Timeline of Leuven
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The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Leuven, Belgium.
Pre-20th century
- 883 – Battle of Leuven (883).
- 891 – Battle of Leuven (891).
- 950 - Birth of Lambert I, Count of Louvain the first Count of Leuven.
- 1090 – Hospital established (approximate date).[1]
- 1100 – St. Peter's Church built (approximate date).[2]
- 1165 – Saint Michael's Church, Leuven built.[2]
- 1183 – Leuven becomes part of the Duchy of Brabant of the Holy Roman Empire.[3]
- 1222 – Saint Quentin's Church built (approx. date).[2]
- 1225 – Arnold Nobel becomes mayor.
- 1230 – Saint Jacob's Church, Leuven built.[2]
- 1317 – Lakenhal (Leuven) (cloth hall) built.[3]
- 1356 - Louvain was the scene of the Joyeuse Entrée of Wenceslas.[3]
- 1379 – Defenestration of Leuven (political unrest).[3]
- 1425 – Old University of Leuven founded by John IV, Duke of Brabant.[4][3]
- 1463 – Leuven Town Hall built.[5][3]
- 1474 – Printing press in operation.[6]
- 1497 – St. Peter's Church rebuilt.[3]
- 1502 – Erasmus moves to Leuven.
- 1547 - Leuven Vulgate edited by Hentenius published in Louvain.
- 1571 – City Archive relocated to City Hall.[7]
- 1635 – June–July: Siege of Leuven.
Siege of Leuven in 1635 - 1717 – Artois brewery in business.[8]
- 1727 – Public celebration on 10 November of the third centenary of the university's founding.[9]
- 1738 – Hortus Botanicus Lovaniensis (botanical garden) established.[10]
- 1786 – Seminary established.[11]
- 1795 – City becomes part of the Dyle (department) of the French First Republic.
- 1804 – City becomes part of the First French Empire.
- 1815 – City becomes part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- 1830 – City becomes part of the Kingdom of Belgium.
- 1831 – 12 August: Battle of Leuven (1831).[11]
- 1834 – Catholic University of Leuven established.[12]
- 1837 - Leuven railway station opened.
- 1843 – Heilige Drievuldigheidscollege (school) established.
- 1867 – Leuven City Theatre built on Statiestraat.
- 1883 – Population: 36,813.[13]
- 1899 – Keizersberg Abbey founded.
20th century
- 1903 – K. Stade Leuven football club formed.
- 1904 - Population: 42,194.[14]
- 1914
- Burning of Louvain[15] Library of the Catholic University of Leuven destroyed.[5]
- Population: 42,490.[14]
- 1919 – Population: 40,069.[16]
- 1921
- Post war reconstruction well underway, about 700 out of 1,200 houses had been rebuilt.[14]
- New purpose-built library was begun, helped by John Rylands Library in Manchester.[14]
- 1928
- UZ Leuven (hospital) active.[citation needed]
- Library of the Catholic University of Leuven rebuilt.[5]
- 1940 – Library of the Catholic University of Leuven destroyed again.[5]
- 1947 – Alfons Smets becomes mayor.
- 1967 – November: French–Flemish Affaire de Louvain begins.[17]
- 1968
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven established.[4]
- Lemmensinstituut (music conservatory) active.
- Studio 1 cinema in business.[18]
- 1977
- Heverlee, Kessel-Lo, and Wilsele become part of city.[19]
- Alfred Vansina becomes mayor.
- 1982 – Marktrock music fest begins.
- 1988 – Vlaams Filmmuseum en -archief (Flemish film museum) established.[20]
- 1995
- Louis Tobback becomes mayor.
- City becomes part of the Flemish Brabant province.
- Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven (school) established.
- 1998 – Grand Béguinage designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
21st century
- 2002
- Oud-Heverlee Leuven football club formed.
- 2008 – Anheuser-Busch InBev headquartered in city.
- 2011 – Cyclocross Leuven begins.
- 2013 – Population: 97,656.
- 2021 - 2021 UCI Road World Championships road race events finish in Leuven.
See also
- Leuven history
- History of Leuven
- List of mayors of Leuven
- List of historical monuments in Leuven
- Other names of Leuven
- List of colleges of Leuven University
- Timelines of other municipalities in Belgium: Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, Ghent, Liège
