Timeline of Amsterdam
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Prior to 17th century
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- 1270 - Dam built on Amstel River (approximate date).
- 1303 - nl.
- 1306
- 13 June: Amsterdam granted city rights.[1]
- Oude Kerk consecrated.
- 1345 - 15 March: Alleged "Miracle of Amsterdam" occurs.
- 1347 - Heilige Stede chapel built.
- 1408 - Nieuwe Kerk (church) construction begins.[2]
- 1421 - Fire.
- 1425 - Singel canal dug.[3]
- 1452 - Fire.
- 1470 - Agnietenklooster built.
- 1487 - Schreierstoren built.
- 1490s - Brick city wall built.[4]
- 1516 - Montelbaanstoren built.
- 1518 - Egelantier formed (approximate date).
- 1525 - Anabaptist unrest.[4]
- 1535 - 10 May: nl occurs; "fanatics ran about the streets naked."[4][1]
- 1566 - Beeldenstorm.
- 1568 - Amsterdam supports Catholics in the Dutch Revolt.
- 1575 - Erven Lucas Bols in business.[5]
- 1578
- 1585 - City expands beyond the Singel.[2]
- 1586 - Admiralty of Amsterdam formed.
- 1596 - Rasphuis (prison) established.[7]
17th century
- 1601 - Goldsmith's guild established.[8]
- 1602 - Amsterdam Stock Exchange and Dutch East India Company founded.[2]
- 1603 - Hendrick de Keyser becomes city architect.[9]
- 1606 - Oost-Indisch Huis built.
- 1607 - English Reformed Church established.
- 1609 - Bank of Amsterdam established.[10][11]
- 1611 - nl built.
- 1613 - Grachtengordel development begins.[3]
- 1614 - Nieuwmarkt created.
- 1617
- First Dutch Academy formed.
- Korenbeurs built.
- Town gate remodeled as Weigh House.
- 1619 - Westerhal built.[12]
- 1620
- 1621 - Dutch West India Company founded.
- 1622 - Cromhouthuizen built.
- 1631 - Artist Rembrandt moves to Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam.[9]
- 1632 - Athenaeum Illustre formed.
- 1633 - nl built.
- 1637 - Schouwburg of Van Campen (theatre) built.
- 1638
- Hortus Medicus founded.
- nl built.
- 1641 - nl built on nl.
- 1642 - Rembrandt's artwork The Night Watch shown in the nl.[9]
- 1651 - St. Peter's Flood.
- 1652 - 7 July: nl burns down.
- 1655 - New City Hall built on Dam Square.
- 1662
- Trippenhuis and nl (gate) built.
- Blaeu's Atlas Maior published.
- 1663 - Bubonic plague outbreak.
- 1665 - New theatre opens.
- 1672 - Johannes Hudde becomes mayor.
- 1675 - Portuguese Synagogue built.[14]
- 1679 - Wynand-Fockink in business.[5]
- 1682 - Begijnhof Chapel and Amstelhof built.
- 1683 - Society of Suriname established.
- 1691 - Skinny Bridge built.
18th century
- 1748 - Pachtersoproer riots.
- 1765 - nl founded.[9]
- 1774 - Theatre opens on the Leidseplein.
- 1776 - Felix Meritis society[15][16] and nl[17] established.
- 1780 - nl built.
- 1785 - Seamen's Institute, and Society for Public Welfare organized.[15]
- 1787 - Prussians in power.[2]
- 1794
- 1795 - January: French in power.[18]
19th century
- 1800 - Barrack of St. Charles built.[19]
- 1808
- Amsterdam becomes capital of Kingdom of Holland, client state of the French Empire.
- City Hall becomes the Royal Palace.[2]
- Royal Institute of Sciences, Literature and Fine Arts founded.[17]
- 1813 - Oranje-Nassau Kazerne (military barrack) built.
- 1814
- Amsterdam becomes capital of the Netherlands.
- Rijks-Museum relocates to the Trippenhuis building.[6]
- Bank of the Netherlands headquartered in city.[10]
- 1815
- 1824 - Netherlands Trading Society headquartered in city.[10]
- 1825 - North Holland Canal constructed.[20]
- 1838 - Zoo opens.[15]
- 1839
- Amsterdam–Haarlem railway begins operating.[1]
- nl opens.
- Arti et Amicitiae society organized.[15]
- 1840
- Coster Diamonds founded.
- nl (gate) built.
- 1841 - Mozes en Aäronkerk (church) rebuilt.
- 1843 - nl opens.
- 1845 - nl built.[6]
- 1852 - Bijbels Museum founded.
- 1853 - City "water supply" begins.[2]
- 1854 - Royal Asscher Diamond Company founded.
- 1855 - Arti et Amicitiae constructed.
- 1856
- Amsterdam–Arnhem railway constructed.
- De Eendracht war memorial erected.
- nl (shipping company) established.
- 1862 - Bloemenmarkt founded.
- 1863 - Museum Fodor opens.
- 1864 - Crystal Palace built on the nl.[18]
- 1866 - Population: 264,498.[21]
- 1867
- Heineken brewery built.
- Amstel Hotel opens.
- 1869 - Netherlands Bank building constructed.[15]
- 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 - nl housing association formed.
- 1876
- North Sea Canal opens.[18]
- Population: 281,944.[6]
- 1877 - Municipal University of Amsterdam and Teekenschool voor Kunstambachten founded.
- 1878 - Den Helder–Amsterdam railway begins operating.
- 1880 - Vrije Universiteit established.[15]
- 1881
- Telephone in operation.[1]
- nl housing built in Czaar Peterbuurt.
- Stille Omgang revived.
- 1882 - Spui square created.
- 1883
- May: International Colonial and Export Exhibition opens.[18]
- nl (theatre) built.
- nl (park) laid out.
- 1884
- Amsterdamsch Conservatorium founded.
- Population: 361,326.[22]
- 1885 - Rijksmuseum opens.
- 1886 - July: nl eel riot occurs.[23][18]
- 1887
- Orange riots.[citation needed].
- Elsevier publisher in business.[24]
- Basilica of St. Nicholas built.
- 1888 - Concertgebouw built, and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra founded.[25]
- 1889 - Amsterdam Centraal railway station opens.[15]
- 1890 - nl in business.
- 1893 - Economic unrest.[18]
- 1894 - Stadsschouwburg rebuilt.[15]
- 1895
- nl (exhibit) held.[18]
- Museum Willet-Holthuysen[15] and Catholic Ignatius Gymnasium (school) established.
- 1896 - Hotel de l'Europe in business on the nl.
20th century
1900s-1940s
- 1900
- Gemeentetram Amsterdam tramway established.
- nl historical society and AFC Ajax football club formed.
- Population: 523,557.[15]
- 1903
- Railroad Strike.[18]
- Beurs van Berlage built.
- 1904 - August: International Socialist Congress held.
- 1906 - Amsterdam Wind Orchestra ATH formed.
- 1907 - nl cinema[26] and Het Houten Stadion (stadium) open.
- 1911 - Rembrandt House Museum opens.
- 1914 - Harry Elte Stadium and nl on Kalverstraat built.
- 1915
- 1917
- nl.[1]
- Amsterdam-Zuid development begins per Plan Zuid.
- 1919
- Public library opens.
- Het Schip apartment building erected.
- Disteldorp and Vogeldorp areas built in Amsterdam-Noord.[27]
- Population: 647,120.[28]
- 1920
- Construction of the Defence Line of Amsterdam completed.
- Muzieklyceum and Rialto cinema[26] established.
- 1921
- Buiksloot, Nieuwendam, Ransdorp, Sloten, and Watergraafsmeer annexed.
- Tuschinski cinema built.[26]
- 1923 - Tuindorp Oostzaan area built.[27]
- 1924.
- Institute of Applied Art formed.
- National Vocational School for Pastry Chefs opens.
- 1925 - Tooneelmuseum (stage museum) founded.[29]
- 1926
- Amsterdam Museum established.
- Royal Tropical Institute building constructed[30]
- HEMA (store) in business on Kalverstraat.
- 1927 - American Women's Club Amsterdam founded.[31]
- 1928 - Summer Olympics held.
- 1929 - Palace of National Industry burns down.[12]
- 1932 - Joods Historisch Museum opens.
- 1933 - Alhambra Theater opens.[26]
- 1934
- July: nl.[1][23]
- Allard Pierson Museum opens.
- 1935
- International Institute for Social History established.[32]
- nl cinema opens.
- 1936 - nl Theatre built.[33]
- 1939
- Amsterdam Amstel railway station opens.
- nl built.
- 1940
- German occupation begins.
- Het Parool newspaper begins publication.[34]
- 1941
- February strike.[1]
- nl (Jewish emigration bureau) begins operating.
- 1943
- 1944 - 4 August: Frank family arrested.
- 1945
- 18 January: Executions on the nl begin.
- 5 May: German occupation ends.
- 7 May: nl.
- nl opens.[26]
- 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.[1]
- nl 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 nl.
- nl (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.[35]
- 1966
- 13-14 June: nl (labor unrest) occurs.[1]
- Weesperkarspel annexed.
- 1967 - Catholic Theological University of Amsterdam established.[36]
- 1968
- Art & Project gallery opens.
- Theaterschool founded.[37]
- 1969
- March: Bed-In for Peace held.[38]
- May: Student protest occurs at the University of Amsterdam nl.[1]
- STEIM cultural venue established.
- 1970 - Population: 807,095.
- 1971 - Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA railway station opens.
- 1972 - In-Out Centre opens.[39]
- 1973 - Van Gogh Museum opens.[40]
- 1975
- Flag of Amsterdam design adopted.
- Rainbow Foundation,[41] De Appel art centre, and Other Books and So founded.[39][42]
- Amsterdam Marathon and SAIL Amsterdam begin.
- 1976 - Sweelinck Conservatorium formed.
- 1977
- 9 May: Hotel Polen fire.
- Amsterdam Metro begins operating.
- Uitmarkt begins[43]
- 1978 - MonteVideo founded.
- 1979
- Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra founded.[44]
- nl (prison) closed.
- 1981 - 21 November: Protest against stationing of NATO missiles.[1]
- 1984
- Social unrest.[3]
- 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.[1]
- 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.[1]
- Henk Sneevlietweg metro station opens.
- IJburg residential archipelago construction begins.[45]
- 1999 - OT301 squat begins.
21st century
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- 2000
- Prostitution in the Netherlands legalized.
- Euronext founded.
- 2001
- 1 April: First legalized same-sex marriage in the Netherlands occurs.[46]
- Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam and Heineken Music Hall open.
- Job Cohen becomes mayor.[47]
- 2004 - 2 November: Filmmaker Van Gogh killed on nl.
- 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.[38]
- 2008 - Amsterdam Holendrecht railway station opens.
- 2009 - Hermitage Amsterdam opens.
- 2010 - Eberhard van der Laan becomes mayor.[47]
- 2011 - February: Retrial of Geert Wilders begins in the nl (court).[46]
- 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.[46]
- 2014 Amsterdam drug deaths occur.
- 2015 - February: University of Amsterdam Bungehuis and Maagdenhuis occupations (student protest) occur.
Images
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Thomas de Keyser - Syndics of the Amsterdam Goldsmiths Guild - Google Art Project.jpg
Portrait of the syndics of the Amsterdam Goldsmiths Guild, established in 1601 (painting from 1627)
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Amsterdam Guild of Surgeons anatomy lesson on 31 January 1632
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SB 4512-De brand van het oude stadhuis op de Dam (7 juli 1652).jpg
Stadhuis on fire, 7 July 1652
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Aviary of the Blauw Jan Inn by Isaac de Moucheron Gemeentearchief Amsterdam.png
Aviary, Blauw Jan Inn, Amsterdam, ca.1700[48]
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Station d'Eenhonderd Roe Amsterdam 001.jpg
Train begins operating, 1839
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Amsterdamcentral.jpg
Centraal Station, Amsterdam, ca.1890s
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Onlusten in Amsterdam, Telegraaf-auto's in brand op NZ Voorburgwal.jpg
Labor unrest, 1966
See also
- History of Amsterdam
- List of mayors of Amsterdam
- nl
- Walls of Amsterdam
- Expansion of Amsterdam since the 19th century
- nl
- Other cities in the Netherlands
- Timeline of Breda
- Timeline of Eindhoven
- Timeline of Groningen
- Timeline of Haarlem
- Timeline of The Hague
- Timeline of Leiden
- Timeline of Maastricht
- Timeline of Nijmegen
- Timeline of Rotterdam
- Timeline of 's-Hertogenbosch
- Timeline of Utrecht
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This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.
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