Timeline of Ghent

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

Prior to 19th century[]

1336 - Tapestry-weavers' guild established.^[1]
1380
- Belfry of Ghent built.
- Public clock installed (approximate date).^[2]
1432 - Artist Van Eyck paints altarpiece for St. John's Church.^[3]
1448 - "De Fonteine" chamber of rhetoric constituted.^[4]^[5]
1480 - Saint Michael's Church built.^[6]
1483 - Printing press in operation.^[7]
1531 - St Bavo's Cathedral built.^[8]
1559 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Ghent established.^[9]
1576 - Regional alliance signed in Ghent.^[8]
1584 - Spaniards in power.^[8]
1771 - Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Ghent) active.

19th century[]

1814 - US-British treaty signed in Ghent.^[8]
1817 - Ghent University established.
1827 - Ghent–Terneuzen Canal built.
1833 - [nl] founded.
1835 - Royal Conservatory of Ghent founded.
1841 - Bank of Flanders established.^[10]
1845 - Population: 105,711.^[11]
1861 - Gent-Dampoort railway station opens.
1863 - Statue of Jacob van Artevelde erected in [nl].
1874 - Horse-drawn tram begins operating.
1875 - [nl] opens.
1879 - [nl] newspaper begins publication.^[12]
1880 - [nl] (cooperative) founded.
1881 - Bank of Ghent established.^[10]
1883 - Royal Sport Nautique de Gand rowing club formed.
1891 - Het Volk newspaper begins publication.^[12]
1895 - Emile Braun becomes mayor.
1897 - Cluysen - Ter Donck Regatta begins.
1900
- Ghent system of unemployment benefits introduced.^[8]
- K.A.A. Gent football club formed.

20th century[]

1902 - [nl] established.^[13]
1904 - Electric tram begins operating.
1912 - Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station and Patria Cinema^[14] open.
1913 - Exposition universelle et internationale (1913) held in city.
1914 - Vooruit built.
1919 - Population: 165,655.^[15]
1920 - Jules Ottenstadion (stadium) built.
1930 - Population: 170,358.
1942 - Ghent University Library Book Tower built.
1947 - [nl] becomes mayor.
1959 - Ghent University Hospital opens.
1965 - Section of Mendonk becomes part of Ghent.^{[citation needed]}
1970
- Studio Skoop (cinema) opens.^[14]
- Population: 148,860.
1973 - Gentbrugge railway station built.
1975 - [nl] opens.
1976 - Mariakerke becomes part of Ghent.^{[citation needed]}
1977 - Gentbrugge becomes part of city.
1980
- [nl] founded.^[16]
- Population: 241,695.
1981 - Decascoop (cinema) built.^[14]
1987 - Flanders Expo arena built.
1995 - Hogeschool Gent (college) established.

21st century[]

2006 - [nl] begins.
2007 - Daniël Termont becomes mayor.
2010 - Ghent City Museum opens.
2012 - [nl] hi-rise built.
2013
- Ghelamco Arena opens.
- Population: 248,242.
2014 - [nl] built.
2020 - Ghent University Museum opens.

References[]

^ Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Ghent". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.
^ [de] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Low Countries, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
^ Arjan Van Dixhoorn (2008). "Chambers of Rhetoric". In Arjan Van Dixhoorn; Susie Speakman Sutch (eds.). The Reach of the Republic of Letters: Literary and Learned Societies in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Brill. pp. 119–158. ISBN 978-90-04-16955-5.
^ "Overzichten: de nederlandse literatuur in Gent". Literair Gent (in Dutch). Stedelijke Openbare Bibliotheek Gent and Stadsmuseum Gent. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
^ "Ghent", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
^ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Belgium: Gand". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450632 – via HathiTrust.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 679, OL 6112221M
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Belgium". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Belgium". International Banking Directory. New York: Bankers Publishing Company. 1922. hdl:2027/hvd.hb1sji.
^ C.H. Van Boekel, ed. (1846). Vlaemsche Volks-Almanak (in Dutch). Gent: F.L. Dulle-Plus. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081727558.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Belgium". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
^ "Garden Search: Belgium". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Movie Theaters in Gent, Belgium". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
^ "Belgium". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
^ "Amsab-Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis - Geschiedenis". www3.amsab.be.

This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

in English

Thomas Nugent (1749), "Ghent", The Grand Tour, 1: Netherlands, London: S. Birt, hdl:2027/mdp.39015030762598
"Ghent". Gazetteer of the Netherlands. Attributed to Clement Cruttwell. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson. 1794.CS1 maint: others (link)
Abraham Rees (1819), "Ghent, a city of France", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9571pn88
"Ghent", Handbook for Travellers in Holland and Belgium (20th ed.), London: John Murray, 1881, hdl:2027/hvd.hn2ha2 – via HathiTrust
The visitors universal handybook and guide to Antwerp, Brussels, Waterloo, Ghent, Bruges, Liège, etc. etc (5th ed.). Antwerp: John De Wit & Joris. 1884.
W. Pembroke Fetridge (1885), "Ghent", Harper's Hand-Book for Travellers in Europe and the East, New York: Harper & Brothers
"Ghent". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. 5. London. 1901. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t1fj2r624.
"Ghent", Belgium and Holland (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, OCLC 397759 (+ 1881 ed.)
Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Ghent", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949
Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Ghent". Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 299+. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.

in other languages

Nieuwen Almanach ... der Stad Gend (in Dutch), Gend: Philippe Gimblet 1770-
Victor Van der Haeghen (1896), Inventaire des archives de la ville de Gand [Inventory of the Ghent City Archives] (in French), Gand: C. Annoot-Braeckman, OCLC 64460660
Henri Zondervan, ed. (1917), "Gent", Winkler Prins' Geillustreerde Encyclopaedie (in Dutch) (4th ed.), Amsterdam: Uitgevers-Maatschappy „Elsevier“, hdl:2027/mdp.39015068347981

External links[]

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

[Hourihane2012-1] Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Ghent". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.

[Rossum1996-2] [de] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[heilbrunn08euwl-3] "Low Countries, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

[Dixhoorn2008-4] Arjan Van Dixhoorn (2008). "Chambers of Rhetoric". In Arjan Van Dixhoorn; Susie Speakman Sutch (eds.). The Reach of the Republic of Letters: Literary and Learned Societies in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Brill. pp. 119–158. ISBN 978-90-04-16955-5.

[Literairgent-5] "Overzichten: de nederlandse literatuur in Gent". Literair Gent (in Dutch). Stedelijke Openbare Bibliotheek Gent and Stadsmuseum Gent. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

[brit1910-6] "Ghent", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive

[proctor1898-7] Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Belgium: Gand". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450632 – via HathiTrust.

[lippincott1952-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 679, OL 6112221M

[katolsk-9] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Belgium". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

[banking1922-10] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Belgium". International Banking Directory. New York: Bankers Publishing Company. 1922. hdl:2027/hvd.hb1sji.

[11] C.H. Van Boekel, ed. (1846). Vlaemsche Volks-Almanak (in Dutch). Gent: F.L. Dulle-Plus. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081727558.

[europa2004-12] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Belgium". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.

[botanic-13] "Garden Search: Belgium". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

[cinema-14] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Movie Theaters in Gent, Belgium". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

[15] "Belgium". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.

[16] "Amsab-Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis - Geschiedenis". www3.amsab.be.

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Contents

Prior to 19th century[]

19th century[]

20th century[]

21st century[]

See also[]

References[]

Bibliography[]

External links[]