Eventos
1596 - Svalbard DiscoveredMid-1600s - Russians begin staying over during the winterEarly 1600s - Whaling begins1906 - US businessmen start coal company1913 - Annual coal production = 300,000 tonnes1914 - WWI starts1918 - WWI endsMid-1920s - Longyearbyen population = 5001939 - WWII starts1945 - WWII ends1970 - North Sea Oil discovered1970 - Ban on polar bear hunting1975 - New airport built1980s - Longyearbyen population = 1,1002017 - Today2025 - Renewal of the The Spitsbergen Treaty1980 - New town centre built2017 - Longyearbyen population = 2,1001992 - New airport runway built1992 - Company town sold to government1920 - The Spitsbergen Treaty signed
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