association, especially in the field of numismatics.

2006

• 1st January: Spechthausen becomes part of Eberswalde 
• 13th March: altar of the Maria-Magdalenen-Church is 400 years old
• 7th April: "Landesklinik" (state hospital) becomes part of "Gesellschaft für Leben
• 28th April: town museum head Ms. Ingrid Fischer retires
• 1st May: 15th anniversary of "Die Mühle e.V." ("The Mill", local artists' club)
• 23rd May: funeral of Dr. Ernst Römer, art collector and benefactor of the Paul-Wunderlich-Foundation
• 24th May: roofing ceremony of the new county administration building in Eberswalde
• 14th June: State of Brandenburg Cross of Merit awarded to Prof. Gunther Wolff, chair person of the association "Choriner Musiksommer" (annual series of classical music concerts at the Monastery of Chorin)
• 29th June: roofing ceremony at the wood power station
• 16th July: mayor Reinhard Schulz is voted out of office
• 26th July: re-election of Prof. Wilhelm-Günter Vahrson as president of the University of Applied Sciences of Eberswalde for six more years 
• 29th July: 1st so-called "Lange Zoonacht" (zoo stays open for one night) 
• since August: Hoffungstaler Werkstätten gGmbH are the new tenants of "Haus Schwärzetal"
• 3rd September: retired church general superindentent Mr. Erich Schuppan dies
• 4th October: opening of the new "Bahnhofsbrücke" (bridge over the railway tracks)
• 29th October: runoff elections for mayor of Eberswalde with remaining candidates Friedhelm Boginski and Carsten Bockhardt will have to be held
• 5th November: the "Evangelisches Gemeineszentrum" (protestant community center) is given a new name: "Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Haus" 
• 6th November: symposium to mark the 50th anniversary of the Nobel Prize in medicine which was awarded to Dr. Werner Forßmann on 18th October 1956
• 19th November: Friedhelm Boginski is elected new mayor of Eberswalde
• 1st December: secondary schools are now run by Barnim County 
• 2nd December: "Rathauspassage" (shopping centre) celebrates its 10th anniversary
• 11th December: opening of a weather monitoring unit on the campus of the University of Applied Sciences by meteorologist Dr. Jörg Kachelmann
• 29th December: local chronicler Mr. Ludwig Arendt dies

2007

• 12th January: first public New Year Reception in the Maria-Magdalenen Church
• 25th January: town council against incineration plant
• 11th February: 175th anniversary of the Protestant day care facility ("Evangelischer Kindergarten") 8th April: unveiling of a Günter Schulz Memorial (former director of the Eberswalde Zoo)
• 08.04. Einweihung eines Denkmals für den ehemaligen Tierparkchef Günter Schulz 
• 60th anniversary of the Educational Institute for the Deaf in Eberswalde
• 13th April: re-designed market square now open to the public
• 25th May: Laundry Museum opened in Finow
• 27th June: first County Council meeting in the new Paul-Wunderlich-Haus
• 1st July: opening of the Paul-Wunderlich-Haus in the presence of the German chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel
• 7th July: Sommerfelde is 700 years old
• 14th July: premiere of "Guten Morgen Eberswalde" (Good Morning Eberswalde) 
• 13th August: Prof. Albert Richter dies
• 22nd August: citizens' initiative "9. November" (9th of November) is founded 
• 27th August: new central bus station including P + R facilities opposite the station can now be used by the public 
• 31st August: "Eberswalder Informations-Centrum für Holz und Energie E.I.C.H.E. e.V." (Wood and Energy Information Centre--E.I.C.H.E) is opened
• 2nd September: 1st Eberswalde Town Race with 125 participating teams
• 14th September: 10th anniversary of the Museum in der Adler Apotheke (town museum)
• 3rd November: 35 years of R & B Collegium
• 30th November: sculpture of "Spritzkuchenjunge Gustav" (Gustav the doughnut seller) erected in the station lobby
• 4th December: opening of the renovated "Finower Wasserturm" (Finow water tower)
• 14th December: 15th anniversary of the "Zweckverband für Wasserentsorgung und Abwasserentsorgung ZWA" (public utility for water supply and waste water disposal)

2008

• 1st January: "Institut für Waldökologie und Waldinventuren" ("Institute for Forest Ecology and Forest Stocktakings" becomes part of the newly founded "Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut Ländliche Räume, Wald und Fischerei (vTI)" ("Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institute, Federal research institute for rural areas, forests and fisheries (vTI)")
• 11th January: public New Year Reception by the mayor at "Walzwerk Finow"
• 17th January: first prize for start-up company KomForst GbR, for creating a "RuheForst" (woodland burial ground) near Eberswalde
• 22nd January: "Lebenshilfe Barnim" community centre for people with and without disabilities opened in Breite Straße
• 18th January: after more than 50 years "Freiwillige Feuerwehr Finow" (voluntary fire brigade) receives a new fire truck again
• 23rd January: 15th anniversary of the "Eberswalder Kulturbund" (culture society)
• 26th January: major fire at the Waldsolarheim
• 14th February: Hans-Joachim Blomenkamp is elected chairperson of the newly founded "Kulturbeirat" (culture advisory board's)
• 15th February/16th February: "Jugend musiziert" (competition for young musicians)
• 18th February: mayor Mr. Friedhelm Boginski travels to Eberswalde's twin town of Delmenhorst to meet its mayor Mr. Patrick de La Lanne
• 25th February: 10th anniversary of "Tagesstätte der Volkssolidarität Barnim für chronisch psychisch kranke Menschen" (day care facility for chronically mentally ill people)
• 25th February: Manfred Brandt, Peter Grundmann, Renate Lade, Torsten Pelican, Sandra Schlöricke, Werner Staven, Britta Stöwe, Jan Toron, Ingrid Welke, Nelly Zeller and the association "Märkische Eiszeitstrasse" are honoured for their voluntary services
• February: former bus station in Heegermühler Straße is torn down
• 8th March: 300th anniversary of Spechthausen
• 19th April: first fair for the 50+ generation
• 24th April: town council agrees to reconstruct Erich-Mühsam-Straße with cobble stones
• 26th April: first childen's and youth festival
• 8th May: Peter Kikow becomes chairperson of the "Stadtseniorenbeirat"
• 9th May: opening of the in line skater alley in the "Brandenburgisches Viertel"
• 14th May: opening of the "TriangleTour" rent-a-canoe-stop in Bergerstraße
• 19th May: opening of the reconstructed square in front of the station
• 23rd May: laying of the foundation stone for the annex of "Westendschule"
• 5th June: Felix Rosenblüth (first Minister of Justice of Israel) commemorative table unveiled at "Altes Hüttenamt" in "Messingwerksiedlung"
• 6th June: 15th anniversary of the twin town relationship between the towns of Eberswalde and Delmenhorst
• 7th June: "FinE"--town festival
• 7th June: opening day of the 15th "Brandenburgische Seniorenwoche" (week of senior citizens in the state of Brandenburg)
• 13th June: opening of the Ice Age area with animal enclosure and playground at the Eberswalde Zoo
• 14th/15th June: third "Erlebnismesse Mensch & Gesundheit" (fair: human beings & health")
• 18th June: roofing ceremony for the new school building of "Kinder- und Jugendakademie" (private school)
• 20th June: Ms. Helga Thomé receives the "Band für Mut und Verständigung 2008“ award for her activities against extreme right wing violence
• 29th June: Prod. Paul Wunderlich becomes an honorary citizen of Eberswalde
• 2nd July: "Kranbau Eberswalde" changes its name to "Kirow Ardelt AG"
• 8th July: opening of the new consumer protection agency in Heegermühler Straße
• 9th July: laying of the foundation stone for the annex of "Schulstandort Mitte"
• 12th July: first anniversary of "Guten Morgen Eberswalde"
• 12th July: 60th anniversary of the theatre group "Waggon-Komödianten" formerly called "Arbeitertheater RAW 8. Mai"
• 23rd August: celebrations to mark the 80th anniversary of the zoo and the 145th anniversary of the Mücke Memorial
• 31st August: Mrs. Marion Boginski is awarded the Ehm-Welk-Literaturpreis (literature award)
• 6th September: 85th anniversary of "Freiwillige Feuerwehr Sommerfelde" (voluntary fire  brigade)
• 11th September: "Westendschule" is renamed "Karl-Sellheim-Schule"
• 14th September: Finow water tower festival
• 23rd September: Eberswalde receives "Ort der Vielfalt" award (place of diversity award)
• 25th September: "Jüdische Laubhütte" (Jewish hut) in "Messingwerksiedlung" opened
• 27th September: 10th anniversary of the "Freie Montessorischule" (private primary school)
• 28th September: only 35.3% of the electorate exercise their right to vote in local elections
• 4th to 10th October: "Filmfest Eberswalde" (film festival")
• 6th October: Dr. Stefan Neubacher becomes head of the "Kulturamt" (town's department of culture and leisure)
• 10th Ocotober: tire warehouse in Nordend emptied
• 18th October: 1st so-called "Lange Nacht der Wirtschaft" (long night of the economy)
• 23rd October: first meeting of the newly elected town council
• 1st November: opening of the "Palmenhof" hotel near the market square
• 9th November: presentation of the "Eberswalder Gedenkbuchs für die jüdischen Opfer des Nationalsozialismus"  (a history of Jewish life in Eberswalde)
• 28th November: opening of the artificial ice-skating rink on the market square
• 4th December: completion of the renovated "Torbogenhaus" in "Messingwerksiedlung"
• 12th December: opening of the youth club "Stino" in a renovated building at the former bus station