Timeline of Amsterdam

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

Prior to 17th century

 * 2700~2750 BC - age of neolithic shards of Bell Beaker culture pottery found under Rokin
 * 2200~2000 BC - age of granite grinding stone found under Damrak
 * 10th c. - Farmers settling at upstream Amstel
 * 1105 - Wolfger van Amstel mentioned in a document as scultetus of "Amestelle" (Amstelland).
 * 1170 - All Saint's Flood made settlement possible at the banks of downstream Amstel
 * 1213 - Founding Oude Kerk in this settlement
 * 1270 - Dam built in Amstel River (approximate date).
 * 1275 - "Amestelledamme" ('at the dam of Amstelland') appears in a document.
 * 1303 - Siege of Amsterdam
 * 1306 - Amsterdam granted city rights. Oude Kerk consecrated.
 * 1345 - 15 March: Alleged "Miracle of Amsterdam" occurs.
 * 1347 - Heilige Stede chapel built.
 * 1408 - Nieuwe Kerk (church) construction begins.
 * 1421 - Fire.
 * 1425 - Singel canal dug.
 * 1452 - Fire.
 * 1470 - Agnietenklooster built.
 * 1487 - Schreierstoren built.
 * 1490s - Brick city wall built.
 * 1516 - Montelbaanstoren built.
 * 1518 - Egelantier formed (approximate date).
 * 1535 - 10 May: Anabaptist riot occurs; "fanatics ran about the streets naked."
 * 1566 - Beeldenstorm.
 * 1568 - Amsterdam supports Catholics in the Dutch Revolt.
 * 1575 - Erven Lucas Bols in business.
 * 1578
 * Alteratie shifts power from Catholics to Protestants.
 * built.
 * 1585 - City expands beyond the Singel.
 * 1586 - Admiralty of Amsterdam formed.
 * 1596 - Rasphuis (prison) established.

17th century

 * 1601 - Goldsmith's guild established.
 * 1602 - Amsterdam Stock Exchange and Dutch East India Company founded.
 * 1603 - Hendrick de Keyser becomes city architect.
 * 1606 - Oost-Indisch Huis built.
 * 1607 - English Reformed Church established.
 * 1609 - Bank of Amsterdam established.
 * 1611 - built.
 * 1613 - Grachtengordel development begins.
 * 1614 - Nieuwmarkt created.
 * 1617
 * First Dutch Academy formed.
 * Korenbeurs built.
 * Town gate remodeled as Weigh House.
 * 1619 - Westerhal built.
 * 1620
 * Munttoren and built.
 * English-language Corrant out of Italy, German, Etc. newspaper begins publication.
 * 1621 - Dutch West India Company founded.
 * 1622 - Cromhouthuizen built.
 * 1631 - Artist Rembrandt moves to Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam.
 * 1632 - Athenaeum Illustre formed.
 * 1633 - built.
 * 1637 - Schouwburg of Van Campen (theatre) built.
 * 1638
 * Hortus Medicus founded.
 * built.
 * 1641 - built on.
 * 1642 - Rembrandt's artwork The Night Watch shown in the Kloveniersdoelen.
 * 1651 - St. Peter's Flood.
 * 1652 - 7 July: burns down.
 * 1655 - New City Hall built on Dam Square.
 * 1662
 * Trippenhuis and (gate) built.
 * Blaeu's Atlas Maior published.
 * 1663 - Bubonic plague outbreak.
 * 1665 - New theatre opens.
 * 1672 - Johannes Hudde becomes mayor.
 * 1675 - Portuguese Synagogue built.
 * 1679 - Wynand-Fockink in business.
 * 1682 - Begijnhof Chapel and Amstelhof built.
 * 1683 - Society of Suriname established.
 * 1691 - Skinny Bridge built.
 * 1696 - Aansprekersoproer riots

18th century

 * 1748
 * Pachtersoproer riots
 * Demands from Doelistenmovement
 * 1765 - founded.
 * 1774 - Theatre opens on the Leidseplein.
 * 1776 - Felix Meritis society and established.
 * 1780 - built.
 * 1785 - Seamen's Institute, and Society for Public Welfare organized.
 * 1787 - Prussians in power.
 * 1794
 * Metz & Co established.
 * Population: 217,024.
 * 1795 - January: French in power.
 * 1800 - Barrack of St. Charles built.

19th century

 * 1808
 * Amsterdam becomes capital of Kingdom of Holland, client state of the French Empire.
 * City Hall becomes the Royal Palace.
 * Royal Institute of Sciences, Literature and Fine Arts founded.
 * 1813 - Oranje-Nassau Kazerne (military barrack) built.
 * 1814
 * Amsterdam becomes capital of the Netherlands.
 * Rijks-Museum relocates to the Trippenhuis building.
 * Bank of the Netherlands headquartered in city.
 * 1815
 * Doelen Hotel in business.
 * Population: 180,179.
 * 1824 - Netherlands Trading Society headquartered in city.
 * 1825
 * North Holland Canal constructed.
 * Amsterdamsche Stoomboot Maatschappij established
 * 1838 - Zoo opens.
 * 1839
 * Amsterdam–Haarlem railway begins operating.
 * opens.
 * Arti et Amicitiae society organized.
 * 1840
 * Coster Diamonds founded.
 * (gate) built.
 * 1841 - Mozes en Aäronkerk (church) rebuilt.
 * 1843 - opens.
 * 1845 - built.
 * 1852 - Bijbels Museum founded.
 * 1853 - City "water supply" begins.
 * 1854 - Royal Asscher Diamond Company founded.
 * 1855 - Arti et Amicitiae constructed.
 * 1856
 * Amsterdam–Arnhem railway constructed.
 * De Eendracht war memorial erected.
 * Koninklijke Nederlandse Stoomboot-Maatschappij (shipping company) established.
 * 1862 - Bloemenmarkt founded.
 * 1863 - Museum Fodor opens.
 * 1864 - Crystal Palace built on the.
 * 1866 - Population: 264,498.
 * 1867
 * Heineken brewery built.
 * Amstel Hotel opens.
 * 1869 - Netherlands Bank building constructed.
 * 1870
 * Rijksakademie, De Bijenkorf shop, and Amstel Brewery founded.
 * Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland (steamship line) in business.
 * 1872 - Construction of the first social housing project, de Dubbeltjespanden
 * 1874
 * Amsterdam–Zutphen railway constructed.
 * Amsterdamse Toneelschool established.
 * 1875 - housing association formed.
 * 1876
 * North Sea Canal opens.
 * Population: 281,944.
 * 1877 - Municipal University of Amsterdam and Teekenschool voor Kunstambachten founded.
 * 1878 - Den Helder–Amsterdam railway begins operating.
 * 1880 - Vrije Universiteit established.
 * 1881
 * Telephone in operation.
 * housing built in Czaar Peterbuurt.
 * Stille Omgang revived.
 * 1882 - Spui square created.
 * 1883
 * May: International Colonial and Export Exhibition opens.
 * (theatre) built.
 * (park) laid out.
 * 1884
 * Amsterdamsch Conservatorium founded.
 * Population: 361,326.
 * 1885 - Rijksmuseum opens.
 * 1886 - July: eel riot occurs.
 * 1887
 * Orange riots..
 * Elsevier publisher in business.
 * Basilica of St. Nicholas built.
 * 1888 - Concertgebouw built, and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra founded.
 * 1889 - Amsterdam Centraal railway station opens.
 * 1890 - Victoria Hotel, Amsterdam in business.
 * 1893 - Economic unrest.
 * 1894 - Stadsschouwburg rebuilt.
 * 1895
 * (exhibit) held.
 * Museum Willet-Holthuysen and Catholic Ignatius Gymnasium (school) established.
 * 1896 - Hotel de l'Europe in business on the.
 * 1900
 * Gemeentetram Amsterdam tramway established.
 * historical society and AFC Ajax football club formed.
 * Population: 523,557.

1900-1939

 * 1903
 * Railroad Strike.
 * Beurs van Berlage built.
 * 1904 - August: International Socialist Congress held.
 * 1906 - Amsterdam Wind Orchestra ATH formed.
 * 1907 - cinema and Het Houten Stadion (stadium) open.
 * 1911 - Rembrandt House Museum opens.
 * 1914 - Harry Elte Stadium and on Kalverstraat built.
 * 1915
 * department store built.
 * (publisher) in business.
 * 1917
 * Amsterdam-Zuid development begins per Plan Zuid.
 * 1919
 * Public library opens.
 * Het Schip apartment building erected.
 * Disteldorp and Vogeldorp areas built in Amsterdam-Noord.
 * Population: 647,120.
 * 1920
 * Construction of the Defence Line of Amsterdam completed.
 * Muzieklyceum and Rialto cinema established.
 * 1921
 * Buiksloot, Nieuwendam, Ransdorp, Sloten, and Watergraafsmeer annexed.
 * Tuschinski cinema built.
 * 1923 - Tuindorp Oostzaan area built.
 * 1924.
 * Institute of Applied Art formed.
 * National Vocational School for Pastry Chefs opens.
 * 1925 - Tooneelmuseum (stage museum) founded.
 * 1926
 * Amsterdam Museum established.
 * Royal Tropical Institute building constructed
 * HEMA (store) in business on Kalverstraat.
 * 1927 - American Women's Club Amsterdam founded.
 * 1928 - Summer Olympics held.
 * 1929 - Palace of National Industry burns down.
 * 1932 - Joods Historisch Museum opens.
 * 1933 - Alhambra Theater opens.
 * 1934
 * July:.
 * Allard Pierson Museum opens.
 * 1935
 * International Institute for Social History established.
 * cinema opens.
 * 1936 - Theatre built.
 * 1939
 * Amsterdam Amstel railway station opens.
 * built.
 * built.

World War II

 * 1940
 * 11 May: Bombing of Amsterdam by the Luftwaffe
 * German occupation begins
 * Het Parool newspaper begins publication.
 * 1941
 * February strike.
 * Central Office for Jewish Emigration in the Netherlands begins operating.
 * 1943
 * 27 March:.
 * July:.
 * 1944 - 4 August: Frank family arrested.
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 * 18 January: Executions on the Fusilladeplaats Rozenoord begin.
 * 5 May: German occupation ends.
 * 7 May: Shooting on Dam square, Amsterdam.
 * opens.
 * De Volkskrant newspaper in publication.
 * 1946 - Dutch Historic Film Archive founded.
 * 1947
 * The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank is published.
 * Holland Festival begins.

1950s-1990s

 * 1952
 * May: Amsterdam–Rhine Canal opens.
 * active.
 * Filmmuseum founded.
 * 1956 - National Monument erected in Dam Square.
 * 1957 - Horecava hospitality trade fair begins.
 * 1958 - Netherlands Film and Television Academy founded.
 * 1960
 * Anne Frank House museum established on the Prinsengracht.
 * (school) founded.
 * Uitzendbureau Amstelveen employment agency in business.
 * 1961 - Amsterdam RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre opens.
 * 1962 - Hilton Hotel in business.
 * 1965 - Counterculture Provo (movement) begins.
 * 1966
 * 13–14 June: (labor unrest) occurs.
 * Weesperkarspel annexed.
 * 1967 - Catholic Theological University of Amsterdam established.
 * 1968[[File:Demonstratie tegen oorlog in Vietnam, NATO enz. in Amsterdam, Bestanddeelnr 921-2506.jpg|thumb|upright|Protest against the [[Vietnam War]] in Amsterdam, April 1968]]
 * Art & Project gallery opens.
 * Theaterschool founded.
 * 1969
 * March: Bed-In for Peace held.
 * May: Student protest occurs at the University of Amsterdam.
 * STEIM cultural venue established.
 * 1970 - Population: 807,095.
 * 1971 - Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA railway station opens.
 * 1972 - In-Out Centre opens.
 * 1973 - Van Gogh Museum opens.
 * 1975
 * Flag of Amsterdam design adopted.
 * Rainbow Foundation, De Appel art centre, and Other Books and So founded.
 * Amsterdam Marathon and SAIL Amsterdam begin.
 * 1976 - Sweelinck Conservatorium formed.
 * 1977
 * 9 May: Hotel Polen fire.
 * Amsterdam Metro begins operating.
 * Uitmarkt begins
 * 1978 - MonteVideo founded.
 * 1979
 * Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra founded.
 * (prison) closed.
 * 1981 - 21 November: Protest against stationing of NATO missiles.
 * 1984
 * Social unrest.
 * Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival begins.
 * 1985 - Annual contemporary art fair begins.
 * 1986
 * Amsterdam–Schiphol railway begins operating.
 * Stopera opera hall opens.
 * 1987 - Amsterdamse Poort (shopping centre) opens.
 * 1988
 * International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam begins.
 * Stopera city hall opens.
 * 1990 - Population: 695,221.
 * 1991
 * Museum Geelvinck-Hinlopen established.
 * Museum Jan van der Togt opens.
 * 1992
 * 4 October: Airplane crash in Bijlmermeer.
 * Miniature Museum founded.
 * 1993 - La Rive and Boom Chicago founded.
 * 1994
 * Conservatorium van Amsterdam and Prostitution Information Center founded.
 * SMART Project Space opens.
 * 1996
 * Amsterdam Gay Pride begins.
 * Amsterdam Arena built.
 * 1997
 * 2 October: EU treaty signed in city.
 * Henk Sneevlietweg metro station opens.
 * IJburg residential archipelago construction begins.
 * 1999 - OT301 squat begins.
 * 2000
 * Prostitution in the Netherlands legalized.
 * Euronext founded.

21st century

 * 2001
 * 1 April: First legalized same-sex marriage in the Netherlands occurs.
 * Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam and Heineken Music Hall open.
 * Job Cohen becomes mayor.
 * 90 Square Meters opens its first shop
 * 2004 - 2 November: Filmmaker Van Gogh killed on.
 * 2006 - Amsterdam Film eXperience begins.
 * 2007
 * KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival begins.
 * Diamond Museum Amsterdam opens.
 * Centrale Bibliotheek moves into new building.
 * Amsterdam City Archives relocates to De Bazel building.
 * De Schreeuw memorial erected in the Oosterpark.
 * 2008 - Amsterdam Holendrecht railway station opens.
 * 2009 - H'ART Museum opens.
 * 2010 - Eberhard van der Laan becomes mayor.
 * 2011 - February: Retrial of Geert Wilders begins in the (court).
 * 2012
 * 21 April: Sloterdijk train collision.
 * EYE Film Institute Netherlands opens.
 * 2014
 * 17 July: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 departs from Amsterdam, later crashes in Ukraine.
 * 2014 Amsterdam drug deaths occur.
 * 2015
 * February: University of Amsterdam Bungehuis and Maagdenhuis occupations (student protest) occur.
 * Regeneration of Frederik Hendrikplantsoen
 * 2019
 * December: The start of Stichting Nederlied for special dutch language theatre
 * 2024 - March. Opening of the Dutch National Holocaust Museum