• Source: Timeline of Bruges

The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Bruges, Belgium.




Prior to 18th century



865 – Fort built by Margrave Baldwin I of Flanders.
1000 – Regional Brugse Vrije established (approximate date).
1127 – Count Charles I of Flanders assassinated.
1134 – Storm creates Zwin inlet, connecting Bruges to the North Sea.
1146 – Eekhout Abbey active (approximate date).
1150 – St. John's Hospital founded (approximate date).
1157 – Chapel of the Holy Blood built (approximate date).
1180 – Damme harbour built near Bruges.
1223 – St. Salvator's Church rebuilt.
1240 – Belfry of Bruges built in the Markt (approximate date).
1244 – Ten Wijngaerde Béguinage founded (approximate date).
1294 – Waterhalle built on the Grote Markt.
1297
Area of Bruges expanded.
Church of Our Lady tower built.
1302
18 May: Bruges Matins (massacre) occurs.
French-Flemish Battle of the Golden Spurs fought in Kortrijk; Flemish win.
1303 – Procession of the Holy Blood instituted.
1323–1328 – The Flemish revolt spread to Bruges.
1364 – Les Halles built on the Grote Markt.
1368 – Smedenpoort (city gate) rebuilt.
1369 – Ezelpoort (city gate) rebuilt.
1390 – Public clock installed (approximate date).
1398 – Tower built on the Minnewater.
1399 – Saaihalle built on the Old Beursplein.
1417 – Poortersloge built (approximate date).
1421 – Bruges City Hall built.
1425 – Artist Jan van Eyck active in Bruges.
1430 – Order of the Golden Fleece founded in Bruges.
1434 – Grafenburg (castle) dismantled.
1465 – Artist Hans Memling active in Bruges (approximate date).
1468 – July: Wedding of Burgundian duke Charles and Margaret of York.
1475 – Printing press in operation.
1488 – Political unrest.
1489 – Memling paints the St. Ursula Shrine in St. John's Hospital.
1505 – Fuggers move from Bruges to Antwerp.
1545 – Hanseatic enterprise moves from Bruges to Antwerp.
1559 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Bruges established.
1623 – Ghent-Bruges Canal dug.




18th–19th centuries


1719 – Academy of Art established.
1743 – Lawyer's guild established.
1786 – St. Christopher's Church, Bruges demolished.
1787
Bruge Central Cemetery established.
Cloth Hall demolished.
1794 – French in power.
1798 – Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge (library) opens.
1799 – St. Donatian's Cathedral demolished.
1815 – Bruges becomes part of the Netherlands.
1821 – Fish Market, Bruges built on the Steenhouwersdijk.
1830 – Bruges becomes part of Belgium.
1837 – Journal de Bruges French-language newspaper begins publication.
1838 – Brugge railway station opens.
1839 – Société d'émulation de Bruges founded.
1846 – Statue of Stevin erected on Simon Stevinplein (Brugge).
1855 – Ringvaart, Bruges canal commissioned.
1863 – Population: 50,986.
1887 – Monument to Breydel/de Coninck erected in the Grote Markt.
1891
Club Brugge KV football club formed.
Post and Telegraph office built on the Grote Markt.
1892 – Rodenbach's novel Bruges-la-Morte published.
1899 – Cercle Brugge K.S.V. football club formed.
1900 – Bruges derby football rivalry active.




20th century


1905 – Boudewijnkanaal (canal) dug.
1907 – Port of Bruges-Zeebrugge opens.
1912 – Bruges State Archives established in the Poortersloge.
1919 – Population: 53,489.
1924 – Victor Van Hoestenberghe becomes mayor.
1928 – Hollywood Cinema opens.
1930 – Groeningemuseum opens on the Dijver.
1953 – Dudzelebrug (bridge) built on the N376 (Sluis-Bruges).
1958 – Procession of the Golden Tree revived.
1960 – Musica Antiqua Bruges festival begins.
1963 – Bruges Provincial Library and Archives established.
1973 – Koninklijk Atheneum Vijverhof (school) established in Sint-Michiels.
1975 – Jan Breydel Stadium opens.
1977 – Frank Van Acker becomes mayor.
1982 – Cactusfestival of music begins.
1983 – De Karmeliet restaurant in business.
1984 – Dampoortbruggen, Bruges (bridges) built.
1986 – De Werf cultural centre founded.
1987 – 6 March: Ferry Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in the port.
1988 – 20 September: British prime minister gives speech in city.
1990 – Brouwerijmuseum Brugge established on the Walplein.
1995 – Patrick Moenaert becomes mayor.
1998 – Start of annual Tour of Flanders cycling race moves to Bruges.




21st century


2002 – Concertgebouw Brugge opens on the 't Zand, Bruges.
2008 – Frietmuseum opens in the Saaihalle.
2010 – April: Catholic bishop Vangheluwe resigns.
2013
Renaat Landuyt becomes mayor.
Population: 117,170.




See also


Bruges history
History of Bruges
List of mayors of Bruges
List of protected heritage sites in Bruges
Timelines of other municipalities in Belgium: Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent, Leuven, Liège
History of urban centers in the Low Countries




References



This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.




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