• Source: Timeline of Breda

The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Breda, Netherlands.




Prior to 20th century



1252 - Breda granted city status.
1267 - Begijnhof (Breda) founded.
1321 - Tuesday market begins.
1330 - Building of the city wall started.
1350 - Breda Castle built.
1351 - Polanen Castle besieged.
1394 - Polanen Castle demolished.
1410 - Grote Kerk (Breda) begun.
1534 - Fortification of the city began.
1536 - "Poor relief" established.
1547 - Grote Kerk finished.
1566 - Iconoclasm by Protestants.
1575 - Spanish-Dutch Breda peace conference held in city.
1581 - Capture of Breda by Spanish troops.
1590 - 4 March: Capture of Breda (1590) by Maurice, Prince of Orange and Dutch-English forces.
1624 - 28 August: Siege of Breda begins.
1625 - 5 June: Siege of Breda ends; Spanish in power.
1637
21 July: Siege of Breda by Dutch forces begins.
10 October: Siege of Breda ends; Breda taken by Dutch forces of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange.
Grote Kerk (church) becomes Protestant.
1648 - Breda becomes part of Holland per Treaty of Westphalia.
1650 - 1 May: English-Scottish treaty signed in Breda.
1660 - April: Charles II of England proclaims the Declaration of Breda while passing through town.
1667 - 31 July: Anglo-Dutch treaty signed in Breda.
1696 - Breda Castle built by William, prince of Orange.
1746/48 - British-French bilateral negotiations at the Congress of Breda.
1768 - Breda Town Hall remodeled.
1793 - Siege of Breda; French in power.
1813 - Siege of Breda; French military ousted.
1817 - Breda coat of arms adopted.
1828 - Royal Military Academy established.
1837 - St. Anthony of Padua Cathedral built.
1845 - Synagogue built on Schoolstraat.
1853 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Breda established.
1855 - Breda railway station opens.
1863 - Breda–Eindhoven railway begins operating.
1870 - City directory begins publication.
1883 - Ginnekensche Tramweg Maatschappij tram begins operating.
1886 - Breda courthouse and Koepelgevangenis (prison) built.
1890 - Breda-Oudenbosch tram line begins operating.
1893 - Breda Haagpoort-Breda SS tram line in operation.
1894 - Population: 24,397.
1900 - Population: 26,296.




20th century


1901 - Tram Breda-Mastbosch begins operating.
1907 - Eppo Paul van Lanschot becomes mayor.
1912 - NAC Breda football club founded.
1919
Population: 30,044.
Willem van Sonsbeeck becomes mayor.
1920 - Gemeentetram Breda (tram) begins operating.
1921 - NAC Breda wins its first Dutch football championship.
1940 - German occupation during World War II begins.
1942 - Ginneken and Princenhage become part of Breda.

1944
City liberated by the 1st Polish Armoured Division of General Stanisław Maczek.
De Stem newspaper begins publication.
1952 - Breda flag design adopted.
1953 - Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Breda built.
1955 - Mirabelle (Breda restaurant) in business.
1963 - Polish cemetery in Breda established in Princenhage.
1966 - Breda University of Applied Sciences established
1975 - Breda railway station rebuilt.
1981 - Generaal Maczek Museum established.
1990 - Ed Nijpels becomes mayor.
1991 - Sister city partnership signed between Breda and Wrocław, Poland.
1995 - Chassé Theater built.
1996
Rat Verlegh Stadion opened.
Chris Rutten becomes mayor.
1998 - BN DeStem newspaper in publication.
2000 - Population: 160,650.




21st century



2001
City joins regional BrabantStad group.
Moooi in business.
2004 - Peter van der Velden becomes mayor.
2007 - Redhead Day begins.
2014 - Population: 179,665.
2015 - Paul Depla becomes mayor.




See also


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




References



This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.




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