Timeline of Ghent
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Ghent, Belgium.
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Prior to 19th century
- 1336 - Tapestry-weavers' guild established.[1]
- 1380
- Belfry of Ghent built.
- Public clock installed (approximate date).[2]
- 1432 - Artist Van Eyck paints altarpiece for St. John's Church.[3]
- 1448 - "De Fonteine" chamber of rhetoric constituted.[4][5]
- 1480 - Saint Michael's Church built.[6]
- 1483 - Printing press in operation.[7]
- 1531 - St Bavo's Cathedral built.[8]
- 1559 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Ghent established.[9]
- 1576 - Regional alliance signed in Ghent.[8]
- 1584 - Spaniards in power.[8]
- 1771 - Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Ghent) active.
19th century
- 1814 - US-British treaty signed in Ghent.[8]
- 1817 - Ghent University established.
- 1827 - Ghent–Terneuzen Canal built.
- 1833 - Archaeological Museum (Ghent) founded.
- 1835 - Royal Conservatory of Ghent founded.
- 1841 - Bank of Flanders established.[10]
- 1845 - Population: 105,711.[11]
- 1861 - Gent-Dampoort railway station opens.
- 1863 - Statue of Jacob van Artevelde erected in Friday Market Square.
- 1874 - Horse-drawn tram begins operating.
- 1875 - Station Gent-Oost opens.
- 1879 - De Gentenaar newspaper begins publication.[12]
- 1880 - Coöperatieve Maatschappij Vooruit (cooperative) founded.
- 1881 - Bank of Ghent established.[10]
- 1883 - Royal Sport Nautique de Gand rowing club formed.
- 1891 - Het Volk newspaper begins publication.[12]
- 1895 - Emile Braun becomes mayor.
- 1897 - Cluysen - Ter Donck Regatta begins.
20th century
- 1900
- Ghent system of unemployment benefits introduced.[8]
- K.A.A. Gent football club formed.
- 1902 - Ghent University Botanic Garden established.[13]
- 1904 - Electric tram begins operating.
- 1912 - Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station and Patria Cinema[14] open.
- 1913 - Exposition universelle et internationale (1913) held in city.
- 1914 - Vooruit built.
- 1919 - Population: 165,655.[15]
- 1920 - Jules Ottenstadion (stadium) built.
- 1930 - Population: 170,358.
- 1942 - Ghent University Library Book Tower built.
- 1947 - Emile Claeys becomes mayor.
- 1959 - Ghent University Hospital opens.
- 1965 - Section of Mendonk becomes part of Ghent.
- 1970
- Studio Skoop (cinema) opens.[14]
- Population: 148,860.
- 1973 - Gentbrugge railway station built.
- 1975 - Station Gent-Zeehaven opens.
- 1976 - Mariakerke becomes part of Ghent.
- 1977 - Gentbrugge becomes part of city.
- 1980
- 1981 - Decascoop (cinema) built.[14]
- 1987 - Flanders Expo arena built.
- 1995 - Hogeschool Gent (college) established.
21st century
- 2006 - Project Gent-Sint-Pieters begins.
- 2007 - Daniël Termont becomes mayor.
- 2010 - Ghent City Museum opens.
- 2012 - Arteveldetoren hi-rise built.
- 2013
- Ghelamco Arena opens.
- Population: 248,242.
- 2014 - Virginie Lovelinggebouw built.
See also
- Other cities in Belgium
References
- ↑ Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Ghent". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.
- ↑ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
- ↑ "Low Countries, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ↑ Arjan Van Dixhoorn (2008). "Chambers of Rhetoric". In Arjan Van Dixhoorn; Susie Speakman Sutch. The Reach of the Republic of Letters: Literary and Learned Societies in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Brill. pp. 119–158. ISBN 90-04-16955-5.
- ↑ "Overzichten: de nederlandse literatuur in Gent". Literair Gent (in Dutch). Stedelijke Openbare Bibliotheek Gent and Stadsmuseum Gent. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ↑ "Ghent", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- ↑ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Belgium: Gand". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company – via HathiTrust.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 679, OL 6112221M
- ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Belgium". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- 1 2 "Belgium". International Banking Directory. New York: Bankers Publishing Company. 1922.
- ↑ C.H. Van Boekel, ed. (1846). Vlaemsche Volks-Almanak (in Dutch). Gent: F.L. Dulle-Plus.
- 1 2 "Belgium". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
- ↑ "Garden Search: Belgium". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Movie Theaters in Gent, Belgium". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ↑ "Belgium". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- in English
- Thomas Nugent (1749), "Ghent", The Grand Tour, 1: Netherlands, London: S. Birt
- "Ghent". Gazetteer of the Netherlands. Attributed to Clement Cruttwell. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson. 1794.
- Abraham Rees (1819), "Ghent, a city of France", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
- "Ghent", Handbook for Travellers in Holland and Belgium (20th ed.), London: John Murray, 1881 – via HathiTrust
- The visitors universal handybook and guide to Antwerp, Brussels, Waterloo, Ghent, Bruges, Liège, etc. etc. (5th ed.). Antwerp: John De Wit & Joris. 1884.
- W. Pembroke Fetridge (1885), "Ghent", Harper's Hand-Book for Travellers in Europe and the East, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "Ghent". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. 5. London. 1901.
- "Ghent", Belgium and Holland (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, OCLC 397759 (+ 1881 ed.)
- Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Ghent", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
- Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Ghent". Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 299+. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.
- in other languages
- Nieuwen Almanach ... der Stad Gend (in Dutch), Gend: Philippe Gimblet 1770-
- Victor Van der Haeghen (1896), Inventaire des archives de la ville de Gand [Inventory of the Ghent City Archives] (in French), Gand: C. Annoot-Braeckman, OCLC 64460660
- Henri Zondervan, eds. (1917), "Gent", Winkler Prins' Geillustreerde Encyclopaedie (in Dutch) (4th ed.), Amsterdam: Uitgevers-Maatschappy „Elsevier“
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