Timeline of Leuven
The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Leuven, Belgium.
Prior to 20th century
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- 883 - Battle of Leuven (883).
- 891 - Battle of Leuven (891).
- 1090 - Hospital established (approximate date).[1]
- 1100 - St. Peter's Church built (approximate date).[2]
- 1165 - Saint Michael's Church, Leuven built.[2]
- 1183 - Leuven becomes part of the Duchy of Brabant of the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1200 - Saint Quentin Church, Leuven built (approximate date).[2]
- 1225 - Arnold Nobel becomes mayor.
- 1230 - Saint Jacob's Church, Leuven built.[2]
- 1317 - Lakenhal (Leuven) (cloth hall) built.[3]
- 1379 - Defenestration of Leuven (political unrest).[3]
- 1425 - Studium Generale Lovaniense (university) founded.[4]
- 1463 - Leuven Town Hall built.[5]
- 1474 - Printing press in operation.[6]
- 1497 - St. Peter's Church rebuilt.[3]
- 1502 - Erasmus moves to Leuven.
- 1571 - City Archive relocated to City Hall.[7]
- 1635 - June–July: Siege of Leuven.
Siege of Leuven in 1635 - 1717 - Artois brewery in business.[8]
- 1727 - Public celebration on 10 November of the third centenary of the university's founding.[9]
- 1738 - Hortus Botanicus Lovaniensis (botanical garden) established.[10]
- 1786 - Seminary established.[11]
- 1795 - City becomes part of the Dyle (department) of the French First Republic.
- 1804 - City becomes part of the First French Empire.
- 1815 - City becomes part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- 1830 - City becomes part of the Kingdom of Belgium.
- 1831 - 12 August: Battle of Leuven (1831).[11]
- 1834 - Catholic University of Leuven established.[12]
- 1843 - Heilige Drievuldigheidscollege (school) established.
- 1867 - Leuven City Theatre built on Statiestraat.
- 1883 - Population: 36,813.[13]
- 1899 - Keizersberg Abbey founded.
20th century
- 1903 - K. Stade Leuven football club formed.
- 1914 - Sack of Leuven;[14] Library of the Catholic University of Leuven destroyed.[5]
- 1919 - Population: 40,069.[15]
- 1928
- UZ Leuven (hospital) active.[citation needed]
- Library of the Catholic University of Leuven rebuilt.[5]
- 1940 - Library of the Catholic University of Leuven destroyed again.[5]
- 1947 - Alfons Smets becomes mayor.
- 1967 - November: French-Flemish Affaire de Louvain begins.[16]
- 1968
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven established.[4]
- Lemmensinstituut (music conservatory) active.
- Studio 1 cinema in business.[17]
- 1977
- Heverlee, Kessel-Lo, and Wilsele become part of city.[18]
- Alfred Vansina becomes mayor.
- 1982 - Marktrock music fest begins.
- 1988 - Vlaams Filmmuseum en -archief (Flemish film museum) established.[19]
- 1995
- Louis Tobback becomes mayor.
- City becomes part of the Flemish Brabant province.
- Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven (school) established.
- 1998 - Grand Béguinage designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
21st century
- 2002
- Oud-Heverlee Leuven football club formed.
- Den Dreef stadium opens in Heverlee.
- 2008 - Anheuser-Busch InBev headquartered in city.
- 2011 - Cyclocross Leuven begins.
- 2013 - Population: 97,656.
See also
- Leuven history
- History of Leuven
- List of mayors of Leuven
- List of historical monuments in Leuven
- Other names of Leuven
- List of colleges of Leuven University
- Timelines of other municipalities in Belgium: Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, Ghent, Liège
References
- ^ James Brodman (2009). Charity and Religion in Medieval Europe. Catholic University of America Press. ISBN 978-0-8132-1580-8.
- ^ a b c d Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Leuven". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c "Louvain", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Walter Rüegg [in German], ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1087, OL 6112221M
- ^ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Belgium: Louvain". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company – via HathiTrust.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "Archief: Historiek" (in Dutch). Stad Leuven. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ "Louvain". Belgique. Petit Futé (in French). 2014.
- ^ Edward van Even (1871). "Drie honderdjarig jubelfeest van de stichting der hoogeschool van Leuven, gevierd in 1727". Mengelingen van de geschiedenis van Braband. C.-J. Fonteyn, Sr. pp. 483–484.
- ^ "Garden Search: Belgium". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ a b Léon van der Essen (1920). A Short History of Belgium. University of Chicago Press.
- ^ "University of Louvain". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York. 1913.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Belgium". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ Stephen Pope; Elizabeth-Anne Wheal (1995). "Select Chronology". Dictionary of the First World War. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-85052-979-1.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "Belgium". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "In Belgium, Leuven-Louvain Split Speaks Loud", New York Times, 11 November 1997
- ^ "Movie Theaters in Leuven, Belgium". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ "Archief: Archievenoverzicht" (in Dutch). Stad Leuven. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ Film and Television Collections in Europe: the MAP-TV Guide. Routledge. 1995. ISBN 978-1-135-37262-0.
This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia and French Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- Published in the 18th-19th c.
- Thomas Nugent (1749), "Lovain", The Grand Tour, vol. 1: Netherlands, London: S. Birt
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Louvain". Gazetteer of the Netherlands. Attributed to Clement Cruttwell. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson. 1794.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: others (link) - Abraham Rees (1819), "Louvain, a city of France", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Louvain". Galignani's Traveller's Guide through Holland and Belgium (4th ed.). Paris: A. and W. Galignani. 1822.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Louvain". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg – via HathiTrust.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Louvain", Handbook for Travellers in Holland and Belgium (20th ed.), London: John Murray, 1881
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - W. Pembroke Fetridge (1885), "Louvain", Harper's Hand-Book for Travellers in Europe and the east, New York: Harper & Brothers
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- Published in the 20th c.
- "Louvain". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. Vol. 6. London. 1901.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Louvain", Belgium and Holland (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, OCLC 397759
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) (+ 1881 ed.) - "Louvain". Belgium. Grieben's Guide Books. Vol. 141. London: Williams & Norgate. 1910.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Louvain", Traveller's Handbook for Belgium and the Ardennes, London: T. Cook & Son, 1921
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Louvain". Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.
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