Timeline of Bruges

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• 865 – Fort built by Margrave Baldwin I of Flanders.[1]
• 1000 – Regional Brugse Vrije established (approximate date).
• 1127 – Count Charles I of Flanders assassinated.[2]
• 1134 – Storm creates Zwin inlet, connecting Bruges to the North Sea.[2]
• 1146 – Eekhout Abbey active (approximate date).
• 1150 – St. John's Hospital founded (approximate date).[1]
• 1157 – Chapel of the Holy Blood built (approximate date).
• 1180 – Damme harbour built near Bruges.[2]
• 1223 – St. Salvator's Church rebuilt.[3]
• 1240 – Belfry of Bruges built in the Markt (approximate date).
• 1244 – Ten Wijngaerde Béguinage founded (approximate date).
• 1294 – Waterhalle built on the Grote Markt.
• 1297
  • Area of Bruges expanded.[3]
  • Church of Our Lady tower built.[3]
• 1302
  • 18 May: Bruges Matins (massacre) occurs.
  • French-Flemish Battle of the Golden Spurs fought in Kortrijk; Flemish win.[1]
• 1303 – Procession of the Holy Blood instituted.
• 1364 – Les Halles built on the Grote Markt.[4]
• 1368 – Smedenpoort (city gate) rebuilt.
• 1369 – Ezelpoort (city gate) rebuilt.
• 1390 – Public clock installed (approximate date).[5]
• 1398 – Tower built on the Minnewater.[3]
• 1399 – Saaihalle built on the Old Beursplein.
• 1417 – Poortersloge built (approximate date).
• 1421 – Bruges City Hall built.[3]
• 1425 – Artist Jan van Eyck active in Bruges.[6]
• 1430 – Order of the Golden Fleece founded in Bruges.[1]
• 1434 – Grafenburg (castle) dismantled.[3]
• 1465 – Artist Hans Memling active in Bruges (approximate date).[6]
• 1468 – July: Wedding of Burgundian duke Charles and Margaret of York.
• 1475 – Printing press in operation.[7]
• 1488 – Political unrest.[4]
• 1489 – Memling paints the St. Ursula Shrine in St. John's Hospital.[3]
• 1505 – Fuggers move from Bruges to Antwerp.[3]
• 1545 – Hanseatic enterprise moves from Bruges to Antwerp.[3]
• 1559 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Bruges established.[8]
• 1623 – Ghent-Bruges Canal dug.

• 1719 – Academy of Art established.[3]
• 1743 – Lawyer's guild established.[9]
• 1786 – St. Christopher's Church, Bruges demolished.
• 1787
  • Bruge Central Cemetery established.
  • Cloth Hall demolished.[3]
• 1794 – French in power.[4]
• 1798 – Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge (library) opens.
• 1799 – St. Donatian's Cathedral demolished.[2]
• 1815 – Bruges becomes part of the Netherlands.[4]
• 1821 – Fish Market, Bruges built on the Steenhouwersdijk.[1]
• 1830 – Bruges becomes part of Belgium.[4]
• 1837 – Journal de Bruges French-language newspaper begins publication.[10]
• 1838 – Brugge railway station opens.
• 1839 – Société d'émulation de Bruges founded.
• 1846 – Statue of Stevin erected on Simon Stevinplein (Brugge).[3]
• 1855 – Ringvaart, Bruges canal commissioned.
• 1863 – Population: 50,986.[11]
• 1887 – Monument to Breydel/de Coninck erected in the Grote Markt.[3]
• 1891
  • Club Brugge KV football club formed.
  • Post and Telegraph office built on the Grote Markt.[3]
• 1892 – Rodenbach's novel Bruges-la-Morte published.[12]
• 1899 – Cercle Brugge K.S.V. football club formed.
• 1900 – Bruges derby football rivalry active.

• 1905 – Boudewijnkanaal (canal) dug.
• 1907 – Port of Bruges-Zeebrugge opens.[13]
• 1912 – Bruges State Archives established in the Poortersloge.
• 1919 – Population: 53,489.[14]
• 1924 – Victor Van Hoestenberghe becomes mayor.
• 1928 – Hollywood Cinema opens.[15]
• 1930 – Groeningemuseum opens on the Dijver.
• 1953 – Dudzelebrug (bridge) built on the N376 (Sluis-Bruges).
• 1958 – Procession of the Golden Tree revived.
• 1960 – Musica Antiqua Bruges festival begins.
• 1963 – Bruges Provincial Library and Archives established.
• 1973 – Koninklijk Atheneum Vijverhof (school) established in Sint-Michiels.
• 1975 – Jan Breydel Stadium opens.
• 1977 – Frank Van Acker becomes mayor.
• 1982 – Cactusfestival of music begins.
• 1983 – De Karmeliet restaurant in business.
• 1984 – Dampoortbruggen, Bruges (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.[16]
• 1990 – Brouwerijmuseum Brugge established on the Walplein.
• 1995 – Patrick Moenaert becomes mayor.
• 1998 – Start of annual Tour of Flanders cycling race moves to Bruges.

• 2002 – Concert Hall, Bruges opens on the 't Zand, Bruges.
• 2008 – Frietmuseum opens in the Saaihalle.
• 2010 – April: Catholic bishop Vangheluwe resigns.[17]
• 2013
  • Renaat Landuyt becomes mayor.
  • Population: 117,170.

• Bruges history
• History of Bruges
• List of mayors of Bruges
• List of protected heritage sites in Bruges
• Timelines of other municipalities in Belgium: Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent, Leuven, Liège
• History of urban centers in the Low Countries

This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.