Timeline of Nijmegen

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

Prior to 20th century

800 - Fort built (approximate date).^[1]
1030 - Sint-Nicolaaskapel [nl] (church) built (approximate date).
1272 - Saint Stephen's Church, Nijmegen built (approximate date).^[2]
1390 - Public clock installed (approximate date).^[3]
1479 - Printing press in operation.^[4]
1526 - Stratemakerstoren bastion built (approximate date).
1554 - Town Hall built.^[2]
1589 - 10 August: Assault on Nijmegen.
1591
- July: Siege of Knodsenburg.
- October: Siege of Nijmegen.
1612 - Boterwaag (Nijmegen) [nl] (weigh house) built (approximate date).^[2]
1618 - Collector of Roman antiquities Johannes Smetius moves to Nijmegen.^[5]
1646 - Belvédère (Nijmegen) [nl] (tower) built.^[2]
1656 - University of Nijmegen established.^[6]
1678 - European peace treaty signed in Nijmegen.^[1]
1679 - University of Nijmegen closed.^[6]
1756 - Nijmegen Synagogue [nl] consecrated in Benedenstad (Nijmegen) [nl].^[7]
1788 - Henriette Pressburg, mother of Karl Marx born.^[8]
1824 - Nijmegen arsenal [nl] built.
1839 - Theatre built.^[2]
1848 - De Gelderlander newspaper begins publication.^[9]
1865 - Nijmegen railway station opens.
1866 - Population: 22,551.^[10]
1879
- Arnhem–Nijmegen railway begins operating.
- Nijmegen railway bridge built.
1881 - Tilburg–Nijmegen railway begins operating.
1883
- Nijmegen–Venlo railway begins operating.
- Kolpinghuis [nl] built.
1884 - City wall dismantled.^[2]
1885 - Hunnerpark [nl] laid out.

20th century

1911 - Gemeentetram Nijmegen (tram) begins operating.^[11]
1915 - Concertgebouw de Vereeniging (concert hall) opens.
1916
- Openbare Bibliotheek Nijmegen [nl] (library) established.
- Vierdaagse (walk) begins.
1919 - Population: 66,833.^[12]
1923
- Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen established.^[1]
- Saint Stephen's Church, Nijmegen (1927) [nl] built.
1928 - Jesuit Collegium Berchmanianum established.
1936 - Waalbrug (bridge) opens.^[13]
1939 - Stadion de Goffert (stadium) opens.
1944
- 22 February: Bombing of Nijmegen.
- September: as part of the Allied Operation Market Garden, the Battle of Nijmegen takes place.
- October: Charles Hustinx [nl] becomes mayor.
1948 - De Vasim [nl] factory built.
1951 - Dominicuskerk (Nijmegen) [nl] (church) built.
1952 - Nijmegen trolleybus [nl] begins operating.
1955 - Bioscoop Carolus [nl] (cinema) opens.^[14]
1956 - University Hospital established.
1960 - St Peter Canisius Church rebuilt on Molenstraat (Nijmegen) [nl].
1961 - Nijmegen City Theatre [nl] opens.
1966 - Development of Dukenburg [nl] and Lindenholt [nl] areas begins.^{[citation needed]}
1970 - Vierdaagsefeesten [nl] (festival) begins.
1972
- Lidenberg Nijmegen Culture House [nl] cultural centre established.
- Passage Molenpoort [nl] shopping mall built.
1974
- Canisius-Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis [nl] (hospital) opens.
- Passage Mariënburg [nl] shopping mall and University's Erasmusgebouw [nl] built.
1979 - University's Nijmeegs Volkenkundig Museum [nl] opens.
1980 - Rijksbeschermd gezicht Nijmegen [nl] (historic district) designated.
1981 - Velorama bicycle museum founded.
1982 - Steigertheater [nl] established.
1984
- Stichting Nijmegen Blijft in Beeld te Nijmegen (film society) founded.^[15][1]
- De Grote Broek squat occupied.
1988 - Badhuis (Nijmegen) [nl] Theatre opens.
1991 - Extrapool cultural organization established.
1994 - de-Affaire music fest begins.^{[citation needed]}
1995 - Population: 147,561.
1996 - HAN University of Applied Sciences established.
1999
- Valkhof Museum established.
- Wintertuin Festival [nl] begins.^{[citation needed]}
2000 - Population: 152,286.

21st century

2001 - The Matrixx [nl] nightclub opens.
2004
- LUX (Nijmegen) [nl] cinema opens.
- Radboud University Nijmegen active.^[16]
2005 - 15 November: Journalist Sévèke killed in Nijmegen.
2007 - FiftyTwoDegrees hi-rise building constructed.
2010 - Waalfront [nl] area development begins.^{[citation needed]}
2012 - Hubert Bruls becomes mayor.
2013
- "Ik bouw betaalbaar" self-build housing program active (approximate date).^[17]
- Oversteek [nl] bridge and S100 (Nijmegen) [nl] access road open.^{[citation needed]}
2015 - Population: 170,774.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Joop W. Koopmans; Arend H. Huussen Jr. (2007). Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6444-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Britannica 1910.
^ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum [de] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4. {{cite book}}: Check |author= value (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
^ Smetius en Nijmegen als stad der Bataven (in Dutch), Radboud University Nijmegen, 2011
^ ^a ^b Willem Frijhoff [nl]; Marijke Spies (2004). "Chronological Table". 1650: Hard-Won Unity. Vol. 1. Koninklijke Van Gorcum [nl]. pp. 725–734. ISBN 978-90-232-3963-5. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help); Check |author1= value (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Nijmegen". Four Hundred Years of Dutch Jewry. Amsterdam: Joods Historisch Museum. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
^ Henriette Pressburg: genealogy
^ "Netherlands". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
^ "Netherlands". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1869. Nymegen
^ J.W. Sluiter (1967). Beknopt overzicht van de nederlandse sppor en tramwegbedrijven [Brief overview of Dutch railway and tramway companies] (in Dutch). Brill.
^ "Netherlands". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via HathiTrust. Nimeguen
^ "Bruggen database: Gelderland: Nijmegen" [Database of Bridges] (in Dutch). Rijswijk: Nederlandse Bruggenstichting. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
^ "Movie Theaters in Nijmegen, Netherlands". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
^ Film and Television Collections in Europe: the MAP-TV Guide. Routledge. 1995. ISBN 978-1-135-37262-0.
^ Walter Rüegg, 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.
^ "Dutch City Promotes Affordable Housing With Stylish Modular Dwelling Catalog", Wired.com, April 2013

This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

Thomas Nugent (1749), "Nimeguen", The Grand Tour, vol. 1: Netherlands, London: S. Birt
Abraham Rees (1819), "Nimeguen", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Nimeguen, Holland". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg.
"Nijmegen", Handbook for Travellers in Holland and Belgium (20th ed.), London: John Murray, 1881
"Nimeguen". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
"Nymwegen", Belgium and Holland (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910
"Nijmwegen", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York: New York : Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Nimeguen, Holland", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Nijmegen". Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 533+. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.

in Dutch

H.D.J. Van Schevichaven (1906). Repertorium noviomagense: proeve van een register van boekwerken en geschriften betrekking hebbende op de stad en het Rijk van Nijmegen (in Dutch). Nijmegen: F.E. Macdonald. (bibliography)
G. van Herwijnen, ed. (1978). "Gelderland: Nijmegen". Bibliografie van de stedengeschiedenis van Nederland [Bibliography of Urban History in the Netherlands] (in Dutch). Brill. ISBN 90-04-05700-5.

External links

"Historische atlas" [Historical Atlas] (in Dutch). Gemeente Nijmegen.
"Regionaal Archief Nijmegen" [Nijmegen Regional Archives] (in Dutch). Gemeente Nijmegen.
Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Nijmegen, various dates
Europeana. Items related to Nijmegen, various dates.

[koopmans2007-1] Joop W. Koopmans; Arend H. Huussen Jr. (2007). Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6444-3.

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Britannica 1910.

[Rossum1996-3] Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum [de] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4. {{cite book}}: Check |author= value (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[Bouchot1890-4] Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.

[5] Smetius en Nijmegen als stad der Bataven (in Dutch), Radboud University Nijmegen, 2011

[Frijhoff2004chronology-6] Willem Frijhoff [nl]; Marijke Spies (2004). "Chronological Table". 1650: Hard-Won Unity. Vol. 1. Koninklijke Van Gorcum [nl]. pp. 725–734. ISBN 978-90-232-3963-5. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help); Check |author1= value (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[jewry-7] "Nijmegen". Four Hundred Years of Dutch Jewry. Amsterdam: Joods Historisch Museum. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

[8] Henriette Pressburg: genealogy

[europa2004-9] "Netherlands". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.

[10] "Netherlands". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1869. Nymegen

[sluiter1967-11] J.W. Sluiter (1967). Beknopt overzicht van de nederlandse sppor en tramwegbedrijven [Brief overview of Dutch railway and tramway companies] (in Dutch). Brill.

[12] "Netherlands". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via HathiTrust. Nimeguen

[bruggendatabase-13] "Bruggen database: Gelderland: Nijmegen" [Database of Bridges] (in Dutch). Rijswijk: Nederlandse Bruggenstichting. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

[cinema-14] "Movie Theaters in Nijmegen, Netherlands". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

[maptv1995-15] Film and Television Collections in Europe: the MAP-TV Guide. Routledge. 1995. ISBN 978-1-135-37262-0.

[Ruegg2011-16] Walter Rüegg, 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.

[17] "Dutch City Promotes Affordable Housing With Stylish Modular Dwelling Catalog", Wired.com, April 2013

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