The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Bruges, Belgium.
Prior to 18th century
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- 865 – Fort built by Margrave Baldwin I of Flanders.[1]
 - 1000 – Regional Brugse Vrije established (approximate date).
 - 1127 – Count Charles I of Flanders assassinated.[2]
 - 1134 – Storm creates Zwin inlet, connecting Bruges to the North Sea.[2]
 - 1146 – Eekhout Abbey active (approximate date).
 - 1150 – St. John's Hospital founded (approximate date).[1]
 - 1157 – Chapel of the Holy Blood built (approximate date).
 - 1180 – Damme harbour built near Bruges.[2]
 - 1223 – St. Salvator's Church rebuilt.[3]
 - 1240 – Belfry of Bruges built in the Markt (approximate date).
 - 1244 – Ten Wijngaerde Béguinage founded (approximate date).
 - 1294 – Waterhalle built on the Grote Markt.
 - 1297
- Area of Bruges expanded.[3]
 - Church of Our Lady tower built.[3]
 
 - 1302
- 18 May: Bruges Matins (massacre) occurs.
 - French-Flemish Battle of the Golden Spurs fought in Kortrijk; Flemish win.[1]
 
 - 1303 – Procession of the Holy Blood instituted.
 - 1323–1328 – The Flemish revolt spread to Bruges.
 - 1364 – Les Halles built on the Grote Markt.[4]
 - 1368 – Smedenpoort (city gate) rebuilt.
 - 1369 – Ezelpoort (city gate) rebuilt.
 - 1390 – Public clock installed (approximate date).[5]
 - 1398 – Tower built on the Minnewater.[3]
 - 1399 – Saaihalle built on the Old Beursplein.
 - 1417 – Poortersloge built (approximate date).
 - 1421 – Bruges City Hall built.[3]
 - 1425 – Artist Jan van Eyck active in Bruges.[6]
 - 1430 – Order of the Golden Fleece founded in Bruges.[1]
 - 1434 – Grafenburg (castle) dismantled.[3]
 - 1465 – Artist Hans Memling active in Bruges (approximate date).[6]
 - 1468 – July: Wedding of Burgundian duke Charles and Margaret of York.
 - 1475 – Printing press in operation.[7]
 - 1488 – Political unrest.[4]
 - 1489 – Memling paints the St. Ursula Shrine in St. John's Hospital.[3]
 - 1505 – Fuggers move from Bruges to Antwerp.[3]
 - 1545 – Hanseatic enterprise moves from Bruges to Antwerp.[3]
 - 1559 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Bruges established.[8]
 - 1623 – Ghent-Bruges Canal dug.
 
18th–19th centuries
- 1719 – Academy of Art established.[3]
 - 1743 – Lawyer's guild established.[9]
 - 1786 – St. Christopher's Church, Bruges demolished.
 - 1787
- Bruge Central Cemetery established.
 - Cloth Hall demolished.[3]
 
 - 1794 – French in power.[4]
 - 1798 – Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge (library) opens.
 - 1799 – St. Donatian's Cathedral demolished.[2]
 - 1815 – Bruges becomes part of the Netherlands.[4]
 - 1821 – Fish Market, Bruges built on the Steenhouwersdijk.[1]
 - 1830 – Bruges becomes part of Belgium.[4]
 - 1837 – Journal de Bruges French-language newspaper begins publication.[10]
 - 1838 – Brugge railway station opens.
 - 1839 – Société d'émulation de Bruges founded.
 - 1846 – Statue of Stevin erected on Simon Stevinplein (Brugge).[3]
 - 1855 – Ringvaart, Bruges canal commissioned.
 - 1863 – Population: 50,986.[11]
 - 1887 – Monument to Breydel/de Coninck erected in the Grote Markt.[3]
 - 1891
- Club Brugge KV football club formed.
 - Post and Telegraph office built on the Grote Markt.[3]
 
 - 1892 – Rodenbach's novel Bruges-la-Morte published.[12]
 - 1899 – Cercle Brugge K.S.V. football club formed.
 - 1900 – Bruges derby football rivalry active.
 
20th century
- 1905 – Boudewijnkanaal (canal) dug.
 - 1907 – Port of Bruges-Zeebrugge opens.[13]
 - 1912 – Bruges State Archives established in the Poortersloge.
 - 1919 – Population: 53,489.[14]
 - 1924 – Victor Van Hoestenberghe becomes mayor.
 - 1928 – Hollywood Cinema opens.[15]
 - 1930 – Groeningemuseum opens on the Dijver.
 - 1953 – Dudzelebrug (bridge) built on the N376 (Sluis-Bruges).
 - 1958 – Procession of the Golden Tree revived.
 - 1960 – Musica Antiqua Bruges festival begins.
 - 1963 – Bruges Provincial Library and Archives established.
 - 1973 – Koninklijk Atheneum Vijverhof (school) established in Sint-Michiels.
 - 1975 – Jan Breydel Stadium opens.
 - 1977 – Frank Van Acker becomes mayor.
 - 1982 – Cactusfestival of music begins.
 - 1983 – De Karmeliet restaurant in business.
 - 1984 – Dampoortbruggen, Bruges (bridges) built.
 - 1986 – De Werf cultural centre founded.
 - 1987 – 6 March: Ferry Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in the port.
 - 1988 – 20 September: British prime minister gives speech in city.[16]
 - 1990 – Brouwerijmuseum Brugge established on the Walplein.
 - 1995 – Patrick Moenaert becomes mayor.
 - 1998 – Start of annual Tour of Flanders cycling race moves to Bruges.
 
21st century
- 2002 – Concertgebouw Brugge opens on the 't Zand, Bruges.
 - 2008 – Frietmuseum opens in the Saaihalle.
 - 2010 – April: Catholic bishop Vangheluwe resigns.[17]
 - 2013
- Renaat Landuyt becomes mayor.
 - Population: 117,170.
 
 
See also
- Bruges history
 - History of Bruges
 - List of mayors of Bruges
 - List of protected heritage sites in Bruges
 - Timelines of other municipalities in Belgium: Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent, Leuven, Liège
 - History of urban centers in the Low Countries
 
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 New York Times 1997.
 - 1 2 3 4 Hourihane 2012.
 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Baedeker 1910.
 - 1 2 3 4 5 Chambers 1901.
 - ↑ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum [in German] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
 - 1 2 "Low Countries, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
 - ↑ Henri Bouchot [in French] (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
 - ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Belgium". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
 - ↑ Arjan Van Dixhoorn; Susie Speakman Sutch, eds. (2008). The Reach of the Republic of Letters: Literary and Learned Societies in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-16955-5.
 - ↑ "200 jaar kranten in Brugge" [200 years of newspapers in Bruges], Historische Bronnen Brugge (in Dutch), Erfgoedcel Brugge, retrieved 30 October 2015
 - ↑ "Belgium". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1869. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590337.
 - ↑ Alan Hollinghurst (28 January 2005), "Bruges of sighs", The Guardian
 - ↑ "Portrait of a Medieval City", New York Times, September 1986
 - ↑ "Belgium". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
 - ↑ "Movie Theaters in Bruges, Belgium". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
 - ↑ "Prime ministers' speeches on Europe", BBC News, January 2013
 - ↑ Belgian bishop resigns over abuse of boy, Reuters, 23 April 2010
 
This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.
Bibliography
In English
- Thomas Nugent (1749), "Bruges", The Grand Tour, vol. 1: Netherlands, London: S. Birt, hdl:2027/mdp.39015030762598
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 - The visitors universal handybook and guide to Antwerp, Brussels, Waterloo, Ghent, Bruges, Liège, etc. etc (5th ed.). Antwerp: John De Wit & Joris. 1884.
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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Ernest Gilliat-Smith (1909), Bruges, Mediaeval Towns, London: J.M. Dent & Co., OCLC 150311124
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 - Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Bruges". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.
 
In other languages
- Marie-Nicolas Bouillet; L.G. Gourraigne (1914). "Bruges". Dictionnaire universel d'histoire et de geographie (in French) (34th ed.). Paris: Hachette. hdl:2027/mdp.39015074817142.
 - Henri Zondervan, ed. (1915), "Brugge", Winkler Prins' Geillustreerde Encyclopaedie (in Dutch), vol. 4 (4th ed.), Amsterdam: Uitgevers-Maatschappy "Elsevier", hdl:2027/mdp.39015068310153
 
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