Timeline of Breda

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

Prior to 20th century

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

20th century

 * 1901 - Tram Breda-Mastbosch begins operating.
 * 1907 - becomes mayor.
 * 1912 - NAC Breda football club founded.
 * 1919
 * Population: 30,044.
 * becomes mayor.
 * 1920 - Gemeentetram Breda (tram) begins operating.
 * 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.
 * 1944
 * City liberated by the 1st Polish Armoured Division of General Stanisław Maczek.
 * De Stem newspaper begins publication.
 * 1952 - design adopted.
 * 1953 - built.
 * 1955 - Mirabelle (Breda restaurant) in business.
 * 1963 - established in Princenhage.
 * 1966 - Breda University of Applied Sciences established
 * 1975 - Breda railway station rebuilt.
 * 1981 - established.
 * 1990 - Ed Nijpels becomes mayor.
 * 1991 - Sister city partnership signed between Breda and Wrocław, Poland.
 * 1995 - built.
 * 1996
 * Rat Verlegh Stadion opened.
 * becomes mayor.
 * 1998 - BN DeStem newspaper in publication.
 * 2000 - Population: 160,650.

21st century

 * 2001
 * City joins regional BrabantStad group.
 * Moooi in business.
 * 2004 - becomes mayor.
 * 2007 - Redhead Day begins.
 * 2014 - Population: 179,665.
 * 2015 - becomes mayor.