Timeline of The Hague
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of The Hague, Netherlands,
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Prior to 19th century
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- ~1230 - Hunting lodge established by Floris IV, Count of Holland.
- ~1280 - Chapel built in the Binnenhof (approximate date).[1]
- ~1290 - completion of the Ridderzaal building in the Binnenhof by Floris V, Count of Holland.
- 15th century - Sint-Jacobskerk (church) building expanded.[1]
- 1446 - Staten-Generaal (parliament) begins meeting in the Binnenhof.
- 1494 - Saint Laurence chamber of rhetoric active.[2]
- 1516 - Printing press in operation.[3]
- 1527 - The Hague becomes "the seat of the supreme court in Holland."[4]
- 1565 - Town Hall built.[5]
- 1584 - The Hague becomes "the place of assembly of the States of Holland and of the States-general."[4]
- 1619 - Execution of statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt.[5]
- 1644 - Mauritshuis (residence) built.[5]
- 1646 - Huis ten Bosch (palace) built.[6]
- 1651 - Great Assembly (Netherlands) held.[7]
- 1653 - Scheveningseweg (Scheveningen-The Hague) road built.
- 1656
- Nieuwe Kerk (church) built.
- Confrerie Pictura (artists' group) formed.[8]
- 1658 - Huygens invents the pendulum clock.[9]
- 1672 - 20 August: Lynching of Cornelis and Johan de Witt.[5]
- 1681 - Boterwaag (weigh house for butter) built.
- 1708 - ‘Gravenhaagsche Courant newspaper in publication.[10]
- 1726 - Honen Dal Synagogue built.[11]
- 1747 - William IV, Prince of Orange moves to The Hague.
- 1750 - Scheurleer's circulating library in business.[12]
- 1764 - Lange Voorhout Palace built.
- 1772 - Kunstliefde Spaart geen Vlijt literary society formed.[13]
- 1793 - Diligentia (society) founded.
- 1795 - 16 May: French-Batavian treaty signed in The Hague.[5]
- 1798 - National Library of the Netherlands established.[5]
19th century
- 1804 - Scheurleer & Zoonen in business.
- 1806 - Granted city rights by Louis Bonaparte
- 1814 - Staatscourant newspaper begins publication.[14]
- 1824 - Lodewijk Constantijn Rabo Copes van Cattenburch becomes mayor.
- 1838
- Supreme Court of the Netherlands headquartered in The Hague.[14]
- Gymnasium Haganum (school) active.[15]
- 1844 - Synagogue, The Hague built on Wagenstraat.[11]
- 1845 - William of Orange monument erected on Noordeinde, The Hague.[5]
- 1852 - Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum established.
- 1853 - Martinus Nijhoff Publishers in business.
- 1863 - Haagse Dierentuin (zoo) established.[16]
- 1869 - Monument erected in the Plein 1813.[5]
- 1870s - Artistic "Hague School" style of painting active.[17]
- 1870
- Gouda–Den Haag railway begins operating.
- Station Den Haag Staatsspoor (train station) opens.
- 1878 - James the Greater Church (The Hague) built on Parkstraat.
- 1884 - Hague Municipal Archive established.
- 1885
- Hague Passage shopping arcade opens.[18]
- Grand Hotel Central in business.
- 1887 - Museum Mesdag opens.
- 1890 - Royal (restaurant) in business.
- 1899 - International peace conference held in The Hague.[19]
20th century
- 1900 - Population: 212,211.[5]
- 1903 - Haagsche Commissie Bank established.[20]
- 1904 - Residentie Orchestra formed.
- 1905 - ADO Den Haag football club formed.
- 1907
- International peace conference held in The Hague.[19]
- Anglo-Dutch Royal Dutch Shell company[21] and its Bataafse Petroleum Maatschappij headquartered in city.
- 1913 - Peace Palace built.
- 1917 - The House of Lords (restaurant) in business.
- 1919 - Population: 359,610.[22]
- 1921 - Asta cinema opens.[23]
- 1922 - 22 July: International Permanent Court of Arbitration begins operating from its headquarters in The Hague.[19]
- 1925 - Zuiderpark Stadion (stadium) opens.
- 1940 - 10 May: Battle for The Hague.
- 1945 - 3 March: Bombing of the Bezuidenhout.
- 1946 - United Nations International Court of Justice headquartered in The Hague.[24]
- 1947 - Haagse Comedie established.[25]
- 1950 - White Bridge (The Hague) rebuilt.
- 1952 - International Institute of Social Studies established.[26]
- 1954 - Nederlands Letterkundig Museum founded.
- 1955 - Mobarak Mosque built.
- 1966 - July: Death of Hsu Tsu-tsai.
- 1969 - World Forum Convention Center opens.
- 1973 - Den Haag Centraal railway station built.
- 1974 - 13 September: 1974 French Embassy attack in The Hague.
- 1976 - Eurovision Song Contest 1976 held in The Hague.
- 1979 - Assassination of Richard Sykes (British diplomat).
- 1980 - Population: 456,886 municipality.[27]
- 1982 - National Library of the Netherlands building opens.[12]
- 1983 - 29 October: Demonstration against placement of cruise missiles in Woensdrecht Air Base.[19]
- 1985 - Trekvlietbrug (bridge) built.[28]
- 1987 - Koolhaas's deconstructivist-style Lucent Danstheater built for the Netherlands Dance Theatre troupe.[29]
- 1991 - International Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization headquartered in The Hague.[19]
- 1992 - 16 September: Pension de Vogel homeless hostel fire.
- 1994 - Kinderboekenmuseum founded.
- 1995 - The Hague City Hall new building constructed.[30]
- 1996 - Wim Deetman becomes mayor.
- 1998 - Calla's restaurant in business.
- 1999 - Museum voor Communicatie active.
21st century
- 2002 - Regio Randstad regional governance group[31] and Escher Museum established.
- 2003
- 2006 - The Hague Jazz fest begins.
- 2007
- Regional RandstadRail 3 begins operating.
- Kyocera Stadion (stadium) opens.
- Het Strijkijzer hi-rise built.
- 2008 - Jozias van Aartsen becomes mayor.
- 2011
- Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands established.
- De Kroon hi-rise built.
- 2013 - Population: 505,856 municipality.[27]
- 2014
- March: International 2014 Nuclear Security Summit held in city.
- Population: 510,909 municipality; 2,261,844 metro region.
Images
Mauritshaus, built 1644 (photo from 1903)
Haagse Dierentuin (zoo), established in 1863 (drawing from 1910)
Wilhelmsplein monument, erected 1869
Delegates of the First International Peace Conference at The Hague, 1899- Lucent Danstheater, built 1987 (photo from 2007)
See also
- The Hague history
- History of The Hague
- List of mayors of The Hague
- Other names of The Hague e.g. Haag, 'sGravenhage
- List of rijksmonuments in The Hague
- List of war memorials in The Hague
- Other cities in the Netherlands
- Timeline of Amsterdam
- Timeline of Breda
- Timeline of Delft
- Timeline of Eindhoven
- Timeline of Groningen
- Timeline of Haarlem
- Timeline of Leiden
- Timeline of Maastricht
- Timeline of Nijmegen
- Timeline of Rotterdam
- Timeline of 's-Hertogenbosch
- Timeline of Utrecht
References
- 1 2 Hourihane 2012.
- ↑ 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 90-04-16955-5.
- ↑ Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel. The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
- 1 2 Chambers 1901.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Britannica 1910.
- ↑ "Low Countries, 1600–1800 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ↑ Willem Frijhoff; Marijke Spies (2004). "Chronological Table". 1650: Hard-Won Unity. Dutch Culture in a European Perspective. 1. Koninklijke Van Gorcum. pp. 725–734. ISBN 978-90-232-3963-5.
- ↑ Claartje Rasterhoff (2014). "The spatial side of innovation: the local organization of cultural production in the Dutch Republic, 1580-1800". In Karel Davids; Bert De Munck. Innovation and Creativity in Late Medieval and Early Modern European Cities. Ashgate. pp. 161–188. ISBN 978-1-4724-3989-5.
- ↑ Patrick Robertson (2011). Robertson's Book of Firsts. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-60819-738-5.
- ↑ "Selectie van titels: 1618-1800". Project Databank Digitale Dagbladen (Databank of Digital Daily Newspapers) (in Dutch). Koninklijke Bibliotheek. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- 1 2 "Den Haag". Four Hundred Years of Dutch Jewry. Amsterdam: Joods Historisch Museum. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- 1 2 Paul Schneiders (1998). "Libraries in the Netherlands" (PDF). IFLA Journal. International Federation of Library Associations. 24.
- ↑ Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Netherlands". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
- ↑ Klaas van Berkel; et al., eds. (1999). History of Science in the Netherlands. Brill. ISBN 90-04-10006-7.
- ↑ Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of the Netherlands (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
- ↑ "Central Europe and Low Countries, 1800–1900 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ↑ Furnee 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 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.
- ↑ "Netherlands". International Banking Directory. New York: Bankers Publishing Company. 1922.
- ↑ M. S. Vassiliou (2009). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Petroleum Industry. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6288-3.
- ↑ "Netherlands". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via HathiTrust.
- ↑ "Movie Theaters in Den Haag, Netherlands". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ↑ Richard Green (2008). Chronology of International Organizations. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-35590-6.
- ↑ Hans van Maanen (1997). Het Nederlandse toneelbestel van 1945 tot 1995 [Netherlands Theatre from 1945 to 1995]. Amsterdam University Press. ISBN 978-90-5356-252-9.
- ↑ Walter Rüegg, ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. 4. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
- 1 2 "Population dynamics; birth, death and migration per region: Municipality 's-Gravenhage". StatLine. Statistics Netherlands. 2014.
- ↑ "Bruggen database: Zuid-Holland: Den Haag" [Database of Bridges] (in Dutch). Rijswijk: Nederlandse Bruggenstichting. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ↑ "Low Countries, 1900 A.D.–present: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ↑ Hans van Dijk (1999). Twentieth-century Architecture in the Netherlands. Rotterdam: 010 Publishers. ISBN 978-90-6450-347-4.
- ↑ Randstad Holland, Netherlands. OECD Territorial Reviews. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2007. ISBN 978-92-64-00793-2.
This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.
Bibliography
Published in the 18th-19th c.
- in English
- Thomas Nugent (1749), "Hague", The Grand Tour, 1: Netherlands, London: S. Birt
- "Hague". Gazetteer of the Netherlands. Attributed to Clement Cruttwell. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson. 1794.
- "Hague". Galignani's Traveller's Guide through Holland and Belgium (4th ed.). Paris: A. and W. Galignani. 1822.
- "The Hague", A Handbook for Travellers on the Continent (8th ed.), London: John Murray, 1851
- William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Hague". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg.
- George Henry Townsend (1877), "Hague", A Manual of Dates (5th ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co.
- W. Pembroke Fetridge (1885), "The Hague", Harper's Hand-Book for Travellers in Europe and the East, New York: Harper & Brothers
- in Dutch
- Haagsch jaarboekje (in Dutch), Mouton & Co. 1889-
Published in the 20th-21st c.
- in English
- "Hague". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. 5. London. 1901.
- Charles Bertram Black (1908), "The Hague", Holland: its Rail, Tram, and Waterways (3rd ed.), London: A. and C. Black (+ 1876 ed.)
- George Wharton Edwards (1909). "The Hague". Holland of To-day. New York: Moffat, Yard & Company.
- "The Hague", Belgium and Holland (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, OCLC 397759 (+ 1881 ed.)
- "The Hague", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Hague", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co. – via HathiTrust
- Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "The Hague". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.
- Jan Hein Furnée (2014). "'Our Living Museum of Nouveaut's': Visual and Social Pleasures in The Hague's Shopping Streets, 1650-1900". In Furnée and Lesger. The Landscape of Consumption: Shopping Streets and Cultures in Western Europe, 1600-1900. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 208+. ISBN 978-1-137-31406-2.
- in Dutch
- Henri Zondervan, ed. (1908), "'sGravenhage", Winkler Prins' Geillustreerde Encyclopaedie (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Uitgevers-Maatschappy „Elsevier“, pp. 362–367
External links
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