Timeline of The Hague explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of The Hague, Netherlands,

Prior to 19th century

• ca.1230 - Hunting lodge established by Floris IV, Count of Holland.
• ca.1280 - Chapel built in the Binnenhof (approximate date).
• ca.1290 - Completion of the Ridderzaal building in the Binnenhof by Floris V, Count of Holland.
• ca.1380 - Civic Guard of The Hague established, the Saint George Archers Guild.
• 1397 - Cloister Church erected.
• 15th C. - Sint-Jacobskerk (church) building expanded.
• 1446 - Staten-Generaal (parliament) begins meeting in the Binnenhof.
• 1456 - Order of the Golden Fleece meets in The Hague for their 9th chapter.
• 1467 - Charles the Bold inaugurated in The Hague as Count of Holland.
• 1479 - Wolfert VI of Borselen and Reyner of Broeckhuysen conquer and plunder The Hague.
• 1489 - Francis of Brederode conquers The Hague and puts it to ransom.
• 1494 - Saint Laurence chamber of rhetoric active.^[1]
• 1516 - Printing press in operation.^[2]
• 1527 - The Hague becomes "the seat of the supreme court in Holland."
• 1528 - Maarten van Rossum, field marshal of Charles, Duke of Guelders, sacks The Hague.
• 1565 - Town Hall built.
• 1573 - During the Siege of Leiden the Spanish general Francisco de Valdez has his headquarters in The Hague.
• 1584 - The Hague becomes "the place of assembly of the States of Holland and of the States-general."
• 1595 - Noordeinde Palace purchased.
• 1603 - Treaty of The Hague, between Enno III, Count of East Frisia and the rebellious city of Emden.
• 1619 - Execution of statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt.
• 1644 - Mauritshuis (residence) built.
• 1646 - Huis ten Bosch (palace) built.^[3]
• 1651 - held.^[4]
• 1653 - (Scheveningen-The Hague) road built.
• 1656
  • Nieuwe Kerk (church) built.
  • Confrerie Pictura (artists' group) formed.^[5]
• 1658 - Huygens invents the pendulum clock.^[6]
• 1659 - Concert of The Hague (1659)
• 1672 - 20 August: Lynching of Cornelis and Johan de Witt.
• 1681 - Boterwaag (weigh house for butter) built.
• 1701 - Treaty of The Hague, between England, the Holy Roman Empire, and the United Provinces, creating an alliance against France.
• 1708 - Gravenhaagsche Courant newspaper in publication.^[7]
• 1720 - Treaty of The Hague, ending the War of the Quadruple Alliance.
• 1726 - built.
• 1747 - William IV, Prince of Orange moves to The Hague.
• 1750 - 's circulating library in business.^[8]
• 1764 - Lange Voorhout Palace built.
• 1772 - Kunstliefde Spaart geen Vlijt literary society formed.^[9]
• 1774 - Prince William V Gallery established, the first public museum of the Netherlands^[10]
• 1793 - Diligentia (society) founded.
• 1795
  • 31 January: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, in The Hague, by the revolutionary Patriots, similar to the French declaration of 1789.
  • 16 May: French-Batavian treaty signed in The Hague.
• 1798 - Royal Library of the Netherlands established.

19th century

• 1804 - Scheurleer & Zoonen in business.
• 1806 - Granted city rights by Louis Bonaparte
• 1814 - Staatscourant newspaper begins publication.
• 1816 - Royal Cabinet of Rarities founded by King William I of the Netherlands.
• 1822 - Mauritshuis re-established.
• 1823 - Metal Factory of Enthoven opens.
• 1824 - becomes mayor.
• 1838
  • Supreme Court of the Netherlands headquartered in The Hague.
  • Gymnasium Haganum (school) active.^[11]
• 1844 - built on Wagenstraat.^[12]
• 1845 - erected on .
• 1852 - Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum established.
• 1853 - Martinus Nijhoff Publishers in business.
• 1855 - Pander & Son founded, an aircraft and furniture factory.
• 1863 - (zoo) established.^[13]
• 1866 - Kunstmuseum Den Haag established.
• 1869 - Monument erected in the .
• 1870s - Artistic "Hague School" style of painting active.^[14]
• 1870
  • Gouda–Den Haag railway begins operating.
  • (train station) opens.
• 1872 - Hague Congress of the International Workingmen's Association.
• 1878 - built on .
• 1881 - 1 August: Panorama Mesdag opens.
• 1882 - The Prisongate Museum opens.
• 1883 - Rozenburg Earthenware factory established.
• 1884 - established.
• 1885
  • shopping arcade opens.
  • in business.
• 1887 - Museum Mesdag opens.
• 1890 - Royal (restaurant) in business.
• 1893 - Hague Conference on Private International Law
• 1898 - Nationale Tentoonstelling van Vrouwenarbeid 1898
• 1899
  • International peace conference held in The Hague.
  • Permanent Court of Arbitration established.
• 1900 - Population: 212,211.

20th century

• 1903 - established.^[15]
• 1904
  • Residentie Orchestra formed.
  • Museum for Education founded, since renamed to Museon.
• 1905 - ADO Den Haag football club formed.
• 1907
  • International peace conference held in The Hague.
  • Anglo-Dutch Royal Dutch Shell company^[16] and its Bataafse Petroleum Maatschappij headquartered in city.
• 1913 - Peace Palace built.
• 1914 - Belgian World War I refugees arrive in The Hague. Thousands would follow.
• 1917
  • Hundreds of British soldiers arrive in The Hague, to recover from the stress of their detainment in camps.
  • The House of Lords (restaurant) in business.
• 1918 - Townley Hall built in The Hague, barracks for 1,200 detained British soldiers and officers. Named after Sir Walter Beaupré Townley, a British diplomat.
• 1919 - Population: 359,610.^[17]
• 1921 - Asta cinema opens.^[18]
• 1922
  • 15 June: Museum Bredius founded.
  • 22 July: International Permanent Court of Arbitration begins operating from its headquarters in The Hague.
• 1923 - The Hague Academy of International Law established.
• 1925 - Zuiderpark Stadion (stadium) opens.
• 1929 - Netherlands Postal Museum opens, since renamed to COMM
• 1935 - Gemeentemuseum Den Haag (museum for modern art) opens.
• 1940 - 10 May: Battle for The Hague.
• 1945 - 3 March: Bombing of the Bezuidenhout.
• 1946 - United Nations International Court of Justice headquartered in The Hague.^[19]
• 1947 - established.^[20]
• 1948 - Congress of Europe in The Hague.
• 1950 - rebuilt.
• 1952 - International Institute of Social Studies established.^[21]
• 1954 - founded.
• 1955 - Mobarak Mosque built.
• 1959 - Nederlands Dans Theater founded.
• 1966 - July: Death of Hsu Tsu-tsai.
• 1969 - World Forum Convention Center opens.
• 1971 - International Federation of Library Associations headquartered in city.
• 1973 - Den Haag Centraal railway station built.
• 1974 - 13 September: 1974 French Embassy attack in The Hague.
• 1976 - Eurovision Song Contest 1976 held in The Hague.
• 1979 - Assassination of Richard Sykes (British diplomat).
• 1980 - Population: 456,886 municipality.
• 1981 - Filmhouse The Hague (arthouse) opens.
• 1982 - National Library of the Netherlands building opens.
• 1983 - 29 October: Demonstration against placement of cruise missiles in Woensdrecht Air Base.^[22]
• 1984 - Korzo Theater for experimental dance and music founded.
• 1985 - Trekvlietbrug (bridge) built.^[23]
• 1986 - Historical Museum of The Hague opens
• 1987
  • Koolhaas's deconstructivist-style built for the Netherlands Dance Theatre troupe.^[24]
  • The Hague University of Applied Sciences established.
• 1991 - International Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization headquartered in The Hague.
• 1992 - 16 September: Pension de Vogel homeless hostel fire.
• 1994
  • Beelden aan Zee (sculpture museum) opens.
  • Kinderboekenmuseum founded.
• 1995
  • The Hague City Hall new building constructed.^[25]
  • Yi Jun Peace Museum opens.
• 1996 - Wim Deetman becomes mayor.
• 1998
  • Europol established in The Hague.
  • Calla's restaurant in business.
• 1999 - active.

21st century

• 2002
  • Eurojust established in The Hague.
  • Regio Randstad regional governance group^[26] and Escher Museum established.
  • Fotomuseum Den Haag (museum for photography) opened.
  • Escher Museum opens.
• 2003
  • Hoftoren hi-rise built.
  • International Criminal Court established in The Hague.
  • Population: 463,826.^[27]
• 2004 - Police raid a safehouse of terrorist organization Hofstad Network.
• 2006 - The Hague Jazz fest begins.
• 2007
  • Regional RandstadRail 3 begins operating.
  • Kyocera Stadion (stadium) opens.
  • Het Strijkijzer hi-rise built.
  • Humanity House opens.
• 2008 - Jozias van Aartsen becomes mayor.
• 2011
  • The Hague Institute for Global Justice established.
  • Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands established.
  • De Kroon hi-rise built.
• 2013 - Population: 505,856 municipality.^[28]
• 2014
  • March: International 2014 Nuclear Security Summit held in city.
  • Population: 510,909 municipality; 2,261,844 metro region.
• 2017 - Pauline Krikke becomes mayor.

See also

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

References

This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.

Bibliography

Published in the 18th-19th c.

in English

• • Book: Gazetteer of the Netherlands. G.G. and J. Robinson. London. 1794. https://books.google.com/books?id=Mv1WAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA2-PA2. Hague.
• Book: Galignani's Traveller's Guide through Holland and Belgium . Paris . . 1822 . 4th . Hague . 2027/njp.32101073846667?urlappend=%3Bseq=130 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101073846667?urlappend=%3Bseq=130 .
  • Book: William Henry Overall. William Henry Overall. Dictionary of Chronology. 1870. William Tegg . London . Hague . 2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949?urlappend=%3Bseq=385. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949?urlappend=%3Bseq=385 .

in Dutch

• 1889-

Published in the 20th-21st c.

in English

• Book: Chambers's Encyclopaedia . Chambers's Encyclopaedia . London . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t1fj2r624?urlappend=%3Bseq=517 . Hague . 5 . 1901. 2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t1fj2r624?urlappend=%3Bseq=517 . .
• (+ 1876 ed.)
• Book: George Wharton Edwards. George Wharton Edwards. Holland of To-day. 1909. Moffat, Yard & Company . New York . The Hague . 9780849513558.
• (+ 1881 ed.)
• Hague, The . 12 . 817 - 818 . 1910 . . 1.
  • Book: Colum Hourihane . Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture . 2012. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-539536-5 . The Hague . https://books.google.com/books?id=FtlMAgAAQBAJ&pg=RA2-PA270 . .
• Book: Furnée and Lesger . The Landscape of Consumption: Shopping Streets and Cultures in Western Europe, 1600-1900 . 2014. Palgrave Macmillan. 978-1-137-31406-2 . 'Our Living Museum of Nouveaut's': Visual and Social Pleasures in The Hague's Shopping Streets, 1650-1900 . Jan Hein Furnée . https://books.google.com/books?id=E3SEAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA208 . 208+. .

in Dutch

External links

• Web site: History of the Hague: Timeline . DenHaag.nl . Municipality of The Hague .
• Europeana. Items related to The Hague, various dates.
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to The Hague, various dates

Notes and References

1. 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 .
2. Book: Henri Bouchot. 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 .
3. Web site: Low Countries, 1600–1800 A.D.: Key Events . Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History . . New York . 30 October 2015 .
4. Book: Willem Frijhoff .

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   . 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. Book: Karel Davids . Bert De Munck . Innovation and Creativity in Late Medieval and Early Modern European Cities. 2014. Ashgate . 978-1-4724-3989-5 . The spatial side of innovation: the local organization of cultural production in the Dutch Republic, 1580-1800 . Claartje Rasterhoff . 161–188 .
6. Book: Patrick Robertson. Robertson's Book of Firsts . 2011. Bloomsbury . 978-1-60819-738-5.
7. Web site: Selectie van titels: 1618-1800 . Project Databank Digitale Dagbladen (Databank of Digital Daily Newspapers) . . 30 October 2015 . nl .
8. . 1998 . 24 . Libraries in the Netherlands . Paul Schneiders . International Federation of Library Associations .
9. Web site: Chronology of Scholarly Societies . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115228/http://www.scholarly-societies.org/chronology_soc.html . 4 March 2016 . Jim Parrott . Scholarly Societies Project . . Canada .
10. Netherlands Museums Association - Museum Provenance Investigation: Galerij Prins Willem V (Prince William V Gallery)
11. Book: Klaas van Berkel. Klaas van Berkel. History of Science in the Netherlands . 1999. Brill . 90-04-10006-7. etal.
12. Web site: Den Haag . Four Hundred Years of Dutch Jewry . . Amsterdam . 30 October 2015 .
13. Book: Vernon N. Kisling. Zoo and Aquarium History. 2000. . USA . 978-1-4200-3924-5 . Zoological Gardens of the Netherlands (chronological list) . https://books.google.com/books?id=dxTrR5nOE0UC&pg=PA373 .
14. Web site: Central Europe and Low Countries, 1800–1900 A.D.: Key Events . Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History . Metropolitan Museum of Art . New York . 30 October 2015 .
15. Book: International Banking Directory. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hb1sji?urlappend=%3Bseq=829 . 1922 . Bankers Publishing Company . New York . Netherlands . 2027/hvd.hb1sji?urlappend=%3Bseq=829.
16. Book: M. S. Vassiliou. Marius Vassiliou. Historical Dictionary of the Petroleum Industry . 2009. . 978-0-8108-6288-3 . Chronology . https://books.google.com/books?id=vArc08DO9ykC&pg=PR23 .
17. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . Statesman's Year-Book . 1921 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Netherlands . 2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=1150 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=1150 . HathiTrust .
18. Web site: Movie Theaters in Den Haag, Netherlands . CinemaTreasures.org . Cinema Treasures LLC . Los Angeles . 30 October 2015 .
19. Book: Richard Green. Chronology of International Organizations. 2008. Routledge. 978-1-135-35590-6.
20. Book: Hans van Maanen . Het Nederlandse toneelbestel van 1945 tot 1995 . Netherlands Theatre from 1945 to 1995 . 1997. Amsterdam University Press. 978-90-5356-252-9.
21. 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 .
22. Book: Joop W. Koopmans. Arend H. Huussen Jr.. Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands. 2007 . 2nd . . 978-0-8108-6444-3 . Chronology . https://books.google.com/books?id=RZmk_G1JXbMC&pg=PR21 .
23. Web site: Bruggen database: Zuid-Holland: Den Haag . Database of Bridges . Nederlandse Bruggenstichting . . nl . 30 October 2015 .
24. Web site: Low Countries, 1900 A.D.–present: Key Events . Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History . Metropolitan Museum of Art . New York . 30 October 2015 .
25. Book: Hans van Dijk. Twentieth-century Architecture in the Netherlands. 1999. 010 Publishers. 978-90-6450-347-4 . Rotterdam .
26. Book: OECD Territorial Reviews . Randstad Holland, Netherlands . 2007. . 978-92-64-00793-2.
27. Book: Europa World Year Book . 2004. . 978-1-85743-255-8 . Netherlands . https://books.google.com/books?id=gP_-8rXzQs8C&pg=PA3065 .
28. Web site: 2014 . Population dynamics; birth, death and migration per region: Municipality 's-Gravenhage . StatLine . .