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Timeline of Leuven

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

Contents

Prior to 20th century

  • 883 - Battle of Leuven (883).
  • 891 - Battle of Leuven (891).
  • 1090 - Hospital established (approximate date).
  • 1100 - St. Peter's Church built (approximate date).
  • 1165 - Saint Michael's Church, Leuven built.
  • 1183 - Leuven becomes part of the Duchy of Brabant of the Holy Roman Empire.
  • 1200 - Saint Quentin Church, Leuven built (approximate date).
  • 1225 - Arnold Nobel becomes mayor.
  • 1230 - Saint Jacob's Church, Leuven built.
  • 1317 - Lakenhal (Leuven) (cloth workers' hall) built.
  • 1379 - Defenestration of Leuven (political unrest).
  • 1425 - Studium Generale Lovaniense (university) founded.
  • 1463 - Leuven Town Hall built.
  • 1474 - Printing press in operation.
  • 1497 - St. Peter's Church rebuilt.
  • 1502 - Erasmus moves to Leuven.
  • 1571 - City Archive relocated to City Hall.
  • 1635 - June-July: Siege of Leuven.
  • 1717 - Artois brewery in business.
  • 1738 - Hortus Botanicus Lovaniensis (garden) established.
  • 1786 - Seminary established.
  • 1794 - City becomes part of the Dyle (department) of the French First Republic.
  • 1804 - City becomes part of the First French Empire.
  • 1815 - City becomes part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
  • 1830 - City becomes part of the Kingdom of Belgium.
  • 1831 - 12 August: Battle of Leuven (1831).
  • 1834 - Catholic University of Leuven established.
  • 1843 - Heilige Drievuldigheidscollege (school) established.
  • 1867 - Leuven City Theatre built on Statiestraat.
  • 1883 - Population: 36,813.
  • 1899 - Keizersberg Abbey founded.

    • 20th century

  • 1903 - K. Stade Leuven football club formed.
  • 1914 - Sack of Leuven; Library of the Catholic University of Leuven destroyed.
  • 1919 - Population: 40,069.
  • 1928
  • UZ Leuven (hospital) active.
  • Library of the Catholic University of Leuven rebuilt.
  • 1940 - Library of the Catholic University of Leuven destroyed again.
  • 1947 - Alfons Smets becomes mayor.
  • 1967 - November: French-Flemish Affaire de Louvain begins.
  • 1968
  • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven established.
  • Lemmensinstituut (music conservatory) active.
  • Studio 1 cinema in business.
  • 1977
  • Heverlee, Kessel-Lo, and Wilsele become part of city.
  • Alfred Vansina becomes mayor.
  • 1982 - Marktrock music fest begins.
  • 1988 - Vlaams Filmmuseum en -archief (Flemish film museum) established.
  • 1995
  • Louis Tobback becomes mayor.
  • City becomes part of the Flemish Brabant province.
  • Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven (school) established.
  • 1998 - Grand Béguinage designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.

    • 21st century

  • 2002
  • Oud-Heverlee Leuven football club formed.
  • Den Dreef stadium opens in Heverlee.
  • 2008 - Anheuser-Busch InBev headquartered in city.
  • 2011 - Cyclocross Leuven begins.
  • 2013 - Population: 97,656.

    • References

    Timeline of Leuven Wikipedia
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