Timeline of Nijmegen explained

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

Prior to 20th century

• 800 - Fort built (approximate date).
• 1030 - (church) built (approx. date).
• 1272 - Saint Stephen's Church, Nijmegen built (approx. date).
• 1390 - Public clock installed (approximate date).^[1]
• 1479 - Printing press in operation.^[2]
• 1526 - Stratemakerstoren bastion built (approximate date).
• 1554 - Town Hall built.
• 1589 - 10 August: Assault on Nijmegen.
• 1591
  • July: Siege of Knodsenburg.
  • October: Siege of Nijmegen.
• 1612 - (weigh house) built (approximate date).
• 1618 - Collector of Roman antiquities Johannes Smetius moves to Nijmegen.^[3]
• 1646 - (tower) built.
• 1656 - University of Nijmegen established.^[4]
• 1678 - European peace treaty signed in Nijmegen.
• 1679 - University of Nijmegen closed.
• 1756 - consecrated in .^[5]
• 1788 - Henriette Pressburg, mother of Karl Marx born.^[6]
• 1794 - French bombardment of the Valkhof palace.
• 1824 - built.
• 1839 - Theatre built.
• 1848 - De Gelderlander newspaper begins publication.^[7]
• 1865 - Nijmegen railway station opens.
• 1866 - Population: 22,551.^[8]
• 1879
  • Arnhem–Nijmegen railway begins operating.
  • Nijmegen railway bridge built.
• 1881 - Tilburg–Nijmegen railway begins operating.
• 1883
  • Nijmegen–Venlo railway begins operating.
  • built.
• 1884 - Old city wall dismantled.
• 1885 - laid out.

20th century

• 1904 - Population: 49,342.
• 1911 - Gemeentetram Nijmegen (tram) begins operating.^[9]
• 1915 - Concertgebouw de Vereeniging (concert hall) opens.
• 1916 - (library) established.
• 1919 - Population: 66,833.^[10]
• 1923
  • Catholic University of Nijmegen established.^[11]
  • built.
• 1925 - Becomes centre for annual Vierdaagse walk.^[12]
• 1928 - Jesuit Collegium Berchmanianum established.
• 1936 - Waalbrug (road bridge) opens.^[13]
• 1939 - Stadion de Goffert (stadium) opens.
• 1940 - First Dutch city to be occupied by Germany.
• 1944
  • 22 February: Bombing of Nijmegen.
  • September: as part of the Allied Operation Market Garden, the Battle of Nijmegen takes place.
  • October: Battle of the Nijmegen salient
  • October: becomes mayor.
• 1948 - factory built.
• 1951 - (church) built.
• 1952 - begins operating.
• 1955 - (cinema) opens.^[14]
• 1956 - University Hospital established.
• 1960 - St Peter Canisius Church rebuilt on .
• 1961 - opens.
• 1966 - Development of and areas begins.
• 1970 - (festival) begins.
• 1972
  • cultural centre established.
  • shopping mall built.
• 1974
  • (hospital) opens.
  • shopping mall and University's built.
• 1979 - University's opens.
• 1980 - (historic district) designated.
• 1981 - Velorama bicycle museum founded.
• 1982 - established.
• 1984
  • Stichting Nijmegen Blijft in Beeld te Nijmegen (film society) founded.^[15] http://www.nijmegenblijftinbeeld.nl/wie-zijn-we/de-stichting
  • De Grote Broek squat occupied.
• 1988 - 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.
  • begins.
• 2000 - Population: 152,286.

21st century

• 2001 - nightclub opens.
• 2004
  • cinema opens.
  • Radboud University Nijmegen active.^[16]
• 2005 - 15 November: Journalist Sévèke killed in Nijmegen.
• 2007 - FiftyTwoDegrees hi-rise building constructed.
• 2010 - area development begins.
• 2012 - Hubert Bruls becomes mayor.
• 2013
  • "Ik bouw betaalbaar" self-build housing program active (approximate date).
  • bridge and access road open.
• 2014 - Nijmegen Goffert railway station opened.
• 2015 - Population: 170,774.

See also

• Nijmegen history
  • • • • 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

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 . Nimeguen, Holland . 2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949?urlappend=%3Bseq=619. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949?urlappend=%3Bseq=619 .
  • Book: Chambers's Encyclopaedia . London . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t3bz6g65j?urlappend=%3Bseq=517 . Nimeguen . 1901 . Chambers's Encyclopaedia . 2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t3bz6g65j?urlappend=%3Bseq=517 .
  • Nijmwegen . 19 . 689 . 1910 . . 1.
  • Book: Trudy Ring. Northern Europe . International Dictionary of Historic Places. 1995 . Fitzroy Dearborn . 978-1-136-63944-9 . Nijmegen . https://books.google.com/books?id=yfPYAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA533 . 533+ .

in Dutch

• Book: H.D.J. Van Schevichaven . Repertorium noviomagense: proeve van een register van boekwerken en geschriften betrekking hebbende op de stad en het Rijk van Nijmegen . 1906. F.E. Macdonald . Nijmegen . nl . (bibliography)
• Book: G. van Herwijnen . Bibliografie van de stedengeschiedenis van Nederland . Bibliography of Urban History in the Netherlands . 1978. Brill . nl . 90-04-05700-5 . Gelderland: Nijmegen . https://books.google.com/books?id=FNYUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA102 .

External links

• Web site: Historische atlas . Gemeente Nijmegen . nl . Historical Atlas .
• Web site: Regionaal Archief Nijmegen . Nijmegen Regional Archives . Gemeente Nijmegen . nl .
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Nijmegen, various dates
• Europeana. Items related to Nijmegen, various dates.

Notes and References

1. 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 .
2. Book: Henri Bouchot . H. Grevel . London . The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. 1890. H. Grevel & Co. . https://books.google.com/books?id=5ycxAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA367 . Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established . Henri Bouchot .
3. Book: Johannes Smetius . Smetius en Nijmegen als stad der Bataven. 2011. 9789061686606 . Radboud University Nijmegen . nl .
4. Book: Willem Frijhoff .

   nl:Willem Frijhoff

   . Marijke Spies . Dutch Culture in a European Perspective . 1 . 1650: Hard-Won Unity . 2004. . 978-90-232-3963-5 . Chronological Table . https://books.google.com/books?id=6yFZWojD6HwC&pg=PA728 . 725–734 .
5. Web site: Nijmegen . Four Hundred Years of Dutch Jewry . . Amsterdam . 30 October 2015 .
6. https://www.geni.com/people/Henriette-Marx/6000000007037730477 Henriette Pressburg: genealogy
7. Book: Europa World Year Book . 2004. . 978-1-85743-255-8 . Netherlands . https://books.google.com/books?id=gP_-8rXzQs8C&pg=PA3082 .
8. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1869 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Netherlands . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590337?urlappend=%3Bseq=392 . Nymegen . Statesman's Year-Book . 2027/nyp.33433081590337?urlappend=%3Bseq=392 .
9. Book: Beknopt overzicht van de nederlandse sppor en tramwegbedrijven . Brief overview of Dutch railway and tramway companies . Brill . nl . J.W. Sluiter . 1967.
10. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1921 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Netherlands . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=1150 . HathiTrust . Nimeguen . Statesman's Year-Book . 2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=1150 .
11. Book: Joop W. Koopmans. Arend H. Huussen Jr.. Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands. 2007 . 2nd . . 978-0-8108-6444-3 .
12. Book: De Wereld Wandelt . KNBLO, Nijmegen . 32 . 1991 . nl.
13. Web site: Bruggen database: Gelderland: Nijmegen . Database of Bridges . Nederlandse Bruggenstichting . . nl . 30 October 2015 .
14. Web site: Movie Theaters in Nijmegen, Netherlands . CinemaTreasures.org . Cinema Treasures LLC . Los Angeles . 30 October 2015 .
15. Book: Film and Television Collections in Europe: the MAP-TV Guide. 1995 . Routledge. 978-1-135-37262-0.
16. Book: Walter Rüegg . 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 .