page_title: Timeline of Antwerp
section_title: 20th century
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of Antwerp / 20th century
caption_attribution_description: English: Bond of the City of Antwerp, issued 18. Mai 1917 Deutsch: Obligation über 500 Francs der Stadt Antwerpen vom 18. Mai 1917
context_page_description: The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Antwerp, Belgium.
context_section_description: 1902 - Electric trams begin operating.
  1903 - World Gymnastics Championships held.
  1904 - Museum Mayer van den Bergh built.
  1905 - Antwerpen-Centraal railway station and "America dock" open.
  1906 - Fort Breendonk built.
  1907 - Eisenmann Synagogue built.
  1910
  Population: 361,723.
  St. Boniface Church consecrated.
  1914 - September–October: Siege of Antwerp; German occupation begins.
  1920
  1920 Summer Olympics held.
  Compagnie Financière Belge des Pétroles headquartered in city.
  Colonial school and Société Belge des Bétons founded
  1921 - Schoonselhof cemetery established.
  1923 - Airport opens.
  1928 - Antwerpsche Diamantkring established.
  1930 - Eeuwfeestkliniek (hospital) built.
  1931 - Antwerp Book Fair begins.
  1932 - Boerentoren built.
  1933 - Museum of Flemish Literature founded.
  1940 - May: German occupation begins.
  1944
  4 September: Liberation by the British 11th Armoured Division.
  October–November: Battle of the Scheldt.
  1946 - Rubens House museum opens.
  1966
  Sporthal Arena built.
  Wide White Space Gallery opens.
  1967 - Antwerp International School established.
  1968 - De Tijd newspaper begins publication.
  1969
  Jazz Middelheim festival begins.
  Kennedytunnel opens.
  Royal Ballet of Flanders established.
  1970 - Chicagoblok built.
  1975
  Antwerp Pre-metro begins operating.
  International Gemological Institute headquartered in city.
  1977 - 't Fornuis restaurant in business.
  1981 - Zeno X gallery opens.
  1983 - Berchem, Borgerhout, Deurne, Ekeren, Hoboken, Merksem, and Wilrijk become part of the city of Antwerp.
  1985 - Museum of Modern Art founded.
  1989 - Berendrecht Lock constructed.
  1994
  Laus Polyphoniae festival begins.
  Switel Hotel fire
  1995 - City website launched (Digitale Metropool Antwerpen).
caption: Bond of the City of Antwerp, issued 18. Mai 1917
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