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municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Eindhoven Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022,Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

Prior to 20th century

* 1232 - Town rights bestowed by

Henry I, Duke of Brabant Henry I ( nl, Hendrik, french: Henri; c. 1165 – 5 September 1235), named "The Courageous", was a member of the House of Reginar and first duke of Brabant from 1183/84 until his death. Early life Henry was possibly born in Leuven (Louvain) ...

. * 1420 - Castle built. * 1486 - 19 March: . * 1554 - Fire. * 1583 -

Siege of Eindhoven (1583) The siege of Eindhoven, also known as the capture of Eindhoven of 1583, took place between 7 February and 23 April 1583 at Eindhoven, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands (present-day North Brabant, the Netherlands) during the Eighty Years' ...

. * 1629 - Eindhoven becomes part of the Netherlands. * 1771 - established. * 1791 - Population: 1,785. * 1815 - Population: 2,310. * 1846 - Eindhoven Canal dug. * 1866 **

Eindhoven railway station Eindhoven Centraal railway station is the main railway station in Eindhoven in North Brabant, Netherlands. It is the busiest station outside the Randstad area and an important station in the southern part of The Netherlands. History The station ...

opens. ** Synagogue built. * 1867 - rebuilt. * 1869 -

Town Hall In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or a municipal building (in the Philippines), is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses ...

built. * 1880 - built. * 1891 -

Philips Koninklijke Philips N.V. (), commonly shortened to Philips, is a Dutch multinational conglomerate corporation that was founded in Eindhoven in 1891. Since 1997, it has been mostly headquartered in Amsterdam, though the Benelux headquarters i ...

in business. * 1897 - begins operating. * 1898 - built. * 1900 - Population: 4,730.

20th century

* 1904 - (square) laid out. * 1909 **

FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie (second tier of Dutch football), and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one bei ...

(football club) formed. ** built on . * 1910 -

Philips Stadion The Philips Stadion () is a football stadium in Eindhoven, Netherlands. As the home of PSV Eindhoven (Philips Sport Vereniging), it is therefore also known as PSV Stadion. With a capacity of 36,500, it is the third-largest football stadium in th ...

(stadium) opens. * 1911 - ''

Eindhovens Dagblad ''Eindhovens Dagblad'' is a daily Dutch newspaper based in the city of Eindhoven. In 2017 it had a circulation of about 80,000. History ''Eindhovensch Dagblad'' first appeared on 23 December 1911. In 1963 it was bought by the owner of its comp ...

'' (newspaper) begins publication. (timeline) * 1913 -

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; en, Philips Sports Association ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department, whi ...

(football club) formed. * 1920 ** Gestel,

Stratum In geology and related fields, a stratum ( : strata) is a layer of rock or sediment characterized by certain lithologic properties or attributes that distinguish it from adjacent layers from which it is separated by visible surfaces known as ei ...

Strijp Strijp is a former town in the Netherlands, Dutch province of North Brabant, now a borough of Eindhoven. Strijp was a separate municipality until 1920, when it became part of Eindhoven. The Philips Stadion, home of association football, football t ...

Tongelre Tongelre is a borough of Eindhoven. It used to be a separate village to the east of Eindhoven. Waterways comprise most of its borders. It is bordered to the south by a canal, the "Eindhovensch Kanaal" to the borough of Stratum and Geldrop municipal ...

, and

Woensel Woensel is a former town in the Dutch province of North Brabant, but nowadays a borough of Eindhoven. An important rural village in North Brabant, Woensel is mentioned in a document from 1107; it was the seat of a deanage of the diocese of Liège. ...

become part of the municipality of Eindhoven. ** Population: 47,946. * 1921 - built. * 1931 - built. * 1932 ** Welschap Airfield begins operating. **

DAF Trucks DAF Trucks is a Dutch truck manufacturing company and a division of Paccar. Its headquarters and main plant are in Eindhoven. Cabs and axle assemblies are produced at its Westerlo plant in Belgium. Some of the truck models sold with the DAF ...

in business. * 1935 - Population: 103,030. * 1936 -

Van Abbemuseum The Van Abbemuseum () is a museum of modern and contemporary art in central Eindhoven, Netherlands, on the east bank of the Dommel River. Established in 1936, the museum is named after its founder, Henri van Abbe, who loved modern art and wanted ...

opens. * 1937 - opens. Liberation of Eindhoven 02

* 1939 - neighborhood developed. * 1942 - December: Aerial bombing by Allied forces. * 1944 - September: City besieged by Allied forces. * 1945 - ''

Het Vrije Volk ''Het Vrije Volk'' was a Dutch social-democratic daily newspaper. It was the successor, after World War II, of the socialist daily '' Het Volk''. The paper appeared legally 1 March 1945 in Eindhoven. From 28 January 1946, all subdivisions of the ...

'' newspaper begins publication. * 1947 -

Design Academy Eindhoven Design Academy Eindhoven is an interdisciplinary educational institute for art, architecture and design in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The work of its faculty and alumni have brought it international recognition, and is widely regarded as one of the w ...

established. * 1955 - Population: 154,604. * 1956 **

rebuilt. **

Eindhoven University of Technology The Eindhoven University of Technology ( nl, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven), abbr. TU/e, is a public technical university in the Netherlands, located in the city of Eindhoven. In 2020–21, around 14,000 students were enrolled in its BSc a ...

established. * 1959 **

Eindhoven Marathon The Eindhoven Marathon (Dutch: ''Marathon Eindhoven'') is an annual marathon race over the classic distance of 42.195km which is held in the city of Eindhoven, The Netherlands in October. It has been an annual race since 1990 – it was held bie ...

begins. **

Herman Witte Herman Bernard Jan Witte (18 August 1909 – 30 May 1973) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and civil engineer. Witte applied at the Delft Institut ...

becomes mayor. * 1964 ** opens. ** built. * 1966 - The futuristic

Evoluon The Evoluon was built in 1966 as a science museum by the electronics and electrical company Philips. It quickly became a landmark in Eindhoven, where Philips was headquartered at the time. The museum closed in 1989 and the building reopened as a ...

science museum was built. * 1967 - City Hall rebuilt. * 1969 - Student centre built. * 1970 -

De Bijenkorf De Bijenkorf (; literally, "the beehive") is a chain of high-end department stores in the Netherlands, with its flagship store on Dam Square in Amsterdam. The chain is owned by Selfridges Group, which also owns Britain's Selfridges and Ireland's B ...

department store built. * 1971 -

Effenaar The Effenaar is a music venue in the centre of Eindhoven, the Netherlands. It was squatted in 1971 and has grown into one of the largest pop venues in the country, hosting rock, pop and techno events. The current Effenaar consists of two music h ...

youth centre established. * 1976 - Administrative entity for the Eindhoven agglomeration created. * 1979 - Gilles Borrie becomes mayor. * 1980 -

Het Apollohuis ''Het Apollohuis'' ( en, The Apollo House) was a space for experimental music and visual arts, "focused in particular on...sound art, new music, performance art and the new media," founded in Eindhoven, Netherlands, by Remko Scha and Paul Panhuysen ...

cultural venue established. * 1982 - Open-air

Eindhoven Museum The Eindhoven Museum is an archaeological open-air museum in Eindhoven, Netherlands, focusing on the Iron Age and Middle Ages in the province of North Brabant. The museum is situated in the Genneper Parken area at the south side of the city. It fo ...

and (regional archive) established. * 1984 -

Eindhoven Airport Eindhoven Airport is an airport located west of Eindhoven, Netherlands. In terms of the number of served passengers it is the second largest airport in the Netherlands, with 6.2 million passengers in 2018 (well behind Schiphol, which serves mo ...

terminal built. * 1985 - May: Catholic pope visits city. * 1992 **

Muziekgebouw Frits Philips Muziekgebouw Frits Philips is a concert hall in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The venue is named after Frits Philips Frederik Jacques "Frits" Philips (16 April 1905 – 5 December 2005) was the fourth chairman of the board of directors of the Dut ...

(concert hall) opens. **

Rein Welschen Reinier Wilhelmus "Rein" Welschen (29 August 1941 – 17 September 2013) was a Dutch politician and member of the Labour Party (PvdA). Welschen served as an alderman of Breda from 1978 to 1987. He was a Provincial-Executive of North Brabant fro ...

becomes mayor. * 1993 -

Holland Casino Holland Casino is a Dutch state-owned company and has the legal monopoly on gambling in the Netherlands, and has fourteen casinos located throughout the country. Profits from Holland Casino go directly to the Dutch treasury. In 2007, profit was aro ...

branch in business. * 1996 - 15 July:

1996 Belgian Air Force Hercules accident The 1996 Belgian Air Force Hercules accident is an aviation accident that occurred on 15 July 1996 at Eindhoven Airport, the Netherlands. The disaster involved a Belgian Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft and resulted in the death of 34 passengers. ...

occurs at Eindhoven Airport. * 1997 **

headquarters relocated to Amsterdam. **

Jan Louwers Stadion Jan Louwers Stadion () is a multi-use stadium in the Eindhoven borough of Stratum, Netherlands. Previously the stadium had a cinder track, with curved, earthen and walled standing grandstands on the north and south sides, so that attendances cou ...

(stadium) in use. * 1999 - hi-rise built. * 2000 **

UEFA Euro 2000 The 2000 UEFA European Football Championship, also known as Euro 2000, was the 11th UEFA European Championship, a football tournament held every four years and organised by UEFA, the sport's governing body in Europe. The finals tournament was ...

football contest held. ** Population: 203,433.

21st century

* 2001 - City joins regional

BrabantStad North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to the wes ...

grou

* 2002 ** Leefbaar Eindhoven political party active. **

Dutch Design Week Dutch Design Week (also known as DDW) is the largest annual design event in Northern Europe. It presents work and concepts from more than 2,600 designers to more than 355,000 visitors from home and abroad. Hosted in Eindhoven, Netherlands, the ev ...

begins. ** Avant-Garde van Groeninge restaurant in business. * 2003 ** active. ** hi-rise built. * 2004 -

Inkijkmuseum The Inkijkmuseum (lit. trans. ''Look-in museum'') is an originally themed "micro museum" in the Dutch city of Eindhoven. It is located in the washhouse of the former linen factory ''Van den Briel & Verster'' on the Dommelstraat. The original facto ...

opens. * 2006 **

Glow Festival Eindhoven The GLOW festival is a light art festival held every November in the Dutch city of Eindhoven. Artists and designers from home and abroad present light art and design applications by using new media technologies, such as computers, sensors, animation ...

begins. ** ,

Porthos Porthos, Baron du Vallon de Bracieux de Pierrefonds is a fictional character in the novels ''The Three Musketeers'' (1844), ''Twenty Years After'' (1845), and ''The Vicomte de Bragelonne'' (1847-1850) by Alexandre Dumas, père. He and the other ...

, and

Vesteda Toren The Vesteda tower is located in Eindhoven and was finished in 2006. At tall and 28 floors it is the fourth highest building in Eindhoven. It bears a resemblance to the Flatiron Building in Manhattan, New York City N ...

hi-rises built. * 2008 ** built. **

Rob van Gijzel Rob van Gijzel (born 29 June 1954 in Eindhoven) is a Dutch politician. He is a former MP and was mayor of Eindhoven between 8 April 2008 and 13 September 2016. When Van Gijzel was a student, he became an active member of the Jonge Socialisten. ...

becomes mayor. ** Automotive event held. * 2009 - redevelopment begins (approximate date). * 2010 ** Admirant shopping centre's "Blob"

building A building, or edifice, is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory (although there's also portable buildings). Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and fun ...

constructed. **

Piet Hein Eek Piet Hein Eek is a Dutch designer. He is known for designs which require significant time from craftspeople, despite using very inexpensive, found materials. Work Piet Hein Eek's work has an ecological focus. His emphasis on using found materia ...

studio in business. * 2012 - built. * 2014 - 19 March:

Dutch municipal elections, 2014 The Dutch municipal elections of 2014 were held on 19 March in most municipalities in the Netherlands. This election determines the composition of the municipal councils for the following four years. Background Municipal elections are, unle ...

held. * 2015 - Population: 223,220 city; 753,426 metro region.

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