Timeline of Bruges

The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Bruges, Belgium.

Prior to 18th century

18th–19th centuries

  • 1719  Academy of Art established.[3]
  • 1743  Lawyer's guild established.[9]
  • 1786  St. Christopher's Church, Bruges demolished.
  • 1787
    • Bruge Central Cemetery established.
    • Cloth Hall demolished.[3]
  • 1794  French in power.[4]
  • 1798  Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge (library) opens.
  • 1799  St. Donatian's Cathedral demolished.[2]
  • 1815  Bruges becomes part of the Netherlands.[4]
  • 1821  Fish Market, Bruges built on the Steenhouwersdijk.[1]
  • 1830  Bruges becomes part of Belgium.[4]
  • 1837  Journal de Bruges French-language newspaper begins publication.[10]
  • 1838  Brugge railway station opens.
  • 1839  Société d'émulation de Bruges founded.
  • 1846  Statue of Stevin erected on Simon Stevinplein (Brugge).[3]
  • 1855  Ringvaart, Bruges canal commissioned.
  • 1863  Population: 50,986.[11]
  • 1887  Monument to Breydel/de Coninck erected in the Grote Markt.[3]
  • 1891
    • Club Brugge KV football club formed.
    • Post and Telegraph office built on the Grote Markt.[3]
  • 1892  Rodenbach's novel Bruges-la-Morte published.[12]
  • 1899  Cercle Brugge K.S.V. football club formed.
  • 1900  Bruges derby football rivalry active.

20th century

21st century

  • 2002  Concertgebouw Brugge opens on the 't Zand, Bruges.
  • 2008  Frietmuseum opens in the Saaihalle.
  • 2010  April: Catholic bishop Vangheluwe resigns.[17]
  • 2013

See also

References

  1. New York Times 1997.
  2. Hourihane 2012.
  3. Baedeker 1910.
  4. Chambers 1901.
  5. Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum [in German] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
  6. "Low Countries, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  7. Henri Bouchot [in French] (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
  8. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Belgium". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  9. Arjan Van Dixhoorn; Susie Speakman Sutch, eds. (2008). The Reach of the Republic of Letters: Literary and Learned Societies in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-16955-5.
  10. "200 jaar kranten in Brugge" [200 years of newspapers in Bruges], Historische Bronnen Brugge (in Dutch), Erfgoedcel Brugge, retrieved 30 October 2015
  11. "Belgium". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1869. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590337.
  12. Alan Hollinghurst (28 January 2005), "Bruges of sighs", The Guardian
  13. "Portrait of a Medieval City", New York Times, September 1986
  14. "Belgium". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
  15. "Movie Theaters in Bruges, Belgium". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  16. "Prime ministers' speeches on Europe", BBC News, January 2013
  17. Belgian bishop resigns over abuse of boy, Reuters, 23 April 2010

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