• Source: Timeline of Rotterdam

The following is a timeline 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 - Johan François van Hogendorp van Heeswijk 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 - Rotterdamsch Leeskabinet (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.
Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd shipping firm in business.
1876 - Rotterdamsche reinigingsdienst formed.
1877 - Railway Bridge, Rotterdam Zuid railway station, and Rotterdam Beurs railway station open.
1878 - Willemsbrug opens.
1879
Horsecar trams begin operating.
Passage (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.
Rotterdams Conservatorium 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.
Museum of Taxation 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
Plan for the Reconstruction of Rotterdam 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
Poetry International 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


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




References






Bibliography






External links


Media related to History of Rotterdam at Wikimedia Commons
"All buildings in the Netherlands, shaded according to year of construction". Amsterdam: Waag Society. (map that includes Rotterdam)
Europeana. Items related to Rotterdam, various dates.
Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Rotterdam, various dates

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