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

Prior to 20th century

800 - Fort built (approximate date). 1030 - (church) built (approx. date). 1272 - Saint Stephen's Church, Nijmegen built (approx. date). 1390 - Public clock installed (approximate date). 1479 - Printing press in operation. 1526 - Stratemakerstoren bastion built (approximate date). 1554 - Town Hall built. 1589 - 10 August: Assault on Nijmegen. 1591 July: Siege of Knodsenburg. October: Siege of Nijmegen. 1612 - (weigh house) built (approximate date). 1618 - Collector of Roman antiquities Johannes Smetius moves to Nijmegen. 1646 - (tower) built. 1656 - University of Nijmegen established. 1678 - European peace treaty signed in Nijmegen. 1679 - University of Nijmegen closed. 1756 - consecrated in . 1788 - Henriette Pressburg, mother of Karl Marx born.Henriette Pressburg: genealogy 1794 - French bombardment of the Valkhof palace. 1824 - built. 1839 - Theatre built. 1848 - De Gelderlander newspaper begins publication. 1865 - Nijmegen railway station opens. 1866 - Population: 22,551. 1879 Arnhem–Nijmegen railway begins operating. Nijmegen railway bridge built. 1881 - Tilburg–Nijmegen railway begins operating. 1883 Nijmegen–Venlo railway begins operating. built. 1884 - Old city wall dismantled. 1885 - laid out.

20th century

1904 - Population: 49,342. 1911 - Gemeentetram Nijmegen (tram) begins operating. 1915 - Concertgebouw de Vereeniging (concert hall) opens. 1916 - (library) established. 1919 - Population: 66,833. 1923 Catholic University of Nijmegen established. built. 1925 - Becomes centre for annual Vierdaagse walk. 1928 - Jesuit Collegium Berchmanianum established. 1936 - Waalbrug (road bridge) opens. 1939 - Stadion de Goffert (stadium) opens. 1940 - First Dutch city to be occupied by Germany. 1944 22 February: Bombing of Nijmegen. September: as part of the Allied Operation Market Garden, the Battle of Nijmegen takes place. October: Battle of the Nijmegen salient October: becomes mayor. 1948 - factory built. 1951 - (church) built. 1952 - begins operating. 1955 - (cinema) opens. 1956 - University Hospital established. 1960 - St Peter Canisius Church rebuilt on . 1961 - opens. 1966 - Development of and areas begins. 1970 - (festival) begins. 1972 cultural centre established. shopping mall built. 1974 (hospital) opens. shopping mall and University's built. 1979 - University's opens. 1980 - (historic district) designated. 1981 - Velorama bicycle museum founded. 1982 - established. 1984 Stichting Nijmegen Blijft in Beeld te Nijmegen (film society) founded. De Grote Broek squat occupied. 1988 - Theatre opens. 1991 - Extrapool cultural organization established. 1994 - de-Affaire music fest begins. 1995 - Population: 147,561. 1996 - HAN University of Applied Sciences established. 1999 Valkhof Museum established. begins. 2000 - Population: 152,286.

21st century

2001 - nightclub opens. 2004 cinema opens. Radboud University Nijmegen active. 2005 - 15 November: Journalist Sévèke killed in Nijmegen. 2007 - FiftyTwoDegrees hi-rise building constructed. 2010 - area development begins. 2012 - Hubert Bruls becomes mayor. 2013 "Ik bouw betaalbaar" self-build housing program active (approximate date). bridge and access road open. 2014 - Nijmegen Goffert railway station opened. 2015 - Population: 170,774.

See also Nijmegen history

Other names of Nijmegen e.g. Nijmwegen, Nimègue, Nimeguen, Nimmegen, Nimwege, Nimwegen, Nymegen, Nymwegen Timelines of other municipalities in the Netherlands: Amsterdam, Breda, Delft, Eindhoven, Groningen, Haarlem, The Hague, 's-Hertogenbosch, Leiden, Maastricht, Rotterdam, Utrecht History of urban centers in the Low Countries

References

This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.

Bibliography

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External links

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