Timeline of Bruges

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

Prior to 18th century

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Prehistory
Neolithic flint mines of Spiennes 4300–2200 BC
Ancient
Belgae, Eburones & Treveri ~51 BC
Gallic Wars 58–50 BC
 • Ambiorix's revolt 54–53 BC
Roman rule 51 BC–c.500 AD
Early Middle Ages
Franks  
Merovingians 481–751
Carolingians 751–987
Prince-Bishopric of Liège 980–1789
Middle Ages
Franco-Flemish War 1297–1305
Burgundian rule 1384–1482
 • Wars of Liège 1465–68
Habsburg rule 1482–1556
Early Modern
Northern Renaissance 15th–16th century
Spanish rule 1556–1714
 • Seventeen Provinces 1549–81
 • Dutch Revolt 1568–1648
 • Southern Netherlands
Austrian rule 1714–93
 • Brabant Revolution 1789–90
 • Liège Revolution 1789–91
French rule 1793–1815
19th century
Dutch rule 1815–30
Belgian Revolution 1830–31
Reign of Leopold I 1831–65
 • Treaty of London1839
Reign of Leopold II 1865–1909
 • School War 1879–84
 • Congo Free State 1885–1908
20th and 21st centuries
Belgian Congo1908–60
Reign of Albert I1909–34
World War I1914–18
 • Invasion1914
 • Atrocities1914
 • German occupation1914–18
Ruanda-Urundi1922–62
Reign of Leopold III1934–51
World War II 1940–45
 • Invasion 1940
 • German occupation1940–44
 • Holocaust1941–44
Royal Question1944–50
Reign of Baudouin1951–93
Reign of Albert II1993–2013
Reign of Philippe 2013~
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18th–19th centuries

  • 1719 – Academy of Art established.[3]
  • 1743 – Lawyer's guild established.[9]
  • 1786 – St. Christopher's Church, Bruges demolished.
  • 1787
    • Bruge Central Cemetery established.
    • Cloth Hall demolished.[3]
  • 1794 – French in power.[4]
  • 1798 – Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge (library) opens.
  • 1799 – St. Donatian's Cathedral demolished.[2]
  • 1815 – Bruges becomes part of the Netherlands.[4]
  • 1821 – Fish Market, Bruges built on the Steenhouwersdijk.[1]
  • 1830 – Bruges becomes part of Belgium.[4]
  • 1837 – Journal de Bruges French-language newspaper begins publication.[10]
  • 1838 – Brugge railway station opens.
  • 1839 – Société d'émulation de Bruges founded.
  • 1846 – Statue of Stevin erected on Simon Stevinplein (Brugge).[3]
  • 1855 – Ringvaart, Bruges canal commissioned.
  • 1863 – Population: 50,986.[11]
  • 1887 – Monument to Breydel/de Coninck erected in the Grote Markt.[3]
  • 1891
    • Club Brugge KV football club formed.
    • Post and Telegraph office built on the Grote Markt.[3]
  • 1892 – Rodenbach's novel Bruges-la-Morte published.[12]
  • 1899 – Cercle Brugge K.S.V. football club formed.
  • 1900 – Bruges derby football rivalry active.

20th century

21st century

  • 2002 – Concertgebouw Brugge opens on the 't Zand, Bruges.
  • 2008 – Frietmuseum opens in the Saaihalle.
  • 2010 – April: Catholic bishop Vangheluwe resigns.[17]
  • 2013

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e New York Times 1997.
  2. ^ a b c d Hourihane 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Baedeker 1910.
  4. ^ a b c d e Chambers 1901.
  5. ^ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum [in German] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
  6. ^ a b "Low Countries, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  7. ^ Henri Bouchot [in French] (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
  8. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Belgium". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  9. ^ Arjan Van Dixhoorn; Susie Speakman Sutch, eds. (2008). The Reach of the Republic of Letters: Literary and Learned Societies in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-16955-5.
  10. ^ "200 jaar kranten in Brugge" [200 years of newspapers in Bruges], Historische Bronnen Brugge (in Dutch), Erfgoedcel Brugge, retrieved 30 October 2015
  11. ^ "Belgium". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1869. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590337.
  12. ^ Alan Hollinghurst (28 January 2005), "Bruges of sighs", The Guardian
  13. ^ "Portrait of a Medieval City", New York Times, September 1986
  14. ^ "Belgium". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
  15. ^ "Movie Theaters in Bruges, Belgium". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  16. ^ "Prime ministers' speeches on Europe", BBC News, January 2013
  17. ^ Belgian bishop resigns over abuse of boy, Reuters, 23 April 2010

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