Timeline of Eindhoven

The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Eindhoven, Netherlands.

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## Prior to 20th century

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* 1232 - Town rights bestowed by Henry I, Duke of Brabant.[1]
* 1420 - Castle built.
* 1486 - 19 March: 1486 Eindhoven fire [nl].
* 1554 - Fire.
* 1583 - Siege of Eindhoven (1583).
* 1629 - Eindhoven becomes part of the Netherlands.
* 1771 - Jewish cemetery, Eindhoven [nl] established.
* 1791 - Population: 1,785.[2]
* 1815 - Population: 2,310.[2]
* 1846 - Eindhoven Canal dug.[3]
* 1866
* Eindhoven railway station opens.
* Synagogue built.[4]
* 1867 - Saint Catherine Church, Eindhoven [nl] rebuilt.
* 1869 - Town Hall built.
* 1880 - St. Peter's Church, Eindhoven [nl] built.
* 1891 - Philips in business.[1]
* 1897 - Eindhoven-Reusel tram line [nl] begins operating.[5]
* 1898 - St. Augustine's Church, Eindhoven [nl] built.
* 1900 - Population: 4,730.[6]

## 20th century

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* 1904 - Wilhelminaplein (Eindhoven) [nl] (square) laid out.[citation needed]
* 1909
* FC Eindhoven (football club) formed.
* Kantoorgebouw Coöperatieve Centrale Boerenleenbank [nl] built on Dommelstraat [nl].
* 1910 - Philips Stadion (stadium) opens.
* 1911 - Eindhovens Dagblad (newspaper) begins publication.[7]
* 1913 - PSV Eindhoven (football club) formed.
* 1920
* Gestel, Stratum, Strijp, Tongelre, and Woensel become part of the municipality of Eindhoven.
* Population: 47,946.[2]
* 1921 - Lichttoren (Eindhoven) [nl] built.
* 1929 - PSV Eindhoven wins its first Dutch football championship.
* 1931 - Witte Dame [nl] built.
* 1932
* Welschap Airfield begins operating.
* DAF Trucks in business.[1]
* 1935 - Population: 103,030.[2]
* 1936 - Van Abbemuseum opens.
* 1937 - Museum Kempenland [nl] opens.Liberation of Eindhoven, 20 September 1944
* 1939 - Witte Dorp [nl] neighborhood developed.[8]
* 1942 - December: Aerial bombing by Allied forces.[9]
* 1943 - September: Subcamp of the Herzogenbusch concentration camp established by the German occupiers.[10]
* 1944
* June: Subcamp of the Herzogenbusch concentration camp dissolved.[10]
* September: City besieged by Allied forces.[11]
* 1945 - Het Vrije Volk newspaper begins publication.[7]
* 1947 - Design Academy Eindhoven established.
* 1954 - FC Eindhoven wins its first Dutch football championship.
* 1955 - Population: 154,604.[2]
* 1956
* Eindhoven railway station rebuilt.[12]
* Eindhoven University of Technology established.[13]
* 1959
* Eindhoven Marathon begins.
* Herman Witte becomes mayor.
* 1964
* Parktheater Eindhoven [nl] opens.
* Philips Nederland [nl] built.
* 1966 - The futuristic Evoluon science museum was built.
* 1967 - City Hall rebuilt.[citation needed]
* 1969 - Student centre De Bunker (Eindhoven) [nl] built.
* 1970 - De Bijenkorf department store built.[12]
* 1971 - Effenaar youth centre established.
* 1976 - Administrative entity for the Eindhoven agglomeration created.[14]
* 1979 - Gilles Borrie becomes mayor.
* 1980 - Het Apollohuis cultural venue established.
* 1982 - Open-air Eindhoven Museum and Streekarchief regio Eindhoven [nl] (regional archive)[15] established.
* 1984 - Eindhoven Airport terminal built.
* 1985 - May: Catholic pope visits city.
* 1992
* Muziekgebouw Frits Philips (concert hall) opens.
* Rein Welschen becomes mayor.
* 1993 - Holland Casino branch in business.
* 1996 - 15 July: 1996 Belgian Air Force Hercules accident occurs at Eindhoven Airport.
* 1997
* Philips headquarters relocated to Amsterdam.[16]
* Jan Louwers Stadion (stadium) in use.
* 1999 - De Regent [nl] hi-rise built.
* 2000
* UEFA Euro 2000 football contest held.
* Population: 203,433.[2]

## 21st century

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* 2001 - City joins regional BrabantStad group.[1]
* 2002
* Leefbaar Eindhoven political party active.
* Dutch Design Week begins.[16]
* Avant-Garde van Groeninge restaurant in business.
* 2003
* Regionaal Historisch Centrum Eindhoven [nl] active.[15]
* Kennedytoren [nl] hi-rise built.
* 2004 - Inkijkmuseum opens.
* 2006
* Glow Festival Eindhoven begins.
* De Admirant [nl], Porthos, and Vesteda Toren hi-rises built.
* 2008
* De Parade (Eindhoven) [nl] built.
* Rob van Gijzel becomes mayor.
* Automotive Pole Position Eindhoven [nl] event held.
* 2009 - Strijp R [nl] redevelopment begins (approximate date).
* 2010
* Admirant shopping centre's "Blob" building constructed.[17]
* Piet Hein Eek studio in business.[16]
* 2012 - Stadionkwartier (Eindhoven) [nl] built.
* 2014 - 19 March: Dutch municipal elections, 2014 held.
* 2015 - Population: 223,220 city; 753,426 metro region.

## See also

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* Eindhoven history
* History of Eindhoven [nl]
* List of mayors of Eindhoven
* List of rijksmonuments in Eindhoven [nl]
* Timelines of other municipalities in the Netherlands: Amsterdam, Breda, Delft, Groningen, Haarlem, The Hague, 's-Hertogenbosch, Leiden, Maastricht, Nijmegen, Rotterdam, Utrecht

## References

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1. ^ a b c Joop W. Koopmans; Arend H. Huussen Jr. (2007). Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6444-3.
2. ^ a b c d e f "Historie: Groei van Eindhoven (inwoners)". Eindhoven (in Dutch). Gemeente Eindhoven. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
3. ^ Abraham Jacob van der Aa (1851). "Eindhoven". Aardrijkskundig woordenboek der Nederlanden [Geographical dictionary of the Netherlands] (in Dutch). Vol. 13\. Gorinchem: Jacobus Noorduyn. hdl:2027/uc1.$b519552 - via HathiTrust.
4. ^ "Eindhoven". Four Hundred Years of Dutch Jewry. Amsterdam: Joods Historisch Museum. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
5. ^ W. J. M. Leideritz (1978). De tramwegen van Noord-Brabant (in Dutch). Brill. ISBN 90-04-05706-4.
6. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Eindhoven" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 134.
7. ^ a b Jan van de Plasse (2005). Kroniek van de Nederlandse dagblad- en opiniepers (in Dutch). Otto Cramwinckel. ISBN 978-90-75727-77-7. (timeline)
8. ^ "Historie van het Witte Dorp". Stichting Witte Dorp de Burgh (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 October 2015.
9. ^ Richard Overy (2013). The Bombers and the Bombed: Allied Air War Over Europe 1940-1945. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-698-15138-3.
10. ^ a b 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.
11. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 562, OL 6112221M
12. ^ a b Hans van Dijk (1999). Twentieth-century Architecture in the Netherlands. Rotterdam: 010 Publishers. ISBN 978-90-6450-347-4.
13. ^ 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.
14. ^ Major Cities and Their Peripheries: Cooperation and Coordinated Management. Local and Regional Authorities in Europe. Council of Europe Press. 1993. ISBN 978-92-871-2394-7.
15. ^ a b Introductie RHCe: Wat is het RHCe? (in Dutch), Regionaal Historisch Centrum Eindhoven, archived from the original on 7 April 2004
16. ^ a b c "A Dutch Factory Town, Now a Design Center", New York Times, 29 July 2011
17. ^ "10 of the world's 'blobbiest' buildings", CNN, USA, October 2013

This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.

## Bibliography

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in Dutch

* F. N. Smits, Beknopte geschiedenis van Eindhoven (in Dutch) 1887-1888
* L. G. A. Houben (1890), Geschiedenis van Eindhoven (in Dutch)
* Henri Zondervan [in Dutch], ed. (1917), "Eindhoven", Winkler Prins' Geillustreerde Encyclopaedie (in Dutch), vol. 6 (4th ed.), Amsterdam: Uitgevers-Maatschappy „Elsevier“, hdl:2027/mdp.39015068310138
* G. van Herwijnen, ed. (1978). "Noord-Brabant: Eindhoven". Bibliografie van de stedengeschiedenis van Nederland [Bibliography of Urban History in the Netherlands] (in Dutch). Brill. p. 284\. ISBN 90-04-05700-5.

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