The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Leuven, Belgium.
Pre-20th century
edit- 883 – Battle of Leuven (883).
- 891 – Battle of Leuven (891).
- 950 - Birth of Lambert I, Count of Louvain the first Count of Leuven.
- 1090 – Hospital established (approximate date).[1]
- 1100 – St. Peter's Church built (approximate date).[2]
- 1165 – Saint Michael's Church, Leuven built.[2]
- 1183 – Leuven becomes part of the Duchy of Brabant of the Holy Roman Empire.[3]
- 1222 – Saint Quentin's Church built (approx. date).[2]
- 1225 – Arnold Nobel becomes mayor.
- 1230 – Saint Jacob's Church, Leuven built.[2]
- 1317 – Lakenhal (Leuven) (cloth hall) built.[3]
- 1356 - Louvain was the scene of the Joyeuse Entrée of Wenceslas.[3]
- 1379 – Defenestration of Leuven (political unrest).[3]
- 1425 – Old University of Leuven founded by John IV, Duke of Brabant.[4][3]
- 1463 – Leuven Town Hall built.[5][3]
- 1474 – Printing press in operation.[6]
- 1497 – St. Peter's Church rebuilt.[3]
- 1502 – Erasmus moves to Leuven.
- 1547 - Leuven Vulgate edited by Hentenius published in Louvain.
- 1571 – City Archive relocated to City Hall.[7]
- 1635 – June–July: Siege of Leuven.
Siege of Leuven in 1635 - 1717 – Artois brewery in business.[8]
- 1727 – Public celebration on 10 November of the third centenary of the university's founding.[9]
- 1738 – Hortus Botanicus Lovaniensis (botanical garden) established.[10]
- 1786 – Seminary established.[11]
- 1795 – City becomes part of the Dyle (department) of the French First Republic.
- 1804 – City becomes part of the First French Empire.
- 1815 – City becomes part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- 1830 – City becomes part of the Kingdom of Belgium.
- 1831 – 12 August: Battle of Leuven (1831).[11]
- 1834 – Catholic University of Leuven established.[12]
- 1837 - Leuven railway station opened.
- 1843 – Heilige Drievuldigheidscollege (school) established.
- 1867 – Leuven City Theatre built on Statiestraat.
- 1883 – Population: 36,813.[13]
- 1899 – Keizersberg Abbey founded.
20th century
edit- 1903 – K. Stade Leuven football club formed.
- 1904 - Population: 42,194.[14]
- 1914
- Burning of Louvain[15] Library of the Catholic University of Leuven destroyed.[5]
- Population: 42,490.[14]
- 1919 – Population: 40,069.[16]
- 1921
- Post war reconstruction well underway, about 700 out of 1,200 houses had been rebuilt.[14]
- New purpose-built library was begun, helped by John Rylands Library in Manchester.[14]
- 1928
- UZ Leuven (hospital) active.[citation needed]
- Library of the Catholic University of Leuven rebuilt.[5]
- 1940 – Library of the Catholic University of Leuven destroyed again.[5]
- 1947 – Alfons Smets becomes mayor.
- 1967 – November: French–Flemish Affaire de Louvain begins.[17]
- 1968
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven established.[4]
- Lemmensinstituut (music conservatory) active.
- Studio 1 cinema in business.[18]
- 1977
- Heverlee, Kessel-Lo, and Wilsele become part of city.[19]
- Alfred Vansina becomes mayor.
- 1982 – Marktrock music fest begins.
- 1988 – Vlaams Filmmuseum en -archief (Flemish film museum) established.[20]
- 1995
- Louis Tobback becomes mayor.
- City becomes part of the Flemish Brabant province.
- Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven (school) established.
- 1998 – Grand Béguinage designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
21st century
edit- 2002
- Oud-Heverlee Leuven football club formed.
- 2008 – Anheuser-Busch InBev headquartered in city.
- 2011 – Cyclocross Leuven begins.
- 2013 – Population: 97,656.
- 2021 - 2021 UCI Road World Championships road race events finish in Leuven.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ James Brodman (2009). Charity and Religion in Medieval Europe. Catholic University of America Press. ISBN 978-0-8132-1580-8.
- ^ a b c d Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Leuven". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.
- ^ a b c d e f g Britannica 1910.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c d Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1087, OL 6112221M
- ^ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Belgium: Louvain". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450632 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ "Archief: Historiek" (in Dutch). Stad Leuven. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ Collectif; Auzias, Dominique; Labourdette, Jean-Paul (2014). "Louvain". Belgique. Petit Futé (in French). ISBN 9782746971233.
- ^ Edward van Even (1871). "Drie honderdjarig jubelfeest van de stichting der hoogeschool van Leuven, gevierd in 1727". Mengelingen van de geschiedenis van Braband. C.-J. Fonteyn, Sr. pp. 483–484.
- ^ "Garden Search: Belgium". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ a b Léon van der Essen (1920). A Short History of Belgium. University of Chicago Press.
- ^ Herbermann, Charles George (1913). "University of Louvain". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Belgium". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590469.
- ^ a b c d Britannica 1922.
- ^ Stephen Pope; Elizabeth-Anne Wheal (1995). "Select Chronology". Dictionary of the First World War. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-85052-979-1.
- ^ "Belgium". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
- ^ "In Belgium, Leuven-Louvain Split Speaks Loud", New York Times, 11 November 1997
- ^ "Movie Theaters in Leuven, Belgium". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ "Archief: Archievenoverzicht" (in Dutch). Stad Leuven. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ Film and Television Collections in Europe: the MAP-TV Guide. Routledge. 1995. ISBN 978-1-135-37262-0.
This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia and French Wikipedia.
Bibliography
edit- Published in the 18th-19th c.
- Thomas Nugent (1749), "Lovain", The Grand Tour, vol. 1: Netherlands, London: S. Birt, hdl:2027/mdp.39015030762598
- "Louvain". Gazetteer of the Netherlands. Attributed to Clement Cruttwell. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson. 1794.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - Abraham Rees (1819), "Louvain, a city of France", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t5n87hg3d
- "Louvain". Galignani's Traveller's Guide through Holland and Belgium (4th ed.). Paris: A. and W. Galignani. 1822. hdl:2027/njp.32101073846667.
- William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Louvain". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949 – via HathiTrust.
- "Louvain", Handbook for Travellers in Holland and Belgium (20th ed.), London: John Murray, 1881, hdl:2027/hvd.hn2ha2
- W. Pembroke Fetridge (1885), "Louvain", Harper's Hand-Book for Travellers in Europe and the east, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Published in the 20th c.
- "Louvain". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. Vol. 6. London. 1901. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t7zk5ms79.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Louvain", Belgium and Holland (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, OCLC 397759 (+ 1881 ed.)
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 67.
- "Louvain". Belgium. Grieben's Guide Books. Vol. 141. London: Williams & Norgate. 1910. hdl:2027/uiuc.3096224_001.
- "Louvain", Traveller's Handbook for Belgium and the Ardennes, London: T. Cook & Son, 1921
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 31 (12th ed.). 1922.
- Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Louvain". Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.
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