• Source: Timeline of Leuven

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




Pre-20th century



883 – Battle of Leuven (883).
891 – Battle of Leuven (891).
950 - Birth of Lambert I, Count of Louvain the first Count of Leuven.
1090 – Hospital established (approximate date).
1100 – St. Peter's Church built (approximate date).
1165 – Saint Michael's Church, Leuven built.
1183 – Leuven becomes part of the Duchy of Brabant of the Holy Roman Empire.
1222 – Saint Quentin's Church built (approx. date).
1225 – Arnold Nobel becomes mayor.
1230 – Saint Jacob's Church, Leuven built.
1317 – Lakenhal (Leuven) (cloth hall) built.
1356 - Louvain was the scene of the Joyeuse Entrée of Wenceslas.
1379 – Defenestration of Leuven (political unrest).
1425 – Old University of Leuven founded by John IV, Duke of Brabant.
1463 – Leuven Town Hall built.
1474 – Printing press in operation.
1497 – St. Peter's Church rebuilt.
1502 – Erasmus moves to Leuven.
1547 - Leuven Vulgate edited by Hentenius published in Louvain.
1571 – City Archive relocated to City Hall.
1635 – June–July: Siege of Leuven.
1717 – Artois brewery in business.
1727 – Public celebration on 10 November of the third centenary of the university's founding.
1738 – Hortus Botanicus Lovaniensis (botanical garden) established.
1786 – Seminary established.
1795 – City becomes part of the Dyle (department) of the French First Republic.
1804 – City becomes part of the First French Empire.
1815 – City becomes part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
1830 – City becomes part of the Kingdom of Belgium.
1831 – 12 August: Battle of Leuven (1831).
1834 – Catholic University of Leuven established.
1837 - Leuven railway station opened.
1843 – Heilige Drievuldigheidscollege (school) established.
1867 – Leuven City Theatre built on Statiestraat.
1883 – Population: 36,813.
1899 – Keizersberg Abbey founded.




20th century


1903 – K. Stade Leuven football club formed.
1904 - Population: 42,194.
1914
Burning of Louvain Library of the Catholic University of Leuven destroyed.
Population: 42,490.
1919 – Population: 40,069.
1921
Post war reconstruction well underway, about 700 out of 1,200 houses had been rebuilt.
New purpose-built library was begun, helped by John Rylands Library in Manchester.
1928
UZ Leuven (hospital) active.
Library of the Catholic University of Leuven rebuilt.
1940 – Library of the Catholic University of Leuven destroyed again.
1947 – Alfons Smets becomes mayor.
1967 – November: French–Flemish Affaire de Louvain begins.
1968
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven established.
Lemmensinstituut (music conservatory) active.
Studio 1 cinema in business.
1977
Heverlee, Kessel-Lo, and Wilsele become part of city.
Alfred Vansina becomes mayor.
1982 – Marktrock music fest begins.
1988 – Vlaams Filmmuseum en -archief (Flemish film museum) established.
1995
Louis Tobback becomes mayor.
City becomes part of the Flemish Brabant province.
Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven (school) established.
1998 – Grand Béguinage designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.




21st century


2002
Oud-Heverlee Leuven football club formed.
2008 – Anheuser-Busch InBev headquartered in city.
2011 – Cyclocross Leuven begins.
2013 – Population: 97,656.
2021 - 2021 UCI Road World Championships road race events finish in Leuven.




See also


Leuven history
History of Leuven
List of mayors of Leuven
List of historical monuments in Leuven
Other names of Leuven
List of colleges of Leuven University
Timelines of other municipalities in Belgium: Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, Ghent, Liège




References



This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia and French Wikipedia.




Bibliography






External links



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