Timeline of Rotterdam

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

Prior to 19th century

• ca. 950 - Settlement at the lower end of the fen stream Rotte
• 1270 - Dam built on Rotte.
• 1299 - John I, Count of Holland granted rights to the people of Rotterdam, marking the origin of the town.
• 1328 - Latin school established
• 1340 - City rights granted by William IV, Count of Holland.
• 1350 - Rotterdamse Schie (canal) constructed (approximate date).
• 1466 - Erasmus, philosopher and Catholic theologian born.
• 1477 - Saint Lawrence Church consecrated.
• 1489 - Rotterdam besieged by forces of Frans van Brederode.
• 1563 - Fire.
• 1572 - Spanish in power.
• 1574 - Admiralty of Rotterdam organized.
• 1611 - Guild of Saint Luke active (approximate date).
• 1622 - Erasmus statue by Hendrick de Keyser erected.
• 1626 - Collegium Mechanicum established.
• 1632 - Population: 20,000 (approximate).
• 1643 - Scottish Presbyterian church built.
• 1722 - Exchange built.
• 1769 - Batavian Society for Experimental Philosophy founded.
• 1773 - Studium Scientiarum Genetrix literary society formed.
• 1780 - Birth of Hendrik Tollens, poet.
• 1781 - Rotterdamse Academie established.
• 1796 - Population: 53,212.
• 1797 - Netherlands Missionary Society founded.
• 1798 - Organ installed in Saint Lawrence Church.

19th century

• 1813 - becomes mayor.
• 1835 - Town Hall rebuilt.
• 1838 - Population: 72,000.
• 1844 - Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant begins publication.
• 1847 - Delftsche Poort railway station opens.
• 1849 - Boymans Museum opens.
• 1851 - Royal Maas Yacht Club founded.
• 1857 - Zoo opens.
• 1859 - (library) founded.
• 1863 - Rotterdam Bank established.
• 1866 - Population: 115,277.
• 1869 - Feijenoord becomes part of city.
• 1870 - Municipal waterworks established.
• 1872 - Nieuwe Waterweg constructed.
• 1873 - Netherlands-America Steamship Company in business.
• 1874
• Katendrecht village becomes part of city.
• Oldenzeel art gallery in business.
• Fountain installed at Nieuwe Markt.
• Maritime Museum founded.
• 1875
• Post office built.
• shipping firm in business.
• 1876 - Rotterdamsche reinigingsdienst formed.
• 1877 - Railway Bridge, Rotterdam Zuid railway station, and Rotterdam Beurs railway station open.
• 1878 - opens.
• 1879
• Horsecar trams begin operating.
• (arcade) built.
• 1882 - Fish Market built.
• 1885 - Museum for Geography and Ethnology opens.
• 1886 - Delfshaven becomes part of city.
• 1891 - Population: 203,500.
• 1894 - Municipal gas and electricity established.
• 1895 - Charlois and Kralingen become part of city.
• 1898 - Witte Huis built.
• 1900 - "Record office" established.

20th century

• 1904
• Museum van Oudheden (city history museum) in operation in the Schielandshuis.
• Schiecentrale built.
• 1905
• Electric trams begin operating.
• Population: 379,017.
• 1908
• Rotterdam Hofplein railway station opens.
• Wilhelmina football club formed.
• 1913 - Netherlands School of Commerce founded.
• 1920 - Voorwaarts newspaper begins publication.
• 1925 - Economic Faculty Association established.
• 1927 - Natural History Museum established.
• 1930
• Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra active.
• Naamlooze Vennootschap Margarine Unie in business.
• founded.
• 1931
• Rotterdamse Dansschool founded.
• Van Nelle Factory built.
• 1934
• Hoogvliet and Pernis become part of city.
• De Doelen (concert hall and convention centre) built.
• 1937
• Stadion Feijenoord and Rotterdam Stadion railway station open.
• founded.
• 1938
• Pieter Oud becomes mayor.
• Yevhen Konovalets is assassinated in Rotterdam by Pavel Sudoplatov.
• 1940
• May 14: Rotterdam Blitz.
• Diergaarde Blijdorp (zoo) re-opens.
• 1941 - Hillegersberg, IJsselmonde, Overschie, and Schiebroek become part of city.
• 1945 - Pieter Oud becomes mayor again.
• 1946
• adopted.
• Algemeen Dagblad begins publication.
• 1953
• Rotterdam Blaak railway station and Rotterdam Noord railway station open.
• Groothandelsgebouw built.
• 1956 - Airport opens.
• 1957 - Rotterdam Centraal railway station opens.
• 1958 - Arboretum Trompenburg opens.
• 1960
• Euromast tower built.
• City hosts Floriade horticulture exhibition.
• 1962 - Port of Rotterdam ranked world's busiest port by cargo tonnage.
• 1964
• Rotterdam Lombardijen railway station opens.
• Hilton Hotel built.
• 1965 - Regional Rinjmond Public Authority created.
• 1966 - De Doelen (concert hall and convention centre) rebuilt.
• 1968 - Rotterdam Metro begins operating.
• 1969 - Rotterdam Alexander railway station opens.
• 1970
• first performance.
• NRC Handelsblad begins publication, after the merger between Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant and Algemeen Handelsblad
• Nedlloyd shipping firm in business.
• Kralingen Music Festival held.
• 1972 International Film Festival Rotterdam first started.
• 1973
• Charlois, Hoogvliet, and Hoek van Holland sub-municipalities created.
• Maasvlakte in operation.
• 1974 - André van der Louw becomes mayor.
• 1975
• Prins Alexander sub-municipality created.
• Werkcentrum Dans founded.
• 1976
• IJsselmonde and Centrum Noord sub-municipalities created.
• Stoom Stichting Nederland railway museum founded.
• 1977 - Sviib (student association) organized.
• 1979 - HNLMS Buffel museum ship opens.
• 1981
• Rotterdam Marathon begins.
• Baroeg (music venue) in business.
• 1982 - Bram Peper becomes mayor.
• 1984
• Zomercarnaval begins.
• Cube houses built near Oude Haven.
• 1986 - Port of Rotterdam ranked world's busiest container port.
• 1988 - Hogeschool Rotterdam established.
• 1990 - Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art and Shipping and Transport College established.
• 1991 - Gebouw Delftse Poort built.
• 1992 - Kunsthal art museum opens.
• 1993
• Netherlands Architecture Institute relocates to Rotterdam.
• Chabot Museum opens.
• 1994 - V2 Institute for the Unstable Media active.
• 1996
• Erasmus Bridge opens.
• Schouwburgplein (square) redesigned.
• 1997 - MAMA project established by Public Art Squad Foundation.
• 1999
• Ivo Opstelten becomes mayor.
• WORM (Rotterdam) active.
• 2000
• Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam begins.
• Codarts University for the Arts opens.
• KPN Tower built.

21st century

• 2001
• World Port Center built.
• Oceanium (aquarium) opens.
• City designated a European Capital of Culture.
• 2002 - Regio Randstad regional governance group formed.
• 2003 - Netherlands Photo Museum opens.
• 2005 - Montevideo (residential skyscraper) built.
• 2006
• North Sea Jazz Festival begins in Rotterdam.
• Rotterdam Circus Arts founded.
• 2007 - RandstadRail and Betuweroute in operation.
• 2009
• Ahmed Aboutaleb becomes first Muslim mayor of a major European city.
• Maastoren skyscraper built.
• 2010
• Rozenburg becomes part of city.
• Pernis sub-municipality created.
• New Orleans (residential skyscraper) built.
• 2010 Tour de France cycling race starts from Rotterdam.
• 2012 - Population: 616,250.
• 2013 Maasvlakte 2 in operation.
• 2014
• Market Hall built.
• Rotterdam Centraal station in operation.
• 2020 - Population: 651,376
• 2021
• Depot Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
• De Zalmhaven built.
• Floating Office Rotterdam (FOR) built, accommodating the Global Center on Adaptation.

See also

• List of mayors of Rotterdam
• of other municipalities in the Netherlands: Amsterdam, Breda, Delft, Eindhoven, Groningen, Haarlem, The Hague, 's-Hertogenbosch, Leiden, Maastricht, Nijmegen, Utrecht

References

Bibliography

In English

In Dutch

External links

• (map that includes Rotterdam)
• Europeana. Items related to Rotterdam, various dates.
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Rotterdam, various dates