The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Leiden, Netherlands.
Prior to 20th century
11th C. - Burcht van Leiden (an old shell keep). 1323 - School active (approximate date). 1377 - Hooglandse Kerk (church) construction begins. 1390 Public clock installed (approximate date). Pieterskerk (church) construction begins. 1420 - Leiden#Siege of 1420 Siege of 1420. 1483 - Printing press in operation. 1520 - Roman ruin Brittenburg discovered near Leiden. 1566 - August: Iconoclasm by Protestants. 1572 - Protestant sermonizing begins at the Vrouwekerk. 1573 - Siege of Leiden by Spanish forces begins. 1574 - 3 October: Siege of Leiden ends. 1575 Leiden University founded. Leiden University Library founded. 1577 - Flemish textile manufacturers move to Leiden. 1578 - Gemeenlandshuis van Rijnland (water management building) purchased. 1580s - "Immigration of Flemings, Walloons, and Brabanters" to Leiden. 1580 - Printer Elsevier in business. 1581 - in use. 1587 - Hortus Botanicus Leiden (garden) founded. 1594 Leiden anatomical theatre established. Turkish tulips planted in the Hortus Botanicus. 1598 - built. 1600 - built. 1606 - 15 July: Birth of Rembrandt van Rijn. 1612 - Stads Timmerhuis built. 1622 - Population: 44,745. 1630s - Fijnschilders (artists) active. 1633 - Leiden Observatory established. 1639 - Marekerk (a Protestant church) founded. 1640 - Population: 100,000. (estimate) 1641 - Laecken-Halle (cloth hall) built. 1648 - Leiden Guild of Saint Luke established. 1655 - Bibliotheca Thysiana (library) established. 1658 - Weigh House built. 1683 - bookseller in business. 1723 - established. 1745 - Electricity-storing "Leyden jar" invented. 1766 - Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde and Kunst Wordt door Arbeid Verkreegen literary societies formed. 1800 - Population: 30,000. (estimate) 1807 - 12 January: Leiden Gunpowder Disaster. 1818 - National Museum of Antiquities established. 1820 - National Museum of Natural History founded. 1837 - National Museum of Ethnology founded. 1838 - Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden (school) active. 1842 - Leiden Centraal railway station opened. 1848 - E. J. Brill publisher in business. 1851 - Sijthoff publisher in business. 1860 - Leiden Observatory re-built in the Hortus Botanicus Leiden. 1864 - Training college for Dutch East Indies civil servants established (later the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies). 1873 - Remonstrant seminary active. 1874 - Municipal Museum of Antiquities established. 1893 - (city archive) building constructed.
20th century
1904 begins publication. Population: 56,044. 1919 - Population: 61,408. 1923 - (bridge) built. 1925 - St. Joseph, Leiden (Roman Catholic parish church) built. 1928 - University Hospital built. 1931 Leidse Hout (public urban park) opened. Museum Boerhaave established. 1940 - Town Hall rebuilt. 1946 - becomes mayor. 1978 - 1978 Tour de France cycling race starts from Leiden. 1980 becomes mayor. Population: 103,046 municipality. 1984 - Leiden Bio Science Park development begins.
21st century
2003 - becomes mayor. 2006 - Leiden University Medical Center built. 2012 - built. 2013 Welch Allyn branch office in business. Population: 119,800 municipality. 2017 - Asian Library opened by Queen Máxima of the Netherlands.
See also Leiden history
Timelines of other municipalities in the Netherlands: Amsterdam, Breda, Delft, Eindhoven, Groningen, Haarlem, The Hague, 's-Hertogenbosch, Maastricht, Nijmegen, Rotterdam, Utrecht
References
This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English Published in the 18th-19th c.
(+ 1851 ed.)
Published in the 20th-21st c.
(+ 1881 ed.)
in Dutch 1910–1918 (province and city)
External links
Europeana. Items related to Leiden, various dates. Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Leiden, various dates