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

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  • ~50 CE - Roman fortress built on what is now the Dom square as part of the Limes Germanicus. Named traiectum to signify it was at a crossing of what was at that time the main branch of the Rhine (now the Oude Gracht)
  • ~200 CE - Wooden fortress walls upgraded to imported tuff stone. Parts of these wall survive to date
  • ~270 CE - Limes Germanicus including the fortress at Trajectum abandoned due to continued invasions.
  • 636 - Chapel built by Dagobert I within the walls of the abandoned Roman fortress.
  • 695 - Catholic diocese of Utrecht established.
  • 720 - St. Martin's church founded by Willibrord (approximate date).
  • 918 - Balderic becomes bishop.
  • 1122
  • 22 June: Town privileges confirmed by Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor.
  • Oudegracht (canal) construction begins.
  • 1145 - Smeetoren (tower) built (approximate date).
  • 1267 - St. Martin's Cathedral built.
  • 1279 - Buurkerk (church) rebuilding begins.
  • 1370 - Public clock installed (approximate date).
  • 1382 - St. Martin's Cathedral tower built.
  • 1393 - Nieuwegracht (Utrecht) (moat) constructed.
  • 1432 - Kleine Vleeshal built.
  • 1440
  • Guildhall St. Eloy's Hospice in use.
  • Illuminated manuscript Hours of Catherine of Cleves created in Utrecht (approximate date).
  • 1455 - 7 April: Gijsbrecht van Brederode becomes bishop elect of Utrecht after being elected by the chapters.
  • 1455 - 13 September: David of Burgundy becomes bishop of Utrecht by papal appointment.
  • 1459 - 2 March: Adriaan Florensz, the later Pope Adrian VI born.
  • 1470-4 - First Utrecht Civil War to quell continued opposition to his rule David of Burgundy imprisons Gijsbrecht van Brederode leading to the first Utrecht civil war.
  • 1471 - Printing press in operation (approximate date).
  • 1481-3 - Second Utrecht Civil War, David of Burgundy temporarily removed from power, but restored after the Siege of Utrecht (1983)
  • 1517 - Paushuize (residence) built.
  • 1528 - Lordship of Utrecht established.
  • 1532 - Vredenburg (castle) built.
  • 1550 - St. Catherine Cathedral built (approximate date).
  • 1577 - Demolition of Vredenburg castle begins.
  • 1579 - 23 January: Treaty unifying northern provinces of the Netherlands signed in Utrecht.
  • 1584 - Catholic property secularized.
  • 1586 - Calvinists in power.
  • 1620s - Utrecht Caravaggisti artists active.
  • 1636 - Utrecht University and its library established.
  • 1637 - Grote Vleeshuis built.
  • 1644 - Schilders-Collegie founded.
  • 1672-3 - Occupation by French forces.
  • 1674 - 1 August: 1674 Netherlands storm. Major damage to several landmark building, most notably the collapse of the nave of the Dom church.

    • 18th-19th centuries

  • 1713 - International peace treaty relating to the War of the Spanish Succession signed in Utrecht.
  • 1773 - Provincial Utrecht Society of Arts and Sciences founded.
  • 1787 - 9 May: Prussians in power.
  • 1795 - 18 January: Utrecht "acquired by the French."
  • 1807 - Genootschap Kunstliefde (art society) formed.
  • 1808 - Jewish cemetery, Utrecht established.
  • 1813 - Jan van den Velden becomes mayor.
  • 1816 - Utrechtsch Studenten Corps (student society) founded.
  • 1823
  • Abstede, Catharijne, Lauwerecht, and Tolsteeg become part of city.
  • Oorsprongpark (Utrecht) opens.
  • 1830 - Utrecht City Hall built.
  • 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.
  • 1872 - Aartsbisschoppelijk Museum opens.
  • 1873 - Museum Kunstliefde established.
  • 1879 - Regional Utrecht State Archives established.
  • 1884
  • Utrechtsch Museum van Kunstnijverheid (applied arts museum) opens.
  • Population: 74,364.
  • 1892 - Public library established.
  • 1893 - Utrechts Nieuwsblad (newspaper) begins publication.
  • 1894 - Utrecht City Orchestra founded.
  • 1898 - Wilhelminapark (Utrecht) opens.

    • 20th century

  • 1902 - Aartsbisschoppelijk Paleis van Utrecht built.
  • 1906 - Gemeentetram Utrecht (electric tram) begins operating.
  • 1908 - Bioscoop Vreeburg (cinema) opens.
  • 1913 - Rembrandt Bioscoop-Theater (cinema) opens.
  • 1914 - Old Catholic St. Gertrude's Cathedral built.
  • 1916 - Nationale Bankvereeniging (bank) established.
  • 1919 - Population: 138,334.
  • 1921 - Centraal Museum established.
  • 1924 - Rietveld Schröder House built in the De Stijl design mode.
  • 1927 - Louis Hartlooper Complex construction begins (approximate date).
  • 1940 - Population: 165,029.
  • 1950 - Population: 193,190.
  • 1954 - Oudenrijn (section) and Zuilen become part of city.
  • 1960 - Population: 254,186.
  • 1961 - Neudeflat built.
  • 1967 - 12 June: 1967 Utrecht explosion in Lage Weide.
  • 1968 - Sarasani cannabis coffee shop in business.
  • 1970 - Football Club Utrecht formed.
  • 1976 - Westraven hi-rise built.
  • 1978 - Springhaver cinema opens.
  • 1979 - Muziekcentrum Vredenburg (concert hall) and Museum Catharijneconvent open.
  • 1980 - Population: 237,037 municipality.
  • 1985 - May: Catholic pope visits Utrecht.
  • 1987 - Leefbaarheidsbudget (participatory budgeting) introduced.
  • 1998 - City Utrecht Archive established.

    • 21st century

  • 2000 - Population: 233,667.
  • 2001 - Vleuten-De Meern becomes part of city.
  • 2002 - Regio Randstad regional governance group formed.
  • 2006 - Dick Bruna House museum opens.
  • 2008 - Galghenwert hi-rise built.
  • 2011 - Rabobank Bestuurscentrum hi-rise built.
  • 2012 - Utrecht befriends the city of Portland, Oregon, USA.
  • 2013 - Population: 321,916 municipality.
  • 2014
  • TivoliVredenburg concert hall opens.
  • Jan van Zanen becomes mayor.
  • 2015 - July: 2015 Tour de France cycling race starts from Utrecht.
  • 2017 - May: Basic income pilot to begin.

    • References

    Timeline of Utrecht Wikipedia
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