# Timeline of Nijmegen

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

## Prior to 20th century

* 800 - Fort built (approximate date).
* 1030 - Sint-Nicolaaskapel [nl] (church) built (approx. date).
* 1272 - Saint Stephen's Church, Nijmegen built (approx. date).
* 1390 - Public clock installed (approximate date).
* 1479 - Printing press in operation.
* 1526 - Stratemakerstoren bastion built (approximate date).
* 1554 - Town Hall built.
* 1589 - 10 August: Assault on Nijmegen.
* 1591
** July: Siege of Knodsenburg.
** October: Siege of Nijmegen.
* 1612 - Boterwaag (Nijmegen) [nl] (weigh house) built (approximate date).
* 1618 - Collector of Roman antiquities Johannes Smetius moves to Nijmegen.
* 1646 - Belvédère (Nijmegen) [nl] (tower) built.
* 1656 - University of Nijmegen established.
* 1678 - European peace treaty signed in Nijmegen.
* 1679 - University of Nijmegen closed.
* 1756 - Nijmegen Synagogue [nl] consecrated in Benedenstad (Nijmegen) [nl].
* 1788 - Henriette Pressburg, mother of Karl Marx born.
* 1794 - French bombardment of the Valkhof palace.
* 1824 - Nijmegen arsenal [nl] built.
* 1839 - Theatre built.
* 1848 - De Gelderlander newspaper begins publication.
* 1865 - Nijmegen railway station opens.
* 1866 - Population: 22,551.
* 1879
** Arnhem–Nijmegen railway begins operating.
** Nijmegen railway bridge built.
* 1881 - Tilburg–Nijmegen railway begins operating.
* 1883
** Nijmegen–Venlo railway begins operating.
** Kolpinghuis [nl] built.
* 1884 - Old city wall dismantled.
* 1885 - Hunnerpark [nl] laid out.

## 20th century

* 1904 - Population: 49,342.
* 1911 - Gemeentetram Nijmegen (tram) begins operating.
* 1915 - Concertgebouw de Vereeniging (concert hall) opens.
* 1916 - Openbare Bibliotheek Nijmegen [nl] (library) established.
* 1919 - Population: 66,833.
* 1923
** Catholic University of Nijmegen established.
** Saint Stephen's Church, Nijmegen (1927) [nl] built.
* 1925 - Becomes centre for annual Vierdaagse walk.
* 1928 - Jesuit Collegium Berchmanianum established.
* 1936 - Waalbrug (road bridge) opens.
* 1939 - Stadion de Goffert (stadium) opens.
* 1940 - First Dutch city to be occupied by Germany.
* 1944
** 22 February: Bombing of Nijmegen.
** September: as part of the Allied Operation Market Garden, the Battle of Nijmegen takes place.
** October: Battle of the Nijmegen salient
** October: Charles Hustinx [nl] becomes mayor.
* 1948 - De Vasim [nl] factory built.
* 1951 - Dominicuskerk (Nijmegen) [nl] (church) built.
* 1952 - Nijmegen trolleybus [nl] begins operating.
* 1955 - Bioscoop Carolus [nl] (cinema) opens.
* 1956 - University Hospital established.
* 1960 - St Peter Canisius Church rebuilt on Molenstraat (Nijmegen) [nl].
* 1961 - Nijmegen City Theatre [nl] opens.
* 1966 - Development of Dukenburg [nl] and Lindenholt [nl] areas begins.
* 1970 - Vierdaagsefeesten [nl] (festival) begins.
* 1972
** Lidenberg Nijmegen Culture House [nl] cultural centre established.
** Passage Molenpoort [nl] shopping mall built.
* 1974
** Canisius-Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis [nl] (hospital) opens.
** Passage Mariënburg [nl] shopping mall and University's Erasmusgebouw [nl] built.
* 1979 - University's Nijmeegs Volkenkundig Museum [nl] opens.
* 1980 - Rijksbeschermd gezicht Nijmegen [nl] (historic district) designated.
* 1981 - Velorama bicycle museum founded.
* 1982 - Steigertheater [nl] established.
* 1984
** Stichting Nijmegen Blijft in Beeld te Nijmegen (film society) founded.
** De Grote Broek squat occupied.
* 1988 - Badhuis (Nijmegen) [nl] Theatre opens.
* 1991 - Extrapool cultural organization established.
* 1994 - de-Affaire music fest begins.
* 1995 - Population: 147,561.
* 1996 - HAN University of Applied Sciences established.
* 1999
** Valkhof Museum established.
** Wintertuin Festival [nl] begins.
* 2000 - Population: 152,286.

## 21st century

* 2001 - The Matrixx [nl] nightclub opens.
* 2004
** LUX (Nijmegen) [nl] cinema opens.
** Radboud University Nijmegen active.
* 2005 - 15 November: Journalist Sévèke killed in Nijmegen.
* 2007 - FiftyTwoDegrees hi-rise building constructed.
* 2010 - Waalfront [nl] area development begins.
* 2012 - Hubert Bruls becomes mayor.
* 2013
** "Ik bouw betaalbaar" self-build housing program active (approximate date).
** Oversteek [nl] bridge and S100 (Nijmegen) [nl] access road open.
* 2014 - Nijmegen Goffert railway station opened.
* 2015 - Population: 170,774.