Timeline of Nijmegen

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

Prior to 20th century

• 800 - Fort built (approximate date).
• 1030 - (church) built (approx. date).
• 1272 - Saint Stephen's Church, Nijmegen built (approx. date).
• 1390 - Public clock installed (approximate date).
• 1479 - Printing press in operation.
• 1526 - Stratemakerstoren bastion built (approximate date).
• 1554 - Town Hall built.
• 1589 - 10 August: Assault on Nijmegen.
• 1591
• July: Siege of Knodsenburg.
• October: Siege of Nijmegen.
• 1612 - (weigh house) built (approximate date).
• 1618 - Collector of Roman antiquities Johannes Smetius moves to Nijmegen.
• 1646 - (tower) built.
• 1656 - University of Nijmegen established.
• 1678 - European peace treaty signed in Nijmegen.
• 1679 - University of Nijmegen closed.
• 1756 - consecrated in .
• 1788 - Henriette Pressburg, mother of Karl Marx born.
• 1794 - French bombardment of the Valkhof palace.
• 1824 - built.
• 1839 - Theatre built.
• 1848 - De Gelderlander newspaper begins publication.
• 1865 - Nijmegen railway station opens.
• 1866 - Population: 22,551.
• 1879
• Arnhem–Nijmegen railway begins operating.
• Nijmegen railway bridge built.
• 1881 - Tilburg–Nijmegen railway begins operating.
• 1883
• Nijmegen–Venlo railway begins operating.
• built.
• 1884 - Old city wall dismantled.
• 1885 - laid out.

20th century

• 1904 - Population: 49,342.
• 1911 - Gemeentetram Nijmegen () begins operating.
• 1915 - Concertgebouw de Vereeniging (concert hall) opens.
• 1916 - (library) established.
• 1919 - Population: 66,833.
• 1923
• Catholic University of Nijmegen established.
• built.
• 1925 - Becomes centre for annual Vierdaagse walk.
• 1928 - Jesuit Collegium Berchmanianum established.
• 1936 - Waalbrug (road bridge) opens.
• 1939 - Stadion de Goffert (stadium) opens.
• 1940 - First Dutch city to be occupied by Germany.
• 1944
• 22 February: Bombing of Nijmegen.
• September: as part of the Allied Operation Market Garden, the Battle of Nijmegen takes place.
• October: Battle of the Nijmegen salient
• October: becomes mayor.
• 1948 - factory built.
• 1951 - (church) built.
• 1952 - begins operating.
• 1955 - (cinema) opens.
• 1956 - University Hospital established.
• 1960 - St Peter Canisius Church rebuilt on .
• 1961 - opens.
• 1966 - Development of and areas begins.
• 1970 - (festival) begins.
• 1972
• cultural centre established.
• shopping mall built.
• 1974
• (hospital) opens.
• shopping mall and University's built.
• 1979 - University's opens.
• 1980 - (historic district) designated.
• 1981 - Velorama bicycle museum founded.
• 1982 - established.
• 1984
• Stichting Nijmegen Blijft in Beeld te Nijmegen (film society) founded.http://www.nijmegenblijftinbeeld.nl/wie-zijn-we/de-stichting
• De Grote Broek squat occupied.
• 1988 - Theatre opens.
• 1991 - Extrapool cultural organization established.
• 1994 - de-Affaire music fest begins.
• 1995 - Population: 147,561.
• 1996 - HAN University of Applied Sciences established.
• 1999
• Valkhof Museum established.
• begins.
• 2000 - Population: 152,286.

21st century

• 2001 - nightclub opens.
• 2004
• cinema opens.
• Radboud University Nijmegen active.
• 2005 - 15 November: Journalist Sévèke killed in Nijmegen.
• 2007 - FiftyTwoDegrees hi-rise building constructed.
• 2010 - area development begins.
• 2012 - Hubert Bruls becomes mayor.
• 2013
• "Ik bouw betaalbaar" self-build housing program active (approximate date).
• bridge and access road open.
• 2014 - Nijmegen Goffert railway station opened.
• 2015 - Population: 170,774.

See also

• Nijmegen history
• e.g. Nijmwegen, Nimègue, Nimeguen, Nimmegen, Nimwege, Nimwegen, Nymegen, Nymwegen
• of other municipalities in the Netherlands: Amsterdam, Breda, Delft, Eindhoven, Groningen, Haarlem, The Hague, 's-Hertogenbosch, Leiden, Maastricht, Rotterdam, Utrecht
• History of urban centers in the Low Countries

References

This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

in Dutch

• (bibliography)

External links

• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Nijmegen, various dates
• Europeana. Items related to Nijmegen, various dates.