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| 1826 Nov 27 | Berlin premiere of Beethoven’s Ninth, conducted by Carl Möser | | | | | |
| 1831 August | Cholera epidemic | | | | | |
| 1831 November 14 | Hegel’s death from cholera | | | | | |
| 1832 | Müller Brothers Quartet’s first visit | | | | | |
| 1832 June 20 | Meyerbeer, Robert der Teufel Berlin premiere | | | | | |
| 1833 | Debut of 11 year old violinist Julius Stern, and his sister is a pianist | | | | | |
| 1840 | Ole Bull | | | | | |
| 1840 | Clara Wieck | | | | | |
| 1841 | Guiditta Pasta | | | | | |
| 1841 April 2 | Spontini’s last time conducting | | | | | |
| 1841 Oct 10 | Mendelssohn named Kgl. Preußischer Kapellmeister | | | | | |
| 1841 Dec | Liszt’s first visit | | | | | |
| 1842 | Königliche Kapelle concert series established | | | | | |
| 1842 May 20 | Berlin premiere of Meyerbeer’s Die Hugenotten | | | | | |
| 1843 | Ferdinand Laub, 9 years old, in 2 concerts in Berlin | | | | | |
| 1843 | Carl Liebig’s Capelle established | | | | | |
| 1843 August 18 | Opera house burns down | | | | | |
| 1844 | Jenny Lind | | | | | |
| 1844 | Krolls Etablissement opens | | | | | |
| 1844 January 7 | premiere of Der Fliegende Holländer | | | | | |
| 1846 March 26 | Vieuxtemps, Beethoven Violin Concerto | | | | | |
| 1846 | Jenny Lind in Norma | | | | | |
| 1847 | Premiere of Rienzi, Wagner conducting | | | | | |
| 1848 March 8 | Berlin premiere of Mendelssohn’s Elias | | | | | |
| 1848 | Pauline Viardot | | | | | |
| 1851 | Deaths of Lortzing, Möser, Spontini | | | | | |
| 1851 | Visit by Benjamin Bilse from Liegnitz | | | | | |
| 1852 Dec 13 | Joachim’s debut: Beethoven Violin Concerto | | | | | |
| 1853 | Pauline Viardot | | | | | |
| 1854 | Joachim and Clara concerts | | | | | |
| 1855 | Hans von Bülow teaching at Stern | | | | | |
| 1855 | Schubert Quintet premiere | | | | | |
| 1855 | Anton Rubinstein | | | | | |
| 1855 | Stern Orchesterverein concerts | | | | | |
| 1855 Dec | Liszt fest with Stern Orchesterverein | | | | | |
| 1856 Jan 9 | Berlin premiere of Tannhäuser | | | | | |
| 1856 | Laub teaching at Stern | | | | | |
| 1855 | 14-year-old Tausig performance | | | | | |
| 1858 | Queen Victoria visits Berlin | | | | | |
| 1858 | death of Sigfried Dehn | | | | | |
| 1858 March 10 | 300th performance of Der Freischütz | | | | | |
| 1868 March 2 | First visit by Brahms | | | | | |
| 1859 | Hans von Bülow conducted Liszt “Die Ideale” with Liszt present | | | | | |
| 1859 Jan 23 | Lohengrin premiere | | | | | |
| 1860 | Death of Ludwig Rellstab | | | | | |
| 1862 | Kiel Requiem premiere | | | | | |
| 1864 | Heinrich de Ahna teaching at Stern | | | | | |
| 1867 Dec 21 | Bilse’s first concert in Konzerthaus | | | | | |
| 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 installed as member of Academy of the Arts, gives concerts | | | | | |
| 1872 | Hochschule starts giving public performances | | | | | |
| 1872 Nov 29 | Brahms Requiem premiere | | | | | |
| 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 | | | | | |
| 1876 | Carl Hair and Cesar Thomsen are concertmasters of the Bilse orchestra | | | | | |
| 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 Jan | Bilse concert with Brahms Symphony No. 1 | | | | | |
| 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 | | | | | |
| 1878 Sept 14 | Bilse: Brahms Symphony No. 2 | | | | | |
| 1878 October 30 | Joachim conducts Mendelssohn’s Elias at the Hochschule | | | | | |
| 1878 Oct | 300th performance of Fledermaus | | | | | |
| 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 | | | | | |
| 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 | | | | | |
| 1879 December 30 | benefit concert in synagogue | | | | | |
| 1880 February 27 | First act of Die Walküre | | | | | |
| 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 | | | | | |
| 1881 April | Dvorak in Berlin | | | | | |
| 1881 July 7 | Schliemann made honorary citizen of Berlin | | | | | |
| 1881 Oct | Scharwenka opens his Conservatory | | | | | |
| 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 Jan | Brahms visits 2nd Piano Concerto | | | | | |
| 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 | | | | | |
| 1885 Oct 15 | Kotek’s concert with 3 concertos | | | | | |
| 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 Oct 21 | 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 | Singakademie reopens with organ added, electric light | | | | | |
| 1888 January 26 | Karl Halir plays the Brahms and Tchaikovsky Violin Concertos on one concert, is poorly received | | | | | |
| 1888 February 6 | Premiere of Brahms, Double Concerto at the Philharmonic | | | | | |
| 1888 February | Richard Strauss conducts Philharmonic | | | | | |
| 1888 February 8 | Tchaikovsky conducts Philharmonic | | | | | |
| 1888 October 5 | Renovated Philharmonie opens | | | | | |
| 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 | | | | | |
| 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 | | | | | |
