Timeline of Utrecht

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The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Utrecht, Netherlands.

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Prior to 18th century[]

Document confirming Utrecht town privileges, 1122
According to tradition Trijn van Leemput initiated demolition of Vredenburg castle in 1577
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Map of Utrecht, around 1714.
  • ~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.[1]
  • 695 - Catholic diocese of Utrecht established.[2]
  • 720 - St. Martin's church founded by Willibrord (approximate date).[1]
  • 918 - Balderic becomes bishop.[1]
  • 1122
  • 1145 -  [nl] (tower) built (approximate date).
  • 1267 - St. Martin's Cathedral built.[1]
  • 1279 - Buurkerk (church) rebuilding begins.
  • 1370 - Public clock installed (approximate date).[3]
  • 1382 - St. Martin's Cathedral tower built.[4]
  • 1393 -  [nl] (moat) constructed.
  • 1432 -  [nl] built.
  • 1440
  • 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.[6]
  • 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).[7]
  • 1481-3 - Second Utrecht Civil War, David of Burgundy temporarily removed from power, but restored after the Siege of Utrecht (1483)
  • 1517 -  [nl] (residence) built.[1]
  • 1528 - Lordship of Utrecht established.
  • 1532 - Vredenburg (castle) built.
  • 1550 - St. Catherine Cathedral built (approximate date).[1]
  • 1577 - Demolition of Vredenburg castle begins.
  • 1579 - 23 January: Treaty unifying northern provinces of the Netherlands signed in Utrecht.[1]
  • 1584 - Catholic property secularized.[8]
  • 1586 - Calvinists in power.[8]
  • 1620s - Utrecht Caravaggisti artists active.[9]
  • 1636 - Utrecht University[4] and its library established.[10]
  • 1637 -  [nl] built.[1]
  • 1644 - Schilders-Collegie founded.[11]
  • 1672-3 - Occupation by French forces.[8][12]
  • 1674 - 1 August:  [nl]. Major damage to several landmark building, most notably the collapse of the nave of the Dom church.[8]

18th-19th centuries[]

20th century[]

21st century[]

See also[]

References[]

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  2. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: The Netherlands". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  3. ^  [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)
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Utrecht". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg.
  5. ^ "Low Countries, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  6. ^ Joop W. Koopmans; Arend H. Huussen Jr. (2007). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6444-3.
  7. ^ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Holland: Utrecht". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company – via HathiTrust.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Ring 1995.
  9. ^ "Low Countries, 1600–1800 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b Paul Schneiders (1998). "Libraries in the Netherlands" (PDF). IFLA Journal. International Federation of Library Associations. 24.
  11. ^ Claartje Rasterhoff (2014). "The spatial side of innovation: the local organization of cultural production in the Dutch Republic, 1580-1800". In Karel Davids; Bert De Munck (eds.). Innovation and Creativity in Late Medieval and Early Modern European Cities. Ashgate. pp. 161–188. ISBN 978-1-4724-3989-5.
  12. ^ "Timeline Dutch History". Rijksmuseum. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  13. ^ Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Utrecht", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co. – via HathiTrust
  15. ^ "Utrecht". Four hundred years of Dutch Jewry. Amsterdam: Joods Historisch Museum. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  16. ^ "Netherlands". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1869.
  17. ^ Jump up to: a b "Departement van Binnenlandsche Zaken: Kunsten en wetenschappen (Department of Interior: Arts and Sciences)",  [nl] voor het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden 1885 [State Year Book for the Kingdom of the Netherlands] (in Dutch), Utrecht:  [nl], 1884
  18. ^ "Rijksarchief in de provincie Utrecht", Het Utrechts Archief (in Dutch), retrieved 30 October 2015
  19. ^ "Netherlands". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885.
  20. ^ Jump up to: a b "Movie Theaters in Utrecht, Netherlands". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  21. ^ "The Netherlands". International Banking Directory. Bankers Publishing Company. 1920.
  22. ^ "Netherlands". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via HathiTrust.
  23. ^ Jump up to: a b "Joining the circle: Utrecht removes road to be ringed by water once more". DutchNews.nl. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  24. ^ Jump up to: a b "Utrecht restores historic canal made into motorway in 1970s". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  25. ^ Jump up to: a b "Population dynamics; birth, death and migration per region: Municipality Utrecht". StatLine. Statistics Netherlands. 2014.
  26. ^ "Leefbaarheidsbudget Participatory Budgeting (Utrecht, Netherlands)". Participedia. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  27. ^ Randstad Holland, Netherlands. OECD Territorial Reviews. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2007. ISBN 978-92-64-00793-2.
  28. ^ Joop W. Koopmans; Arend H. Huussen Jr. (2007). Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6444-3.
  29. ^ "Sister Cities". USA: City of Portland, Oregon. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  30. ^ "Utrecht eerste gemeente met proef 'regelarme bijstand'", NRC (in Dutch), Amsterdam, 20 February 2017
  31. ^ Dutch build vital new infrastructure: world's biggest bike parking lot, Reuters, 21 August 2017

This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

Published in the 18th-19th century[]

in English
  • Thomas Nugent (1749), "Utrecht", The Grand Tour, 1: Netherlands, London: S. Birt
  • "Utrecht". A Geographical, Historical and Political Description of the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Prussia, Italy, Sicily, Corsica and Sardinia: With a Gazetteer. London: John Stockdale. 1800. OCLC 79519893.
  • Abraham Rees (1819), "Utrecht", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
  • "Utrecht". Galignani's Traveller's Guide through Holland and Belgium (4th ed.). Paris: A. and W. Galignani. 1822.
  • "Utrecht", Handbook for Travellers in Holland and Belgium (20th ed.), London: John Murray, 1881 – via HathiTrust (+ 1851 ed.)
  • W. Pembroke Fetridge (1885). "Utrecht". Harper's Hand-Book for Travellers in Europe and the East. New York: Harper & Brothers.
in other languages

Published in the 20th century[]

in English
in Dutch
  • , ed. (1922), "Utrecht", Winkler Prins' Geillustreerde Encyclopaedie (in Dutch), 16 (4th ed.), Amsterdam: Uitgevers-Maatschappy „Elsevier“
  • G. van Herwijnen, ed. (1978). "Utrecht". Bibliografie van de stedengeschiedenis van Nederland [Bibliography of Urban History in the Netherlands] (in Dutch). Brill. ISBN 90-04-05700-5.

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