User:Jnestorius/Chronology of tallest buildings
more contenders for 1880-1930 from this thread
| Date | Event | Highest occupied floor | Roof | Architectural top | Tip | Freestanding | Manmade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Burj Khalifa opens | Burj Khalifa (621.3) | Burj Khalifa (???) | Burj Khalifa (828) | Burj Khalifa (830) | Burj Khalifa (830) | Burj Khalifa (830) |
| 2009-01-18 | Burj Khalifa topped out | Shanghai World Financial Center | Shanghai World Financial Center | Taipei 101 | Sears (now Willis) Tower | Burj Khalifa (828) | Burj Khalifa (828) |
| 2008-08-28 | Shanghai World Financial Center opens | Shanghai World Financial Center (474) | Shanghai World Financial Center (487.4) | Taipei 101 | Sears Tower | Burj Khalifa | Burj Khalifa |
| 2008-04-07 | Burj Khalifa exceeds KVLY-TV mast | Taipei 101 | Taipei 101 | Taipei 101 | Sears Tower | Burj Khalifa | Burj Khalifa (in progress) |
| 2007-09-12 | Burj Khalifa exceeds CN Tower | Taipei 101 | Taipei 101 | Taipei 101 | Sears Tower | Burj Khalifa (in progress) | KVLY-TV mast |
| 2003-12-31 | Taipei 101 opens | Taipei 101 (439.2) | Taipei 101 (449.2) | Taipei 101 (509.2) | Sears Tower | CN Tower | KVLY-TV mast |
| 2000 | Sears Tower antenna extension | Sears Tower | Sears Tower | Petronas Towers | Sears Tower (527) | CN Tower | KVLY-TV mast |
| 1998 | Petronas Towers opens | Sears Tower | Sears Tower | Petronas Towers (451.9) | 1 World Trade Center | CN Tower | KVLY-TV mast |
| 1991-08-08 | Warsaw radio mast collapses | Sears Tower | Sears Tower | Sears Tower | 1 World Trade Center | CN Tower | KVLY-TV mast (628.8) |
| 1978 | World Trade Center antenna added | Sears Tower | Sears Tower | Sears Tower | 1 World Trade Center (526.3) | CN Tower | Warsaw radio mast |
| 1975 | CN Tower finished | Sears Tower | Sears Tower | Sears Tower | John Hancock Center | CN Tower (553.3) | Warsaw radio mast |
| 1974-05-18 | Warsaw radio mast built | Sears Tower | Sears Tower | Sears Tower | John Hancock Center | Ostankino Tower | Warsaw radio mast (646.38) |
| 1974 | Sears Tower opens | Sears Tower (4??) | Sears Tower (442) | Sears Tower (442) | John Hancock Center | Ostankino Tower | KVLY-TV mast |
| 1973 | World Trade Center opens | 1 World Trade Center (413) | 1 World Trade Center (417) | 1 World Trade Center (417) | John Hancock Center | Ostankino Tower | KVLY-TV mast |
| 1969-04-xx | John Hancock Center opens | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | John Hancock Center (457.2) | Ostankino Tower | KVLY-TV mast |
| 1967 | Ostankino Tower built | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | Ostankino Tower (540.1) | KVLY-TV mast |
| 1963-08-13 | KVLY-TV mast built | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | KVLY-TV mast (628.8) |
| 1963-09-xx | WIMZ-FM Tower built | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | WIMZ-FM Tower (534.01) |
| 1962 | WTVM/WRBL-TV & WVRK-FM Tower built | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | WTVM/WRBL-TV & WVRK-FM Tower (533) |
| 1959 | WGME TV Tower built | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | WGME TV Tower (493.5) |
| 1956-12-xx | KOBR-TV Tower built | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | KOBR-TV Tower (490.7[t 1]) |
| 1954 | KWTV Mast built | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | KWTV Mast (480.5) |
| 1952 | Empire State Building antenna added | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | Empire State Building | Empire State Building (448[t 2]) | Empire State Building (448[t 2]) | Empire State Building (448[t 2]) |
| 1931-05-01 | Empire State Building opens | Empire State Building (373.2) | Empire State Building (381) | Empire State Building (381) | Empire State Building (381) | Empire State Building (381) | Empire State Building (381) |
| 1930-05-28 | Chrysler Building opens | xxx | Chrysler Building (282) | Chrysler Building (318.9) | Chrysler Building (318.9) | Chrysler Building | Chrysler Building |
| 1930-04-xx | 40 Wall Street opens | 40 Wall Street | xxx | 40 Wall Street (282.5) | 40 Wall Street (282.5) | Chrysler Building | Chrysler Building |
| 1929-10-23 | Chrysler Building topped out | xxx | xxx | Woolworth Building | Woolworth Building | Chrysler Building (318.9) | Chrysler Building (318.9) |
| 1913 | Woolworth Building opens | xxx | xxx | Woolworth Building (241) | Woolworth Building (241) | Eiffel Tower | Eiffel Tower |
| 1909 | Met Life Tower opens | xxx | xxx | Met Life Tower (213) | Met Life Tower (213) | Eiffel Tower | Eiffel Tower |
| 1908 | Singer Building opens | xxx | xxx | Singer Building (187) | Singer Building (187) | Eiffel Tower | Eiffel Tower |
| 1901 | Philadelphia City Hall opens (155.8) | xxx | Ulm Minster | Mole Antonelliana | Mole Antonelliana | Eiffel Tower | Eiffel Tower |
| 1899 | Park Row Building opens (119) | xxx | Ulm Minster | Mole Antonelliana | Mole Antonelliana | Eiffel Tower | Eiffel Tower |
| 1894 | Manhattan Life Insurance Building opens (106) | xxx | Ulm Minster | Mole Antonelliana | Mole Antonelliana | Eiffel Tower | Eiffel Tower |
| 1890 | Ulm Minster opens | xxx | Ulm Minster (162) | Mole Antonelliana | Mole Antonelliana | Eiffel Tower | Eiffel Tower |
| 1890 | New York World Building opens (94) | xxx | Cologne Cathedral | Mole Antonelliana | Mole Antonelliana | Eiffel Tower | Eiffel Tower |
| 1889 | Auditorium Building, Chicago opens (82) | xxx | Cologne Cathedral | Mole Antonelliana | Mole Antonelliana | Eiffel Tower | Eiffel Tower |
| 1889 | Mole Antonelliana opens | xxx | Cologne Cathedral | Mole Antonelliana (167) | Mole Antonelliana (167) | Eiffel Tower | Eiffel Tower |
| 1889 | Eiffel Tower built | xxx | Cologne Cathedral | Cologne Cathedral | Cologne Cathedral | Eiffel Tower (300[t 3]) | Eiffel Tower (300[t 3] |
| 1884 | Washington Monument built | xxx | Cologne Cathedral | Cologne Cathedral | Cologne Cathedral | Washington Monument (169) | Washington Monument (169) |
| 1880 | Cologne Cathedral built | xxx | Cologne Cathedral (157) | Cologne Cathedral (157) | Cologne Cathedral (157) | Cologne Cathedral (157) | Cologne Cathedral (157) |
| 1876 | Rouen Cathedral built | xxx | Rouen Cathedral (151) | Rouen Cathedral (151) | Rouen Cathedral (151) | Rouen Cathedral (151) | Rouen Cathedral (151) |
| 1874 | St. Nikolai, Hamburg built | xxx | St. Nikolai (147) | St. Nikolai (147) | St. Nikolai (147) | St. Nikolai (147) | St. Nikolai (147) |
| 1870 | Equitable Life Building (New York City) opens (43) | xxx | Strasbourg Cathedral | Strasbourg Cathedral | Strasbourg Cathedral | Strasbourg Cathedral | Strasbourg Cathedral |
| 1647 | St. Mary's church, Stralsund spire burnt down | xxx | Strasbourg Cathedral (142) | Strasbourg Cathedral (142) | Strasbourg Cathedral (142) | Strasbourg Cathedral (142) | Strasbourg Cathedral (142) |
| 1625 | St. Olaf's church, Tallinn spire burnt down by lightning | xxx | St. Mary's Church (151) | St. Mary's Church (151) | St. Mary's Church (151) | St. Mary's Church (151) | St. Mary's Church (151) |
| 1549 | Lincoln Cathedral spire destroyed in a storm | xxx | St. Olaf's Church (159) | St. Olaf's Church (159) | St. Olaf's Church (159) | St. Olaf's Church (159) | St. Olaf's Church (159) |
| 1311 | Lincoln Cathedral built | xxx | Lincoln Cathedral (160[t 4]) | Lincoln Cathedral (160[t 4]) | Lincoln Cathedral (160[t 4]) | Lincoln Cathedral (160[t 4]) | Lincoln Cathedral (160[t 4]) |
| 2570 BCE | Great Pyramid of Giza built | xxx | xxx | xxx | xxx | Great Pyramid of Giza (146) | Great Pyramid of Giza (146) |
| 2600 BCE | Red Pyramid of Sneferu built | xxx | xxx | xxx | xxx | Red Pyramid (105) | Red Pyramid (105) |
| 2700 BCE | Pyramid of Djoser built | xxx | xxx | xxx | xxx | Pyramid of Djoser (62) | Pyramid of Djoser (62) |
Notes:
- ^ Fell in a gale in 1959; rebuilt 1960
- ^ a b c later reduced to 443m
- ^ a b The addition of a telecommunications tower in the 1950s brought the overall height to 324 m (1,063 ft)
- ^ a b c d e The central spire was destroyed in a storm in 1549. While the reputed height of 525 ft (160 m) is doubted by A.F. Kendrick,(A.F.K. "The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Cathedral Church Of LINCOLN, by A.F. KENDRICK, B.A". Gwydir.demon.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-11-28.) other sources [which?] agree on this height.