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

Contents

Prior to 18th century

  • 865 - Fort built by Margrave Baldwin I of Flanders.
  • 1000 - Regional Brugse Vrije established (approximate date).
  • 1127 - Count Charles I of Flanders assassinated.
  • 1134 - Storm creates Zwin inlet, connecting Bruges to the North Sea.
  • 1146 - Eekhout Abbey active (approximate date).
  • 1150 - St. John's Hospital founded (approximate date).
  • 1157 - Chapel of the Holy Blood built (approximate date).
  • 1180 - Damme harbour built near Bruges.
  • 1223 - St. Salvator's Church rebuilt.
  • 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.
  • Church of Our Lady tower built.
  • 1302
  • 18 May: Bruges Matins (massacre) occurs.
  • French-Flemish Battle of the Golden Spurs fought in Kortrijk; Flemish win.
  • 1303 - Procession of the Holy Blood instituted.
  • 1364 - Les Halles built on the Grote Markt.
  • 1368 - Smedenpoort (city gate) rebuilt.
  • 1369 - Ezelpoort (city gate) rebuilt.
  • 1390 - Public clock installed (approximate date).
  • 1398 - Tower built on the Minnewater.
  • 1399 - Saaihalle built on the Old Beursplein.
  • 1417 - Poortersloge built (approximate date).
  • 1421 - Bruges City Hall built.
  • 1425 - Artist Jan van Eyck active in Bruges.
  • 1430 - Order of the Golden Fleece founded in Bruges.
  • 1434 - Grafenburg (castle) dismantled.
  • 1465 - Artist Hans Memling active in Bruges (approximate date).
  • 1468 - July: Wedding of Burgundian duke Charles and Margaret of York.
  • 1475 - Printing press in operation.
  • 1488 - Political unrest.
  • 1489 - Memling paints the St. Ursula Shrine in St. John's Hospital.
  • 1505 - Fuggers move from Bruges to Antwerp.
  • 1545 - Hanseatic enterprise moves from Bruges to Antwerp.
  • 1559 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Bruges established.
  • 1623 - Ghent-Bruges Canal dug.

    • 18th–19th centuries

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

    • 20th century

  • 1900 - Bruges derby football rivalry active.
  • 1905 - Boudewijnkanaal (canal) dug.
  • 1907 - Port of Bruges-Zeebrugge opens.
  • 1912 - Bruges State Archives established in the Poortersloge.
  • 1919 - Population: 53,489.
  • 1924 - Victor Van Hoestenberghe becomes mayor.
  • 1928 - Hollywood Cinema opens.
  • 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.
  • 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

  • 2002 - Concert Hall, Bruges opens on the 't Zand, Bruges.
  • 2008 - Frietmuseum opens in the Saaihalle.
  • 2010 - April: Catholic bishop Vangheluwe resigns.
  • 2013
  • Renaat Landuyt becomes mayor.
  • Population: 117,170.

    • References

    Timeline of Bruges Wikipedia
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