Timeline of Utrecht
Timeline of the history of the municipality of Utrecht, Netherlands
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The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Utrecht, Netherlands.
Prior to 18th century
- ~50 AD - Roman fortress built on what is now the Dom square as part of the Limes Germanicus. Named Traiectum to signify it was at a crossing of what was at that time the main branch of the Rhine (now the Oude Gracht)
- ~200 AD - Wooden fortress walls upgraded to imported tuff stone. Parts of these wall survive to date
- ~270 AD - Limes Germanicus including the fortress at Trajectum abandoned due to continued invasions.
- 636 - Chapel built by Dagobert I within the walls of the abandoned Roman fortress.[1]
- 695 - Catholic diocese of Utrecht established.[2]
- 720 - St. Martin's church founded by Willibrord (approximate date).[1]
- 918 - Balderic becomes bishop.[1]
- 1122
- 22 June: Town privileges confirmed by Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor.[1]
- Oudegracht (canal) construction begins.
- 1145 - Smeetoren (tower) built (approximate date).
- 1267 - St. Martin's Cathedral built.[1]
- 1279 - Buurkerk (church) rebuilding begins.
- 1370 - Public clock installed (approximate date).[3]
- 1382 - St. Martin's Cathedral tower built.[4]
- 1393 - Nieuwegracht (Utrecht) (moat) constructed.
- 1432 - Kleine Vleeshal built.
- 1440
- Guildhall St. Eloy's Hospice in use.
- Illuminated manuscript Hours of Catherine of Cleves created in Utrecht (approximate date).[5]
- 1455 - 7 April: Gijsbrecht van Brederode becomes bishop elect of Utrecht after being elected by the chapters.
- 1455 - 13 September: David of Burgundy becomes bishop of Utrecht by papal appointment.[6]
- 1459 - 2 March: Adriaan Florensz born, later Pope Adrian VI.
- 1470-4 - First Utrecht Civil War to quell continued opposition to his rule David of Burgundy imprisons Gijsbrecht van Brederode leading to the first Utrecht civil war.
- 1471 - Printing press in operation (approximate date).[7]
- 1481-3 - Second Utrecht Civil War, David of Burgundy temporarily removed from power, but restored after the Siege of Utrecht (1483)
- 1517 - Paushuize (residence) built for Adrian VI.[1]
- 1528 - Lordship of Utrecht established.
- 1532 - Vredenburg (castle) built.
- 1550 - St. Catherine Cathedral built (approximate date).[1]
- 1577 - Demolition of Vredenburg castle begins.
- 1579 - 23 January: Treaty unifying northern provinces of the Netherlands signed in Utrecht.[1]
- 1584 - Catholic property secularized.[8]
- 1586 - Calvinists in power.[8]
- 1620s - Utrecht Caravaggisti artists active.[9]
- 1636 - Utrecht University[4] and its library established.[10]
- 1637 - Grote Vleeshuis built.[1]
- 1644 - Schilders-Collegie founded.[11]
- 1672-3 - Occupation by French forces.[8][12]
- 1674 - 1 August: 1674 Netherlands storm. Major damage to several landmark building, most notably the collapse of the nave of the Dom church.[8]
18th-19th centuries
- 1713 - International peace treaty relating to the War of the Spanish Succession signed in Utrecht.[1]
- 1773 - Provincial Utrecht Society of Arts and Sciences founded.[13]
- 1787 - 9 May: Prussians in power.[14]
- 1795 - 18 January: Utrecht "acquired by the French."[14]
- 1807 - Genootschap Kunstliefde (art society) formed.
- 1808 - Jewish cemetery, Utrecht established.[15]
- 1813 - Jan van den Velden becomes mayor.
- 1816 - Utrechtsch Studenten Corps (student society) founded.
- 1823
- Abstede, Catharijne, Lauwerecht, and Tolsteeg become part of city.[citation needed]
- Oorsprongpark (Utrecht) opens.
- 1830 - Utrecht City Hall built.[4]
- 1838 - City Museum of Antiquities opens.
- 1843 - Utrecht Centraal railway station opens.
- 1853 - Sonnenborgh Observatory established.
- 1866 - Population: 58,607 in city; 172,487 in province.[16]
- 1872 - Aartsbisschoppelijk Museum opens.[17]
- 1873 - Museum Kunstliefde established.[17]
- 1879 - Regional Utrecht State Archives established.[18]
- 1884
- Utrechtsch Museum van Kunstnijverheid (applied arts museum) opens.
- Population: 74,364.[19]
- 1892 - Public library established.[10]
- 1893 - Utrechts Nieuwsblad (newspaper) begins publication.
- 1894 - Utrecht City Orchestra founded.
- 1898 - Wilhelminapark (Utrecht) opens.
20th century
- 1902 - Aartsbisschoppelijk Paleis van Utrecht built.
- 1906 - Gemeentetram Utrecht (electric tram) begins operating.
- 1908 - Bioscoop Vreeburg (cinema) opens.
- 1913 - Rembrandt Bioscoop-Theater (cinema) opens.[20]
- 1914 - Old Catholic St. Gertrude's Cathedral built.
- 1916 - Nationale Bankvereeniging (bank) established.[21]
- 1919 - Population: 138,334.[22]
- 1921 - Centraal Museum established.
- 1924 - Rietveld Schröder House built in the De Stijl design mode.
- 1927 - Louis Hartlooper Complex construction begins (approximate date).
- 1940 - Population: 165,029.
Utrecht on 7 May 1945 - 1950 - Population: 193,190.
- 1954 - Oudenrijn (section) and Zuilen become part of city.[citation needed]
- 1960 - Population: 254,186.
- 1961 - Neudeflat built.
- 1967 - 12 June: 1967 Utrecht explosion in Lage Weide.
- 1968 - Sarasani cannabis coffee shop in business.
- 1970 - Football Club Utrecht formed.
- 1970s - part of moat converted to motorway.[23][24]
- 1976 - Westraven hi-rise built.
- 1978 - Springhaver cinema opens.[20]
- 1979 - Muziekcentrum Vredenburg (concert hall) and Museum Catharijneconvent open.
- 1980 - Population: 237,037 municipality.[25]
- 1985 - May: Catholic pope visits Utrecht.
- 1987 - Leefbaarheidsbudget (participatory budgeting) introduced.[26]
- 1998 - City Utrecht Archive established.
- 2000 - Population: 233,667.
21st century
- 2001 - Vleuten-De Meern becomes part of city.[citation needed]
- 2002 - Regio Randstad regional governance group formed.[27]
- 2006 - Dick Bruna House museum opens.[28]
- 2008 - Galghenwert hi-rise built.
- 2011 - Rabobank Bestuurscentrum hi-rise built.
- 2012 - Utrecht befriends the city of Portland, Oregon, USA.[29]
- 2013 - Population: 321,916 municipality.[25]
- 2014
- TivoliVredenburg concert hall opens.
- Jan van Zanen becomes mayor.
- 2015 - July: 2015 Tour de France cycling race starts from Utrecht.
- 2017
- May: Basic income pilot to begin.[30]
- August: Bicycle parking garage opens.[31]
- 2019 - March: 2019 Utrecht shooting
- 2020 - September: re-conversion of motorway back to moat/canal completed.[23][24]
See also
- Utrecht history
- History of Utrecht
- List of mayors of Utrecht
- List of bishops of Utrecht
- List of rijksmonuments in Utrecht (city)
- List of tallest buildings in Utrecht (city)
- History of Utrecht province
- Timelines of other municipalities in the Netherlands: Amsterdam, Breda, Delft, Eindhoven, Groningen, Haarlem, The Hague, 's-Hertogenbosch, Leiden, Maastricht, Nijmegen, Rotterdam
