Timeline of Amsterdam

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Prior to 17th century[]

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  • 2700~2750 BC - age of neolithic shards of Bell Beaker culture pottery found under Rokin
  • 2200~2000 BC - age of granite grinding stone found under Damrak
  • 10th c. - Farmers settling at upstream Amstel
  • 1105 - Wolfger van Amstel mentioned in a document as scultetus of "Amestelle" (Amstelland).
  • 1170 - All Saint's Flood made settlement possible at the banks of downstream Amstel
  • 1213 - Founding Oude Kerk in this settlement
  • 1270 - Dam built in Amstel River (approximate date).
  • 1275 - "Amestelledamme" ('at the dam of Amstelland') appears in a document.
  • 1303 - Siege of Amsterdam
  • 1306 - Amsterdam granted city rights.[1] Oude Kerk consecrated.
  • 1345 - 15 March: Alleged "Miracle of Amsterdam" occurs.
  • 1347 - Heilige Stede chapel built.
  • 1408 - Nieuwe Kerk (church) construction begins.[2]
  • 1421 - Fire.
  • 1425 - Singel canal dug.[3]
  • 1452 - Fire.
  • 1470 - Agnietenklooster built.
  • 1487 - Schreierstoren built.
  • 1490s - Brick city wall built.[4]
  • 1516 - Montelbaanstoren built.
  • 1518 - Egelantier formed (approximate date).
  • 1535 - 10 May: Anabaptist riot occurs; "fanatics ran about the streets naked."[4][1]
  • 1566 - Beeldenstorm.
  • 1568 - Amsterdam supports Catholics in the Dutch Revolt.
  • 1575 - Erven Lucas Bols in business.[5]
  • 1578
    • Alteratie shifts power from Catholics to Protestants.
    •  [nl] built.[6]
  • 1585 - City expands beyond the Singel.[2]
  • 1586 - Admiralty of Amsterdam formed.
  • 1596 - Rasphuis (prison) established.[7]

17th century[]

  • 1601 - Goldsmith's guild established.[8]
  • 1602 - Amsterdam Stock Exchange and Dutch East India Company founded.[2]
  • 1603 - Hendrick de Keyser becomes city architect.[9]
  • 1606 - Oost-Indisch Huis built.
  • 1607 - English Reformed Church established.
  • 1609 - Bank of Amsterdam established.[10][11]
  • 1611 -  [nl] built.
  • 1613 - Grachtengordel development begins.[3]
  • 1614 - Nieuwmarkt created.
  • 1617
    • First Dutch Academy formed.
    • Korenbeurs built.
    • Town gate remodeled as Weigh House.
  • 1619 - Westerhal built.[12]
  • 1620
    • Munttoren and  [nl] built.
    • English-language Corrant out of Italy, German, Etc. newspaper begins publication.[13]
  • 1621 - Dutch West India Company founded.
  • 1622 - Cromhouthuizen built.
  • 1631 - Artist Rembrandt moves to Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam.[9]
  • 1632 - Athenaeum Illustre formed.
  • 1633 -  [nl] built.
  • 1637 - Schouwburg of Van Campen (theatre) built.
  • 1638
    • Hortus Medicus founded.
    •  [nl] built.
  • 1641 -  [nl] built on  [nl].
  • 1642 - Rembrandt's artwork The Night Watch shown in the Kloveniersdoelen.[9]
  • 1651 - St. Peter's Flood.
  • 1652 - 7 July:  [nl] burns down.
  • 1655 - New City Hall built on Dam Square.
  • 1662
    • Trippenhuis and  [nl] (gate) built.
    • Blaeu's Atlas Maior published.
  • 1663 - Bubonic plague outbreak.
  • 1665 - New theatre opens.
  • 1672 - Johannes Hudde becomes mayor.
  • 1675 - Portuguese Synagogue built.[14]
  • 1679 - Wynand-Fockink in business.[5]
  • 1682 - Begijnhof Chapel and Amstelhof built.
  • 1683 - Society of Suriname established.
  • 1691 - Skinny Bridge built.

18th century[]

  • 1748 - Pachtersoproer riots and Doelistenmovement.
  • 1765 -  [nl] founded.[9]
  • 1774 - Theatre opens on the Leidseplein.
  • 1776 - Felix Meritis society[15][16] and  [nl][17] established.
  • 1780 -  [nl] built.
  • 1785 - Seamen's Institute, and Society for Public Welfare organized.[15]
  • 1787 - Prussians in power.[2]
  • 1794
  • 1795 - January: French in power.[18]
  • 1800 - Barrack of St. Charles built.[19]

19th century[]

  • 1808
    • Amsterdam becomes capital of Kingdom of Holland, client state of the French Empire.
    • City Hall becomes the Royal Palace.[2]
    • Royal Institute of Sciences, Literature and Fine Arts founded.[17]
  • 1813 - Oranje-Nassau Kazerne (military barrack) built.
  • 1814
  • 1815
    •  [nl] in business.
    • Population: 180,179.[2]
  • 1824 - Netherlands Trading Society headquartered in city.[10]
  • 1825 - North Holland Canal constructed.[20]
  • 1838 - Zoo opens.[15]
  • 1839
  • 1840
  • 1841 - Mozes en Aäronkerk (church) rebuilt.
  • 1843 -  [nl] opens.
  • 1845 -  [nl] built.[6]
  • 1852 - Bijbels Museum founded.
  • 1853 - City "water supply" begins.[2]
  • 1854 - Royal Asscher Diamond Company founded.
  • 1855 - Arti et Amicitiae constructed.
  • 1856
    • Amsterdam–Arnhem railway constructed.
    • De Eendracht war memorial erected.
    • Koninklijke Nederlandse Stoomboot-Maatschappij (shipping company) established.
  • 1862 - Bloemenmarkt founded.
  • 1863 - Museum Fodor opens.
  • 1864 - Crystal Palace built on the  [nl].[18]
  • 1866 - Population: 264,498.[21]
  • 1867
    • Heineken brewery built.
    • Amstel Hotel opens.
  • 1869 - Netherlands Bank building constructed.[15]
  • 1870
    • Rijksakademie, De Bijenkorf shop, and Amstel Brewery founded.
    • Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland (steamship line) in business.
  • 1874
  • 1875 -  [nl] housing association formed.
  • 1876
    • North Sea Canal opens.[18]
    • Population: 281,944.[6]
  • 1877 - Municipal University of Amsterdam and Teekenschool voor Kunstambachten founded.
  • 1878 - Den Helder–Amsterdam railway begins operating.
  • 1880 - Vrije Universiteit established.[15]
  • 1881
  • 1882 - Spui square created.
  • 1883
    • May: International Colonial and Export Exhibition opens.[18]
    •  [nl] (theatre) built.
    •  [nl] (park) laid out.
  • 1884
    • Amsterdamsch Conservatorium founded.
    • Population: 361,326.[22]
  • 1885 - Rijksmuseum opens.
  • 1886 - July: [[Palingoproer]] [[[:nl:Palingoproer|nl]]] eel riot occurs.[23][18]
  • 1887
    • Orange riots.[citation needed].
    • Elsevier publisher in business.[24]
    • Basilica of St. Nicholas built.
  • 1888 - Concertgebouw built, and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra founded.[25]
  • 1889 - Amsterdam Centraal railway station opens.[15]
  • 1890 - Victoria Hotel, Amsterdam in business.
  • 1893 - Economic unrest.[18]
  • 1894 - Stadsschouwburg rebuilt.[15]
  • 1895
    •  [nl] (exhibit) held.[18]
    • Museum Willet-Holthuysen[15] and Catholic Ignatius Gymnasium (school) established.
  • 1896 - Hotel de l'Europe in business on the  [nl].
  • 1900
    • Gemeentetram Amsterdam tramway established.
    •  [nl] historical society and AFC Ajax football club formed.
    • Population: 523,557.[15]

20th century[]

1900s-1940s[]

  • 1903
    • Railroad Strike.[18]
    • Beurs van Berlage built.
  • 1904 - August: International Socialist Congress held.
  • 1906 - Amsterdam Wind Orchestra ATH formed.
  • 1907 -  [nl] cinema[26] and Het Houten Stadion (stadium) open.
  • 1911 - Rembrandt House Museum opens.
  • 1914 - Harry Elte Stadium and  [nl] on Kalverstraat built.
  • 1915
    •  [nl] department store built.
    • Querido Verlag [nl] (publisher) in business.
  • 1917
  • 1919
    • Public library opens.
    • Het Schip apartment building erected.
    • Disteldorp and Vogeldorp areas built in Amsterdam-Noord.[27]
    • Population: 647,120.[28]
  • 1920
    • Construction of the Defence Line of Amsterdam completed.
    • Muzieklyceum and Rialto cinema[26] established.
  • 1921
  • 1923 - Tuindorp Oostzaan area built.[27]
  • 1924.
    • Institute of Applied Art formed.
    • National Vocational School for Pastry Chefs opens.
  • 1925 - Tooneelmuseum (stage museum) founded.[29]
  • 1926
    • Amsterdam Museum established.
    • Royal Tropical Institute building constructed[30]
    • HEMA (store) in business on Kalverstraat.
  • 1927 - American Women's Club Amsterdam founded.[31]
  • 1928 - Summer Olympics held.
  • 1929 - Palace of National Industry burns down.[12]
  • 1932 - Joods Historisch Museum opens.
  • 1933 - Alhambra Theater opens.[26]
  • 1934
    • July:  [nl].[1][23]
    • Allard Pierson Museum opens.
  • 1935
    • established.[32]
    •  [nl] cinema opens.
  • 1936 -  [nl] Theatre built.[33]
  • 1939
    • Amsterdam Amstel railway station opens.
    •  [nl] built.
  • 1940
  • 1941
    • February strike.[1]
    •  [nl] (Jewish emigration bureau) begins operating.
  • 1943
    • 27 March:  [nl].
    • July:  [nl].
  • 1944 - 4 August: Frank family arrested.
  • 1945
    People celebrating the liberation of the Netherlands at the end of World War II on 8 May 1945.
  • 1946 - Dutch Historic Film Archive founded.
  • 1947
    • Anne Frank's Diary published.
    • Holland Festival begins.

1950s-1990s[]

  • 1952
  • 1956 - National Monument erected in Dam Square.
  • 1957 - Horecava hospitality trade fair begins.
  • 1958 - Netherlands Film and Television Academy founded.
  • 1960
    • Anne Frank House museum established on the Prinsengracht.
    •  [nl] (school) founded.
    • Uitzendbureau Amstelveen employment agency in business.
  • 1961 - Amsterdam RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre opens.
  • 1962 - Hilton Hotel in business.
  • 1965 - Counterculture Provo (movement) begins.[35]
  • 1966
  • 1967 - Catholic Theological University of Amsterdam established.[36]
  • 1968
    Protest against the Vietnam War in Amsterdam, April 1968
  • 1969
    • March: Bed-In for Peace held.[38]
    • May: Student protest occurs at the University of Amsterdam  [nl].[1]
    • STEIM cultural venue established.
  • 1970 - Population: 807,095.
  • 1971 - Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA railway station opens.
  • 1972 - In-Out Centre opens.[39]
  • 1973 - Van Gogh Museum opens.[40]
  • 1975
    • Flag of Amsterdam design adopted.
    • Rainbow Foundation,[41] De Appel art centre, and Other Books and So founded.[39][42]
    • Amsterdam Marathon and SAIL Amsterdam begin.
  • 1976 - Sweelinck Conservatorium formed.
  • 1977
    • 9 May: Hotel Polen fire.
    • Amsterdam Metro begins operating.
    • Uitmarkt begins[43]
  • 1978 - MonteVideo founded.
  • 1979
  • 1981 - 21 November: Protest against stationing of NATO missiles.[1]
  • 1984
  • 1985 - Annual contemporary art fair begins.
  • 1986
  • 1987 - Amsterdamse Poort (shopping centre) opens.
  • 1988
    • International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam begins.
    • Stopera city hall opens.
  • 1990 - Population: 695,221.
  • 1991
    • Museum Geelvinck-Hinlopen established.
    • Museum Jan van der Togt opens.
  • 1992
  • 1993 - La Rive and Boom Chicago founded.
  • 1994
    • Conservatorium van Amsterdam and Prostitution Information Center founded.
    • SMART Project Space opens.
  • 1996
    • Amsterdam Gay Pride begins.
    • Amsterdam Arena built.
  • 1997
    • 2 October: EU treaty signed in city.[1]
    • Henk Sneevlietweg metro station opens.
    • IJburg residential archipelago construction begins.[45]
  • 1999 - OT301 squat begins.
  • 2000
    • Prostitution in the Netherlands legalized.
    • Euronext founded.

21st century[]

  • 2001
    • 1 April: First legalized same-sex marriage in the Netherlands occurs.[46]
    • Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam and Heineken Music Hall open.
    • Job Cohen becomes mayor.[47]
  • 2004 - 2 November: Filmmaker Van Gogh killed on  [nl].
  • 2006 - Amsterdam Film eXperience begins.
  • 2007
    • KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival begins.
    • Diamond Museum Amsterdam opens.
    • Centrale Bibliotheek moves into new building.
    • Amsterdam City Archives relocates to De Bazel building.
    • De Schreeuw memorial erected in the Oosterpark.[38]
  • 2008 - Amsterdam Holendrecht railway station opens.
  • 2009 - Hermitage Amsterdam opens.
  • 2010 - Eberhard van der Laan becomes mayor.[47]
  • 2011 - February: Retrial of Geert Wilders begins in the  [nl] (court).[46]
  • 2012
    • 21 April: Sloterdijk train collision.
    • EYE Film Institute Netherlands opens.
  • 2014
  • 2015
  • February: University of Amsterdam Bungehuis and Maagdenhuis occupations (student protest) occur.
  • Regeneration of Frederik Hendrikplantsoen
  • 2019
  • December: The start of Stichting Nederlied for special dutch language theatre

Images[]

  • Portrait of the syndics of the Amsterdam Goldsmiths Guild, established in 1601 (painting from 1627)

  • Amsterdam Guild of Surgeons anatomy lesson on 31 January 1632

  • Stadhuis on fire, 7 July 1652

  • Aviary, Blauw Jan Inn, Amsterdam, ca.1700[48]

  • Train begins operating, 1839

  • Centraal Station, Amsterdam, ca.1890s

  • Labor unrest, 1966

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Bibliography[]

Main article: Bibliography of Amsterdam

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