Timeline of 's-Hertogenbosch

The following is a of the history of the municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.

Prior to 19th century

• 1185 - City rights granted.
• 1225 - built, with its and .
• 1268 - Tafel van de Heilige Geest (charity) active (approximate date).
• 1399 - (gate) built.
• 1400 - Public clock installed (approximate date).
• 1463 - Catastrophic fire, likely witnessed by young Hieronymus Bosch.
• 1495 - Artist Hieronymus Bosch active (approximate date).
• 1530 - St. John's Cathedral ('s-Hertogenbosch) built.
• 1533 - (city hall) remodelled.
• 1559 - Roman Catholic Diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch established.
• 1601 - November: Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch (1601).
• 1620 - built.
• 1629 - April–September: Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch.
• 1638 - installed.
• 1645 - Citadel of 's-Hertogenbosch built.
• 1749 - laid out.

19th century

• 1815 - City becomes capital of North Brabant province.
• 1817 - Design of adopted.
• 1818 - in business.
• 1824 - in use.
• 1826 - Geefhuis (charity) rebuilt on .
• 1829 - Catholic Nord Brabanter newspaper begins publication.
• 1836 - Provinciaal Genootschap Kunsten & Wetenschappen (society of arts & sciences) founded.
• 1853 - Theatre built on the .
• 1866 - Population: 24,201.
• 1868 - 's-Hertogenbosch railway station opens.
• 1874 - dismantled.
• 1880 - headquartered in city.
• 1881 - Kruisstraat railway station and Sprokkelbosch railway station open.
• 1883
• begins operating.
• Rijksarchief Noord-Brabant building constructed on Waterstraat.
• 1884 - Petrus Josephus Johannus Sophia Marie van der Does de Willebois becomes mayor.
• 1885 - 700th anniversary of city founding.
• 1886 - Telephone begins operating.
• 1887 - City gasworks built on the .
• 1895 - Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and regent queen Emma visit city.
• 1896 - begins operating.

20th century

• 1903 - installed.
• 1905 - (church) built.
• 1917 - St. Catherine's Church, 's-Hertogenbosch (church) built.
• 1919 - Population: 38,067.
• 1925 - opens on .
• 1926 - opens.
• 1929 - erected in the .
• 1934 - built.
• 1938 - Synagogue built on Prins Bernhardstraat.
• 1943
• January: Herzogenbusch concentration camp begins operating near city.
• December: Subcamp of the Herzogenbusch concentration camp established.
• 1944
• September: Subcamp of the Herzogenbusch concentration camp dissolved.
• 27 October: Allied forces take city.
• 1954 - International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch begins.
• 1957 - supermarket in business (approximate date).
• 1959 - Brabants Dagblad (newspaper) in publication.
• 1971
• Empel en Meerwijk and Engelen become part of 's-Hertogenbosch.
• built.
• 1973 - demolished in the .
• 1981 - Rosmalen railway station opens.
• 1985 - May: Catholic pope visits city.
• 1987 - 's-Hertogenbosch Oost railway station opens.
• 1996
• June: 1996 Tour de France cycling race starts from 's-Hertogenbosch.
• radio begins broadcasting.
• becomes mayor.
• 2000 - Population: 129,034 municipality.

21st century

• 2005 - established.
• 2013 - Population: 142,817 municipality.

See also

• 's-Hertogenbosch history
• , 1567-1794
• e.g. Bois-le-Duc, Den Bosch
• of other municipalities in the Netherlands: Amsterdam, Breda, Delft, Eindhoven, Groningen, Haarlem, The Hague, Leiden, Maastricht, Nijmegen, Rotterdam, Utrecht

References

This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

in Dutch

• 1776-1778
• 1863-1866

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