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

Roman Period

  • circa 10 BC - Construction of Roman main road from Cologne to the coast (Via Belgica).
  • 1st half of 1st century AD - Maastricht Roman bridge built; gradual development of settlement on both sides of the river Meuse.
  • ca. 150 - Construction of Roman baths and walled sanctuary (with a 9-meter sculpted Jupiter column).
  • ca. 270 - Destruction of Roman Maastricht by invading Germanic tribes.
  • 333 - Roman Castellum, Maastricht (fortress) built.
  • 384 - Death of Saint Servatius in Maastricht (traditional); establishment of Roman Catholic Diocese of Maastricht (uncertain; this may have happened in the 6th c. only).[1]

Middle Ages

16th–18th century

19th century

  • 1805 - Generaalshuis (now a theater) built in Vrijthof.
  • 1811 - General Cemetery Tongerseweg established (including Jewish Cemetery, Maastricht).
  • 1815 - Maastricht becomes capital of the Province of Limburg, as part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
  • 1822 - Société des Amis des Sciences, Lettres et Arts founded (precursor of Limburg Historical and Antiquarian Society; see 1929).[9]
  • 1824 - Population: 20,271.[10]
  • 1826 - Zuid-Willemsvaart (canal), including Bassin, Maastricht (port) opened.
  • 1834 - Petrus Regout manufacturer of glass and pottery in business.[11]
  • 1837 - Maastricht City Park in use.
  • 1838 - Saint Nicholas Church, Maastricht demolished.
  • 1840 - Maastricht Synagogue built.[12]
  • 1850 - Liège-Maastricht Canal dug, parallel to Meuse. Many buildings on the riverside demolished, including Antonite Church, Maastricht
  • 1851 - Le Courrier de la Meuse French-language newspaper begins publication.
  • 1853 - Aachen-Maastricht Railway Company begins operating.[13]
  • 1859 - Saint Martin's Church, Maastricht rebuilt.[3]
  • 1861 - Liège–Maastricht railway begins operating.
  • 1863 - Société Céramique manufactory in business.
  • 1865 - Maastricht–Venlo railway begins operating.
  • 1866 - Population: 28,495.[14]
  • 1867 - Maastricht taken off list of fortified cities. Medieval city wall and ring of outer fortifications largely dismantled between 1867 and circa 1920.
  • 1877 - Population: 29,083.[15]
  • 1881 - Limburg State Archives headquartered in former First Minorite Church, Maastricht.[16]
  • 1884 - Bonnefantenmuseum established (as a museum of archaeology and local history).
  • 1886 - Courrier du Limbourg newspaper begins publication.[17]

20th century

Liberation of Maastricht on 14 September 1944

21st century

  • 2002 - Gerd Leers becomes mayor; Mestreechs Volksleed officially adopted as the city's anthem.
  • 2003 - Hoge Brug (pedestrian bridge) opens.
  • 2005 - Limburg History Centre (HCL) created through merger of national and city archives.
  • 2006 - Entre Deux shopping mall rebuilt; Bookshop in adjacent Dominican Church, Maastricht.
  • 2010 - Onno Hoes becomes first openly gay mayor of Maastricht.
  • 2013 - Maastricht Noord railway station opens.
  • 2014 - Population: 121,906 municipality; 182,721 metro.
  • 2015 - Annemarie Penn-te Strake becomes first female mayor of Maastricht.
  • 2016 - Koning Willem-Alexandertunnel officially opened.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: The Netherlands". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  2. ↑ Adriaan Verhulst [in Dutch] (1999). The Rise of Cities in North-West Europe. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-46909-8.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Britannica 1910.
  4. ↑ P. J. H. Ubachs (2000). Handboek voor de geschiedenis van Limburg [Handbook of the history of Limburg] (in Dutch). Uitgeverij Verloren. ISBN 90-6550-097-9.
  5. 1 2 Haydn 1910.
  6. ↑ Myron P. Gutmann (1980). "Chronology of Military and Political Events in the Basse-Meuse (1620- )". War and Rural Life in the Early Modern Low Countries. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-5529-2.
  7. ↑ Paul Schneiders (1998). "Libraries in the Netherlands" (PDF). IFLA Journal. International Federation of Library Associations. 24.
  8. ↑ Flament 1888.
  9. ↑ Heijde 2002.
  10. ↑ Société des Amis des Sciences, Lettres et Arts. Annuaire de la province de Limbourg ... 1825 (in French). Maastricht: L. Th. Nypels.
  11. 1 2 Joop W. Koopmans; Arend H. Huussen Jr. (2007). Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6444-3.
  12. ↑ "Maastricht". Four Hundred Years of Dutch Jewry. Amsterdam: Joods Historisch Museum. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  13. ↑ J.W. Sluiter (1967). Beknopt overzicht van de nederlandse sppor en tramwegbedrijven [Brief overview of Dutch railway and tramway companies] (in Dutch). Brill.
  14. ↑ Hunter, Brian; Paxton, John; Steinberg, S. H.; Epstein, Mortimer; Renwick, Isaac Parker Anderson; Keltie, John Scott; Martin, Frederick (1869). "Netherlands". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590337.
  15. ↑ Verslag van den toestand van het hertogdom Limburg in het jaar 1877 [Report of the condition of the Duchy of Limburg in the year 1877] (in Dutch), Maastricht: Henri Bogaerts, 1878
  16. ↑ "Historie Minderbroederskerk" (in Dutch). Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  17. ↑ Jan van de Plasse (2005). Kroniek van de Nederlandse dagblad- en opiniepers (in Dutch). Otto Cramwinckel. ISBN 978-90-75727-77-7. (timeline)
  18. ↑ "Netherlands". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440 – via HathiTrust.
  19. ↑ "Bruggen database: Limburg: Maastricht" [Database of Bridges] (in Dutch). Rijswijk: Nederlandse Bruggenstichting. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  20. ↑ Walter Rüegg [in German], ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
  21. ↑ "Movie Theaters in Maastricht, Netherlands". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

published in the 18th-19th century
published in the 20th century
published in the 21st century
  • Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Maastricht". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.

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