Timeline of Breda

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

Prior to 20th century

1252 – Breda granted city status. 1267 – founded. 1321 – Tuesday market begins. 1330 – Building of the city wall started. 1350 – Breda Castle built. 1351 – Polanen Castle besieged. 1394 – Polanen Castle demolished. 1410 – Grote Kerk (Breda) begun. 1534 – Fortification of the city began. 1536 – "Poor relief" established. 1547 – Grote Kerk finished. 1566 – Iconoclasm by Protestants. 1575 – Spanish-Dutch held in city. 1581 – Capture of Breda by Spanish troops. 1590 – 4 March: Capture of Breda (1590) by Maurice, Prince of Orange and Dutch-English forces. 1624 – 28 August: Siege of Breda begins. 1625 – 5 June: Siege of Breda ends; Spanish in power. 1637 21 July: Siege of Breda by Dutch forces begins. 10 October: Siege of Breda ends; Breda taken by Dutch forces of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange. Grote Kerk (church) becomes Protestant. 1648 – Breda becomes part of Holland per Treaty of Westphalia. 1650 – 1 May: English-Scottish treaty signed in Breda. 1660 – April: Charles II of England proclaims the Declaration of Breda while passing through town. 1667 – 31 July: Anglo-Dutch treaty signed in Breda. 1696 – Breda Castle built by William, prince of Orange. 1746/48 – British-French bilateral negotiations at the Congress of Breda. 1768 – remodeled. 1793 – Siege of Breda; French in power. 1813 – Siege of Breda; French military ousted. 1817 – adopted. 1828 – Royal Military Academy established. 1837 – St. Anthony of Padua Cathedral built. 1845 – Synagogue built on Schoolstraat. 1853 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Breda established. 1855 – Breda railway station opens. 1863 – Breda–Eindhoven railway begins operating. 1870 – City directory begins publication. 1883 – tram begins operating. 1886 – and Koepelgevangenis (prison) built. 1890 – begins operating. 1893 – in operation. 1894 – Population: 24,397. 1900 – Population: 26,296.

20th century

1901 – Tram Breda-Mastbosch begins operating. 1907 – becomes mayor. 1912 – NAC Breda football club founded. 1919 Population: 30,044. becomes mayor. 1920 – Gemeentetram Breda (tram) begins operating. 1921 – NAC Breda wins its first Dutch football championship. 1940 – German occupation during World War II begins. 1942 – Ginneken and Princenhage become part of Breda.

1944 City liberated by the 1st Polish Armoured Division of General Stanisław Maczek. De Stem newspaper begins publication. (timeline) 1952 – design adopted. 1953 – built. 1955 – Mirabelle (Breda restaurant) in business. 1963 – established in Princenhage. 1966 – Breda University of Applied Sciences established 1975 – Breda railway station rebuilt. 1981 – established. 1990 – Ed Nijpels becomes mayor. 1991 – Sister city partnership signed between Breda and Wrocław, Poland. 1995 – built. 1996 Rat Verlegh Stadion opened. becomes mayor. 1998 – BN DeStem newspaper in publication. 2000 – Population: 160,650.

21st century

2001 City joins regional BrabantStad group. Moooi in business. 2004 – becomes mayor. 2007 – Redhead Day begins. 2014 – Population: 179,665. 2015 – becomes mayor.

Timeline of Breda

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