Timeline of Ghent explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Ghent, Belgium.

Prior to 19th century

• 941 - Origins of the crypt of what became St Bavo's Cathedral.
• 1274/1300 - Origins of the choir of what became St Bavo's Cathedral.
• 1336 - Tapestry-weavers' guild established.^[1]
• 1380
  • Belfry of Ghent built.
  • Public clock installed (approximate date).^[2]
• 1432 - Artist Van Eyck paints altarpiece for St. John's Church.^[3]
• 1448 - "De Fonteine" chamber of rhetoric constituted.^{[4] [5]}
• 1480 - Saint Michael's Church built.
• 1483 - Printing press in operation.^[6]
• 1531 - St Bavo's Cathedral built.
• 1559 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Ghent established.^[7]
• 1576 - Pacification of Ghent signed - an alliance of the provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands.
• 1584 - Spaniards in power.
• 1667 - The oldest Belgian newspaper, the Gazet van Gent was founded.
• 1714 - Formed part of the Austrian Netherlands.
• 1771 - Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Ghent) active.
• 1794 - Became the capital of the French department of the Scheldt.

19th century

• 1814 - Treaty of Ghent signed between the US and the UK.
• 1817 - Ghent University established by William I of the Netherlands.
• 1827 - Ghent–Terneuzen Canal built.
• 1833 - founded.
• 1835 - Royal Conservatory of Ghent founded.
• 1841 - Bank of Flanders established.
• 1845 - Population: 105,711.^[8]
• 1861 - Gent-Dampoort railway station opens.
• 1863 - Statue of Jacob van Artevelde erected in .
• 1866/1867 - A serious outbreak of cholera.
• 1874 - Horse-drawn tram begins operating.
• 1875 - opens.
• 1879 - newspaper begins publication.
• 1880
  • (cooperative) founded.
  • Population: 131,431.
• 1881 - Bank of Ghent established.^[9]
• 1883 - Royal Sport Nautique de Gand rowing club formed.
• 1891 - Het Volk newspaper begins publication.^[10]
• 1895 - Emile Braun becomes mayor.
• 1897 - Cluysen - Ter Donck Regatta begins.
• 1900
  • Ghent system of unemployment benefits introduced.
  • K.A.A. Gent football club formed.

20th century

• 1902 - established.^[11]
• 1904
  • Electric tram begins operating.
  • Population: 162,482.
• 1912 - Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station and Patria Cinema open.
• 1913 - Exposition universelle et internationale (1913) held in city.
• 1914 - Vooruit built.
• 1919 - Population: 165,655.^[12]
• 1920 - Jules Ottenstadion (stadium) built.
• 1930 - Population: 170,358.
• 1942 - Ghent University Library Book Tower built.
• 1947 - becomes mayor.
• 1959 - Ghent University Hospital opens.
• 1965 - Section of Mendonk becomes part of Ghent.
• 1970
  • Studio Skoop (cinema) opens.
  • Population: 148,860.
• 1973 - Gentbrugge railway station built.
• 1975 - opens.
• 1976 - Mariakerke becomes part of Ghent.
• 1977 - Gentbrugge becomes part of city.
• 1980
  • founded.^[13]
  • Population: 241,695.
• 1981 - Decascoop (cinema) built.^[14]
• 1987 - Flanders Expo arena built.
• 1995 - Hogeschool Gent (college) established.

21st century

• 2006 - begins.
• 2007 - Daniël Termont becomes mayor.
• 2010 - Ghent City Museum opens.
• 2012 - hi-rise built.
• 2013
  • Ghelamco Arena opens.
  • Population: 248,242.
• 2014 - built.
• 2020 - Ghent University Museum opens.

See also

• Ghent history
  • List of mayors of Ghent
• Timelines of other municipalities in Belgium: Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, Leuven, Liège
• History of urban centers in the Low Countries

References

This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• • Book: Gazetteer of the Netherlands. G.G. and J. Robinson. London. 1794. https://books.google.com/books?id=Mv1WAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA1-PA8. Ghent.
    • Book: The visitors universal handybook and guide to Antwerp, Brussels, Waterloo, Ghent, Bruges, Liège, etc. etc. . John De Wit & Joris . Antwerp . 5th . 1884 .
  • Book: Chambers's Encyclopaedia . London . Ghent . 5 . 1901 . 2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t1fj2r624 . Chambers's Encyclopaedia .
• (+ 1881 ed.)
• Ghent . 11 . 919 - 920 . 1910 . . 1.
  • Book: Trudy Ring. Northern Europe . International Dictionary of Historic Places. 1995 . Fitzroy Dearborn . 978-1-136-63944-9 . Ghent . https://books.google.com/books?id=yfPYAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA299 . 299+ .

in other languages

• 1770-

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Colum Hourihane . Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture . 2012. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-539536-5 . Ghent . https://books.google.com/books?id=FtlMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA700 .
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. Book: Arjan Van Dixhoorn . Susie Speakman Sutch . The Reach of the Republic of Letters: Literary and Learned Societies in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe. 2008. Brill . 978-90-04-16955-5 . Chambers of Rhetoric . Arjan Van Dixhoorn . 119–158 .
5. Web site: Overzichten: de nederlandse literatuur in Gent . nl . Literair Gent . . 30 October 2015 .
6. Book: Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum . Robert Proctor . London . Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company . 1898 . Books Printed From Types: Belgium: Gand . HathiTrust . 2027/uc1.c3450632 . Robert Proctor (bibliographer) .
7. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Belgium . . Norway . 30 October 2015 .
8. Book: Vlaemsche Volks-Almanak . Gent . nl . 1846 . C.H. Van Boekel . F.L. Dulle-Plus . 2027/nyp.33433081727558.
9. Book: International Banking Directory. 1922 . Bankers Publishing Company . New York . Belgium . 2027/hvd.hb1sji.
10. Book: Europa World Year Book . 2004. . 978-1-85743-254-1 . Belgium . https://books.google.com/books?id=wGA4o-UhAfgC&pg=PA752 .
11. Web site: Garden Search: Belgium . . London . 30 October 2015 .
12. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1921 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Belgium . 2027/njp.32101072368440 . Statesman's Year-Book .
13. Web site: Amsab-Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis - Geschiedenis. www3.amsab.be.
14. Web site: Movie Theaters in Gent, Belgium . CinemaTreasures.org . Cinema Treasures LLC . Los Angeles . 30 October 2015 .