Timeline of Leiden
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Leiden, Netherlands.
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Prior to 20th century
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- 1323 - School active (approximate date).
- 1377 - Hooglandse Kerk (church) construction begins.
- 1390
- Public clock installed (approximate date).[1]
- Pieterskerk (church) construction begins.
- 1483 - Printing press in operation.[2]
- 1520 - Roman ruin Brittenburg discovered near Leiden.[3]
- 1566 - August: Iconoclasm by Protestants.[4]
- 1572 - Protestant sermonizing begins at the Vrouwekerk.[4]
- 1573 - Siege of Leiden by Spanish forces begins.[3]
- 1574 - 3 October: Siege of Leiden ends.[5]
- 1575 - Leiden University founded.[6]
- 1577 - Flemish textile manufacturers move to Leiden.[7]
- 1578 - Gemeenlandshuis van Rijnland (water management building) in use.
- 1580s - "Immigration of Flemings, Walloons, and Brabanters" to Leiden.[7]
- 1580 - Printer Elsevier in business.[8]
- 1581 - nl in use.
- 1587 - Leiden University Library in use.[9]
- 1590 - Hortus Botanicus Leiden (garden) founded.[10]
- 1594 - Turkish tulips planted in the Hortus Botanicus.[11]
- 1598 - nl built.[12]
- 1600 - nl built.[3]
- 1606 - 15 July: Birth of Rembrandt van Rijn.
- 1612 - Stads Timmerhuis built.[3]
- 1622 - Population: 44,745.[4]
- 1630s - Fijnschilders (artists) active.[13]
- 1641 - Laecken-Halle (cloth hall) built.[14]
- 1648 - Leiden Guild of Saint Luke established.[15]
- 1655 - Bibliotheca Thysiana (library) established.[3]
- 1658 - Weigh House built.[3]
- 1683 - nl bookseller in business.[16]
- 1723 - nl established.[17]
- 1745 - Electricity-storing "Leyden jar" invented.
- 1766 - Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde[3] and Kunst Wordt door Arbeid Verkreegen literary societies formed.[18]
- 1807 - 12 January: nl.[3]
- 1818 - National Museum of Antiquities established.
- 1820 - National Museum of Natural History founded.
- 1837 - National Museum of Ethnology founded.[19]
- 1838 - Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden (school) active.
- 1848 - E. J. Brill publisher in business.[16]
- 1851 - Sijthoff publisher in business.
- 1860 - Leiden Observatory built.[3]
- 1864 - Training college for Dutch East Indies civil servants established (later the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies).[20]
- 1873 - Remonstrant seminary active.[3]
- 1874 - Municipal Museum of Antiquities established.[19][14]
- 1893 - nl (city archive) building constructed.
20th century
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- 1904 - nl begins publication.
- 1919 - Population: 61,408.[21]
- 1923 - nl (bridge) built.[22]
- 1928 - University Hospital built.
- 1940 - Town Hall rebuilt.[citation needed]
- 1946 - nl becomes mayor.
- 1978 - 1978 Tour de France cyling race starts from Leiden.
- 1980
- 1984 - nl development begins.[24]
21st century
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- 2003 - nl becomes mayor.
- 2006 - Leiden University Medical Center built.
- 2012 - nl built.
- 2013
- Welch Allyn branch office in business.[25]
- Population: 119,800 municipality.[23]
See also
- Other cities in the Netherlands
- Timeline of Amsterdam
- Timeline of Breda
- Timeline of Eindhoven
- Timeline of Groningen
- Timeline of Haarlem
- Timeline of The Hague
- Timeline of Maastricht
- Timeline of Nijmegen
- Timeline of Rotterdam
- Timeline of 's-Hertogenbosch
- Timeline of Utrecht
References
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Britannica 1910.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kooi 2000.
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- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Lament 1981.
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- ↑ Murray 1881.
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- ↑ Fasseur 1989.
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This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- Published in the 18th-19th c.
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- Published in the 20th-21st c.
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in Dutch
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External links
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