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of the
municipality
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of
Utrecht
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* ~50 AD - Roman fortress built on what is now the
Dom square as part of the
Limes Germanicus
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tuff
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* ~270 AD - Limes Germanicus including the fortress at Trajectum abandoned due to continued invasions.
* 636 - Chapel built by
Dagobert I
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within the walls of the abandoned Roman fortress.
* 695 - Catholic
diocese of Utrecht established.
* 720 -
St. Martin's church founded by
Willibrord
Willibrord (; 658 – 7 November AD 739) was an Anglo-Saxon missionary and saint, known as the "Apostle to the Frisians" in the modern Netherlands. He became the first bishop of Utrecht and died at Echternach, Luxembourg.
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(approximate date).
* 918 -
Balderic becomes bishop.
* 1122
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Town privileges
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confirmed by
Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor
Henry V (german: Heinrich V.; probably 11 August 1081 or 1086 – 23 May 1125, in Utrecht) was King of Germany (from 1099 to 1125) and Holy Roman Emperor (from 1111 to 1125), as the fourth and last ruler of the Salian dynasty. He was made co-ru ...
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Oudegracht
The Oudegracht, or "old canal", runs through the center of Utrecht, the Netherlands. It starts in the southeast of the city. Here the Kromme Rijn (the original main bed of the Rhine river) and the Vaartse Rijn (a medieval canal reconnecting Utrec ...
(canal) construction begins.
* 1145 - (tower) built (approximate date).
* 1267 -
St. Martin's Cathedral built.
* 1279 -
Buurkerk
The Buurkerk is a former church building in Utrecht (city), Netherlands on the Buurkerkhof. The building is the location of the Museum Speelklok, and the entrance is on the Steenweg. It is one of the medieval parish churches of Utrecht, along with ...
(church) rebuilding begins.
* 1370 - Public clock installed (approximate date).
* 1382 - St. Martin's
Cathedral tower built.
* 1393 - (moat) constructed.
* 1432 - built.
* 1440
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St. Eloy's Hospice in use.
** Illuminated manuscript ''
Hours of Catherine of Cleves
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'' created in Utrecht (approximate date).
* 1455 - 7 April:
Gijsbrecht van Brederode
Gijsbrecht van Brederode (1416 – Breda, 15 August 1475) was bishop, bishop-elect of Bishopric of Utrecht, Utrecht from 1455 to 1456.
Gijsbrecht van Brederode was a son of Walraven I van Brederode and the brother of Reinoud II van Brederode. ...
becomes bishop elect of Utrecht after being elected by the
chapters.
* 1455 - 13 September:
David of Burgundy
David of Burgundy (c. February 142616 April 1494) was Bishop of Utrecht. The illegitimate son of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, David was made bishop of Utrecht by his father in 1456 in an attempt to enforce more centralised Burgundian co ...
becomes
bishop of Utrecht
List of bishops and archbishops of the diocese and archdioceses of Utrecht.
Medieval diocese from 695 to 1580
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born.
* 1470-4 -
First Utrecht Civil War
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to quell continued opposition to his rule David of Burgundy imprisons Gijsbrecht van Brederode leading to the first Utrecht civil war.
* 1471 -
Printing press
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in operation (approximate date).
* 1481-3 -
Second Utrecht Civil War
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, David of Burgundy temporarily removed from power, but restored after the
Siege of Utrecht (1483)
* 1517 - (residence) built.
* 1528 -
Lordship of Utrecht
The Lordship of Utrecht was formed in 1528 when Charles V of Habsburg conquered the Bishopric of Utrecht, during the Guelders Wars.
In 1528, at the demand of Henry of the Palatinate, Prince-Bishop of Utrecht, Habsburg forces under Georg Schenck ...
established.
* 1532 -
Vredenburg (castle)
Vredenburg Castle (Dutch: ''(Kasteel) Vredenburg'' or ''Vredeborch'') was a 16th-century castle built by Habsburg emperor Charles V in the city of Utrecht in the Netherlands. Some remains of the castle, which stood for only 50 years, are still vi ...
built.
* 1550 -
St. Catherine Cathedral built (approximate date).
* 1577 - Demolition of Vredenburg castle begins.
* 1579 - 23 January:
Treaty
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unifying northern provinces of the Netherlands signed in Utrecht.
* 1584 - Catholic property
secularized
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.
* 1586 - Calvinists in power.
* 1620s -
Utrecht Caravaggisti
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artists active.
* 1636 -
Utrecht University
Utrecht University (UU; nl, Universiteit Utrecht, formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2018, it had an enrollme ...
and its
library
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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
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relating to the
War of the Spanish Succession
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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
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Abstede,
Catharijne Catharijne is a former municipality on the west side of the Dutch city of Utrecht
Utrecht ( , , ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city and a List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of the Ne ...
,
Lauwerecht, and
Tolsteeg become part of city.
** opens.
* 1830 - built.
* 1838 -
City Museum of Antiquities opens.
* 1843 -
Utrecht Centraal railway station
Utrecht Centraal, officially Station Utrecht Centraal (), is the transit hub that integrates three bicycle parkings, two bus stations, two tram stops and the central railway station for the city of Utrecht in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands. ...
opens.
* 1853 -
Sonnenborgh Observatory
Sonnenborgh Observatory ( nl, Museum Sterrenwacht Sonnenborgh; Sonnenborgh museum & sterrenwacht; obs. code: 015) is an astronomical observatory and museum open to the public, located in Utrecht, Netherlands. It was founded in 1853 as a ...
established.
* 1866 - Population: 58,607 in city; 172,487 in province.
* 1872 - Aartsbisschoppelijk Museum opens.
* 1873 - Museum Kunstliefde established.
* 1879 - Regional Utrecht
State Archives
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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
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St. Gertrude's Cathedral
St. Gertrude's Cathedral (Dutch: ''Sint-Gertrudiskathedraal'') in Utrecht, the Netherlands, is the seat of the Archbishop of Utrecht and the mother church of the Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands (and of the wider Old Catholic Communion).
I ...
built.
* 1916 - Nationale Bankvereeniging (bank) established.
* 1919 - Population: 138,334.
* 1921 -
Centraal Museum
The Centraal Museum is the main museum in Utrecht, Netherlands, founded in 1838. The museum has a wide-ranging collection, mainly of works produced locally. The collection of the paintings by the Northern Mannerist Joachim Wtewael is by a lon ...
established.
* 1924 -
Rietveld Schröder House
The Rietveld Schröder House ( nl, Rietveld Schröderhuis) (also known as the Schröder House) in Utrecht (Prins Hendriklaan 50) was built in 1924 by Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld for Mrs. Truus Schröder-Schräder and her three children.
She c ...
built in the
De Stijl
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design mode.
* 1927 - construction begins (approximate date).
* 1940 - Population: 165,029.
* 1950 - Population: 193,190.
* 1954 -
Oudenrijn Oudenrijn is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the municipality of Utrecht, in the western part of the city, surrounded by the new neighbourhoods of Leidsche Rijn
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(section) and
Zuilen
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Zuilen is bordered by the train line and the river Vecht, the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal, the street Marnixlaan, and the city borders at the north. The neighborhood Elink ...
become part of city.
* 1960 - Population: 254,186.
* 1961 - built.
* 1967 - 12 June: in .
* 1968 -
cannabis coffee shop
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Under the drug policy of the Netherlands, the sale of cannabis products in sm ...
in business.
* 1970 -
Football Club Utrecht formed.
* 1970s - part of moat converted to motorway.
* 1976 - hi-rise built.
* 1978 - cinema opens.
* 1979 -
Muziekcentrum Vredenburg
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(concert hall) and
Museum Catharijneconvent
The Museum Catharijneconvent (St. Catherine's Convent Museum) is a museum of religious art in Utrecht, Netherlands. It is located in the former St. Catharine convent, having been sited there since 1979. Its collections include many artifacts fro ...
open.
* 1980 - Population: 237,037 municipality.
* 1985 - May: Catholic
pope visits Utrecht.
* 1987 - Leefbaarheidsbudget (
participatory budgeting
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) introduced.
* 1998 - City
Utrecht Archive established.
* 2000 - Population: 233,667.
21st century
* 2001 -
Vleuten-De Meern Vleuten-De Meern is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It was created in a merger of Haarzuilens, Veldhuizen, Vleuten and a part of Oudenrijn in 1954, and existed until 2001, when it was merged with Utrecht
Utrecht ( , , ) ...
becomes part of city.
* 2002 - Regio Randstad regional governance group formed.
* 2006 - museum opens.
* 2008 - hi-rise built.
* 2011 -
Rabobank Bestuurscentrum
The Rabobank Bestuurscentrum or Rabotoren (English: ''Rabobank Executive Centre'' or ''Rabotower'') is a skyscraper in the Dutch city of Utrecht, built between 2007 and 2011 and designed by the architectural firm . At , it is the highest office bui ...
hi-rise built.
* 2012 - Utrecht
befriends the city of
Portland, Oregon
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, USA.
* 2013 - Population: 321,916 municipality.
* 2014
**
TivoliVredenburg
The TivoliVredenburg is a contemporary music complex located in Utrecht, Netherlands. The venue consists of five halls designed acoustically for a specific music genre. Along with its hall, the venue also features an " amateur stage" and a cafe ...
concert hall opens.
**
Jan van Zanen
Jan Hendrikus Cornelis van Zanen (born 4 September 1961) is a Dutch politician who has served as Mayor of The Hague since 1 July 2020. A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), he previously served as Mayor of Utrecht (2014 ...
becomes mayor.
* 2015 - July:
2015 Tour de France
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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.
See also
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Utrecht history
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List of mayors of Utrecht
This is a list of mayors of Utrecht since the end of the Napoleonic occupation in 1813.
*J. van der Velden 1813–1815
*R. A. Schutt 1815–1824
*W. R. Baron van Heeckeren van Brandsenburg 1816–1824
*J. F. Gobius 1818–1821
*J. Borski 1821–1 ...
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Timelines
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of other
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in the Netherlands:
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Breda
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,
Delft
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Eindhoven
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,
Haarlem
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,
The Hague
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,
's-Hertogenbosch
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,
Leiden
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,
Maastricht
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,
Nijmegen
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,
Rotterdam
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