Timeline of Utrecht

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

Prior to 18th century

~50 AD - 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 AD - Wooden fortress walls upgraded to imported tuff stone. Parts of these wall survive to date ~270 AD - 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 - (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 - (moat) constructed. 1432 - 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 born, later Pope Adrian VI. 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 (1483) 1517 - (residence) built for Adrian VI. 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 - built. 1644 - Schilders-Collegie founded. 1672-3 - Occupation by French forces. 1674 - 1 August: . 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 - founded. 1787 - 9 May: Prussians in power. 1795 - 18 January: Utrecht "acquired by the French." 1807 - (art society) formed. 1808 - established. 1813 - becomes mayor. 1816 - (student society) founded. 1823 Abstede, Catharijne, Lauwerecht, and Tolsteeg become part of city. opens. 1830 - 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 (applied arts museum) opens. Population: 74,364. 1892 - Public library established. 1893 - (newspaper) begins publication. 1894 - founded. 1898 - opens.

20th century 1902 - built. 1906 - (electric tram) begins operating. 1908 - (cinema) opens. 1913 - (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 - 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 - built. 1967 - 12 June: in . 1968 - cannabis coffee shop in business. 1970 - Football Club Utrecht formed. 1970s - part of moat converted to motorway. 1976 - hi-rise built. 1978 - cinema opens. 1979 - Muziekcentrum Vredenburg (concert hall) and Museum Catharijneconvent open. 1980 - Population: 237,037 municipality. 1983 - Utrechtse sneltram opens. 1985 - May: Catholic pope visits Utrecht. 1987 - Leefbaarheidsbudget (participatory budgeting) introduced. 1998 - City Utrecht Archive established. 2000 - Population: 233,667.

21st century

2001 - Vleuten-De Meern becomes part of city. 2002 - Regio Randstad regional governance group formed. 2006 - museum opens. 2008 - 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. August: Bicycle parking garage opens. 2019 - March: 2019 Utrecht shooting 2020 - September: re-conversion of motorway back to moat/canal completed.

Timeline of Utrecht

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