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Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Net ...

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Prior to 18th century

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* ~50 AD - Roman fortress built on what is now the Dom square as part of the Limes Germanicus. Named Traiectum to signify it was at a crossing of what was at that time the main branch of the

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(now the Oude Gracht) * ~200 AD - Wooden fortress walls upgraded to imported

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stone. Parts of these wall survive to date * ~270 AD - Limes Germanicus including the fortress at Trajectum abandoned due to continued invasions. * 636 - Chapel built by

Dagobert I Dagobert I ( la, Dagobertus; 605/603 – 19 January 639 AD) was the king of Austrasia (623–634), king of all the Franks (629–634), and king of Neustria and Burgundy (629–639). He has been described as the last king of the Merovingian dyna ...

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. Early life His fathe ...

(approximate date). * 918 - Balderic becomes bishop. * 1122 ** 22 June:

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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-r ...

. **

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 The Vaartse Rijn is a canal con ...

(canal) construction begins. * 1145 - (tower) built (approximate date). * 1267 - St. Martin's Cathedral built. * 1279 - Buurkerk (church) rebuilding begins. * 1370 - Public clock installed (approximate date). * 1382 - St. Martin's Cathedral tower built. * 1393 - (moat) constructed. * 1432 - built. * 1440 ** Guildhall St. Eloy's Hospice in use. ** Illuminated manuscript '' Hours of Catherine of Cleves'' created in Utrecht (approximate date). * 1455 - 7 April:

Gijsbrecht van Brederode Gijsbrecht van Brederode (1416 – Breda, 15 August 1475) was bishop-elect of Utrecht from 1455 to 1456. Gijsbrecht van Brederode was a son of Walraven I van Brederode and the brother of Reinoud II van Brederode. He was provost in Utrecht an ...

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 contr ...

becomes

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by papal appointment. * 1459 - 2 March: Adriaan Florensz, the later Pope Adrian VI born. * 1470-4 -

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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 -

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in operation (approximate date). * 1481-3 -

Second Utrecht Civil War The second (symbol: s) is the unit of time in the International System of Units (SI), historically defined as of a day – this factor derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes and finally to 60 seconds each ...

, David of Burgundy temporarily removed from power, but restored after the

Siege of Utrecht (1483) The siege of Utrecht took place between June 23 and August 31, 1483 as part of the Hook and Cod wars and the Second Utrecht Civil War. Prelude The Burgundians had tried to control the Bishopric of Utrecht since 1456, when David of Burgundy had b ...

* 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 v ...

built. * 1550 - St. Catherine Cathedral built (approximate date). * 1577 - Demolition of Vredenburg castle begins. * 1579 - 23 January:

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unifying northern provinces of the Netherlands signed in Utrecht. * 1584 - Catholic property secularized. * 1586 - Calvinists in power. * 1620s -

Utrecht Caravaggisti Utrecht Caravaggism ( nl, Utrechtse caravaggisten) refers to the work of a group of artists who were from, or had studied in, the Dutch city of Utrecht, and during their stay in Rome during the early seventeenth century had become distinctly infl ...

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

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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

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relating to the

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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 ** Abstede,

Catharijne Catharijne is a former municipality on the west side of the Dutch city of Utrecht. It was a separate municipality between 1818 and 1823, when it merged with the city of Utrecht. It was named for the St. Catharina monastery in Utrecht, which was ...

, 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, Netherlan ...

opens. * 1853 - Sonnenborgh Observatory established. * 1866 - Population: 58,607 in city; 172,487 in province. * 1872 - Aartsbisschoppelijk Museum opens. * 1873 - Museum Kunstliefde established. * 1879 - Regional Utrecht State Archives 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 -

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St. Gertrude's Cathedral 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 built in the De Stijl design mode. * 1927 - construction begins (approximate date). * 1940 - Population: 165,029. * 1950 - Population: 193,190. * 1954 - Oudenrijn (section) and

Zuilen Zuilen is a district in the Northwest section of the Dutch city of Utrecht. 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 Eli ...

become part of city. * 1960 - Population: 254,186. * 1961 - built. * 1967 - 12 June: in . * 1968 -

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in business. * 1970 - Football Club Utrecht formed. * 1970s - part of moat converted to motorway. * 1976 - hi-rise built. * 1978 - cinema opens. * 1979 -

Muziekcentrum Vredenburg Muziekcentrum Vredenburg was a music venue in Utrecht, Netherlands with a capacity of 5,000 people. It was designed by Dutch architect Herman Hertzberger. The venue hosted concerts by many famous artists, spanning many different genres. The old bu ...

(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 f ...

open. * 1980 - Population: 237,037 municipality. * 1985 - May: Catholic pope visits Utrecht. * 1987 - Leefbaarheidsbudget (

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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 Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and mo ...

hi-rise built. * 2012 - Utrecht befriends the city of

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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 ca ...

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 (201 ...

becomes mayor. * 2015 - July:

2015 Tour de France The 2015 Tour de France was the 102nd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The -long race consisted of 21 stages, starting on 4 July in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and concluding on 26 July with the Champs-Élysées stag ...

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.

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