Timeline of Nijmegen

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

Prior to 20th century

• 800 - Fort built (approximate date).[1]
• 1030 - Sint-Nicolaaskapel (church) built (approximate date).
• 1272 - Saint Stephen's Church, Nijmegen built (approximate date).[2]
• 1390 - Public clock installed (approximate date).[3]
• 1479 - Printing press in operation.[4]
• 1526 - Stratemakerstoren bastion built (approximate date).
• 1554 - Town Hall built.[2]
• 1589 - 10 August: Assault on Nijmegen.
• 1591
  • July: Siege of Knodsenburg.
  • October: Siege of Nijmegen.
• 1612 - Boterwaag (Nijmegen) (weigh house) built (approximate date).[2]
• 1618 - Collector of Roman antiquities Johannes Smetius moves to Nijmegen.[5]
• 1646 - Belvédère (Nijmegen) (tower) built.[2]
• 1656 - University of Nijmegen established.[6]
• 1678 - European peace treaty signed in Nijmegen.[1]
• 1679 - University of Nijmegen closed.[6]
• 1756 - Nijmegen Synagogue consecrated in Benedenstad (Nijmegen).[7]
• 1788 - Henriette Pressburg, mother of Karl Marx born.[8]
• 1824 - Nijmegen arsenal built.
• 1839 - Theatre built.[2]
• 1848 - De Gelderlander newspaper begins publication.[9]
• 1865 - Nijmegen railway station opens.
• 1866 - Population: 22,551.[10]
• 1879
  • Arnhem–Nijmegen railway begins operating.
  • Nijmegen railway bridge built.
• 1881 - Tilburg–Nijmegen railway begins operating.
• 1883
  • Nijmegen–Venlo railway begins operating.
  • Kolpinghuis built.
• 1884 - City wall dismantled.[2]
• 1885 - Hunnerpark laid out.

20th century

• 1911 - Gemeentetram Nijmegen (tram) begins operating.[11]
• 1915 - Concertgebouw de Vereeniging (concert hall) opens.
• 1916
  • Openbare Bibliotheek Nijmegen (library) established.
  • Vierdaagse (walk) begins.
• 1919 - Population: 66,833.[12]
• 1923
  • Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen established.[1]
  • Saint Stephen's Church, Nijmegen (1927) built.
• 1928 - Jesuit Collegium Berchmanianum established.
• 1936 - Waalbrug (bridge) opens.[13]
• 1939 - Stadion de Goffert (stadium) opens.
• 1944
  • 22 February: Bombing of Nijmegen.
  • September: as part of the Allied Operation Market Garden, the Battle of Nijmegen takes place.
  • October: Charles Hustinx becomes mayor.
• 1948 - De Vasim factory built.
• 1951 - Dominicuskerk (Nijmegen) (church) built.
• 1952 - Nijmegen trolleybus begins operating.
• 1955 - Bioscoop Carolus (cinema) opens.[14]
• 1956 - University Hospital established.
• 1960 - St Peter Canisius Church rebuilt on Molenstraat (Nijmegen).
• 1961 - Nijmegen City Theatre opens.
• 1966 - Development of Dukenburg and Lindenholt areas begins.
• 1970 - Vierdaagsefeesten (festival) begins.
• 1972
  • Lidenberg Nijmegen Culture House cultural centre established.
  • Passage Molenpoort shopping mall built.
• 1974
  • Canisius-Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis (hospital) opens.
  • Passage Mariënburg shopping mall and University's Erasmusgebouw built.
• 1979 - University's Nijmeegs Volkenkundig Museum opens.
• 1980 - Rijksbeschermd gezicht Nijmegen (historic district) designated.
• 1981 - Velorama bicycle museum founded.
• 1982 - Steigertheater established.
• 1984
  • Stichting Nijmegen Blijft in Beeld te Nijmegen (film society) founded.[15]
  • De Grote Broek squat occupied.
• 1988 - Badhuis (Nijmegen) Theatre opens.
• 1991 - Extrapool cultural organization established.
• 1994 - de-Affaire music fest begins.
• 1995 - Population: 147,561.
• 1996 - HAN University of Applied Sciences established.
• 1999
  • Valkhof Museum established.
  • Wintertuin Festival begins.
• 2000 - Population: 152,286.

21st century

• 2001 - The Matrixx nightclub opens.
• 2004
  • LUX (Nijmegen) cinema opens.
  • Radboud University Nijmegen active.[16]
• 2005 - 15 November: Journalist Sévèke killed in Nijmegen.
• 2007 - FiftyTwoDegrees hi-rise building constructed.
• 2010 - Waalfront area development begins.
• 2012 - Hubert Bruls becomes mayor.
• 2013
  • "Ik bouw betaalbaar" self-build housing program active (approximate date).[17]
  • Oversteek bridge and S100 (Nijmegen) access road open.
• 2015 - Population: 170,774.

See also

• Nijmegen history
• History of Nijmegen
• List of mayors of Nijmegen
• List of heritage sites in Nijmegen
• List of rijksmonuments in Nijmegen
• Other names of Nijmegen e.g. Nijmwegen, Nimègue, Nimeguen, Nimmegen, Nimwege, Nimwegen, Nymegen, Nymwegen
• Timelines of other municipalities in the Netherlands: Amsterdam, Breda, Delft, Eindhoven, Groningen, Haarlem, The Hague, 's-Hertogenbosch, Leiden, Maastricht, Rotterdam, Utrecht
• History of urban centers in the Low Countries

References

1. Joop W. Koopmans; Arend H. Huussen Jr. (2007). Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6444-3.
2. Britannica 1910.
3. Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
4. Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
5. Smetius en Nijmegen als stad der Bataven (in Dutch), Radboud University Nijmegen, 2011
6. Willem Frijhoff; Marijke Spies (2004). "Chronological Table". 1650: Hard-Won Unity. Dutch Culture in a European Perspective. 1. Koninklijke Van Gorcum. pp. 725–734. ISBN 978-90-232-3963-5.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
7. "Nijmegen". Four Hundred Years of Dutch Jewry. Amsterdam: Joods Historisch Museum. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
8. Henriette Pressburg: genealogy
9. "Netherlands". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
10. "Netherlands". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1869. Nymegen
11. J.W. Sluiter (1967). Beknopt overzicht van de nederlandse sppor en tramwegbedrijven [Brief overview of Dutch railway and tramway companies] (in Dutch). Brill.
12. "Netherlands". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via HathiTrust. Nimeguen
13. "Bruggen database: Gelderland: Nijmegen" [Database of Bridges] (in Dutch). Rijswijk: Nederlandse Bruggenstichting. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
14. "Movie Theaters in Nijmegen, Netherlands". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
15. Film and Television Collections in Europe: the MAP-TV Guide. Routledge. 1995. ISBN 978-1-135-37262-0.
16. Walter Rüegg, ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. 4. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
17. "Dutch City Promotes Affordable Housing With Stylish Modular Dwelling Catalog", Wired.com, April 2013

This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Thomas Nugent (1749), "Nimeguen", The Grand Tour, 1: Netherlands, London: S. Birt
• Abraham Rees (1819), "Nimeguen", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
• William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Nimeguen, Holland". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg.
• "Nijmegen", Handbook for Travellers in Holland and Belgium (20th ed.), London: John Murray, 1881
• "Nimeguen". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
• "Nymwegen", Belgium and Holland (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910
• "Nijmwegen", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York: New York : Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Nimeguen, Holland", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
• Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Nijmegen". Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 533+. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.

in Dutch

• H.D.J. Van Schevichaven (1906). Repertorium noviomagense: proeve van een register van boekwerken en geschriften betrekking hebbende op de stad en het Rijk van Nijmegen (in Dutch). Nijmegen: F.E. Macdonald. (bibliography)
• G. van Herwijnen, ed. (1978). "Gelderland: Nijmegen". Bibliografie van de stedengeschiedenis van Nederland [Bibliography of Urban History in the Netherlands] (in Dutch). Brill. ISBN 90-04-05700-5.

External links

• "Historische atlas" [Historical Atlas] (in Dutch). Gemeente Nijmegen.
• "Regionaal Archief Nijmegen" [Nijmegen Regional Archives] (in Dutch). Gemeente Nijmegen.
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Nijmegen, various dates
• Europeana. Items related to Nijmegen, various dates.