Timeline of Haarlem

The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Haarlem, Netherlands.

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Prior to 18th century

• 9th century CE - Haarlem founded.[1]
• 1245 - City rights bestowed upon Haarlem by William II of Holland.[1]
• 1318 - Janskerk (church) built.
• 1347 - Fire.
• 1370 - Grote Kerk (church) construction begins.[2]
• 1395 - Hofje van Bakenes (almshouse) founded.[2]
• 1398 - Waalse Kerk (church) built.[2]
• 1478 - Haarlem Confraternity of the Rosary founded.
• 1483 - Printing press in operation.[3]
• 1496 - Haarlem Guild of St. Luke active (approximate date).[2]
• 1559 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Haarlem established.[4]
• 1571 - Kleine Houtpoort (Haarlem) (gate) built.
• 1572 - Siege of Haarlem by Spanish forces begins.[5]
• 1573 - 12 July: Spaniards in power.[6]
• 1576 - Fire.[2]
• 1577 - Population: 18,000 (approximate).[7]
• 1587 - Haarlem Academy of art established.[8]
• 1592 - Lieven de Key appointed city architect.[6]
• 1596 - City Library established.[9]
• 1599 - Weigh House built.
• 1600 - Population: 30,000 (approximate).[7]
• 1603 - Vleeshal built.[10]
• 1604 - City Hall rebuilt.
• 1615 - Lutherse Kerk, Haarlem built.
• 1616 - Artist Frans Hals paints The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1616.[6]
• 1624 - "Tax riot."[6]
• 1631 - Haarlemmertrekvaart Amsterdam-Haarlem canal created.
• 1634 - Tulip mania begins.[6]
• 1637 - Tulip market collapses.[11]
• 1661 - Artist Jan Steen moves to Haarlem.[12]
• 1662 - Oprechte Haerlemsche Courant newspaper in publication.[13]
• 1677 - Nieuwpoort (Haarlem) (gate) built.
• 1683 - Doopsgezinde kerk, Haarlem (church) built.[14]

18th-19th centuries

• 1707 - Proveniershuis (almshouse) founded.[14]
• 1752 - Holland Society of Sciences founded.[15]
• 1766 - Mozart performs on the Grote Kerk, Haarlem organ.[6]
• 1778 - Teylers Stichting (society) founded.[9]
• 1784
  • Teylers Museum opens.
  • Society for Public Welfare founded.[9]
• 1788 - Villa Welgelegen (residence) built.[2]
• 1794 - Hodshon Huis (residence) built.[14]
• 1821 - Kunst zij ons doel (art group) formed.
• 1832 - Costermonument erected the Haarlemmerhout park.
• 1839 - Amsterdam-Haarlem railway begins operating;[5] Haarlem railway station opens.
• 1840 - City becomes capital of North Holland province.[1]
• 1841 - Haarlem Synagogue built.[16]
• 1852 - Haarlemmermeer (lake) drained.[6]
• 1862 - Gemeentelijk Museum opens.[17]
• 1863 - Droste confectionery in business.
• 1865 - Kenaupark established.
• 1869 - Bisschoppelijk Museum founded.[17]
• 1871 - Colonial Museum opens.[17]
• 1877 - Museum van Kunstnijverheid established.[17]
• 1880 - Verweyhal built for the Trou moet Blycken society.
• 1881 - Haarlem-Leiden tram line begins operating.
• 1883 - Haarlems Dagblad newspaper in publication.
• 1884 - Panopticon prison begins operating.[18]
• 1887 - Melkbrug (bridge) built.

20th century

• 1903 - Catharijnebrug (Haarlem) (bridge) built.
• 1911 - 31 August: Fokker flies his aircraft "de Spin" around the tower of the Sint-Bavokerk.[19]
• 1915 - Cinema Palace opens.[20]
• 1918 - Haarlem City Theatre opens.
• 1919 - Population: 77,302.[21]
• 1922 - Tuinwijk-Zuid housing built.[22]
• 1936 - Gemeentearchief Haarlem (city archives) moves into the Janskerk.
• 1980
  • Bevrijdingspop festival begins.
  • Brinkmann-bioscoop (cinema) opens.
  • Population: 158,291 municipality.[23]
• 1995 - Jaap Pop becomes mayor.
• 2000 - Population: 148,484 municipality.[23]

21st century

• 2003 - Toneelschuur theatre opens.
• 2005
  • Noord-Hollands Archief (archive) headquartered in city.[24]
  • Philharmonie Haarlem concert hall active.
• 2006 - Bernt Schneiders becomes mayor.
• 2009 - Schoterbrug (bridge) opens.
• 2011 - Pathé Haarlem cinema opens.
• 2013 - Population: 153,093 municipality.[23]

See also

• Haarlem history
• History of Haarlem
• List of mayors of Haarlem
• List of rijksmonuments in Haarlem
• Timelines of other municipalities in the Netherlands: Amsterdam, Breda, Delft, Eindhoven, Groningen, The Hague, 's-Hertogenbosch, Leiden, Maastricht, Nijmegen, Rotterdam, Utrecht

References

1. Joop W. Koopmans; Arend H. Huussen Jr. (2007). Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6444-3.
2. Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Haarlem". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.
3. Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Holland: Haarlem". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company – via HathiTrust.
4. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: The Netherlands". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
5. Joop W. Koopmans; Arend H. Huussen Jr. (2007). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6444-3.
6. Randall J. Van Vynckt (1995). "Haarlem". In Trudy Ring (ed.). Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.
7. Maarten Prak (2005). The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century: The Golden Age. Translated by Diane Webb. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-316-34248-0.
8. "Low Countries, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
9. Paul Schneiders (1998). "Libraries in the Netherlands" (PDF). IFLA Journal. International Federation of Library Associations. 24.
10. "Haarlem", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
11. Mike Dash (2000). Tulipomania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused. Crown. ISBN 978-0-307-56082-7.
12. "Low Countries, 1600–1800 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
13. "Selectie van titels: 1618-1800". Project Databank Digitale Dagbladen (Databank of Digital Daily Newspapers) (in Dutch). Koninklijke Bibliotheek. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
14. Johan Adrianus Gerard van der Steur (1907). Oude gebouwen in Haarlem [Old Buildings in Haarlem] (in Dutch). Erven F. Bohn.
15. P. J. Prinsen (1848). Aardrijksbeschrijving der stad Haarlem [Geography of the City of Haarlem] (in Dutch). Erven Loosjes.
16. "Haarlem". Four hundred years of Dutch Jewry. Amsterdam: Joods Historisch Museum. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
17. "Departement van Binnenlandsche Zaken: Kunsten en wetenschappen (Department of Interior: Arts and Sciences)", Staatsalmanak voor het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden 1885 [State Year Book for the Kingdom of the Netherlands] (in Dutch), Utrecht: Broese, 1884
18. Mitchel P. Roth (2006). "Chronology". Prisons and Prison Systems: A Global Encyclopedia. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-32856-5.
19. "Timeline Dutch History". Rijksmuseum. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
20. "Movie Theaters in Haarlem, Netherlands". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
21. "Netherlands". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via HathiTrust.
22. Hans van Dijk (1999). Twentieth-century Architecture in the Netherlands. Rotterdam: 010 Publishers. ISBN 978-90-6450-347-4.
23. "Population dynamics; birth, death and migration per region: Municipality Haarlem". StatLine. Statistics Netherlands. 2014.
24. "Over ons: geschiedenis" (in Dutch). Noord-Hollands Archief. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

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in Dutch

• Abraham Jacob van der Aa (1844). "Haarlem". Aardrijkskundig woordenboek der Nederlanden [Geographical dictionary of the Netherlands] (in Dutch). 5. Gorinchem: Jacobus Noorduyn – via HathiTrust.
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External links

• Europeana. Items related to Haarlem, various dates.
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Harlem, various dates