Timeline of 's-Hertogenbosch

The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch, 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 19th century

• 1185 - City rights granted.^[1]
• 1225 - Wall of 's-Hertogenbosch [nl] built, with its Brussels Gate [nl] and Leuven Gate.
• 1268 - Tafel van de Heilige Geest (charity) active (approximate date).^[2]
• 1399 - Vughter Poort [nl] (gate) built.
• 1400 - Public clock installed (approximate date).^[3]
• 1463 - Catastrophic fire, likely witnessed by young Hieronymus Bosch.
• 1495 - Artist Hieronymus Bosch active (approximate date).^[4]
• 1530 - St. John's Cathedral ('s-Hertogenbosch) built.
• 1533 - Stadhuis van 's-Hertogenbosch [nl] (city hall) remodelled.
• 1559 - Roman Catholic Diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch established.^[5]
• 1601 - November: Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch (1601).
• 1620 - Kruithuis ('s-Hertogenbosch) [nl] built.
• 1629 - April–September: Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch.^[1]
• 1638 - St. John's Cathedral organ [nl] installed.
• 1645 - Citadel of 's-Hertogenbosch built.
• 1749 - Parade grounds, 's-Hertogenbosch [nl] laid out.

19th century

• 1815 - City becomes capital of North Brabant province.^[1]
• 1817 - Design of 's-Hertogenbosch coat of arms [nl] adopted.^{[citation needed]}
• 1818 - De Gruyter (chain store) [nl] in business.
• 1824 - Bossche Synagogue [nl] in use.^[6]
• 1826 - Geefhuis (charity) rebuilt on Hinthamerstraat [nl].^[2]
• 1829 - Catholic Nord Brabanter newspaper begins publication.^[7]
• 1836 - Provinciaal Genootschap Kunsten & Wetenschappen (society of arts & sciences) founded.^[8]
• 1853 - Theatre built on the Papenhulst [nl].
• 1866 - Population: 24,201.^[9]
• 1868 - 's-Hertogenbosch railway station opens.
• 1874 - 's-Hertogenbosch fortifications [nl] dismantled.^[10]
• 1880 - Brabant Historical Information Center [nl] headquartered in city.^[11]
• 1881 - Kruisstraat railway station and Sprokkelbosch railway station open.
• 1883
  • 's-Hertogenbosch-Helmond tram line [nl] begins operating.^[12]
  • Rijksarchief Noord-Brabant building constructed on Waterstraat.^[2]
• 1884 - Petrus Josephus Johannus Sophia Marie van der Does de Willebois becomes mayor.
• 1885 - 700th anniversary of city founding.^[10]
• 1886 - Telephone begins operating.^[10]
• 1887 - City gasworks built on the Vughterweg [nl].^[10]
• 1895 - Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and regent queen Emma visit city.^[10]
• 1896 - 's-Hertogenbosch-Heusden tram line [nl] begins operating.^[12]

20th century

• 1903 - Dragon Fountain, 's-Hertogenbosch [nl] installed.^[10]
• 1905 - Nieuwe Sint-Jacobskerk [nl] (church) built.
• 1917 - Sint-Catharinakerk ('s-Hertogenbosch) [nl] (church) built.
• 1919 - Population: 38,067.^[13]
• 1925 - Centraal Noordbrabants Museum [nl] opens on Bethaniëstraat [nl].^[8]
• 1926 - Sportpark De Hooge Donken [nl] opens.
• 1929 - Bosch monument [nl] erected in the Markt ('s-Hertogenbosch) [nl].
• 1934 - Casino Theatre, 's-Hertogenbosch [nl] built.
• 1938 - Synagogue built on Prins Bernhardstraat.^[6]
• 1943
  • January: Herzogenbusch concentration camp begins operating near city.
  • December: Subcamp of the Herzogenbusch concentration camp established.^[14]
• 1944
  • September: Subcamp of the Herzogenbusch concentration camp dissolved.^[14]
  • 27 October: Allied forces take city.^[15]
• 1954 - International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch begins.
• 1957 - Sligro [nl] supermarket in business (approximate date).
• 1959 - Brabants Dagblad (newspaper) in publication.
• 1971
  • Empel en Meerwijk and Engelen become part of 's-Hertogenbosch.^[10]
  • Provinciehuis (Noord-Brabant) [nl] built.^[16]
• 1973 - Saint Leonard's Church, 's-Hertogenbosch [nl] demolished in the Koningin Emmaplein ('s-Hertogenbosch) [nl].
• 1981 - Rosmalen railway station opens.
• 1985 - May: Catholic pope visits city.
• 1987 - 's-Hertogenbosch Oost railway station opens.
• 1996
  • June: 1996 Tour de France cycling race starts from 's-Hertogenbosch.
  • Boschtion [nl] radio begins broadcasting.^{[citation needed]}
  • Ton Rombouts [nl] becomes mayor.
• 2000 - Population: 129,034 municipality.^[17]

21st century

• 2005 - Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum [nl] established.
• 2013 - Population: 142,817 municipality.^[17]

See also

• 's-Hertogenbosch history
• History of 's-Hertogenbosch [nl]
• List of mayors of 's-Hertogenbosch [nl]
• List of governors of 's-Hertogenbosch [nl], 1567-1794
• List of rijksmonuments in 's-Hertogenbosch [nl]
• Other names of 's-Hertogenbosch e.g. Bois-le-Duc, Den Bosch
• Timelines of other municipalities in the Netherlands: Amsterdam, Breda, Delft, Eindhoven, Groningen, Haarlem, The Hague, Leiden, Maastricht, Nijmegen, Rotterdam, Utrecht

References

1. Joop W. Koopmans; Arend H. Huussen Jr. (2007). Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6444-3.
2. Ton Wetzer (ed.). "Bossche Encyclopedie" (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 October 2015.
3. 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.
4. "Low Countries, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
5. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: The Netherlands". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
6. "'s-Hertogenbosch". Four Hundred Years of Dutch Jewry. Amsterdam: Joods Historisch Museum. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
7. Jan van de Plasse (2005). Kroniek van de Nederlandse dagblad- en opiniepers (in Dutch). Otto Cramwinckel. ISBN 978-90-75727-77-7. (timeline)
8. Provinciaal Genootschap Kunsten & Wetenschappen, 1836 - 2006 (in Dutch), Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum, retrieved 30 October 2015
9. "Netherlands". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1869. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590337.
10. "Geschiedenis en wapen 's-Hertogenbosch: Historie gedetailleerd (timeline)" (in Dutch). 's-Hertogenbosch: Stadsarchief. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
11. Rijksarchief in Noord-Brabant, 1860 - 2007 (in Dutch), Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum [nl], retrieved 30 October 2015
12. W. J. M. Leideritz (1978). De tramwegen van Noord-Brabant (in Dutch). Brill. ISBN 90-04-05706-4.
13. "Netherlands". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440 – via HathiTrust.
14. Megargee, Geoffrey P. (2009). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume I. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 820. ISBN 978-0-253-35328-3.
15. "Dutch children offer WW2 liberation thanks to Wales", BBC News, 4 June 2014
16. Hans van Dijk (1999). Twentieth-century Architecture in the Netherlands. Rotterdam: 010 Publishers. ISBN 978-90-6450-347-4.
17. "Population dynamics; birth, death and migration per region: Municipality 's-Hertogenbosch". StatLine. Statistics Netherlands. 2014.

This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Abraham Rees (1819), "Bois-le-duc", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t4zg6ww3j
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in Dutch

• Jacob van Oudenhoven (1670). Silva-ducis aucta & renata of een nieuwe ende gantsch vermeerderde beschrijvinge van de stadt van s'Hertogen-Bossche (in Dutch). Scheffers, Jan & Oudenhoven, Jacomina van (widow of Isaac van Dockum) – via Internet Archive.
• Johan Hendrik van Heurn (1776). Historie der Stad en Meyjerye van 's Hertogenbosch (in Dutch). Utrecth: J. Van Schoonhoven en Comp. – via Google Books. 1776-1778
• Abraham Jacob van der Aa (1845). "Hertogenbosch". Aardrijkskundig woordenboek der Nederlanden [Geographical dictionary of the Netherlands] (in Dutch). Vol. 5. Gorinchem: Jacobus Noorduyn. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105228076 – via HathiTrust.
• R.A. Van Zuijlen Jr. (ed.). Inventaris der archieven van de stad 's Hertogenbosch (in Dutch). 's Hertogenbosch: W.C. Van Heusden. 1863-1866
• G. van Herwijnen, ed. (1978). "Noord-Brabant: 's-Hertogenbosch". Bibliografie van de stedengeschiedenis van Nederland [Bibliography of Urban History in the Netherlands] (in Dutch). Brill. pp. 288–296. ISBN 90-04-05700-5.

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