Timeline of Maastricht

The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Maastricht, Netherlands.

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  • circa 10 BC - Construction of Roman main road from Cologne to the coast (Via Belgica).
  • 1st half of 1st century AD - Maastricht Roman bridge built; gradual development of settlement on both sides of the river Meuse.
  • ca. 150 - Construction of Roman baths and walled sanctuary (with a 9-meter sculpted Jupiter column).
  • ca. 270 - Destruction of Roman Maastricht by invading Germanic tribes.
  • 333 - Roman Castellum, Maastricht (fortress) built.
  • 384 - Death of Saint Servatius in Maastricht (traditional); establishment of Roman Catholic Diocese of Maastricht (uncertain; this may have happened in the 6th c. only).[1]

Middle Ages

16th–18th century

19th century
  • 1805 - Generaalshuis (now a theater) built in Vrijthof.
  • 1811 - General Cemetery Tongerseweg established (including Jewish Cemetery, Maastricht).
  • 1815 - Maastricht becomes capital of the Province of Limburg, as part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
  • 1822 - Société des Amis des Sciences, Lettres et Arts founded (precursor of Limburg Historical and Antiquarian Society; see 1929).[9]
  • 1824 - Population: 20,271.[10]
  • 1826 - Zuid-Willemsvaart (canal), including Bassin, Maastricht (port) opened.
  • 1834 - Petrus Regout manufacturer of glass and pottery in business.[11]
  • 1837 - Maastricht City Park in use.
  • 1838 - Saint Nicholas Church, Maastricht demolished.
  • 1840 - Maastricht Synagogue built.[12]
  • 1850 - Liège-Maastricht Canal dug, parallel to Meuse. Many buildings on the riverside demolished, including Antonite Church, Maastricht
  • 1851 - Le Courrier de la Meuse French-language newspaper begins publication.
  • 1853 - Aachen-Maastricht Railway Company begins operating.[13]
  • 1859 - Saint Martin's Church, Maastricht rebuilt.[3]
  • 1861 - Liège–Maastricht railway begins operating.
  • 1863 - Société Céramique manufactory in business.
  • 1865 - Maastricht–Venlo railway begins operating.
  • 1866 - Population: 28,495.[14]
  • 1867 - Maastricht taken off list of fortified cities. Medieval city wall and ring of outer fortifications largely dismantled between 1867 and circa 1920.
  • 1877 - Population: 29,083.[15]
  • 1881 - Limburg State Archives headquartered in former First Minorite Church, Maastricht.[16]
  • 1884 - Bonnefantenmuseum established (as a museum of archaeology and local history).
  • 1886 - Courrier du Limbourg newspaper begins publication.[17]

20th century
Liberation of Maastricht on 14 September 1944

21st century
  • 2002 - Gerd Leers becomes mayor; Mestreechs Volksleed officially adopted as the city's anthem.
  • 2003 - Hoge Brug (pedestrian bridge) opens.
  • 2005 - Limburg History Centre (HCL) created through merger of national and city archives.
  • 2006 - Entre Deux shopping mall rebuilt; Bookshop in adjacent Dominican Church, Maastricht.
  • 2010 - Onno Hoes becomes first openly gay mayor of Maastricht.
  • 2013 - Maastricht Noord railway station opens.
  • 2014 - Population: 121,906 municipality; 182,721 metro.
  • 2015 - Annemarie Penn-te Strake becomes first female mayor of Maastricht.
  • 2016 - Koning Willem-Alexandertunnel officially opened.

See also

References
  1. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: The Netherlands". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  2. Adriaan Verhulst [in Dutch] (1999). The Rise of Cities in North-West Europe. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-46909-8.
  3. Britannica 1910.
  4. P. J. H. Ubachs (2000). Handboek voor de geschiedenis van Limburg [Handbook of the history of Limburg] (in Dutch). Uitgeverij Verloren. ISBN 90-6550-097-9.
  5. Haydn 1910.
  6. Myron P. Gutmann (1980). "Chronology of Military and Political Events in the Basse-Meuse (1620- )". War and Rural Life in the Early Modern Low Countries. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-5529-2.
  7. Paul Schneiders (1998). "Libraries in the Netherlands" (PDF). IFLA Journal. International Federation of Library Associations. 24.
  8. Flament 1888.
  9. Heijde 2002.
  10. Société des Amis des Sciences, Lettres et Arts. Annuaire de la province de Limbourg ... 1825 (in French). Maastricht: L. Th. Nypels.
  11. Joop W. Koopmans; Arend H. Huussen Jr. (2007). Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6444-3.
  12. "Maastricht". Four Hundred Years of Dutch Jewry. Amsterdam: Joods Historisch Museum. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  13. J.W. Sluiter (1967). Beknopt overzicht van de nederlandse sppor en tramwegbedrijven [Brief overview of Dutch railway and tramway companies] (in Dutch). Brill.
  14. Hunter, Brian; Paxton, John; Steinberg, S. H.; Epstein, Mortimer; Renwick, Isaac Parker Anderson; Keltie, John Scott; Martin, Frederick (1869). "Netherlands". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590337.
  15. Verslag van den toestand van het hertogdom Limburg in het jaar 1877 [Report of the condition of the Duchy of Limburg in the year 1877] (in Dutch), Maastricht: Henri Bogaerts, 1878
  16. "Historie Minderbroederskerk" (in Dutch). Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  17. Jan van de Plasse (2005). Kroniek van de Nederlandse dagblad- en opiniepers (in Dutch). Otto Cramwinckel. ISBN 978-90-75727-77-7. (timeline)
  18. "Netherlands". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440 – via HathiTrust.
  19. "Bruggen database: Limburg: Maastricht" [Database of Bridges] (in Dutch). Rijswijk: Nederlandse Bruggenstichting. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  20. Walter Rüegg [in German], ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
  21. "Movie Theaters in Maastricht, Netherlands". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

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Bibliography

in English
published in the 18th-19th century
published in the 20th century
published in the 21st century
  • Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Maastricht". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.

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