Timeline of Utrecht

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

Prior to 18th century

• ~50 AD - Roman fortress built on what is now the Dom square as part of the Limes Germanicus. Named Traiectum to signify it was at a crossing of what was at that time the main branch of the Rhine (now the Oude Gracht)
• ~200 AD - Wooden fortress walls upgraded to imported tuff stone. Parts of these wall survive to date
• ~270 AD - Limes Germanicus including the fortress at Trajectum abandoned due to continued invasions.
• 636 - Chapel built by Dagobert I within the walls of the abandoned Roman fortress.
• 695 - Catholic diocese of Utrecht established.
• 720 - St. Martin's church founded by Willibrord (approximate date).
• 918 - Balderic becomes bishop.
• 1122
• 22 June: Town privileges confirmed by Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor.
• Oudegracht (canal) construction begins.
• 1145 - (tower) built (approximate date).
• 1267 - St. Martin's Cathedral built.
• 1279 - Buurkerk (church) rebuilding begins.
• 1370 - Public clock installed (approximate date).
• 1382 - St. Martin's Cathedral tower built.
• 1393 - (moat) constructed.
• 1432 - built.
• 1440
• Guildhall St. Eloy's Hospice in use.
• Illuminated manuscript Hours of Catherine of Cleves created in Utrecht (approximate date).
• 1455 - 7 April: Gijsbrecht van Brederode becomes bishop elect of Utrecht after being elected by the chapters.
• 1455 - 13 September: David of Burgundy becomes bishop of Utrecht by papal appointment.
• 1459 - 2 March: Adriaan Florensz born, later Pope Adrian VI.
• 1470-4 - First Utrecht Civil War to quell continued opposition to his rule David of Burgundy imprisons Gijsbrecht van Brederode leading to the first Utrecht civil war.
• 1471 - Printing press in operation (approximate date).
• 1481-3 - Second Utrecht Civil War, David of Burgundy temporarily removed from power, but restored after the Siege of Utrecht (1483)
• 1517 - (residence) built for Adrian VI.
• 1528 - Lordship of Utrecht established.
• 1532 - Vredenburg (castle) built.
• 1550 - St. Catherine Cathedral built (approximate date).
• 1577 - Demolition of Vredenburg castle begins.
• 1579 - 23 January: Treaty unifying northern provinces of the Netherlands signed in Utrecht.
• 1584 - Catholic property secularized.
• 1586 - Calvinists in power.
• 1620s - Utrecht Caravaggisti artists active.
• 1636 - Utrecht University and its established.
• 1637 - built.
• 1644 - Schilders-Collegie founded.
• 1672-3 - Occupation by French forces.
• 1674 - 1 August: . Major damage to several landmark building, most notably the collapse of the nave of the Dom church.

18th-19th centuries

• 1713 - International peace treaty relating to the War of the Spanish Succession signed in Utrecht.
• 1773 - founded.
• 1787 - 9 May: Prussians in power.
• 1795 - 18 January: Utrecht "acquired by the French."
• 1807 - (art society) formed.
• 1808 - established.
• 1813 - becomes mayor.
• 1816 - (student society) founded.
• 1823
• Abstede, Catharijne, Lauwerecht, and Tolsteeg become part of city.
• opens.
• 1830 - built.
• 1838 - City Museum of Antiquities opens.
• 1843 - Utrecht Centraal railway station opens.
• 1853 - Sonnenborgh Observatory established.
• 1866 - Population: 58,607 in city; 172,487 in province.
• 1872 - Aartsbisschoppelijk Museum opens.
• 1873 - Museum Kunstliefde established.
• 1879 - Regional Utrecht established.
• 1884
• (applied arts museum) opens.
• Population: 74,364.
• 1892 - Public library established.
• 1893 - ' (newspaper) begins publication.
• 1894 - founded.
• 1898 - opens.

In English

In other languages

In English

In Dutch