• Source: Timeline of Utrecht

The following is a timeline 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 - Smeetoren (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 - Nieuwegracht (Utrecht) (moat) constructed.
1432 - Kleine Vleeshal 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, the later Pope Adrian VI born.
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 - Paushuize (residence) built.
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 library established.
1637 - Grote Vleeshuis built.
1644 - Schilders-Collegie founded.
1672-3 - Occupation by French forces.
1674 - 1 August: 1674 Netherlands storm. 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 - Provincial Utrecht Society of Arts and Sciences founded.
1787 - 9 May: Prussians in power.
1795 - 18 January: Utrecht "acquired by the French."
1807 - Genootschap Kunstliefde (art society) formed.
1808 - Jewish cemetery, Utrecht established.
1813 - Jan van den Velden becomes mayor.
1816 - Utrechtsch Studenten Corps (student society) founded.
1823
Abstede, Catharijne, Lauwerecht, and Tolsteeg become part of city.
Oorsprongpark (Utrecht) opens.
1830 - Utrecht City Hall 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 State Archives established.
1884
Utrechtsch Museum van Kunstnijverheid (applied arts museum) opens.
Population: 74,364.
1892 - Public library established.
1893 - Utrechts Nieuwsblad (newspaper) begins publication.
1894 - Utrecht City Orchestra founded.
1898 - Wilhelminapark (Utrecht) opens.




20th century


1902 - Aartsbisschoppelijk Paleis van Utrecht built.
1906 - Gemeentetram Utrecht (electric tram) begins operating.
1908 - Bioscoop Vreeburg (cinema) opens.
1913 - Rembrandt Bioscoop-Theater (cinema) opens.
1914 - Old Catholic St. Gertrude's Cathedral built.
1916 - Nationale Bankvereeniging (bank) established.
1919 - Population: 138,334.
1921 - Centraal Museum established.
1924 - Rietveld Schröder House built in the De Stijl design mode.
1927 - Louis Hartlooper Complex construction begins (approximate date).
1940 - Population: 165,029.
1950 - Population: 193,190.
1954 - Oudenrijn (section) and Zuilen become part of city.
1960 - Population: 254,186.
1961 - Neudeflat built.
1967 - 12 June: 1967 Utrecht explosion in Lage Weide.
1968 - Sarasani cannabis coffee shop in business.
1970 - Football Club Utrecht formed.
1970s - part of moat converted to motorway.
1976 - Westraven hi-rise built.
1978 - Springhaver cinema opens.
1979 - Muziekcentrum Vredenburg (concert hall) and Museum Catharijneconvent open.
1980 - Population: 237,037 municipality.
1985 - May: Catholic pope visits Utrecht.
1987 - Leefbaarheidsbudget (participatory budgeting) introduced.
1998 - City Utrecht Archive established.
2000 - Population: 233,667.




21st century


2001 - Vleuten-De Meern becomes part of city.
2002 - Regio Randstad regional governance group formed.
2006 - Dick Bruna House museum opens.
2008 - Galghenwert hi-rise built.
2011 - Rabobank Bestuurscentrum hi-rise built.
2012 - Utrecht befriends the city of Portland, Oregon, USA.
2013 - Population: 321,916 municipality.
2014
TivoliVredenburg concert hall opens.
Jan van Zanen becomes mayor.
2015 - July: 2015 Tour de France cycling race starts from Utrecht.
2017
May: Basic income pilot to begin.
August: Bicycle parking garage opens.
2019 - March: 2019 Utrecht shooting
2020 - September: re-conversion of motorway back to moat/canal completed.




See also


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




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Europeana. Items related to Utrecht, various dates.
Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Utrecht, various dates

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