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Timeline of Ghent

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

Contents

Prior to 19th century

  • 1336 - Tapestry-weavers' guild established.
  • 1380
  • Belfry of Ghent built.
  • Public clock installed (approximate date).
  • 1432 - Artist Van Eyck paints altarpiece for St. John's Church.
  • 1448 - "De Fonteine" chamber of rhetoric constituted.
  • 1480 - Saint Michael's Church built.
  • 1483 - Printing press in operation.
  • 1531 - St Bavo's Cathedral built.
  • 1559 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Ghent established.
  • 1576 - Regional alliance signed in Ghent.
  • 1584 - Spaniards in power.
  • 1771 - Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Ghent) active.

    • 19th century

  • 1814 - US-British treaty signed in Ghent.
  • 1817 - Ghent University established.
  • 1827 - Ghent–Terneuzen Canal built.
  • 1833 - Archaeological Museum (Ghent) founded.
  • 1835 - Royal Conservatory of Ghent founded.
  • 1841 - Bank of Flanders established.
  • 1845 - Population: 105,711.
  • 1861 - Gent-Dampoort railway station opens.
  • 1863 - Statue of Jacob van Artevelde erected in Friday Market Square.
  • 1874 - Horse-drawn tram begins operating.
  • 1875 - Station Gent-Oost opens.
  • 1879 - De Gentenaar newspaper begins publication.
  • 1880 - Coöperatieve Maatschappij Vooruit (cooperative) founded.
  • 1881 - Bank of Ghent established.
  • 1883 - Royal Sport Nautique de Gand rowing club formed.
  • 1891 - Het Volk newspaper begins publication.
  • 1895 - Emile Braun becomes mayor.
  • 1897 - Cluysen - Ter Donck Regatta begins.

    • 20th century

  • 1900
  • Ghent system of unemployment benefits introduced.
  • K.A.A. Gent football club formed.
  • 1902 - Ghent University Botanic Garden established.
  • 1904 - Electric tram begins operating.
  • 1912 - Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station and Patria Cinema open.
  • 1913 - Exposition universelle et internationale (1913) held in city.
  • 1914 - Vooruit built.
  • 1919 - Population: 165,655.
  • 1920 - Jules Ottenstadion (stadium) built.
  • 1930 - Population: 170,358.
  • 1942 - Ghent University Library Book Tower built.
  • 1947 - Emile Claeys becomes mayor.
  • 1959 - Ghent University Hospital opens.
  • 1965 - Section of Mendonk becomes part of Ghent.
  • 1970
  • Studio Skoop (cinema) opens.
  • Population: 148,860.
  • 1973 - Gentbrugge railway station built.
  • 1975 - Station Gent-Zeehaven opens.
  • 1976 - Mariakerke becomes part of Ghent.
  • 1977 - Gentbrugge becomes part of city.
  • 1980
  • Amsab-Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis founded.[1]
  • Population: 241,695.
  • 1981 - Decascoop (cinema) built.
  • 1987 - Flanders Expo arena built.
  • 1995 - Hogeschool Gent (college) established.

    • 21st century

  • 2006 - Project Gent-Sint-Pieters begins.
  • 2007 - Daniël Termont becomes mayor.
  • 2010 - Ghent City Museum opens.
  • 2012 - Arteveldetoren hi-rise built.
  • 2013
  • Ghelamco Arena opens.
  • Population: 248,242.
  • 2014 - Virginie Lovelinggebouw built.

    • References

    Timeline of Ghent Wikipedia
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