Timeline of Amsterdam

The following is a of the history of the municipality of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Prior to 17th century

• 2700~2750 BC - age of Neolithic shards of Bell Beaker culture pottery found under Rokin
• 2200~2000 BC - age of granite grinding stone found under Damrak
• 10th c. - Farmers settling at upstream Amstel
• 1105 - Wolfger van Amstel mentioned in a document as scultetus of "Amestelle" (Amstelland).
• 1170 - All Saint's Flood made settlement possible at the banks of downstream Amstel
• 1213 - Founding Oude Kerk in this settlement
• 1270 - Dam built in Amstel River (approximate date).
• 1275
• "Amestelledamme" (meaning: 'dam in the Amstel') appears for the first time in a charter.
• 27 October, Count Floris V of the County of Holland granted traders, sailors and fishermen exemption from tolls.
• 1300 - Population: 1000.
• 1303 - Siege of Amsterdam
• 1306 - Amsterdam granted city rights. Oude Kerk consecrated.
• 1345 - 15 March: Alleged "Miracle of Amsterdam" occurs.
• 1347 - Heilige Stede chapel built.
• 1389 - The city was first called Aemsterdam in an authentic piece.
• 1408 - Nieuwe Kerk (church) construction begins.
• 1421 - Fire.
• 1425 - Singel canal dug.
• 1452 - Fire.
• 1470 - Agnietenklooster built.
• 1487 - Schreierstoren built.
• 1490s - Brick city wall built.
• 1516 - Montelbaanstoren built.
• 1518 - Egelantier formed (approximate date).
• 1535 - 10 May: Anabaptist riot occurs; "fanatics ran about the streets naked."
• 1566 - Beeldenstorm.
• 1568 - Amsterdam supports Catholics in the Dutch Revolt.
• 1575 - Erven Lucas Bols in business.
• 1578
• Alteratie shifts power from Catholics to Protestants.
• built.
• 1585 - City expands beyond the Singel.
• 1586 - Admiralty of Amsterdam formed.
• 1596 - Rasphuis (prison) established.

17th century

• 1600 - Population: 50,000.
• 1601 - Goldsmith's guild established.
• 1602 - Amsterdam Stock Exchange and Dutch East India Company founded.
• 1603 - Hendrick de Keyser becomes city architect.
• 1606 - Oost-Indisch Huis built.
• 1607 - English Reformed Church established.
• 1609 - Bank of Amsterdam established.
• 1611 - built.
• 1613 - Grachtengordel development begins.
• 1614 - Nieuwmarkt created.
• 1617
• First Dutch Academy formed.
• Korenbeurs built.
• Town gate remodeled as Weigh House.
• 1619 - Westerhal built.
• 1620
• Munttoren and built.
• English-language Corrant out of Italy, German, Etc. newspaper begins publication.
• 1621 - Dutch West India Company founded.
• 1622 - Cromhouthuizen built.
• 1631 - Artist Rembrandt moves to Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam.
• 1632 - Athenaeum Illustre formed.
• 1633 - built.
• 1637 - Schouwburg of Van Campen (theatre) built.
• 1638
• Hortus Medicus founded.
• built.
• 1641 - built on .
• 1642 - Rembrandt's artwork The Night Watch shown in the Kloveniersdoelen.
• 1651 - St. Peter's Flood.
• 1652 - 7 July: burns down.
• 1655 - New City Hall built on Dam Square.
• 1662
• Trippenhuis and (gate) built.
• Blaeu's Atlas Maior published.
• 1663 - Bubonic plague outbreak.
• 1665 - New theatre opens.
• 1666 - Population: 200,000.
• 1672 - Johannes Hudde becomes mayor.
• 1675 - Portuguese Synagogue built.
• 1679 - Wynand-Fockink in business.
• 1682 - Begijnhof Chapel and Amstelhof built.
• 1683 - Society of Suriname established.
• 1691 - Skinny Bridge built.
• 1696 - Aansprekersoproer riots

18th century

• 1748
• Pachtersoproer riots
• Demands from Doelistenmovement
• 1765 - Stadstekenacademie founded.
• 1774 - Theatre opens on the Leidseplein.
• 1776 - Felix Meritis society and established.
• 1780 - built.
• 1785 - Seamen's Institute, and Society for Public Welfare organized.
• 1787 - Prussians in power.
• 1794
• Metz & Co established.
• Population: 217,024.
• 1795 - January: French in power.
• 1800 - Barrack of St. Charles built.

19th century

• 1808
• Amsterdam becomes capital of Kingdom of Holland, client state of the French Empire.
• City Hall becomes the Royal Palace.
• Royal Institute of Sciences, Literature and Fine Arts founded.
• 1813 - Oranje-Nassau Kazerne (military barrack) built.
• 1814
• Amsterdam becomes capital of the Netherlands.
• Rijks-Museum relocates to the Trippenhuis building.
• Bank of the Netherlands headquartered in city.
• 1815
• Doelen Hotel in business.
• Population: 180,179.
• 1824 - Netherlands Trading Society headquartered in city.
• 1825
• North Holland Canal constructed.
• Amsterdamsche Stoomboot Maatschappij established
• 1838 - Zoo opens.
• 1839
• Amsterdam–Haarlem railway begins operating.
• opens.
• Arti et Amicitiae society organized.
• 1840
• Coster Diamonds founded.
• (gate) built.
• 1841 - Mozes en Aäronkerk (church) rebuilt.
• 1843 - Station Amsterdam Weesperpoort opens.
• 1845 - built.
• 1852 - Bijbels Museum founded.
• 1853 - City "water supply" begins.
• 1854 - Royal Asscher Diamond Company founded.
• 1855 - Arti et Amicitiae constructed.
• 1856
• Amsterdam–Arnhem railway constructed.
• De Eendracht war memorial erected.
• Koninklijke Nederlandse Stoomboot-Maatschappij (shipping company) established.
• 1862 - Bloemenmarkt founded.
• 1863 - Museum Fodor opens.
• 1864 - Crystal Palace built on the .
• 1866 - Population: 264,498.
• 1867
• Heineken brewery built.
• Amstel Hotel opens.
• 1869 - Netherlands Bank building constructed.
• 1870
• Rijksakademie, De Bijenkorf shop, and Amstel Brewery founded.
• Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland (steamship line) in business.
• 1872 - Construction of the first social housing project, de Dubbeltjespanden
• 1874
• Amsterdam–Zutphen railway constructed.
• Amsterdamse Toneelschool established.
• 1875 - housing association formed.
• 1876
• North Sea Canal opens.
• Population: 281,944.
• 1877 - Municipal University of Amsterdam and Teekenschool voor Kunstambachten founded.
• 1878 - Den Helder–Amsterdam railway begins operating.
• 1880 - Vrije Universiteit established.
• 1881
• Telephone in operation.
• housing built in Czaar Peterbuurt.
• Stille Omgang revived.
• 1882 - Spui square created.
• 1883
• May: International Colonial and Export Exhibition opens.
• (theatre) built.
• (park) laid out.
• 1884
• Amsterdamsch Conservatorium founded.
• Population: 361,326.
• 1885 - Rijksmuseum opens.
• 1886 - July: Palingoproer eel riot occurs.
• 1887
• Orange riots..
• Elsevier publisher in business.
• Basilica of St. Nicholas built.
• 1888 - Concertgebouw built, and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra founded.
• 1889 - Amsterdam Centraal railway station opens.
• 1890 - Victoria Hotel, Amsterdam in business.
• 1893 - Economic unrest.
• 1894 - Stadsschouwburg rebuilt.
• 1895
• (exhibit) held.
• Museum Willet-Holthuysen and Catholic Ignatius Gymnasium (school) established.
• 1896 - Hotel de l'Europe in business on the .
• 1900
• Gemeentetram Amsterdam tramway established.
• historical society and AFC Ajax football club formed.
• Population: 523,557.

20th century

1900-1939

• 1903
• Railroad Strike.
• Beurs van Berlage built.
• 1904
• Hulp voor Onbehuisden (HvO, shelters for homeless people) founded.
• August: International Socialist Congress held.
• 1906 - Amsterdam Wind Orchestra ATH formed.
• 1907 - cinema and Het Houten Stadion (stadium) open.
• 1911 - Rembrandt House Museum opens.
• 1914 - Harry Elte Stadium and on Kalverstraat built.
• 1915
• department store built.
• (publisher) in business.
• 1917
• 1917 Potato riots.
• Amsterdam-Zuid development begins per Plan Zuid.
• 1919
• Public library opens.
• Het Schip apartment building erected.
• Disteldorp and Vogeldorp areas built in Amsterdam-Noord.
• Population: 647,120.
• 1920
• Construction of the Defence Line of Amsterdam completed.
• Muzieklyceum and Rialto cinema established.
• 1921
• Buiksloot, Nieuwendam, Ransdorp, Sloten, and Watergraafsmeer annexed.
• Tuschinski cinema built.
• 1923 - Tuindorp Oostzaan area built.
• 1924.
• Institute of Applied Art formed.
• National Vocational School for Pastry Chefs opens.
• 1925 - Tooneelmuseum (stage museum) founded.
• 1926
• Amsterdam Museum established.
• Royal Tropical Institute building constructed
• HEMA (store) in business on Kalverstraat.
• 1927 - American Women's Club Amsterdam founded.
• 1928 - Summer Olympics held.
• 1929 - Palace of National Industry burns down.
• 1932 - Joods Historisch Museum opens.
• 1933 - Alhambra Theater opens.
• 1934
• July: Jordaanoproer.
• Allard Pierson Museum opens.
• 1935
• International Institute for Social History established.
• cinema opens.
• 1936 - Theatre built.
• 1939
• Amsterdam Amstel railway station opens.
• built.

World War II

• 1940
• 11 May: Bombing of Amsterdam by the Luftwaffe
• German occupation begins
• Het Parool newspaper begins publication.
• 1941
• February strike.
• Central Office for Jewish Emigration in the Netherlands begins operating.
• 1943
• 27 March: 1943 bombing of the Amsterdam civil registry office
• July: Allied bombings of Amsterdam-Noord.
• 1944 - 4 August: Frank family arrested.
• 1945
• 18 January: Executions on the Fusilladeplaats Rozenoord begin.
• 5 May: German occupation ends.
• 7 May: Shooting on Dam square, Amsterdam.
• 8 May: Canadian troops enter city
• 9 May: Mass celebrations in Dam Square
• opens.
• De Volkskrant newspaper in publication.
• 1946 - Dutch Historic Film Archive founded.
• 1947
• The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank is published.
• Holland Festival begins.

1950s-1990s

• 1952
• May: Amsterdam–Rhine Canal opens.
• active.
• Filmmuseum founded.
• 1956 - National Monument erected in Dam Square.
• 1957 - Horecava hospitality trade fair begins.
• 1958 - Netherlands Film and Television Academy founded.
• 1959 - Population: 872,000.
• 1960
• Anne Frank House museum established on the Prinsengracht.
• Academie voor Kleinkunst (school) founded.
• Uitzendbureau Amstelveen (now Randstad NV) was founded.
• 1961 - Amsterdam RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre opens.
• 1962 - Hilton Hotel in business.
• 1965 - Counterculture Provo (movement) begins.
• 1966
• 13–14 June: (labor unrest) occurs.
• Weesperkarspel annexed.
• 1967 - Catholic Theological University of Amsterdam established.
• 1968
• Art & Project gallery opens.
• Theaterschool founded.
• 1969
• March: Bed-In for Peace held.
• May: Student protest occurs at the University of Amsterdam .
• STEIM cultural venue established.
• RIBW Querido founded by prof. dr. Querido, the first psychiatrist to visit patients at home
• 1970 - Population: 807,095.
• 1971 - Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA railway station opens.
• 1972 - In-Out Centre opens.
• 1973 - Van Gogh Museum opens.
• 1975
• Flag of Amsterdam design adopted.
• Rainbow Foundation, De Appel art centre, and Other Books and So founded.
• Amsterdam Marathon and SAIL Amsterdam begin.
• 1976 - Sweelinck Conservatorium formed.
• 1977
• 9 May: Hotel Polen fire.
• Amsterdam Metro begins operating.
• Uitmarkt begins
• 1978 - MonteVideo founded.
• 1979
• Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra founded.
• (prison) closed.
• 1981 - 21 November: Protest against stationing of NATO missiles.
• 1984
• Social unrest.
• Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival begins.
• 1985 - Annual contemporary art fair begins.
• 1986
• Amsterdam–Schiphol railway begins operating.
• Stopera opera hall opens.
• 1987 - Amsterdamse Poort (shopping centre) opens.
• 1988
• International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam begins.
• Stopera city hall opens.
• 1990 - Population: 695,221.
• 1991
• Museum Geelvinck-Hinlopen established.
• Museum Jan van der Togt opens.
• 1992
• 4 October: Airplane crash in Bijlmermeer.
• Miniature Museum founded.
• 1993 - La Rive and Boom Chicago founded.
• 1994
• Conservatorium van Amsterdam and Prostitution Information Center founded.
• SMART Project Space opens.
• 1996
• Amsterdam Gay Pride begins.
• Amsterdam Arena built.
• 1997
• 2 October: EU treaty signed in city.
• Henk Sneevlietweg metro station opens.
• IJburg residential archipelago construction begins.
• 1999 - OT301 squat begins.
• 2000
• Prostitution in the Netherlands legalized.
• Euronext founded.
• HvO and RIBW Querido merge to form HVO-Querido, an organisation that helps homeless people

21st century

• 2001
• 1 April: First legalized same-sex marriage in the Netherlands occurs.
• Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam and Heineken Music Hall open.
• Job Cohen becomes mayor.
• 290 Square Meters opens its first shop
• 2004 - 2 November: Filmmaker Van Gogh killed on .
• 2006 - Amsterdam Film eXperience begins.
• 2007
• KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival begins.
• Diamond Museum Amsterdam opens.
• Centrale Bibliotheek moves into new building.
• Amsterdam City Archives relocates to De Bazel building.
• De Schreeuw memorial erected in the Oosterpark.
• 2008 - Amsterdam Holendrecht railway station opens.
• 2009 - H'ART Museum opens.
• 2010 - Eberhard van der Laan becomes mayor.
• 2011 - February: Retrial of Geert Wilders begins in the (court).
• 2012
• 21 April: Sloterdijk train collision.
• EYE Film Institute Netherlands opens.
• 2013 - Population: 800.000 in January 2013.
• 2014
• 17 July: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 departs from Amsterdam, later crashes in Ukraine.
• 2014 Amsterdam drug deaths occur.
• 2015
• February: University of Amsterdam Bungehuis and Maagdenhuis occupations (student protest) occur.
• Regeneration of Frederik Hendrikplantsoen
• 2018
• Femke Halsema becomes mayor.
• 2018 Amsterdam stabbing attack

• 2019
• December: The start of Stichting Nederlied for special dutch language theatre
• 2022
• The municipality Weesp merged with Amsterdam on 24 March 2022.
• Population: 903.000 in March 2022.
• 2024
• March. Opening of the Dutch National Holocaust Museum
• 2024 University of Amsterdam pro-Palestinian campus occupations
• November 2024 Amsterdam riots
• 2025
• March 2025 Amsterdam stabbing attack
• August Killing of Lisa from Abcoude

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See also

• History of Amsterdam
• List of mayors of Amsterdam
• Walls of Amsterdam
• Expansion of Amsterdam since the 19th century
• of other municipalities in the Netherlands: Breda, Delft, Eindhoven, Groningen, Haarlem, The Hague, 's-Hertogenbosch, Leiden, Maastricht, Nijmegen, Rotterdam, Utrecht
• History of urban centers in the Low Countries

References

This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.

Bibliography

External links

• (map that includes Amsterdam)
• Europeana. Items related to Amsterdam, various dates