Timeline of Leuven

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

Prior to 20th century[]

883 – [nl].
891 – Battle of Leuven (891).
1090 – Hospital established (approximate date).^[1]
1100 – St. Peter's Church built (approximate date).^[2]
1165 – [de] built.^[2]
1183 – Leuven becomes part of the Duchy of Brabant of the Holy Roman Empire.
1200 – [nl] built (approximate date).^[2]
1225 – [nl] becomes mayor.
1230 – [nl] built.^[2]
1317 – [nl] (cloth hall) built.^[3]
1379 – [nl] (political unrest).^[3]
1425 – Studium Generale Lovaniense (university) founded.^[4]
1463 – Leuven Town Hall built.^[5]
1474 – Printing press in operation.^[6]
1497 – St. Peter's Church rebuilt.^[3]
1502 – Erasmus moves to Leuven.
1571 – City Archive relocated to City Hall.^[7]
1635 – June–July: Siege of Leuven.

Siege of Leuven in 1635
1717 – Artois brewery in business.^[8]
1727 – Public celebration on 10 November of the third centenary of the university's founding.^[9]
1738 – Hortus Botanicus Lovaniensis (botanical garden) established.^[10]
1786 – Seminary established.^[11]
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).^[11]
1834 – Catholic University of Leuven established.^[12]
1843 – Heilige Drievuldigheidscollege (school) established.
1867 – [nl] built on Statiestraat.
1883 – Population: 36,813.^[13]
1899 – Keizersberg Abbey founded.

20th century[]

1903 – K. Stade Leuven football club formed.
1914 – Sack of Leuven [nl];^[14] Library of the Catholic University of Leuven destroyed.^[5]
1919 – Population: 40,069.^[15]
1928
- UZ Leuven (hospital) active.^{[citation needed]}
- Library of the Catholic University of Leuven rebuilt.^[5]
1940 – Library of the Catholic University of Leuven destroyed again.^[5]
1947 – [nl] becomes mayor.
1967 – November: French–Flemish [fr] begins.^[16]
1968
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven established.^[4]
- Lemmensinstituut (music conservatory) active.
- Studio 1 cinema in business.^[17]
1977
- Heverlee, Kessel-Lo, and Wilsele become part of city.^[18]
- [nl] becomes mayor.
1982 – Marktrock music fest begins.
1988 – Vlaams Filmmuseum en -archief (Flemish film museum) established.^[19]
1995
- Louis Tobback becomes mayor.
- City becomes part of the Flemish Brabant province.
- [nl] (school) established.
1998 – Grand Béguinage designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.

21st century[]

2002
- Oud-Heverlee Leuven football club formed.
- Den Dreef stadium opens in Heverlee.
2008 – Anheuser-Busch InBev headquartered in city.
2011 – Cyclocross Leuven begins.
2013 – Population: 97,656.

References[]

^ James Brodman (2009). Charity and Religion in Medieval Europe. Catholic University of America Press. ISBN 978-0-8132-1580-8.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Leuven". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Louvain", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Walter Rüegg, ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. 4. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1087, OL 6112221M
^ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Belgium: Louvain". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company – via HathiTrust.
^ "Archief: Historiek" (in Dutch). Stad Leuven. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
^ "Louvain". Belgique. Petit Futé (in French). 2014.
^ Edward van Even (1871). "Drie honderdjarig jubelfeest van de stichting der hoogeschool van Leuven, gevierd in 1727". Mengelingen van de geschiedenis van Braband. C.-J. Fonteyn, Sr. pp. 483–484.
^ "Garden Search: Belgium". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Léon van der Essen (1920). A Short History of Belgium. University of Chicago Press.
^ "University of Louvain". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York. 1913.
^ "Belgium". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885.
^ Stephen Pope; Elizabeth-Anne Wheal (1995). "Select Chronology". Dictionary of the First World War. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-85052-979-1.
^ "Belgium". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
^ "In Belgium, Leuven-Louvain Split Speaks Loud", New York Times, 11 November 1997
^ "Movie Theaters in Leuven, Belgium". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
^ "Archief: Archievenoverzicht" (in Dutch). Stad Leuven. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
^ Film and Television Collections in Europe: the MAP-TV Guide. Routledge. 1995. ISBN 978-1-135-37262-0.

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

Bibliography[]

Published in the 18th-19th c.

Thomas Nugent (1749), "Lovain", The Grand Tour, 1: Netherlands, London: S. Birt
"Louvain". Gazetteer of the Netherlands. Attributed to Clement Cruttwell. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson. 1794.CS1 maint: others (link)
Abraham Rees (1819), "Louvain, a city of France", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
"Louvain". Galignani's Traveller's Guide through Holland and Belgium (4th ed.). Paris: A. and W. Galignani. 1822.
William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Louvain". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg – via HathiTrust.
"Louvain", Handbook for Travellers in Holland and Belgium (20th ed.), London: John Murray, 1881
W. Pembroke Fetridge (1885), "Louvain", Harper's Hand-Book for Travellers in Europe and the east, New York: Harper & Brothers

Published in the 20th c.

"Louvain". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. 6. London. 1901.
"Louvain", Belgium and Holland (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, OCLC 397759 (+ 1881 ed.)
"Louvain". Belgium. Grieben's Guide Books. 141. London: Williams & Norgate. 1910.
"Louvain", Traveller's Handbook for Belgium and the Ardennes, London: T. Cook & Son, 1921
Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Louvain". Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.

External links[]

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

[Brodman2009-1] James Brodman (2009). Charity and Religion in Medieval Europe. Catholic University of America Press. ISBN 978-0-8132-1580-8.

[Hourihane2012-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Leuven". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.

[brit1910-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Louvain", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424

[Ruegg2011-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Walter Rüegg, ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. 4. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.

[lippincott1952-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1087, OL 6112221M

[proctor1898-6] Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Belgium: Louvain". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company – via HathiTrust.

[7] "Archief: Historiek" (in Dutch). Stad Leuven. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

[8] "Louvain". Belgique. Petit Futé (in French). 2014.

[9] Edward van Even (1871). "Drie honderdjarig jubelfeest van de stichting der hoogeschool van Leuven, gevierd in 1727". Mengelingen van de geschiedenis van Braband. C.-J. Fonteyn, Sr. pp. 483–484.

[botanic-10] "Garden Search: Belgium". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

[Essen1920-11] Jump up to: ^a ^b Léon van der Essen (1920). A Short History of Belgium. University of Chicago Press.

[12] "University of Louvain". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York. 1913.

[13] "Belgium". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885.

[14] Stephen Pope; Elizabeth-Anne Wheal (1995). "Select Chronology". Dictionary of the First World War. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-85052-979-1.

[15] "Belgium". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.

[16] "In Belgium, Leuven-Louvain Split Speaks Loud", New York Times, 11 November 1997

[cinema-17] "Movie Theaters in Leuven, Belgium". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

[18] "Archief: Archievenoverzicht" (in Dutch). Stad Leuven. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

[maptv1995-19] Film and Television Collections in Europe: the MAP-TV Guide. Routledge. 1995. ISBN 978-1-135-37262-0.

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20th century[]

21st century[]

See also[]

References[]

Bibliography[]

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