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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 ...

Leiden Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 119,713, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration wi ...

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

* 11th C. -

Burcht van Leiden The Burcht van Leiden (; Fort of Leiden) is an old shell keep in Leiden constructed in the 11th century. It is located at the spot where two tributaries of the Rhine come together, the Oude Rijn and the Nieuwe Rijn. The structure is on top of a ...

(an old shell keep). * 1323 -

School A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes comp ...

active (approximate date). * 1377 -

Hooglandse Kerk The Hooglandse Kerk is a Gothic church in Leiden. Its earliest parts date back to the last quarter of the fourteenth century. Most of the current structure dates from the fifteenth century. The brick church was dedicated to St. Pancras and today ...

(church) construction begins. * 1390 ** Public clock installed (approximate date). ** Pieterskerk (church) construction begins. * 1420 - Leiden#Siege of 1420 Siege of 1420. * 1483 -

Printing press A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink. It marked a dramatic improvement on earlier printing methods in which the ...

in operation. * 1520 - Roman ruin Brittenburg discovered near Leiden. * 1566 - August:

Iconoclasm Iconoclasm (from Greek: grc, εἰκών, lit=figure, icon, translit=eikṓn, label=none + grc, κλάω, lit=to break, translit=kláō, label=none)From grc, εἰκών + κλάω, lit=image-breaking. ''Iconoclasm'' may also be conside ...

by Protestants. * 1572 -

Protestant Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...

sermonizing begins at the Vrouwekerk. * 1573 -

Siege of Leiden The siege of Leiden occurred during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War in 1573 and 1574, when the Spanish under Francisco de Valdez attempted to capture the rebellious city of Leiden, South Holland, the Netherlands. The siege fai ...

by Spanish forces begins. * 1574 - 3 October:

ends. * 1575 ** Leiden University founded. **

Leiden University Library Leiden University Libraries is a library founded in 1575 in Leiden, Netherlands. It is regarded as a significant place in the development of European culture: it is a part of a small number of cultural centres that gave direction to the developme ...

founded. * 1577 - Flemish textile manufacturers move to Leiden. * 1578 -

Gemeenlandshuis van Rijnland The Gemeenlandshuis van Rijnland on the Breestraat in Leiden is the oldest Gemeenlandshuis of the Netherlands that kept its function until the current century. Currently, it is still in use by the Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland, but only for meet ...

(water management building) purchased. * 1580s - "Immigration of Flemings, Walloons, and Brabanters" to Leiden. * 1580 - Printer

Elsevier Elsevier () is a Dutch academic publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content. Its products include journals such as '' The Lancet'', ''Cell'', the ScienceDirect collection of electronic journals, '' Trends'', ...

in business. * 1581 - in use. * 1587 -

Hortus Botanicus Leiden The Hortus botanicus of Leiden is the oldest botanical garden of the Netherlands, and one of the oldest in the world. It is located in the southwestern part of the historical centre of the city, between the Academy building and the old Leiden Obs ...

(garden) founded. * 1594 ** Leiden anatomical theatre established. ** Turkish

tulips Tulips (''Tulipa'') are a genus of spring-blooming perennial herbaceous bulbiferous geophytes (having bulbs as storage organs). The flowers are usually large, showy and brightly coloured, generally red, pink, yellow, or white (usually in warm ...

planted in the Hortus Botanicus. * 1598 - built. * 1600 - built. * 1606 - 15 July: Birth of

Rembrandt van Rijn Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (, ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker and draughtsman. An innovative and prolific master in three media, he is generally consi ...

. * 1612 - Stads Timmerhuis built. * 1622 - Population: 44,745. * 1630s - Fijnschilders (artists) active. * 1633 -

Leiden Observatory Leiden Observatory ( nl, Sterrewacht Leiden) is an astronomical institute of Leiden University, in the Netherlands. Established in 1633 to house the quadrant of Rudolph Snellius, it is the oldest operating university observatory in the world, wit ...

established. * 1639 - Marekerk (a Protestant church) founded. * 1640 - Population: 100,000. (estimate) * 1641 - Laecken-Halle (cloth hall) built. * 1648 - Leiden

Guild of Saint Luke The Guild of Saint Luke was the most common name for a city guild for painters and other artists in early modern Europe, especially in the Low Countries. They were named in honor of the Evangelist Luke, the patron saint of artists, who was ide ...

established. * 1655 - Bibliotheca Thysiana (library) established. * 1658 -

Weigh House A weighhouse or weighing house is a public building at or within which goods are weighed. Most of these buildings were built before 1800, prior to the establishment of international standards for weights, and were often a large and representative ...

built. * 1683 - bookseller in business. * 1723 - established. * 1745 - Electricity-storing "

Leyden jar A Leyden jar (or Leiden jar, or archaically, sometimes Kleistian jar) is an electrical component that stores a high-voltage electric charge (from an external source) between electrical conductors on the inside and outside of a glass jar. It typ ...

" invented. * 1766 - Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde and Kunst Wordt door Arbeid Verkreegen literary societies formed. * 1800 - Population: 30,000. (estimate) * 1807 - 12 January: Leiden Gunpowder Disaster. * 1818 - National Museum of Antiquities established. * 1820 -

National Museum of Natural History The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It has free admission and is open 364 days a year. In 2021, with 7 ...

founded. * 1837 - National Museum of Ethnology founded. * 1838 - Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden (school) active. * 1842 -

Leiden Centraal railway station Leiden Centraal is the main railway station in Leiden, a city in the Netherlands. History Leiden Centraal station opened on 17 August 1842 as the southern terminal of the first expansion of the Old Line (Dutch: ''Oude Lijn'') from Haarlem. Th ...

opened. * 1848 - E. J. Brill publisher in business. * 1851 - Sijthoff publisher in business. * 1860 -

re-built in the

. * 1864 - Training college for Dutch East Indies civil servants established (later the

Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies The Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies ( nl, Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, lit = Royal Institute for the Linguistics, Geography and Ethnology, abbreviated: KITLV) at Leiden was founded i ...

). * 1873 -

Remonstrant The Remonstrants (or the Remonstrant Brotherhood) is a Protestant movement that had split from the Dutch Reformed Church in the early 17th century. The early Remonstrants supported Jacobus Arminius, and after his death, continued to maintain his ...

seminary active. * 1874 - Municipal Museum of Antiquities established. * 1893 - (city archive) building constructed.

20th century

* 1904 ** begins publication. ** Population: 56,044. * 1919 - Population: 61,408. * 1923 - (bridge) built. * 1925 -

St. Joseph, Leiden St. Joseph Church is the largest Roman Catholic parish church still in use in Leiden in the diocese of Rotterdam. It is also called the ''Herensingelkerk'', because it is situated at the street called ''Herensingel''. The church is a national heri ...

(Roman Catholic parish church) built. * 1928 -

University Hospital A university hospital is an institution which combines the services of a hospital with the education of medical students and with medical research. These hospitals are typically affiliated with a medical school or university. The following i ...

built. * 1931 **

Leidse Hout The Leidse Hout (English: Leiden Woods) is a public urban park in Leiden, Netherlands. It is located between the border of Oegstgeest, approximately 1.5 kilometers northwest of the Leiden city center, and on the northern border of the Leiden Diac ...

(public urban park) opened. **

Museum Boerhaave Rijksmuseum Boerhaave is a museum of the history of science and medicine, based in Leiden, Netherlands. The museum hosts a collection of historical scientific instruments from all disciplines, but mainly from medicine, physics, and astronomy. Th ...

established. * 1940 - Town Hall rebuilt. * 1946 - becomes mayor. * 1978 -

1978 Tour de France The 1978 Tour de France was the 65th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 29 June and 23 July, with 22 stages covering a distance of . The 1978 Tour had a high-profile doping case when Michel Pollent ...

cycling race starts from Leiden. * 1980 ** becomes mayor. ** Population: 103,046 municipality. * 1984 - Leiden Bio Science Park development begins.

21st century

* 2003 - becomes mayor. * 2006 -

Leiden University Medical Center Leiden University Medical Center (Dutch: ''Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum'') or LUMC is the university hospital affiliated with Leiden University, of which it forms the medical faculty. It is located in Leiden, Netherlands. LUMC is a modern un ...

built. * 2012 - built. * 2013 **

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branch office in business. ** Population: 119,800 municipality. * 2017 - Asian Library opened by

Queen Máxima of the Netherlands Máxima (born Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti; 17 May 1971) is Queen of the Netherlands as the wife of King Willem-Alexander. Argentine by birth, she worked in marketing when she met Willem-Alexander, eldest son and heir apparent of Queen Beatrix ...

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