Timeline of Bruges
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The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Bruges, Belgium.
Prior to 18th century[edit]
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- 865 – Fort built by Margrave Baldwin I of Flanders.[1]
- 1000 – Regional Brugse Vrije established (approximate date).
- 1127 – Count Charles I of Flanders assassinated.[2]
- 1134 – Storm creates Zwin inlet, connecting Bruges to the North Sea.[2]
- 1146 – Eekhout Abbey active (approximate date).
- 1150 – St. John's Hospital founded (approximate date).[1]
- 1157 – Chapel of the Holy Blood built (approximate date).
- 1180 – Damme harbour built near Bruges.[2]
- 1223 – St. Salvator's Church rebuilt.[3]
- 1240 – Belfry of Bruges built in the Markt (approximate date).
- 1244 – Ten Wijngaerde Béguinage founded (approximate date).
- 1294 – Waterhalle built on the Grote Markt.
- 1297
- Area of Bruges expanded.[3]
- Church of Our Lady tower built.[3]
- 1302
- 18 May: Bruges Matins (massacre) occurs.
- French-Flemish Battle of the Golden Spurs fought in Kortrijk; Flemish win.[1]
- 1303 – Procession of the Holy Blood instituted.
- 1323–1328 – The Flemish revolt spread to Bruges.
- 1364 – Les Halles built on the Grote Markt.[4]
- 1368 – Smedenpoort (city gate) rebuilt.
- 1369 – Ezelpoort (city gate) rebuilt.
- 1390 – Public clock installed (approximate date).[5]
- 1398 – Tower built on the Minnewater.[3]
- 1399 – Saaihalle built on the Old Beursplein.
- 1417 – Poortersloge built (approximate date).
- 1421 – Bruges City Hall built.[3]
- 1425 – Artist Jan van Eyck active in Bruges.[6]
- 1430 – Order of the Golden Fleece founded in Bruges.[1]
- 1434 – Grafenburg (castle) dismantled.[3]
- 1465 – Artist Hans Memling active in Bruges (approximate date).[6]
- 1468 – July: Wedding of Burgundian duke Charles and Margaret of York.
- 1475 – Printing press in operation.[7]
- 1488 – Political unrest.[4]
- 1489 – Memling paints the St. Ursula Shrine in St. John's Hospital.[3]
- 1505 – Fuggers move from Bruges to Antwerp.[3]
- 1545 – Hanseatic enterprise moves from Bruges to Antwerp.[3]
- 1559 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Bruges established.[8]
- 1623 – Ghent-Bruges Canal dug.[citation needed]
18th–19th centuries[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 1905 – Boudewijnkanaal (canal) dug.
- 1907 – Port of Bruges-Zeebrugge opens.[13]
- 1912 – Bruges State Archives established in the Poortersloge.
- 1919 – Population: 53,489.[14]
- 1924 – Victor Van Hoestenberghe becomes mayor.
- 1928 – Hollywood Cinema opens.[15]
- 1930 – Groeningemuseum opens on the Dijver.
- 1953 – Dudzelebrug (bridge) built on the N376 (Sluis-Bruges).
- 1958 – Procession of the Golden Tree revived.
- 1960 – Musica Antiqua Bruges festival begins.
- 1963 – Bruges Provincial Library and Archives established.
- 1973 – Koninklijk Atheneum Vijverhof (school) established in Sint-Michiels.
- 1975 – Jan Breydel Stadium opens.
- 1977 – Frank Van Acker becomes mayor.
- 1982 – Cactusfestival of music begins.
- 1983 – De Karmeliet restaurant in business.
- 1984 – Dampoortbruggen, Bruges (bridges) built.
- 1986 – De Werf cultural centre founded.
- 1987 – 6 March: Ferry Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in the port.
- 1988 – 20 September: British prime minister gives speech in city.[16]
- 1990 – Brouwerijmuseum Brugge established on the Walplein.
- 1995 – Patrick Moenaert becomes mayor.
- 1998 – Start of annual Tour of Flanders cycling race moves to Bruges.
21st century[edit]
- 2002 – Concertgebouw Brugge opens on the 't Zand, Bruges.
- 2008 – Frietmuseum opens in the Saaihalle.
- 2010 – April: Catholic bishop Vangheluwe resigns.[17]
- 2013
- Renaat Landuyt becomes mayor.
- Population: 117,170.
See also[edit]
- Bruges history
- History of Bruges
- List of mayors of Bruges
- List of protected heritage sites in Bruges
- Timelines of other municipalities in Belgium: Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent, Leuven, Liège
- History of urban centers in the Low Countries
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e New York Times 1997.
- ^ a b c d Hourihane 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Baedeker 1910.
- ^ a b c d e Chambers 1901.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Belgium". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "200 jaar kranten in Brugge" [200 years of newspapers in Bruges], Historische Bronnen Brugge (in Dutch), Erfgoedcel Brugge, retrieved 30 October 2015
- ^ "Belgium". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1869. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590337.
- ^ Alan Hollinghurst (28 January 2005), "Bruges of sighs", The Guardian
- ^ "Portrait of a Medieval City", New York Times, September 1986
- ^ "Belgium". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
- ^ "Movie Theaters in Bruges, Belgium". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ "Prime ministers' speeches on Europe", BBC News, January 2013
- ^ Belgian bishop resigns over abuse of boy, Reuters, 23 April 2010
This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.
Bibliography[edit]
In English[edit]
- Thomas Nugent (1749), "Bruges", The Grand Tour, vol. 1: Netherlands, London: S. Birt, hdl:2027/mdp.39015030762598
- "Bruges". Gazetteer of the Netherlands. Attributed to Clement Cruttwell. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson. 1794.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - Abraham Rees (1819), "Bruges", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t4vh5t74q
- David Brewster, ed. (1830). "Bruges". Edinburgh Encyclopædia. Edinburgh: William Blackwood.
- "Bruges", Handbook for Travellers in Holland and Belgium (20th ed.), London: John Murray, 1881, hdl:2027/hvd.hn2ha2
- 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), "Bruges", Harper's Hand-Book for Travellers in Europe and the East, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "Bruges". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t81j9pj6k.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Ernest Gilliat-Smith (1909), Bruges, Mediaeval Towns, London: J.M. Dent & Co., OCLC 150311124
- "Bruges", Belgium and Holland, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1910 + 1881 ed.
- "Bruges". Handbook to Belgium and the Battlefields (7th ed.). London: Ward, Lock & Co. 1921. hdl:2027/uc1.$b412881.
- de Roover, Raymond. Money, Banking and Credit in Mediaeval Bruges: Italian Merchant-Bankers Lombards and Money-Changers: A Study in The Origins of Banking (Harvard U.P. 1948)
- "Bruges, the City the Sea Forgot", National Geographic, vol. 107, Washington, D.C., 1955
- Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Bruges". Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.
- "Bruges in the Silent Hours", New York Times, 2 March 1997
- Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Bruges". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.
In other languages[edit]
- Marie-Nicolas Bouillet; L.G. Gourraigne (1914). "Bruges". Dictionnaire universel d'histoire et de geographie (in French) (34th ed.). Paris: Hachette. hdl:2027/mdp.39015074817142.
- Henri Zondervan, ed. (1915), "Brugge", Winkler Prins' Geillustreerde Encyclopaedie (in Dutch), vol. 4 (4th ed.), Amsterdam: Uitgevers-Maatschappy "Elsevier", hdl:2027/mdp.39015068310153
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