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1596 - Svalbard Discovered Mid-1600s - Russians begin staying over during the winter Early 1600s - Whaling begins 1906 - US businessmen start coal company 1913 - Annual coal production = 300,000 tonnes 1914 - WWI starts 1918 - WWI ends Mid-1920s - Longyearbyen population = 500 1939 - WWII starts 1945 - WWII ends 1970 - North Sea Oil discovered 1970 - Ban on polar bear hunting 1975 - New airport built 1980s - Longyearbyen population = 1,100 2017 - Today 2025 - Renewal of the The Spitsbergen Treaty 1980 - New town centre built 2017 - Longyearbyen population = 2,100 1992 - New airport runway built 1992 - Company town sold to government 1920 - The Spitsbergen Treaty signed

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