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The woodworking shop, "Billund Woodworking and Carpenter's Shop", which would eventually evolve into the Lego company, was founded in Billund.

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In 1916, Kristiansen purchased a woodworking shop in Billund

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Godtfred Kirk Christiansen is born.

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The workshop burned down in 1924 when a fire ignited some wood shavings.

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Ole Kirk Christiansen's shop nearly goes bankrupt in the depression. With a lack of normal carpentry jobs, Ole Kirk starts producing toys, many of which were wooden pull toys.

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In 1934, Ole Kirk held a contest among his staff to name the company, offering a bottle of homemade wine as a prize

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A fire breaks out in the factory, forcing the company to rebuild.

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Ole purchases the first plastic moulding machine in Denmark, and the company begins manufacturing plastic toys. The Christiansens are inspired by samples of the "Kiddicraft Self-Locking Building Brick

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: Lego begins producing similar plastic bricks, calling them "Automatic Binding Bricks."

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First baseplates are created.

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Lego releases its first toy "system" of the Town Plan along with 27 other sets

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The Lego brick design is improved to allow better versatility and "locking" ability.

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Lego Italy established

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Lego Town is launched.

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Lego Town is launched.

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The first Lego World Cup building contest is held in Billund.

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Lego Model Team sets are released.

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LEGO Mindstorms started in 1996 as the first product of the newly created home-learning division of LEGO Education

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Knights' Kingdom, Life on Mars, and Soccer/Football are introduced.

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Duplo Cars is introduced.

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Lego Universe is discontinued.

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Lego Mindstorms EV3 is introduced.

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Warner Bros announce that there would be a LEGO Batman Movie and a sequel to The LEGO Movie.

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Spike Prime was announced in April 2019.

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Lego Brick Sketches is introduced.

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Lego Mindstorms Robot Inventor was announced in June 2020