Timeline of 's-Hertogenbosch explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.

Prior to 19th century

• 1185 - City rights granted.^[1]
• 1225 - built, with its and .
• 1268 - Tafel van de Heilige Geest (charity) active (approximate date).
• 1399 - (gate) built.
• 1400 - Public clock installed (approximate date).^[2]
• 1463 - Catastrophic fire, likely witnessed by young Hieronymus Bosch.
• 1495 - Artist Hieronymus Bosch active (approximate date).^[3]
• 1530 - St. John's Cathedral ('s-Hertogenbosch) built.
• 1533 - (city hall) remodelled.
• 1559 - Roman Catholic Diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch established.^[4]
• 1601 - November: Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch (1601).
• 1620 - built.
• 1629 - April–September: Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch.
• 1638 - installed.
• 1645 - Citadel of 's-Hertogenbosch built.
• 1749 - laid out.

19th century

• 1815 - City becomes capital of North Brabant province.
• 1817 - Design of adopted.
• 1818 - in business.
• 1824 - in use.
• 1826 - Geefhuis (charity) rebuilt on .^[5]
• 1829 - Catholic Nord Brabanter newspaper begins publication.^[6]
• 1836 - Provinciaal Genootschap Kunsten & Wetenschappen (society of arts & sciences) founded.
• 1853 - Theatre built on the .
• 1866 - Population: 24,201.^[7]
• 1868 - 's-Hertogenbosch railway station opens.
• 1874 - dismantled.^[8]
• 1880 - headquartered in city.
• 1881 - Kruisstraat railway station and Sprokkelbosch railway station open.
• 1883
  • begins operating.^[9]
  • Rijksarchief Noord-Brabant building constructed on Waterstraat.
• 1884 - Petrus Josephus Johannus Sophia Marie van der Does de Willebois becomes mayor.
• 1885 - 700th anniversary of city founding.
• 1886 - Telephone begins operating.
• 1887 - City gasworks built on the .
• 1895 - Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and regent queen Emma visit city.
• 1896 - begins operating.

20th century

• 1903 - installed.
• 1905 - (church) built.
• 1917 - (church) built.
• 1919 - Population: 38,067.^[10]
• 1925 - opens on .
• 1926 - opens.
• 1929 - erected in the .
• 1934 - built.
• 1938 - Synagogue built on Prins Bernhardstraat.^[11]
• 1943
  • January: Herzogenbusch concentration camp begins operating near city.
  • December: Subcamp of the Herzogenbusch concentration camp established.^[12]
• 1944
  • September: Subcamp of the Herzogenbusch concentration camp dissolved.^[12]
  • 27 October: Allied forces take city.
• 1954 - International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch begins.
• 1957 - supermarket in business (approximate date).
• 1959 - Brabants Dagblad (newspaper) in publication.
• 1971
  • Empel en Meerwijk and Engelen become part of 's-Hertogenbosch.
  • built.^[13]
• 1973 - demolished in the .
• 1981 - Rosmalen railway station opens.
• 1985 - May: Catholic pope visits city.
• 1987 - 's-Hertogenbosch Oost railway station opens.
• 1996
  • June: 1996 Tour de France cycling race starts from 's-Hertogenbosch.
  • radio begins broadcasting.
  • becomes mayor.
• 2000 - Population: 129,034 municipality.^[14]

21st century

• 2005 - established.
• 2013 - Population: 142,817 municipality.

See also

• 's-Hertogenbosch history
  • • , 1567-1794
  • Other names of 's-Hertogenbosch e.g. Bois-le-Duc, Den Bosch
• Timelines of other municipalities in the Netherlands: Amsterdam, Breda, Delft, Eindhoven, Groningen, Haarlem, The Hague, Leiden, Maastricht, Nijmegen, Rotterdam, Utrecht

References

This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• • Book: William Henry Overall. William Henry Overall. Dictionary of Chronology. 1870. William Tegg . London . Bois-le-Duc, Netherlands . 2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949?urlappend=%3Bseq=102. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949?urlappend=%3Bseq=102 .
  • Book: Chambers's Encyclopaedia . London . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t81j9pj6k?urlappend=%3Bseq=285 . Bois-le-Duc . 1901 . Chambers's Encyclopaedia . 2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t81j9pj6k?urlappend=%3Bseq=285 .
  • 's Hertogenbosch . 24 . 872 - 873 . 1.
  • Book: Colum Hourihane . Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture . 2012. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-539536-5 . 's-Hertogenbosch . https://books.google.com/books?id=FtlMAgAAQBAJ&pg=RA4-PA572 .

in Dutch

• Book: Silva-ducis aucta & renata of een nieuwe ende gantsch vermeerderde beschrijvinge van de stadt van s'Hertogen-Bossche . Jacob van Oudenhoven . Jacob van Oudenhoven . nl . 1670 . Internet Archive . Scheffers, Jan & Oudenhoven, Jacomina van (widow of Isaac van Dockum) .
• Book: Johan Hendrik van Heurn . Johan Hendrik van Heurn . Historie der Stad en Meyjerye van 's Hertogenbosch . nl . Utrecth . J. Van Schoonhoven en Comp. . Google Books . 1776 . 1776-1778
• Book: Abraham Jacob van der Aa . Aardrijkskundig woordenboek der Nederlanden . Geographical dictionary of the Netherlands . nl . 1845 . Jacobus Noorduyn . . Hertogenbosch . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044105228076?urlappend=%3Bseq=482 . 5 . 2027/hvd.32044105228076?urlappend=%3Bseq=482 . HathiTrust . Abraham Jacob van der Aa .
• Book: Inventaris der archieven van de stad 's Hertogenbosch . W.C. Van Heusden . R.A. Van Zuijlen Jr. . 's Hertogenbosch . nl . 1863-1866
• Book: G. van Herwijnen . Bibliografie van de stedengeschiedenis van Nederland . Bibliography of Urban History in the Netherlands . 1978. Brill . nl . 90-04-05700-5 . Noord-Brabant: 's-Hertogenbosch . https://books.google.com/books?id=FNYUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA288 . 288–296 .

Notes and References

1. Book: Joop W. Koopmans. Arend H. Huussen Jr.. Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands. 2007 . 2nd . . 978-0-8108-6444-3 .
2. Book: Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum .

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   . History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders . 1996. University of Chicago Press. 978-0-226-15510-4 .
3. Web site: Low Countries, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events . Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History . Metropolitan Museum of Art . New York . 30 October 2015 .
4. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: The Netherlands . . Norway . 30 October 2015 .
5. Web site: Bossche Encyclopedie . nl . Ton Wetzer . 30 October 2015 .
6. Book: Jan van de Plasse . Kroniek van de Nederlandse dagblad- en opiniepers . 2005. Otto Cramwinckel . 978-90-75727-77-7 . nl . (timeline)
7. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1869 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Netherlands . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590337?urlappend=%3Bseq=392 . Statesman's Year-Book . 2027/nyp.33433081590337?urlappend=%3Bseq=392 .
8. Web site: Geschiedenis en wapen 's-Hertogenbosch: Historie gedetailleerd (timeline) . Stadsarchief . 's-Hertogenbosch . nl . 30 October 2015 .
9. Book: W. J. M. Leideritz . De tramwegen van Noord-Brabant . 1978. Brill . nl . 90-04-05706-4.
10. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1921 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Netherlands . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=1150 . HathiTrust . Statesman's Year-Book . 2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=1150 .
11. Web site: 's-Hertogenbosch . Four Hundred Years of Dutch Jewry . . Amsterdam . 30 October 2015 .
12. Book: Megargee, Geoffrey P.. 2009. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume I. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 820. 978-0-253-35328-3.
13. Book: Hans van Dijk. Twentieth-century Architecture in the Netherlands. 1999. 010 Publishers. 978-90-6450-347-4 . Rotterdam .
14. Web site: 2014 . Population dynamics; birth, death and migration per region: Municipality 's-Hertogenbosch . StatLine . .