Timeline of Delft

The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Delft, Netherlands.

Prior to 18th century

• 1075 - Town established by Godfrey III, Duke of Lower Lorraine.[1]
• 1246 - Delft granted city rights by William II of Holland.[2]
• 1250 - St. Bartholomew's Church construction begins.[3]
• 1383 - Nieuwe Kerk (Delft) (church) construction begins.[3]
• 1389 - Canal to the Meuse river created.[4]
• 1400 - Eastern Gate (Delft) built.[3]
• 1403 - Agathaklooster (convent) established.[5]
• 1470 - Carthusian monastery established.
• 1477 - Printing press in operation; Delft Bible issued.[6][4]
• 1536 - 3 May: Delft fire of 1536.[1]
• 1584 - William I, Prince of Orange assassinated.[2]
• 1586 - Scientists Simon Stevin and Jan Cornets de Groot conduct a landmark experiment on the effects of gravity from the roof of the Nieuwe Kerk.[7]
• 1611 - Guild of Saint Luke founded (approximate date).
• 1618 - City Hall (Delft) rebuilt.[1]
• 1621 - Bank of Delft established.[8]
• 1632 - Future scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek and future artist Johannes Vermeer born in Delft.[9]
• 1647 - Production of Delft pottery begins to expand.[9]
• 1652 - Fabritius paints A View of Delft artwork.
• 1653 - Royal Delft porcelain factory begins operating.
• 1654 - 12 October: Delft Explosion.[1]
• 1661 - Vermeer paints View of Delft artwork.
• 1692 - Armamentarium built.[4]

18th-19th centuries

• 1721 - Delftsche Courant newspaper begins publication.[10]
• 1769 - Stadsleenbank Delft (bank) built (approximate date).[11]
• 1842 - Royal Academy of Delft (engineering school) established.[3]
• 1859 - Delft City Archive active.[12]
• 1862 - Delft Synagogue built in Koornmarkt (Delft).[13]
• 1866 - Population: 21,877.[14]
• 1882 - Maria van Jessekerk (church) built.[3]
• 1884 - Agnetapark workers' housing developed.[4]
• 1886
  • Hugo Grotius monument erected in the Markt (Delft).[1]
  • Sint-Hippolytuskerk (Delft) (church) built.[1]
• 1895 - Watertower (Delft) built.

20th century

• 1905 - Delft Institute of Technology active.
• 1911 - Museum Het Prinsenhof active.[5]
• 1919 - Population: 38,433.[15]
• 1920 - Gerardus van Baren becomes mayor.
• 1921 - Hof van Delft and Vrijenban become part of Delft.[3]
• 1970 - Roadway speed bump installed.[16]
• 1976 - Tanthof development begins.[3]
• 1977 - City Statistisch Jaarboek (yearbook) begins publication.[3]

21st century

• 2004 - Bas Verkerk becomes mayor.
• 2007 - DOK Delft (library) built.
• 2015 - Delft railway station rebuilt.
• 2016
  • Marja van Bijsterveldt becomes mayor.
  • Population: 101,053.

See also

• History of Delft
• List of mayors of Delft
• List of rijksmonuments in Delft
• History of the County of Holland
• Timelines of other municipalities in the Netherlands: Amsterdam, Breda, Eindhoven, Groningen, Haarlem, The Hague, 's-Hertogenbosch, Leiden, Maastricht, Nijmegen, Rotterdam, Utrecht

References

1. Britannica 1910.
2. Joop W. Koopmans; Arend H. Huussen Jr. (2007). Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6444-3.
3. "Historie van Delft: Historisch Overzicht (timeline)". Delft.nl (in Dutch). Gemeente Delft. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
4. "Delft". Oxford Art Online. Missing or empty |url= (help) Retrieved 27 November 2016
5. "Historie van het gebouw" (in Dutch). Museum Prinsenhof Delft. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
6. Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Holland: Delft". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company – via HathiTrust.
7. Schilling, Govert (2017-07-31). Ripples in Spacetime: Einstein, Gravitational Waves, and the Future of Astronomy. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674971660.
8. Glyn Davies; Roy Davies (2002). "Comparative Chronology of Money" – via University of Exeter.
9. "Low Countries, 1600–1800 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
10. "Selectie van titels: 1618-1800". Project Databank Digitale Dagbladen (Databank of Digital Daily Newspapers) (in Dutch). Koninklijke Bibliotheek. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
11. "Gemeente: Delft". Rijksmonumentenregister (in Dutch). Amersfoort: Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
12. "Organisatie" (in Dutch). Archief Delft. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
13. "Delft". Four Hundred Years of Dutch Jewry. Amsterdam: Joods Historisch Museum. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
14. "Netherlands". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1869.
15. "Netherlands". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via HathiTrust.
16. Patrick Robertson (2011). Robertson's Book of Firsts. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-60819-738-5.

This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Thomas Nugent (1749), "Delft", The Grand Tour, 1: Netherlands, London: S. Birt
• Abraham Rees (1819), "Delft", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
• "Delft", Handbook for Travellers on the Continent (8th ed.), London: John Murray, 1851
• William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Delft, Holland". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg.
• W. Pembroke Fetridge (1885), "Delft", Harper's Hand-book for Travellers in Europe and the East, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "Delft". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
• "Delft", Belgium and Holland (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, OCLC 397759 ( 1881 ed.)
• "Delft", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Delft", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.

in Dutch

• D. E. van Bleyswyck. Beschryvinge der stadt Delft (Delft, 1667)
• R. Boitet. Beschryving der stadt Delft (Delft, 1729)
• Henri Zondervan, ed. (1916), "Delft", Winkler Prins' Geillustreerde Encyclopaedie (in Dutch), 6 (4th ed.), Amsterdam: Uitgevers-Maatschappy „Elsevier“
• P. Beydals. Kroniek der stad Delft (The Hague, 1936)
• G. van Herwijnen, ed. (1978). "Delft". Bibliografie van de stedengeschiedenis van Nederland [Bibliography of Urban History in the Netherlands] (in Dutch). Brill. pp. 178–184. ISBN 90-04-05700-5.
• I. V. T. Spaander and R.-A. Leeuw, eds. De Stad Delft: Cultur en maatschappij (Delft, 1979–82) (3 vols.)

External links

• Items related to Delft, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Delft, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)