Timeline:
- 1252: First mention.
- 1350: The Black Death enters the city.
- 1388: The city is given full city rights, as ratified by king Albrekt.
- 1419: Stockholm becomes the capital of Sweden.
- 1471: The [Battle of Brunkeberg]? is won by Sten Sture the elder, and the Danish are ousted.
- 1520: The Stockholm bloodbath is perpetrated by [Cristian II]? of Denmark.
- 1523: [Gustav I]? marches into Stockholm.
- 1622: First preserved map of Stockholm dates from this year.
- 1697: The old castle, Tre Kronor, burns to the ground.
- 1719: The city narrowly escape Russian invasion.