Timeline of Utrecht
The following is a timeline of the history of the city 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
18th-19th centuries
- 1713 - International peace treaty signed in Utrecht.
- 1773 - Provincial Utrecht Society of Arts and Sciences founded.[13]
- 1787 - 9 May: Prussians in power.[14]
- 1795 - 18 January: Utrecht "acquired by the French."[14]
- 1807 - Genootschap Kunstliefde (art society) formed.
- 1808 - Jewish cemetery, Utrecht established.[15]
- 1813 - Jan van den Velden becomes mayor.
- 1816 - Utrechtsch Studenten Corps (student society) founded.
- 1823
- 1830 - Utrecht City Hall built.[4]
- 1838 - City Museum of Antiquities opens.
- 1843 - Utrecht Centraal railway station opens.
- 1853 - Sonnenborgh Observatory established.
- 1866 - Population: 58,607 in city; 172,487 in province.[16]
- 1872 - Aartsbisschoppelijk Museum opens.[17]
- 1873 - Museum Kunstliefde established.[17]
- 1879 - Regional Utrecht State Archives established.[18]
- 1884
- Utrechtsch Museum van Kunstnijverheid (applied arts museum) opens.
- Population: 74,364.[19]
- 1892 - Public library established.[10]
- 1893 - Utrechts Nieuwsblad (newspaper) begins publication.
- 1894 - Utrecht City Orchestra founded.
- 1898 - Wilhelminapark (Utrecht) opens.
20th century
21st century
See also
- Other cities in the Netherlands
References
- ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: The Netherlands". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved October 2015.
- ↑ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
- 1 2 3 William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Utrecht". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg.
- ↑ "Low Countries, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved October 2015.
- ↑ Joop W. Koopmans; Arend H. Huussen Jr. (2007). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6444-3.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Low Countries, 1600–1800 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved October 2015.
- 1 2 Paul Schneiders (1998). "Libraries in the Netherlands" (PDF). IFLA Journal (International Federation of Library Associations) 24.
- ↑ Claartje Rasterhoff (2014). "The spatial side of innovation: the local organization of cultural production in the Dutch Republic, 1580-1800". In Karel Davids and Bert De Munck. Innovation and Creativity in Late Medieval and Early Modern European Cities. Ashgate. pp. 161–188. ISBN 978-1-4724-3989-5.
- ↑ "Timeline Dutch History". Rijksmuseum. Retrieved October 2015.
- ↑ Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Retrieved October 2015.
- 1 2 Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Utrecht", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co. – via HathiTrust
- ↑ "Utrecht". Four hundred years of Dutch Jewry. Amsterdam: Joods Historisch Museum. Retrieved October 2015.
- ↑ "Netherlands". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1869.
- 1 2 "Departement van Binnenlandsche Zaken: Kunsten en wetenschappen (Department of Interior: Arts and Sciences)", Staatsalmanak voor het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden 1885 [State Year Book for the Kingdom of the Netherlands] (in Dutch), Utrecht: Broese, 1884
- ↑ "Rijksarchief in de provincie Utrecht", Het Utrechts Archief (in Dutch), retrieved October 2015
- ↑ "Netherlands". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885.
- 1 2 "Movie Theaters in Utrecht, Netherlands". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved October 2015.
- ↑ "The Netherlands". International Banking Directory. Bankers Publishing Company. 1920.
- ↑ "Netherlands". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via HathiTrust.
- 1 2 "Population dynamics; birth, death and migration per region: Municipality Utrecht". StatLine. Statistics Netherlands. 2014.
- ↑ Randstad Holland, Netherlands. OECD Territorial Reviews. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2007. ISBN 978-92-64-00793-2.
- ↑ Joop W. Koopmans; Arend H. Huussen Jr. (2007). Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6444-3.
- ↑ "Sister Cities". USA: City of Portland, Oregon. Retrieved December 2015.
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
- "Utrecht". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
- "Utrecht", Jewish Encyclopedia 12, New York, 1907
- Charles Bertram Black (1908), "Utrecht", Holland: its Rail, Tram, and Waterways (3rd ed.), London: A. and C. Black (+ 1876 ed.)
- George Wharton Edwards (1909). "Utrecht". Holland of To-day. New York: Moffat, Yard & Company.
- "Utrecht". Belgium and Holland (15th ed.). Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. 1910. OCLC 397759. (+ 1881 ed.)
- "Utrecht (city)", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- "Archdiocese of Utrecht", Catholic Encyclopedia, New York, 1913
- Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Utrecht". Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 762+. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.
- in Dutch
- Henri Zondervan, 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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