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 - (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 - (weigh house) built (approximate date).
 * 1618 - Collector of Roman antiquities Johannes Smetius moves to Nijmegen.
 * 1646 - (tower) built.
 * 1656 - University of Nijmegen established.
 * 1678 - European peace treaty signed in Nijmegen.
 * 1679 - University of Nijmegen closed.
 * 1756 - consecrated in.
 * 1788 - Henriette Pressburg, mother of Karl Marx born.
 * 1794 - French bombardment of the Valkhof palace.
 * 1824 - 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.
 * built.
 * 1884 - Old city wall dismantled.
 * 1885 - laid out.

20th century

 * 1904 - Population: 49,342.
 * 1911 - Gemeentetram Nijmegen (tram) begins operating.
 * 1915 - Concertgebouw de Vereeniging (concert hall) opens.
 * 1916 - (library) established.
 * 1919 - Population: 66,833.
 * 1923
 * Catholic University of Nijmegen established.
 * 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: becomes mayor.
 * 1948 - factory built.
 * 1951 - (church) built.
 * 1952 - begins operating.
 * 1955 - (cinema) opens.
 * 1956 - University Hospital established.
 * 1960 - St Peter Canisius Church rebuilt on.
 * 1961 - opens.
 * 1966 - Development of and  areas begins.
 * 1970 - (festival) begins.
 * 1972
 * cultural centre established.
 * shopping mall built.
 * 1974
 * (hospital) opens.
 * shopping mall and University's built.
 * 1979 - University's opens.
 * 1980 - (historic district) designated.
 * 1981 - Velorama bicycle museum founded.
 * 1982 - established.
 * 1984
 * Stichting Nijmegen Blijft in Beeld te Nijmegen (film society) founded.
 * De Grote Broek squat occupied.
 * 1988 - 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.
 * begins.
 * 2000 - Population: 152,286.

21st century

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