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Timeline of Ghent

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• 941 - Origins of the crypt of what became St Bavo's Cathedral.^[1]
• 1274/1300 - Origins of the choir of what became St Bavo's Cathedral.^[1]
• 1336 - Tapestry-weavers' guild established.^[2]
• 1380
  • Belfry of Ghent built.
  • Public clock installed (approximate date).^[3]
• 1432 - Artist Van Eyck paints altarpiece for St. John's Church.^[4]
• 1448 - "De Fonteine" chamber of rhetoric constituted.^[5][6]
• 1480 - Saint Michael's Church built.^[1]
• 1483 - Printing press in operation.^[7]
• 1531 - St Bavo's Cathedral built.^[8]
• 1559 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Ghent established.^[9]
• 1576 - Pacification of Ghent signed - an alliance of the provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands.^[8][1]
• 1584 - Spaniards in power.^[8]
• 1667 - The oldest Belgian newspaper, the Gazet van Gent was founded.^[1]
• 1714 - Formed part of the Austrian Netherlands.^[1]
• 1771 - Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Ghent) active.
• 1794 - Became the capital of the French department of the Scheldt.^[1]

• 1814 - Treaty of Ghent signed between the US and the UK.^[8]
• 1817 - Ghent University established by William I of the Netherlands.^[1]
• 1827 - Ghent–Terneuzen Canal built.
• 1833 - Archaeological Museum (Ghent) [nl] founded.
• 1835 - Royal Conservatory of Ghent founded.
• 1841 - Bank of Flanders established.^[10]
• 1845 - Population: 105,711.^[11]
• 1861 - Gent-Dampoort railway station opens.
• 1863 - Statue of Jacob van Artevelde erected in Friday Market Square [nl].
• 1866/1867 - A serious outbreak of cholera.^[1]
• 1874 - Horse-drawn tram begins operating.
• 1875 - Station Gent-Oost [nl] opens.
• 1879 - De Gentenaar [nl] newspaper begins publication.^[12]
• 1880
  • Coöperatieve Maatschappij Vooruit [nl] (cooperative) founded.
  • Population: 131,431.^[1]
• 1881 - Bank of Ghent established.^[10]
• 1883 - Royal Sport Nautique de Gand rowing club formed.
• 1891 - Het Volk newspaper begins publication.^[12]
• 1895 - Emile Braun becomes mayor.
• 1897 - Cluysen - Ter Donck Regatta begins.
• 1900
  • Ghent system of unemployment benefits introduced.^[8]
  • K.A.A. Gent football club formed.

• 1902 - Ghent University Botanic Garden [nl] established.^[13]
• 1904
  • Electric tram begins operating.
  • Population: 162,482.^[1]
• 1912 - Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station and Patria Cinema^[14] open.
• 1913 - Exposition universelle et internationale (1913) held in city.
• 1914 - Vooruit built.
• 1919 - Population: 165,655.^[15]
• 1920 - Jules Ottenstadion (stadium) built.
• 1930 - Population: 170,358.
• 1942 - Ghent University Library Book Tower built.
• 1947 - Emile Claeys [nl] becomes mayor.
• 1959 - Ghent University Hospital opens.
• 1965 - Section of Mendonk becomes part of Ghent.^{[citation needed]}
• 1970
  • Studio Skoop (cinema) opens.^[14]
  • Population: 148,860.
• 1973 - Gentbrugge railway station built.
• 1975 - Station Gent-Zeehaven [nl] opens.
• 1976 - Mariakerke becomes part of Ghent.^{[citation needed]}
• 1977 - Gentbrugge becomes part of city.
• 1980
  • Amsab-Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis [nl] founded.^[16]
  • Population: 241,695.
• 1981 - Decascoop (cinema) built.^[14]
• 1987 - Flanders Expo arena built.
• 1995 - Hogeschool Gent (college) established.

• 2006 - Project Gent-Sint-Pieters [nl] begins.
• 2007 - Daniël Termont becomes mayor.
• 2010 - Ghent City Museum opens.
• 2012 - Arteveldetoren [nl] hi-rise built.
• 2013
  • Ghelamco Arena opens.
  • Population: 248,242.
• 2014 - Virginie Lovelinggebouw [nl] built.
• 2020 - Ghent University Museum opens.

• Ghent history
• History of Ghent [nl]
• List of mayors of Ghent
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This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.

• Thomas Nugent (1749), "Ghent", The Grand Tour, vol. 1: Netherlands, London: S. Birt, hdl:2027/mdp.39015030762598
• "Ghent". Gazetteer of the Netherlands. London: G.G. and J. Robinson. 1794.
• Abraham Rees (1819), "Ghent, a city of France", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9571pn88
• "Ghent", Handbook for Travellers in Holland and Belgium (20th ed.), London: John Murray, 1881, hdl:2027/hvd.hn2ha2 – via HathiTrust
• The visitors universal handybook and guide to Antwerp, Brussels, Waterloo, Ghent, Bruges, Liège, etc. etc (5th ed.). Antwerp: John De Wit & Joris. 1884.
• W. Pembroke Fetridge (1885), "Ghent", Harper's Hand-Book for Travellers in Europe and the East, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "Ghent". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. Vol. 5. London. 1901. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t1fj2r624.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• "Ghent", Belgium and Holland (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, OCLC 397759 (+ 1881 ed.)
• "Ghent" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 919–920.
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Ghent", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949
• Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Ghent". Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 299+. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.

in other languages

• Nieuwen Almanach ... der Stad Gend (in Dutch), Gend: Philippe Gimblet 1770-
• Victor Van der Haeghen (1896), Inventaire des archives de la ville de Gand [Inventory of the Ghent City Archives] (in French), Gand: C. Annoot-Braeckman, OCLC 64460660
• Henri Zondervan, ed. (1917), "Gent", Winkler Prins' Geillustreerde Encyclopaedie (in Dutch) (4th ed.), Amsterdam: Uitgevers-Maatschappy "Elsevier", hdl:2027/mdp.39015068347981

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