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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Contents

Prior to 17th century

  • 1270 - Dam built on Amstel River (approximate date).
  • 1303 - Siege of Amsterdam.
  • 1306
  • 13 June: Amsterdam granted city rights.
  • Oude Kerk consecrated.
  • 1345 - 15 March: Alleged "Miracle of Amsterdam" occurs.
  • 1347 - Heilige Stede chapel built.
  • 1408 - Nieuwe Kerk (church) construction begins.
  • 1421 - Fire.
  • 1425 - Singel canal dug.
  • 1452 - Fire.
  • 1470 - Agnietenklooster built.
  • 1487 - Schreierstoren built.
  • 1490s - Brick city wall built.
  • 1516 - Montelbaanstoren built.
  • 1518 - Egelantier formed (approximate date).
  • 1525 - Anabaptist unrest.
  • 1535 - 10 May: Anabaptist riot occurs; "fanatics ran about the streets naked."
  • 1566 - Beeldenstorm.
  • 1568 - Amsterdam supports Catholics in the Dutch Revolt.
  • 1575 - Erven Lucas Bols in business.
  • 1578
  • Alteratie shifts power from Catholics to Protestants.
  • Prinsenhof (Amsterdam) built.
  • 1585 - City expands beyond the Singel.
  • 1586 - Admiralty of Amsterdam formed.
  • 1596 - Rasphuis (prison) established.

    • 17th century

  • 1601 - Goldsmith's guild established.
  • 1602 - Amsterdam Stock Exchange and Dutch East India Company founded.
  • 1603 - Hendrick de Keyser becomes city architect.
  • 1606 - Oost-Indisch Huis built.
  • 1607 - English Reformed Church established.
  • 1609 - Bank of Amsterdam established.
  • 1611 - Koopmansbeurs built.
  • 1613 - Grachtengordel development begins.
  • 1614 - Nieuwmarkt created.
  • 1617
  • First Dutch Academy formed.
  • Korenbeurs built.
  • Town gate remodeled as Weigh House.
  • 1619 - Westerhal built.
  • 1620
  • Munttoren and Korenmetershuisje (Amsterdam) built.
  • English-language Corrant out of Italy, German, Etc. newspaper begins publication.
  • 1621 - Dutch West India Company founded.
  • 1622 - Cromhouthuizen built.
  • 1631 - Artist Rembrandt moves to Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam.
  • 1632 - Athenaeum Illustre formed.
  • 1633 - Oude Lutherse Kerk built.
  • 1637 - Schouwburg of Van Campen (theatre) built.
  • 1638
  • Hortus Medicus founded.
  • Accijnshuis built.
  • 1641 - Saaihal (Amsterdam) built on Staalstraat (Amsterdam).
  • 1642 - Rembrandt's artwork The Night Watch shown in the Kloveniersdoelen.
  • 1651 - St. Peter's Flood.
  • 1652 - 7 July: City Hall burns down.
  • 1655 - New City Hall built on Dam Square.
  • 1662
  • Trippenhuis and Weesperpoort (gate) built.
  • Blaeu's Atlas Maior published.
  • 1663 - Bubonic plague outbreak.
  • 1665 - New theatre opens.
  • 1672 - Johannes Hudde becomes mayor.
  • 1675 - Portuguese Synagogue built.
  • 1679 - Wynand-Fockink in business.
  • 1682 - Begijnhof Chapel and Amstelhof built.
  • 1683 - Society of Suriname established.
  • 1691 - Skinny Bridge built.

    • 18th century

  • 1748 - Pachtersoproer riots.
  • 1765 - Amsterdam Academy of Drawing founded.
  • 1774 - Theatre opens on the Leidseplein.
  • 1776 - Felix Meritis society and Society for the Advancement of Agriculture established.
  • 1780 - Maagdenhuis built.
  • 1785 - Seamen's Institute, and Society for Public Welfare organized.
  • 1787 - Prussians in power.
  • 1794
  • Metz & Co established.
  • Population: 217,024.
  • 1795 - January: French in power.

    • 19th century

  • 1800 - Barrack of St. Charles built.
  • 1808
  • Amsterdam becomes capital of Kingdom of Holland, client state of the French Empire.
  • City Hall becomes the Royal Palace.
  • Royal Institute of Sciences, Literature and Fine Arts founded.
  • 1813 - Oranje-Nassau Kazerne (military barrack) built.
  • 1814
  • Amsterdam becomes capital of the Netherlands.
  • Rijks-Museum relocates to the Trippenhuis building.
  • Bank of the Netherlands headquartered in city.
  • 1815
  • Doelen Hotel in business.
  • Population: 180,179.
  • 1824 - Netherlands Trading Society headquartered in city.
  • 1825 - North Holland Canal constructed.
  • 1838 - Zoo opens.
  • 1839
  • Amsterdam–Haarlem railway begins operating.
  • Station d'Eenhonderd Roe opens.
  • Arti et Amicitiae society organized.
  • 1840
  • Coster Diamonds founded.
  • Willemspoort (gate) built.
  • 1841 - Mozes en Aäronkerk (church) rebuilt.
  • 1843 - Station Amsterdam Weesperpoort opens.
  • 1845 - Zocher Stock Exchange built.
  • 1852 - Bijbels Museum founded.
  • 1853 - City "water supply" begins.
  • 1854 - Royal Asscher Diamond Company founded.
  • 1855 - Arti et Amicitiae constructed.
  • 1856
  • Amsterdam–Arnhem railway constructed.
  • De Eendracht war memorial erected.
  • Koninklijke Nederlandse Stoomboot-Maatschappij (shipping company) established.
  • 1862 - Bloemenmarkt founded.
  • 1863 - Museum Fodor opens.
  • 1864 - Crystal Palace built on the Frederiksplein (Amsterdam).
  • 1866 - Population: 264,498.
  • 1867
  • Heineken brewery built.
  • Amstel Hotel opens.
  • 1869 - Netherlands Bank building constructed.
  • 1870
  • Rijksakademie, De Bijenkorf shop, and Amstel Brewery founded.
  • Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland (steamship line) in business.
  • 1874
  • Amsterdam–Zutphen railway constructed.
  • Amsterdamse Toneelschool established.
  • 1875 - Amsterdamsche Vereeniging tot het bouwen van Arbeiderswoningen housing association formed.
  • 1876
  • North Sea Canal opens.
  • Population: 281,944.
  • 1877 - Municipal University of Amsterdam and Teekenschool voor Kunstambachten founded.
  • 1878 - Den Helder–Amsterdam railway begins operating.
  • 1880 - Vrije Universiteit established.
  • 1881
  • Telephone in operation.
  • AVA-woonblok D,E,F,G housing built in Czaar Peterbuurt.
  • Stille Omgang revived.
  • 1882 - Spui square created.
  • 1883
  • May: International Colonial and Export Exhibition opens.
  • Parkschouwburg (Amsterdam) (theatre) built.
  • Prins Hendrikplantsoen (park) laid out.
  • 1884
  • Amsterdamsch Conservatorium founded.
  • Population: 361,326.
  • 1885 - Rijksmuseum opens.
  • 1886 - July: Palingoproer eel riot occurs.
  • 1887
  • Orange riots..
  • Elsevier publisher in business.
  • Basilica of St. Nicholas built.
  • 1888 - Concertgebouw built, and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra founded.
  • 1889 - Amsterdam Centraal railway station opens.
  • 1890 - Victoria Hotel, Amsterdam in business.
  • 1893 - Economic unrest.
  • 1894 - Stadsschouwburg rebuilt.
  • 1895
  • Wereldtentoonstelling voor het Hotel- en Reiswezen (exhibit) held.
  • Museum Willet-Holthuysen and Catholic Ignatius Gymnasium (school) established.
  • 1896 - Hotel de l'Europe in business on the Nieuwe Doelenstraat (Amsterdam).

    • 1900s-1940s

  • 1900
  • Gemeentetram Amsterdam tramway established.
  • Amstelodamum historical society and AFC Ajax football club formed.
  • Population: 523,557.
  • 1903
  • Railroad Strike.
  • Beurs van Berlage built.
  • 1904 - August: International Socialist Congress held.
  • 1906 - Amsterdam Wind Orchestra ATH formed.
  • 1907 - Nöggerath cinema and Het Houten Stadion (stadium) open.
  • 1911 - Rembrandt House Museum opens.
  • 1914 - Harry Elte Stadium and De Groote Club on Kalverstraat built.
  • 1915
  • De Bijenkorf (Amsterdam) department store built.
  • Querido Verlag (publisher) in business.
  • 1917
  • 1917 potato riot.
  • Amsterdam-Zuid development begins per Plan Zuid.
  • 1919
  • Public library opens.
  • Het Schip apartment building erected.
  • Disteldorp and Vogeldorp areas built in Amsterdam-Noord.
  • Population: 647,120.
  • 1920
  • Construction of the Defence Line of Amsterdam completed.
  • Muzieklyceum and Rialto cinema established.
  • 1921
  • Buiksloot, Nieuwendam, Ransdorp, Sloten, and Watergraafsmeer annexed.
  • Tuschinski cinema built.
  • 1923 - Tuindorp Oostzaan area built.
  • 1924.
  • Institute of Applied Art formed.
  • National Vocational School for Pastry Chefs opens.
  • 1925 - Tooneelmuseum (stage museum) founded.
  • 1926
  • Amsterdam Museum established.
  • Royal Tropical Institute building constructed
  • HEMA (store) in business on Kalverstraat.
  • 1927 - American Women's Club Amsterdam founded.
  • 1928 - Summer Olympics held.
  • 1929 - Palace of National Industry burns down.
  • 1932 - Joods Historisch Museum opens.
  • 1933 - Alhambra Theater opens.
  • 1934
  • July: Jordaan riot.
  • Allard Pierson Museum opens.
  • 1935
  • International Institute for Social History established.
  • City Theater (Amsterdam) cinema opens.
  • 1936 - Cineac Theatre built.
  • 1939
  • Amsterdam Amstel railway station opens.
  • Apollo House (Amsterdam) built.
  • 1940
  • German occupation begins.
  • Het Parool newspaper begins publication.
  • 1941
  • February strike.
  • Zentralstelle für jüdische Auswanderung in Amsterdam (Jewish emigration bureau) begins operating.
  • 1943
  • 27 March: 1943 Amsterdam registry attack.
  • July: Bombing of Amsterdam-Noord.
  • 1944 - 4 August: Frank family arrested.
  • 1945
  • 18 January: Executions on the Fusilladeplaats Rozenoord begin.
  • 5 May: German occupation ends.
  • 7 May: Dam Square shooting.
  • Filmtheater Kriterion opens.
  • De Volkskrant newspaper in publication.
  • 1946 - Dutch Historic Film Archive founded.
  • 1947
  • Anne Frank's Diary published.
  • Holland Festival begins.

    • 1950s-1990s

  • 1952
  • May: Amsterdam–Rhine Canal opens.
  • DOK (discothèque) active.
  • Filmmuseum founded.
  • 1956 - National Monument erected in Dam Square.
  • 1957 - Horecava hospitality trade fair begins.
  • 1958 - Netherlands Film and Television Academy founded.
  • 1960
  • Anne Frank House museum established on the Prinsengracht.
  • Academie voor Kleinkunst (school) founded.
  • Uitzendbureau Amstelveen employment agency in business.
  • 1961 - Amsterdam RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre opens.
  • 1962 - Hilton Hotel in business.
  • 1965 - Counterculture Provo (movement) begins.
  • 1966
  • 13–14 June: Telegraafrellen (labor unrest) occurs.
  • Weesperkarspel annexed.
  • 1967 - Catholic Theological University of Amsterdam established.
  • 1968
  • Art & Project gallery opens.
  • Theaterschool founded.
  • 1969
  • March: Bed-In for Peace held.
  • May: Student protest occurs at the University of Amsterdam Maagdenhuis.
  • STEIM cultural venue established.
  • 1970 - Population: 807,095.
  • 1971 - Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA railway station opens.
  • 1972 - In-Out Centre opens.
  • 1973 - Van Gogh Museum opens.
  • 1975
  • Flag of Amsterdam design adopted.
  • Rainbow Foundation, De Appel art centre, and Other Books and So founded.
  • Amsterdam Marathon and SAIL Amsterdam begin.
  • 1976 - Sweelinck Conservatorium formed.
  • 1977
  • 9 May: Hotel Polen fire.
  • Amsterdam Metro begins operating.
  • Uitmarkt begins
  • 1978 - MonteVideo founded.
  • 1979
  • Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra founded.
  • Huis van Bewaring I (Weteringschans) (prison) closed.
  • 1981 - 21 November: Protest against stationing of NATO missiles.
  • 1984
  • Social unrest.
  • Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival begins.
  • 1985 - Annual contemporary art fair begins.
  • 1986
  • Amsterdam–Schiphol railway begins operating.
  • Stopera opera hall opens.
  • 1987 - Amsterdamse Poort (shopping centre) opens.
  • 1988
  • International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam begins.
  • Stopera city hall opens.
  • 1990 - Population: 695,221.
  • 1991
  • Museum Geelvinck-Hinlopen established.
  • Museum Jan van der Togt opens.
  • 1992
  • 4 October: Airplane crash in Bijlmermeer.
  • Miniature Museum founded.
  • 1993 - La Rive and Boom Chicago founded.
  • 1994
  • Conservatorium van Amsterdam and Prostitution Information Center founded.
  • SMART Project Space opens.
  • 1996
  • Amsterdam Gay Pride begins.
  • Amsterdam Arena built.
  • 1997
  • 2 October: EU treaty signed in city.
  • Henk Sneevlietweg metro station opens.
  • IJburg residential archipelago construction begins.
  • 1999 - OT301 squat begins.

    • 21st century

  • 2000
  • Prostitution in the Netherlands legalized.
  • Euronext founded.
  • 2001
  • 1 April: First legalized same-sex marriage in the Netherlands occurs.
  • Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam and Heineken Music Hall open.
  • Job Cohen becomes mayor.
  • 2004 - 2 November: Filmmaker Van Gogh killed on Linnaeusstraat.
  • 2006 - Amsterdam Film eXperience begins.
  • 2007
  • KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival begins.
  • Diamond Museum Amsterdam opens.
  • Centrale Bibliotheek moves into new building.
  • Amsterdam City Archives relocates to De Bazel building.
  • De Schreeuw memorial erected in the Oosterpark.
  • 2008 - Amsterdam Holendrecht railway station opens.
  • 2009 - Hermitage Amsterdam opens.
  • 2010 - Eberhard van der Laan becomes mayor.
  • 2011 - February: Retrial of Geert Wilders begins in the Rechtbank Amsterdam (court).
  • 2012
  • 21 April: Sloterdijk train collision.
  • EYE Film Institute Netherlands opens.
  • 2014
  • 17 July: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 departs from Amsterdam, later crashes in Ukraine.
  • 2014 Amsterdam drug deaths occur.
  • 2015
  • February: University of Amsterdam Bungehuis and Maagdenhuis occupations (student protest) occur.
  • Regeneration of Frederik Hendrikplantsoen

    • References

    Timeline of Amsterdam Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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