Timeline of Leuven

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

Prior to 20th century

 883 - .
 891 - Battle of Leuven (891).
 1090 - Hospital established (approximate date).
 1100 - St. Peter's Church built (approximate date).
 1165 -  built.
 1183 - Leuven becomes part of the Duchy of Brabant of the Holy Roman Empire.
 1200 -  built (approximate date).
 1225 -  becomes mayor.
 1230 -  built.
 1317 -  (cloth hall) built.
 1379 -  (political unrest).
 1425 - Studium Generale Lovaniense (university) founded.
 1463 - Leuven Town Hall built.
 1474 - Printing press in operation.
 1497 - St. Peter's Church rebuilt.
 1502 - Erasmus moves to Leuven.
 1571 - City Archive relocated to City Hall.
 1635 - June–July: Siege of Leuven. 
 1717 - Artois brewery in business.
 1727 - Public celebration on 10 November of the third centenary of the university's founding.
 1738 - Hortus Botanicus Lovaniensis (botanical garden) established.
 1786 - Seminary established.
 1795 - City becomes part of the Dyle (department) of the French First Republic.
 1804 - City becomes part of the First French Empire.
 1815 - City becomes part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
 1830 - City becomes part of the Kingdom of Belgium.
 1831 - 12 August: Battle of Leuven (1831).
 1834 - Catholic University of Leuven established.
 1843 - Heilige Drievuldigheidscollege (school) established.
 1867 -  built on Statiestraat.
 1883 - Population: 36,813.
 1899 - Keizersberg Abbey founded.

20th century

 1903 - K. Stade Leuven football club formed.
 1914 - ; Library of the Catholic University of Leuven destroyed.
 1919 - Population: 40,069.
 1928
 UZ Leuven (hospital) active.
 Library of the Catholic University of Leuven rebuilt.
 1940 - Library of the Catholic University of Leuven destroyed again.
 1947 -  becomes mayor.
 1967 - November: French-Flemish  begins.
 1968
 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven established.
 Lemmensinstituut (music conservatory) active.
 Studio 1 cinema in business.
 1977
 Heverlee, Kessel-Lo, and Wilsele become part of city.
  becomes mayor.
 1982 - Marktrock music fest begins.
 1988 - Vlaams Filmmuseum en -archief (Flemish film museum) established.
 1995
 Louis Tobback becomes mayor.
 City becomes part of the Flemish Brabant province.
  (school) established.
 1998 - Grand Béguinage designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.

21st century

 2002
 Oud-Heverlee Leuven football club formed.
 Den Dreef stadium opens in Heverlee.
 2008 - Anheuser-Busch InBev headquartered in city.
 2011 - Cyclocross Leuven begins.
 2013 - Population: 97,656.

See also
 Leuven history
 
 List of mayors of Leuven
 
 Other names of Leuven
 List of colleges of Leuven University
 Timelines of other municipalities in Belgium: Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, Ghent, Liège

References

This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia and French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

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External links

 Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Leuven, various dates

 
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