Timeline of Eindhoven explained

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

Prior to 20th century

• 1232 - Town rights bestowed by Henry I, Duke of Brabant.^[1]
• 1420 - Castle built.
• 1486 - 19 March: .
• 1554 - Fire.
• 1583 - Siege of Eindhoven (1583).
• 1629 - Eindhoven becomes part of the Netherlands.
• 1771 - established.
• 1791 - Population: 1,785.
• 1815 - Population: 2,310.
• 1846 - Eindhoven Canal dug.^[2]
• 1866
  • Eindhoven railway station opens.
  • Synagogue built.^[3]
• 1867 - rebuilt.
• 1869 - Town Hall built.
• 1880 - built.
• 1891 - Philips in business.
• 1897 - begins operating.^[4]
• 1898 - built.
• 1900 - Population: 4,730.^[5]

20th century

• 1904 - (square) laid out.
• 1909
  • FC Eindhoven (football club) formed.
  • built on .
• 1910 - Philips Stadion (stadium) opens.
• 1911 - Eindhovens Dagblad (newspaper) begins publication.^[6]
• 1913 - PSV Eindhoven (football club) formed.
• 1920
  • Gestel, Stratum, Strijp, Tongelre, and Woensel become part of the municipality of Eindhoven.
  • Population: 47,946.^[7]
• 1921 - built.
• 1929 - PSV Eindhoven wins its first Dutch football championship.
• 1931 - built.
• 1932
  • Welschap Airfield begins operating.
  • DAF Trucks in business.
• 1935 - Population: 103,030.
• 1936 - Van Abbemuseum opens.
• 1937 - opens.
• 1939 - neighborhood developed.^[8]
• 1942 - December: Aerial bombing by Allied forces.^[9]
• 1943 - September: Subcamp of the Herzogenbusch concentration camp established by the German occupiers.^[10]
• 1944
  • June: Subcamp of the Herzogenbusch concentration camp dissolved.^[10]
  • September: City besieged by Allied forces.
• 1945 - Het Vrije Volk newspaper begins publication.
• 1947 - Design Academy Eindhoven established.
• 1954 - FC Eindhoven wins its first Dutch football championship.
• 1955 - Population: 154,604.
• 1956
  • Eindhoven railway station rebuilt.^[11]
  • Eindhoven University of Technology established.^[12]
• 1959
  • Eindhoven Marathon begins.
  • Herman Witte becomes mayor.
• 1964
  • opens.
  • built.
• 1966 - The futuristic Evoluon science museum was built.
• 1967 - City Hall rebuilt.
• 1969 - Student centre built.
• 1970 - De Bijenkorf department store built.
• 1971 - Effenaar youth centre established.
• 1976 - Administrative entity for the Eindhoven agglomeration created.^[13]
• 1979 - Gilles Borrie becomes mayor.
• 1980 - Het Apollohuis cultural venue established.
• 1982 - Open-air Eindhoven Museum and (regional archive) established.
• 1984 - Eindhoven Airport terminal built.
• 1985 - May: Catholic pope visits city.
• 1992
  • Muziekgebouw Frits Philips (concert hall) opens.
  • Rein Welschen becomes mayor.
• 1993 - Holland Casino branch in business.
• 1996 - 15 July: 1996 Belgian Air Force Hercules accident occurs at Eindhoven Airport.
• 1997
  • Philips headquarters relocated to Amsterdam.
  • Jan Louwers Stadion (stadium) in use.
• 1999 - hi-rise built.
• 2000
  • UEFA Euro 2000 football contest held.
  • Population: 203,433.

21st century

• 2001 - City joins regional BrabantStad group.http://www.brabantstad.nl/over-ons/historie
• 2002
  • Leefbaar Eindhoven political party active.
  • Dutch Design Week begins.
  • Avant-Garde van Groeninge restaurant in business.
• 2003
  • active.
  • hi-rise built.
• 2004 - Inkijkmuseum opens.
• 2006
  • Glow Festival Eindhoven begins.
  • , Porthos, and Vesteda Toren hi-rises built.
• 2008
  • built.
  • Rob van Gijzel becomes mayor.
  • Automotive event held.
• 2009 - redevelopment begins (approximate date).
• 2010
  • Admirant shopping centre's "Blob" building constructed.
  • Piet Hein Eek studio in business.
• 2012 - built.
• 2014 - 19 March: Dutch municipal elections, 2014 held.
• 2015 - Population: 223,220 city; 753,426 metro region.

See also

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

References

This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in Dutch

• 1887-1888
  • • 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: Eindhoven . https://books.google.com/books?id=FNYUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA284 . 284 .

External links

• Europeana. Items related to Eindhoven, various dates.
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Eindhoven, various dates

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: Abraham Jacob van der Aa . Aardrijkskundig woordenboek der Nederlanden . Geographical dictionary of the Netherlands . nl . 1851 . Jacobus Noorduyn . . Eindhoven . 13 . HathiTrust . 2027/uc1.$b519552 . Abraham Jacob van der Aa .
3. Web site: Eindhoven . Four Hundred Years of Dutch Jewry . . Amsterdam . 30 October 2015 .
4. Book: W. J. M. Leideritz . De tramwegen van Noord-Brabant . 1978. Brill . nl . 90-04-05706-4.
5. Eindhoven . 9 . 134 .
6. Book: Jan van de Plasse . Kroniek van de Nederlandse dagblad- en opiniepers . 2005. Otto Cramwinckel . 978-90-75727-77-7 . nl . (timeline)
7. Web site: Historie: Groei van Eindhoven (inwoners) . Eindhoven . nl . Gemeente Eindhoven . 30 October 2015 .
8. Web site: Historie van het Witte Dorp . nl . Stichting Witte Dorp de Burgh . 30 October 2015 .
9. Book: Richard Overy . The Bombers and the Bombed: Allied Air War Over Europe 1940-1945. 2013 . Penguin . 978-0-698-15138-3. Richard Overy.
10. 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.
11. Book: Hans van Dijk. Twentieth-century Architecture in the Netherlands. 1999. 010 Publishers. 978-90-6450-347-4 . Rotterdam .
12. Book: Walter Rüegg .

    de:Walter Rüegg

    . History of the University in Europe . 4 . Universities Since 1945 . 2011. Cambridge University Press. 978-1-139-49425-0 . Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995 . https://books.google.com/books?id=VCKRv1GiFqEC&pg=PA585 .
13. Book: Major Cities and Their Peripheries: Cooperation and Coordinated Management . 1993 . Local and Regional Authorities in Europe . 51 . Council of Europe Press . 978-92-871-2394-7.