Timeline of Ghent

The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality 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.
• 1900
  • Ghent system of unemployment benefits introduced.[8]
  • K.A.A. Gent football club formed.

20th century

• 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
  • Amsab-Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis founded.[16]
  • Population: 241,695.
• 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

• Ghent history
• History of Ghent
• List of mayors of Ghent
• Timelines of other municipalities in Belgium: Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, Leuven, Liège
• History of urban centers in the Low Countries

References

1. Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Ghent". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.
2. Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
3. "Low Countries, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
4. Arjan Van Dixhoorn (2008). "Chambers of Rhetoric". In Arjan Van Dixhoorn; Susie Speakman Sutch (eds.). The Reach of the Republic of Letters: Literary and Learned Societies in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Brill. pp. 119–158. ISBN 978-90-04-16955-5.
5. "Overzichten: de nederlandse literatuur in Gent". Literair Gent (in Dutch). Stedelijke Openbare Bibliotheek Gent and Stadsmuseum Gent. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
6. "Ghent", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
7. 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. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450632 – via HathiTrust.
8. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 679, OL 6112221M
9. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Belgium". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
10. "Belgium". International Banking Directory. New York: Bankers Publishing Company. 1922. hdl:2027/hvd.hb1sji.
11. C.H. Van Boekel, ed. (1846). Vlaemsche Volks-Almanak (in Dutch). Gent: F.L. Dulle-Plus. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081727558.
12. "Belgium". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
13. "Garden Search: Belgium". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
14. "Movie Theaters in Gent, Belgium". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
15. "Belgium". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
16. "Amsab-Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis - Geschiedenis". www3.amsab.be.

This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Thomas Nugent (1749), "Ghent", The Grand Tour, 1: Netherlands, London: S. Birt, hdl:2027/mdp.39015030762598
• "Ghent". Gazetteer of the Netherlands. Attributed to Clement Cruttwell. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson. 1794.CS1 maint: others (link)
• Abraham Rees (1819), "Ghent, a city of France", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9571pn88
• "Ghent", Handbook for Travellers in Holland and Belgium (20th ed.), London: John Murray, 1881, hdl:2027/hvd.hn2ha2 – 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. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t1fj2r624.
• "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., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949
• 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, ed. (1917), "Gent", Winkler Prins' Geillustreerde Encyclopaedie (in Dutch) (4th ed.), Amsterdam: Uitgevers-Maatschappy „Elsevier“, hdl:2027/mdp.39015068347981

External links

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