Timeline of Breda

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

Prior to 20th century edit

1252 - Breda granted city status.^[1]
1267 - Begijnhof (Breda) [nl] founded.
1321 - Tuesday market begins.^[1]
1330 - Building of the city wall started.
1350 - Breda Castle built.^[2]
1351 - Polanen Castle besieged.^[2]
1394 - Polanen Castle demolished.
1410 - Grote Kerk (Breda) begun.^[2]
1534 - Fortification of the city began.^[2]
1536 - "Poor relief" established.^[3]
1547 - Grote Kerk finished.^[2]
1566 - Iconoclasm by Protestants.^[1]
1575 - Spanish-Dutch Breda peace conference [nl] held in city.^[2]
1581 - Capture of Breda by Spanish troops.^[2]
1590 - 4 March: Capture of Breda (1590) by Maurice, Prince of Orange ^[2] and Dutch-English forces.^[4]
1624 - 28 August: Siege of Breda begins.
1625 - 5 June: Siege of Breda ends; Spanish in power.^[4]^[2]
1637
- 21 July: Siege of Breda by Dutch forces begins.
- 10 October: Siege of Breda ends; Breda taken by Dutch forces of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange.^[5]^[2]
- Grote Kerk (church) becomes Protestant.
1648 - Breda becomes part of Holland per Treaty of Westphalia.^[2]
1650 - 1 May: English-Scottish treaty signed in Breda.
1660 - April: Charles II of England proclaims the Declaration of Breda while passing through town.^[6]^[2]
1667 - 31 July: Anglo-Dutch treaty signed in Breda.^[5]
1696 - Breda Castle built by William, prince of Orange.^[2]
1746/48 - British-French bilateral negotiations at the Congress of Breda.^[2]
1768 - Breda Town Hall [nl] remodeled.^[1]
1793 - Siege of Breda; French in power.^[6]
1813 - Siege of Breda; French military ousted.^[6]
1817 - Breda coat of arms [nl] adopted.
1828 - Royal Military Academy established.^[2]
1837 - St. Anthony of Padua Cathedral built.
1845 - Synagogue built on Schoolstraat.^[7]
1853 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Breda established.^[8]
1855 - Breda railway station opens.
1863 - Breda–Eindhoven railway begins operating.^[9]
1870 - City directory begins publication.^[10]
1883 - Ginnekensche Tramweg Maatschappij [nl] tram begins operating.^[11]
1886 - Breda courthouse [nl] and Koepelgevangenis (prison) built.
1890 - Breda-Oudenbosch tram line [nl] begins operating.
1893 - Breda Haagpoort-Breda SS tram line [nl] in operation.
1894 - Population: 24,397.^[12]
1900 - Population: 26,296.^[2]

20th century edit

1901 - Tram Breda-Mastbosch begins operating.^[11]
1907 - Eppo Paul van Lanschot [nl] becomes mayor.
1912 - NAC Breda football club founded.
1919
- Population: 30,044.^[13]
- Willem van Sonsbeeck [nl] becomes mayor.
1920 - Gemeentetram Breda (tram) begins operating.^[11]
1921 - NAC Breda wins its first Dutch football championship.
1940 - German occupation during World War II begins.
1942 - Ginneken and Princenhage become part of Breda.^[1]

Polish soldiers welcomed by the residents of Breda following the liberation, 1944

1944
- City liberated by the 1st Polish Armoured Division of General Stanisław Maczek.
- De Stem newspaper begins publication.^[14]
1952 - Breda flag [nl] design adopted.^[1]
1953 - Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Breda [nl] built.^[15]
1955 - Mirabelle (Breda restaurant) in business.
1963 - Polish cemetery in Breda [nl] established in Princenhage.^{[citation needed]}
1966 - Breda University of Applied Sciences established
1975 - Breda railway station rebuilt.
1981 - Generaal Maczek Museum [nl] established.^[16]
1990 - Ed Nijpels becomes mayor.
1991 - Sister city partnership signed between Breda and Wrocław, Poland.
1995 - Chassé Theater [nl] built.^[15]
1996
- Rat Verlegh Stadion opened.
- Chris Rutten [nl] becomes mayor.
1998 - BN DeStem newspaper in publication.
2000 - Population: 160,650.^[17]

21st century edit

Grote Markt and Grote Kerk in 2014

2001
- City joins regional BrabantStad group.^[18]
- Moooi in business.
2004 - Peter van der Velden [nl] becomes mayor.
2007 - Redhead Day begins.
2014 - Population: 179,665.^[17]
2015 - Paul Depla [nl] becomes mayor.

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Historie". Breda.nl (in Dutch). Gemeente Breda. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Britannica 1910.
^ Ole Peter Grell; Andrew Cunningham, eds. (1997). Health Care and Poor Relief in Protestant Europe 1500-1700. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-80860-1.
^ ^a ^b "Timeline Dutch History". Rijksmuseum. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b Joop W. Koopmans; Arend H. Huussen Jr. (2007). Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6444-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c Haydn 1910.
^ "Breda". Four Hundred Years of Dutch Jewry. Amsterdam: Joods Historisch Museum. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: The Netherlands". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
^ W. J. M. Leideritz (1978). De tramwegen van Noord-Brabant (in Dutch). Brill. ISBN 90-04-05706-4.
^ "Collecties". Stadsarchief Breda (in Dutch). Gemeente Breda. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c J.W. Sluiter (1967). Beknopt overzicht van de nederlandse sppor en tramwegbedrijven [Brief overview of Dutch railway and tramway companies] (in Dutch). Brill.
^ "Netherlands". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1896. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590543.
^ "Netherlands". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440 – via HathiTrust.
^ Jan van de Plasse (2005). Kroniek van de Nederlandse dagblad- en opiniepers (in Dutch). Otto Cramwinckel. ISBN 978-90-75727-77-7. (timeline)
^ ^a ^b Hans van Dijk (1999). Twentieth-century Architecture in the Netherlands. Rotterdam: 010 Publishers. ISBN 978-90-6450-347-4.
^ http://www.maczekmuseum.nl/en/geschiedenis/
^ ^a ^b "Feiten en Cijfers". Breda.nl (in Dutch). Gemeente Breda. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
^ http://www.brabantstad.nl/over-ons/historie

This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.

Bibliography edit

in English

Thomas Nugent (1749), "Breda", The Grand Tour, vol. 1: Netherlands, London: S. Birt, hdl:2027/mdp.39015030762598
Abraham Rees (1819), "Breda", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t4vh5t74q
"Breda". 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). "Breda". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949.
"Breda", Handbook for Travellers in Holland and Belgium (20th ed.), London: John Murray, 1881, hdl:2027/hvd.hn2ha2
"Breda". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t81j9pj6k.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
"Breda", Holland: its Rail, Tram, and Waterways (3rd ed.), London: A. and C. Black, 1908
"Breda", Belgium and Holland (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, hdl:2027/uc1.b3129294
"Breda" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 486.
Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Breda", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t

in Dutch

Thomas Ernst van Goor (1744), Beschryving der stadt en lande van Breda (in Dutch), Hague: Jacobus van den Kieboom, OCLC 19063210, OL 6970701M
Abraham Jacob van der Aa (1840). "Breda". Aardrijkskundig woordenboek der Nederlanden [Geographical dictionary of the Netherlands] (in Dutch). Vol. 2. Gorinchem: Jacobus Noorduyn. hdl:2027/mdp.39015039363968 – via HathiTrust.
Henri Zondervan, ed. (1915), "Breda", Winkler Prins' Geillustreerde Encyclopaedie (in Dutch), vol. 4 (4th ed.), Amsterdam: Uitgevers-Maatschappy „Elsevier“, hdl:2027/mdp.39015068310153
G. van Herwijnen, ed. (1978). "Noord-Brabant: Breda". Bibliografie van de stedengeschiedenis van Nederland [Bibliography of Urban History in the Netherlands] (in Dutch). Brill. pp. 279+. ISBN 90-04-05700-5.

External links edit

[Historie-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Historie". Breda.nl (in Dutch). Gemeente Breda. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Britannica 1910.

[Grell2002-3] Ole Peter Grell; Andrew Cunningham, eds. (1997). Health Care and Poor Relief in Protestant Europe 1500-1700. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-80860-1.

[rijksmuseum-4] "Timeline Dutch History". Rijksmuseum. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

[koopmans2007-5] Joop W. Koopmans; Arend H. Huussen Jr. (2007). Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6444-3.

[FOOTNOTEHaydn1910-6] Haydn 1910.

[jewry-7] "Breda". Four Hundred Years of Dutch Jewry. Amsterdam: Joods Historisch Museum. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

[katolsk-8] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: The Netherlands". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

[Leideritz1978-9] W. J. M. Leideritz (1978). De tramwegen van Noord-Brabant (in Dutch). Brill. ISBN 90-04-05706-4.

[10] "Collecties". Stadsarchief Breda (in Dutch). Gemeente Breda. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

[sluiter1967-11] J.W. Sluiter (1967). Beknopt overzicht van de nederlandse sppor en tramwegbedrijven [Brief overview of Dutch railway and tramway companies] (in Dutch). Brill.

[12] "Netherlands". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1896. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590543.

[13] "Netherlands". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440 – via HathiTrust.

[Plasse2005-14] Jan van de Plasse (2005). Kroniek van de Nederlandse dagblad- en opiniepers (in Dutch). Otto Cramwinckel. ISBN 978-90-75727-77-7. (timeline)

[Dijk1999-15] Hans van Dijk (1999). Twentieth-century Architecture in the Netherlands. Rotterdam: 010 Publishers. ISBN 978-90-6450-347-4.

[16] ttp://www.maczekmuseum.nl/en/geschiedenis/

[Feiten-17] "Feiten en Cijfers". Breda.nl (in Dutch). Gemeente Breda. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

[18] ttp://www.brabantstad.nl/over-ons/historie

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Contents

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20th century edit

21st century edit

See also edit

References edit

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