Timeline of Nijmegen

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 20th century

• 800 - Fort built (approximate date).^[1]
• 1030 - Sint-Nicolaaskapel [nl] (church) built (approx. date).
• 1272 - Saint Stephen's Church, Nijmegen built (approx. date).^[2]
• 1390 - Public clock installed (approximate date).^[3]
• 1479 - Printing press in operation.^[4]
• 1526 - Stratemakerstoren bastion built (approximate date).
• 1554 - Town Hall built.^[2]
• 1589 - 10 August: Assault on Nijmegen.
• 1591
  • July: Siege of Knodsenburg.
  • October: Siege of Nijmegen.
• 1612 - Boterwaag (Nijmegen) [nl] (weigh house) built (approximate date).^[2]
• 1618 - Collector of Roman antiquities Johannes Smetius moves to Nijmegen.^[5]
• 1646 - Belvédère (Nijmegen) [nl] (tower) built.^[2]
• 1656 - University of Nijmegen established.^[6]
• 1678 - European peace treaty signed in Nijmegen.^[1]
• 1679 - University of Nijmegen closed.^[6]
• 1756 - Nijmegen Synagogue [nl] consecrated in Benedenstad (Nijmegen) [nl].^[7]
• 1788 - Henriette Pressburg, mother of Karl Marx born.^[8]
• 1794 - French bombardment of the Valkhof palace.^[2]
• 1824 - Nijmegen arsenal [nl] built.
• 1839 - Theatre built.^[2]
• 1848 - De Gelderlander newspaper begins publication.^[9]
• 1865 - Nijmegen railway station opens.
• 1866 - Population: 22,551.^[10]
• 1879
  • Arnhem–Nijmegen railway begins operating.
  • Nijmegen railway bridge built.
• 1881 - Tilburg–Nijmegen railway begins operating.
• 1883
  • Nijmegen–Venlo railway begins operating.
  • Kolpinghuis [nl] built.
• 1884 - Old city wall dismantled.^[2]
• 1885 - Hunnerpark [nl] laid out.

20th century

• 1904 - Population: 49,342.^[2]
• 1911 - Gemeentetram Nijmegen (tram) begins operating.^[11]
• 1915 - Concertgebouw de Vereeniging (concert hall) opens.
• 1916 - Openbare Bibliotheek Nijmegen [nl] (library) established.
• 1919 - Population: 66,833.^[12]
• 1923
  • Catholic University of Nijmegen established.^[1]
  • Saint Stephen's Church, Nijmegen (1927) [nl] built.
• 1925 - Becomes centre for annual Vierdaagse walk.^[13]
• 1928 - Jesuit Collegium Berchmanianum established.
• 1936 - Waalbrug (road bridge) opens.^[14]
• 1939 - Stadion de Goffert (stadium) opens.
• 1940 - First Dutch city to be occupied by Germany.
• 1944
  • 22 February: Bombing of Nijmegen.
  • September: as part of the Allied Operation Market Garden, the Battle of Nijmegen takes place.
  • October: Battle of the Nijmegen salient
  • October: Charles Hustinx [nl] becomes mayor.
• 1948 - De Vasim [nl] factory built.
• 1951 - Dominicuskerk (Nijmegen) [nl] (church) built.
• 1952 - Nijmegen trolleybus [nl] begins operating.
• 1955 - Bioscoop Carolus [nl] (cinema) opens.^[15]
• 1956 - University Hospital established.
• 1960 - St Peter Canisius Church rebuilt on Molenstraat (Nijmegen) [nl].
• 1961 - Nijmegen City Theatre [nl] opens.
• 1966 - Development of Dukenburg [nl] and Lindenholt [nl] areas begins.^{[citation needed]}
• 1970 - Vierdaagsefeesten [nl] (festival) begins.
• 1972
  • Lidenberg Nijmegen Culture House [nl] cultural centre established.
  • Passage Molenpoort [nl] shopping mall built.
• 1974
  • Canisius-Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis [nl] (hospital) opens.
  • Passage Mariënburg [nl] shopping mall and University's Erasmusgebouw [nl] built.
• 1979 - University's Nijmeegs Volkenkundig Museum [nl] opens.
• 1980 - Rijksbeschermd gezicht Nijmegen [nl] (historic district) designated.
• 1981 - Velorama bicycle museum founded.
• 1982 - Steigertheater [nl] established.
• 1984
  • Stichting Nijmegen Blijft in Beeld te Nijmegen (film society) founded.^[16]
  • De Grote Broek squat occupied.
• 1988 - Badhuis (Nijmegen) [nl] Theatre opens.
• 1991 - Extrapool cultural organization established.
• 1994 - de-Affaire music fest begins.^{[citation needed]}
• 1995 - Population: 147,561.
• 1996 - HAN University of Applied Sciences established.
• 1999
  • Valkhof Museum established.
  • Wintertuin Festival [nl] begins.^{[citation needed]}
• 2000 - Population: 152,286.

21st century

• 2001 - The Matrixx [nl] nightclub opens.
• 2004
  • LUX (Nijmegen) [nl] cinema opens.
  • Radboud University Nijmegen active.^[17]
• 2005 - 15 November: Journalist Sévèke killed in Nijmegen.
• 2007 - FiftyTwoDegrees hi-rise building constructed.
• 2010 - Waalfront [nl] area development begins.^{[citation needed]}
• 2012 - Hubert Bruls becomes mayor.
• 2013
  • "Ik bouw betaalbaar" self-build housing program active (approximate date).^[18]
  • Oversteek [nl] bridge and S100 (Nijmegen) [nl] access road open.^{[citation needed]}
• 2014 - Nijmegen Goffert railway station opened.
• 2015 - Population: 170,774.

See also

• Nijmegen history
• History of Nijmegen [nl]
• List of mayors of Nijmegen [nl]
• List of heritage sites in Nijmegen [nl]
• List of rijksmonuments in Nijmegen [nl]
• Other names of Nijmegen e.g. Nijmwegen, Nimègue, Nimeguen, Nimmegen, Nimwege, Nimwegen, Nymegen, Nymwegen
• Timelines of other municipalities in the Netherlands: Amsterdam, Breda, Delft, Eindhoven, Groningen, Haarlem, The Hague, 's-Hertogenbosch, Leiden, Maastricht, Rotterdam, Utrecht
• History of urban centers in the Low Countries