1881	The «See-Club» (Lake Club) is founded.
1883	Oarsmen hold the first regatta in the bay of Lake Lucerne.
1903	Lucerne Regatta Association is founded.
1908	Lake Lucerne hosts its first European Championships. Five countries compete in five events.
1924	11 nations take part in the second European Championships here. Switzerland wins five of the seven events.
1931	Women' s races join the programme of Lucerne International Regatta.
1933	First Swiss National Championships on the Rotsee.
1934	The European Championships move to the Rotsee: 12 countries race in seven events
1947	Europe's first post-war championships also take place on the «Lake of the gods».
1962	FISA stages its inaugural World Championships. West Germany collects five of the seven gold medals. A record 45 000 spectators throng the Rotsee's banks for the Finals.
1974	The Worlds return, and include the first women' s events. East Germany takes gold in ten of the 14 boat categories.
1982	The Rotsee makes it three in a “row” . Men' s Lightweights join the total of 18 events. The Swiss coxless IV of Netzle, Saile, Trümpler and Weitnauer wins the world title.
2001	It' s Worlds time on the Rotsee again. 28 of the competing nations win medals in the 24 events on offer. Among them is Switzerland' s Pia Vogel, with a bronze in lightweight sculls
2003	Lucerne Regatta Association celebrates its centenary and publishes a jubilee review of its first 100 years.