Timeline of Bruges

The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Bruges, Belgium.

Prior to 18th century

 * 865 – Fort built by Margrave Baldwin I of Flanders.
 * 1000 – Regional Brugse Vrije established (approximate date).
 * 1127 – Count Charles I of Flanders assassinated.
 * 1134 – Storm creates Zwin inlet, connecting Bruges to the North Sea.
 * 1146 – Eekhout Abbey active (approximate date).
 * 1150 – St. John's Hospital founded (approximate date).
 * 1157 – Chapel of the Holy Blood built (approximate date).
 * 1180 – Damme harbour built near Bruges.
 * 1223 – St. Salvator's Church rebuilt.
 * 1240 – Belfry of Bruges built in the Markt (approximate date).
 * 1244 – Ten Wijngaerde Béguinage founded (approximate date).
 * 1294 –  built on the Grote Markt.
 * 1297
 * Area of Bruges expanded.
 * Church of Our Lady tower built.
 * 1302
 * 18 May: Bruges Matins (massacre) occurs.
 * French-Flemish Battle of the Golden Spurs fought in Kortrijk; Flemish win.
 * 1303 – Procession of the Holy Blood instituted.
 * 1323–1328 – The Flemish revolt spread to Bruges.
 * 1364 – Les Halles built on the Grote Markt.
 * 1368 –  (city gate) rebuilt.
 * 1369 –  (city gate) rebuilt.
 * 1390 – Public clock installed (approximate date).
 * 1398 – Tower built on the.
 * 1399 –  built on the.
 * 1417 –  built (approximate date).
 * 1421 – Bruges City Hall built.
 * 1425 – Artist Jan van Eyck active in Bruges.
 * 1430 – Order of the Golden Fleece founded in Bruges.
 * 1434 – Grafenburg (castle) dismantled.
 * 1465 – Artist Hans Memling active in Bruges (approximate date).
 * 1468 – July: Wedding of Burgundian duke Charles and Margaret of York.
 * 1475 – Printing press in operation.
 * 1488 – Political unrest.
 * 1489 – Memling paints the St. Ursula Shrine in St. John's Hospital.
 * 1505 – Fuggers move from Bruges to Antwerp.
 * 1545 – Hanseatic enterprise moves from Bruges to Antwerp.
 * 1559 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Bruges established.
 * 1623 –  dug.

18th–19th centuries

 * 1719 – Academy of Art established.
 * 1743 – Lawyer's guild established.
 * 1786 –  demolished.
 * 1787
 * established.
 * Cloth Hall demolished.
 * 1794 – French in power.
 * 1798 –  (library) opens.
 * 1799 – St. Donatian's Cathedral demolished.
 * 1815 – Bruges becomes part of the Netherlands.
 * 1821 –  built on the.
 * 1830 – Bruges becomes part of Belgium.
 * 1837 – Journal de Bruges French-language newspaper begins publication.
 * 1838 – Brugge railway station opens.
 * 1839 –  founded.
 * 1846 – Statue of Stevin erected on.
 * 1855 –  canal commissioned.
 * 1863 – Population: 50,986.
 * 1887 – Monument to Breydel/de Coninck erected in the Grote Markt.
 * 1891
 * Club Brugge KV football club formed.
 * Post and Telegraph office built on the Grote Markt.
 * 1892 – Rodenbach's novel Bruges-la-Morte published.
 * 1899 – Cercle Brugge K.S.V. football club formed.
 * 1900 – Bruges derby football rivalry active.

20th century

 * 1905 –  (canal) dug.
 * 1907 – Port of Bruges-Zeebrugge opens.
 * 1912 –  established in the.
 * 1919 – Population: 53,489.
 * 1924 –  becomes mayor.
 * 1928 – Hollywood Cinema opens.
 * 1930 – Groeningemuseum opens on the.
 * 1953 –  (bridge) built on the  (Sluis-Bruges).
 * 1958 – Procession of the Golden Tree revived.
 * 1960 – Musica Antiqua Bruges festival begins.
 * 1963 –  established.
 * 1973 – Koninklijk Atheneum Vijverhof (school) established in Sint-Michiels.
 * 1975 – Jan Breydel Stadium opens.
 * 1977 –  becomes mayor.
 * 1982 –  of music begins.
 * 1983 – De Karmeliet restaurant in business.
 * 1984 –  (bridges) built.
 * 1986 – De Werf cultural centre founded.
 * 1987 – 6 March: Ferry Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in the port.
 * 1988 – 20 September: British prime minister gives speech in city.
 * 1990 –  established on the.
 * 1995 – Patrick Moenaert becomes mayor.
 * 1998 – Start of annual Tour of Flanders cycling race moves to Bruges.

21st century

 * 2002 –  opens on the.
 * 2008 – Frietmuseum opens in the Saaihalle.
 * 2010 – April: Catholic bishop Vangheluwe resigns.
 * 2013
 * Renaat Landuyt becomes mayor.
 * Population: 117,170.

In English

 * + 1881 ed.
 * de Roover, Raymond. Money, Banking and Credit in Mediaeval Bruges: Italian Merchant-Bankers Lombards and Money-Changers: A Study in The Origins of Banking (Harvard U.P. 1948)
 * + 1881 ed.
 * de Roover, Raymond. Money, Banking and Credit in Mediaeval Bruges: Italian Merchant-Bankers Lombards and Money-Changers: A Study in The Origins of Banking (Harvard U.P. 1948)
 * + 1881 ed.
 * de Roover, Raymond. Money, Banking and Credit in Mediaeval Bruges: Italian Merchant-Bankers Lombards and Money-Changers: A Study in The Origins of Banking (Harvard U.P. 1948)
 * + 1881 ed.
 * de Roover, Raymond. Money, Banking and Credit in Mediaeval Bruges: Italian Merchant-Bankers Lombards and Money-Changers: A Study in The Origins of Banking (Harvard U.P. 1948)
 * + 1881 ed.
 * de Roover, Raymond. Money, Banking and Credit in Mediaeval Bruges: Italian Merchant-Bankers Lombards and Money-Changers: A Study in The Origins of Banking (Harvard U.P. 1948)
 * de Roover, Raymond. Money, Banking and Credit in Mediaeval Bruges: Italian Merchant-Bankers Lombards and Money-Changers: A Study in The Origins of Banking (Harvard U.P. 1948)
 * de Roover, Raymond. Money, Banking and Credit in Mediaeval Bruges: Italian Merchant-Bankers Lombards and Money-Changers: A Study in The Origins of Banking (Harvard U.P. 1948)