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| 1868 March 2 | First visit by Brahms |
| 1869 | Hochschule opens on Kaiserplatz |
| 1869 | Joachim begins his quartet subscription series |
| 1870 April 1 | premiere of Die Meistersinger |
| 1870 July 15 | France declares war on Germany |
| 1870 November 17 | Joachim’s Quartet plays Brahms Sextet op. 18 |
| 1871 April | Wagner visits, treated like a King, installed as member of Academy of the Arts, met Bismarck |
| 1872 | Hochschule starts giving public performances |
| 1874 | Bargiel joins Hochschule composition faculty |
| 1875 April 26 | Wagner conducts excerpts from Götterdämmerung |
| 1876 March 20 | Premiere of Tristan und Isolde |
| 1876 April 15 | Verdi Requiem performance |
| 1876 | Carl Hair becomes concertmaster of the Bilse orchestra until 1879 |
| 1876 | Charles Villiers Stanford spends 6 months in Berlin |
| 1877 | 14-year-old Emily Shinner is Joachim’s first female student at the Hochschule |
| 1878 | Hans von Bülow performs the last 5 Beethoven Piano Sonatas in one concert |
| 1878 June 2 | Kaiser wounded in assassination attempt |
| 1878 June 13 | Berlin Congress begins |
| 1880 February 27 | First act of Die Walküre |
| 1878 October 30 | Joachim conducts Mendelssohn’s Elias at the Hochschule |
| 1879 | Eugene Ysaye becomes concertmaster of the Bilse orchestra |
| 1879 March | Anton Rubinstein’s concerts are driving Berlin wild |
| 1879 March | Rumor that Joachim is going to Cambridge University |
| 1879 October | Robert Hausmann joins the Joachim Quartet |
| 1879 November | Adelina Patti has made Berlin go crazy |
| 1879 December 2 | The Queen of Sheba by Goldmark is a big success |
| 1880 June 15 | Anhalter Bahnhof opens |
| 1880 | Scharwenka Conservatory founded |
| 1881 | Hermann Wolff founds his “Konzertdirektion” |
| 1881 April | Liszt visits and is given banquet |
| 1881 April | Ring Cycle performed with Wagner and his family present |
| 1882 January | Hans von Bülow conducts the Meiningen Orchestra, Brahms is soloist for his own concerto |
| 1882 January | Heinrich de Ahna named Professor at Hochschule |
| 1882 January 14 | Brahms performs his 2nd Piano Concerto |
| 1882 October 17 | Skating Rink becomes the Philharmonie |
| 1882 May 1 | Founding of the Philharmonic Society |
| 1882 November 3 | Joseph Joachim conducts the Philharmonic Society |
| 1883 | Hochschule moves to 120 W. Potsdamerstrasse |
| 1883 February 18 | Clara plays Schumann Concerto at the Philharmonic Society |
| 1883 April | Pianist Alfred Reisenauer is soloist with the Philharmonic Society |
| 1883 April | Violinist Emile Sauret is soloist with the Philharmonic Society |
| 1883 November 12 | Anton Rubinstein conducts the Philharmonic Society |
| 1884 | Philharmonic Society Founded again |
| 1884 January 28 | Brahms conducts his Third Symphony |
| 1884 March 4 | Hans von Bülow’s first time conducting the Philharmonic Society |
| 1884 April 7 | First complete performance of Die Walküre |
| 1884 | The divorce of Joseph and Amalie Joachim is finalized |
| 1884 November 21 | Dvorak conducts the Philharmonic |
| 1884 November | Hausmann named Professor at the Hochschule |
| 1885 January | Profile of the Joachim Quartet in the Musikalisches Wochenblatt |
| 1885 September 13 | Composition Professor at the Hochschule Friedrich Kiel dies of injuries from a traffic accident |
| 1885 December 9 | Gabriele Wietrowetz plays the Brahms Violin Concerto with the Philharmonic Society |
| 1886 February | Joachim conducts the Brahms Fourth Symphony |
| 1886 October 29 | Eugen d’Albert is soloist with Philharmonic Society |
| 1887 January 31 | Marie Soldat plays the Brahms Violin Concerto with the Philharmonic Society |
| 1887 March | Hausmann plays the Berlin premiere of the 2nd Cello Sonata by Brahms |
| 1887 | First season of the Berlin Philharmonic, Hans von Bülow conductor |
| 1887 | Bolko von Hochberg becomes General Intendant of the Königliche Schauspiele |
| 1888 | Premieres of Das Reingold and Götterdämmerung by the Königliche Oper |
| 1888 12 October | renovated Singakademie and Philharmonie reopen |
| 1888 February | Richard Strauss conducts Philharmonic |
| 1888 January 26 | Karl Halir plays the Brahms and Tchaikovsky Violin Concertos on one concert at the Singakademie, is poorly received |
| 1888 February | Tchaikovsky conducts Philharmonic |
| 1888 February 6 | Premiere of Brahms, Double Concerto at the Philharmonic |
| 1889 January | Grieg conducts Philharmonic Peer Gynt |
| 1889 March 2 | 50-year anniversary of Joachim’s first performance |
| 1889 March 4 | Brahms conducts 1st piano concerto, Bülow playing |
| 1889 March 6 | Bülow conducts Beethoven’s 9th twice on one concert |
| 1888 March 9 | Death of Kaiser Wilhelm I |
| 1889 May | Joachim moves to Bendlerstrasse 17 |
| 1888 June 15 | Death of Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm |
| 1889 September | Sibelius arrives to study with Albert Becker |
| 1889 October | Piano Trio series of Barth, de Ahna and Hausmann become “popular” (cheaper) |
| 1889 October 28 | Dvorak conducts his D minor Symphony at the Philharmonic |
| 1890 January 31 | Strauss’s Don Juan at the Philharmonic |
| 1890 December 10 | Brahms’s Op. 111 String Quintet has its Berlin premiere |
| 1891 February 23 | Tod und Verklärung at the Philharmonic, Strauss conducting |
| 1891 May 31 | Weingartner debut with the Philharmonic |
| 1891 June 2 | Tonkünstlerversammlung in Berlin |
| 1891 December 5 | Mozart celebration in Berlin |
| 1891 December 12 | Brahms Clarinet Quintet and Trio premiere |
| 1891 December 14 | Gedenkfeier for Helmholz |
| 1892 October 3 | Bechstein Hall dedication, with Brahms participating |
| 1892 November 1 | Death of Henrich de Ahna, 2nd violinist of the Joachim Quartet |
| 1893 January 9 | Mottl conducts Philharmonic |
| 1893 February | Edvard Munch is in Berlin |
| 1893 February | Pianists Clotilde Kleeberg, Teresa Carreño-d’Albert, Moritz Rosenthal give concerts |
| 1893 | Gerhart Hauptmann’s Die Weber premiere |
| 1893 May 4 | Pfitzner conducts his music at the Philharmonic |
| 1893 | Conservatories of Klindworth and Scharwenka combine |
| 1893 April | Berlin premiere of Falstaff |
| 1893 October 22 | Premiere of “Nora” by Ibsen (A Doll’s House) |
| 1893 December 29 | Siegfried Wagner conducts Philharmonic |
| 1894 February 12 | Death of Hans von Bülow |
| 1894 April 13 | death of Phillip Spitta |
| 1894 November | Willy Burmester plays an all Paganini concert, causes a sensation |
| 1895 | Wolff writes that ticket sales for the Philharmonic still aren’t even paying for the concert hall rental |
| 1895 October 14 | Arthur Nikisch becomes principal conductor of the Philharmonic |
| 1895 January 28 | Philharmonic debut of Josef Hofmann, 8 years old |
| 1895 March | World Premiere at Philharmonic of Mahler, 2nd Symphony (1st 3 movements) |
| 1896 January | Last visit of Brahms |
| 1896 | Berlin debut of pianist Waldemar Lütschg |
| 1896 March 2 | Leopold Auer plays the Beethoven concerto with the Philharmonic |
| 1896 February 17 | Frederic Lamond plays Tchaikovsky concerto with the Philharmonic |
| 1896 | Theater des Westens opens as an opera venue |
| 1897 January | Wanda Landowska concert |
| 1897 | Carl Hair joins the Joachim Quartet |
| 1897 | The 10-year-old Arthur Rubinstein starts piano lessons with Heinrich Barth |
| 1897 April 3 | Death of Brahms |
| 1897 April 22 | Joachim Quartet concert all Brahms |
| 1897 April 24 | Brahms Requiem |
| 1897 May 7 | Memorial concert for Brahms by the Joachim Quartet (Harry Graf Kessler in attendance) |
| 1897 summer | Musical Courier starts a controversy about Heinrich Barth as a piano teacher |
| 1898 | Waldemar Meyer Quartet starts giving regular concerts |
| 1898 April | Benefit for Mozart-Haydn-Beethoven Denkmal |
| 1898 July 30 | Death of Bismarck |
| 1898 | Richard Strauss becomes Hofkapellmeister of the Königliche Oper |
| 1898 September 20 | Death of Theodor Fontane |
| 1898 | Max Lieberman founds the Berlin Secession |
| 1898 | First edition of Moser’s biography, Joseph Joachim. Ein Lebensbild |
| 1898 | Artur Schnabel moves to Berlin |
| 1899 March 17 | 60-year anniversary of Joachim’s first performance |
| 1899 April 22 | Festival concert at Hochschule with Joachim’s former students making up the orchestra |
| 1899 January | Beethoven Saal built on to the Philharmonie |
| 1899 February 3 | Death of Amalie Joachim |
| 1899 | Stern Conservatory moves to Philharmonie location |
| 1900 January 23 | Nellie Melba in concert with Joachim |
| 1900 | Sibelius in Berlin for concerts |
| 1900 May 20 | Sousa’s band plays at Kroll’s; 23 encores |
| 1900 October | Joachim moves to West Berlin, Grolmanstr. 41 |
| 1900 October 9 | Death of Heinrich von Herzogenberg |
| 1900 | Cezanne exhibition sponsored by Paul Cassirer causes the Kaiser’s wrath |
| 1900 | Joachim is not marrying Nellie Melba |
| 1901 | Bismarck Denkmal finished, Pergamon Museum opens |
| 1901 | Geraldine Ferrar engaged by the Berlin Königlichen Oper for 3 years |
| 1902 January | Donald Francis Tovey gives 4 concerts in Berlin |
| 1902 January | Weingartner conducts Bruckner 8 |
| 1902 February 3 | Death of Hermann Wolff |
| 1902 June | 600th performance at the Oper of Don Giovanni |
| 1902 November 16 | Reinhardt stages Wilde’s Salome |
| 1902 November 2 | Official opening of the new Hochschule complex in Charlottenburg |
| 1902 December | No more trams are drawn by horses, all electrical; first “autobuses” the following year |
| 1903 August | Joachim makes recordings |
| 1903 September | Wagner Monument unveiled in the Tiergarten |
| 1905 January | Sibelius conducts his 2nd Symphony |
| 1905 January | Casals in Berlin |
| 1905 | Joachim with Moser publishes his Violin Method; 3rd ed. Of Joachim’s biography; Fuller-Maitland book on Joachim |
| 1905 | Debut of Enrico Caruso at Theater des Westens |
| 1905 February 9 | Adolph Menzel dies; at their concert that evening the Joachim Quartet plays the Cavatina from Op. 130 for him |
| 1905 February 27 | Opening of the Berliner Dom |
| 1906 February | Hausmann plays Beethoven Cello Sonatas with Dohnányi |
| 1906 October | Handel festival in Berlin |
| 1907 April 6 | Joachim Quartet’s last concert in Berlin |
| 1907 October | Blüthner Hall, Klindworth-Scharwenka Hall, and Choralian Hall open |
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