Timeline of Leuven

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Pre-20th century

• 883 – Battle of Leuven (883) [nl].
• 891 – Battle of Leuven (891).
• 950 - Birth of Lambert I, Count of Louvain the first Count of Leuven.
• 1090 – Hospital established (approximate date).[1]
• 1100 – St. Peter's Church built (approximate date).[2]
• 1165 – Saint Michael's Church, Leuven [de] built.[2]
• 1183 – Leuven becomes part of the Duchy of Brabant of the Holy Roman Empire.[3]
• 1222 – Saint Quentin's Church built (approx. date).[2]
• 1225 – Arnold Nobel [nl] becomes mayor.
• 1230 – Saint Jacob's Church, Leuven [nl] built.[2]
• 1317 – Lakenhal (Leuven) [nl] (cloth hall) built.[3]
• 1356 - Louvain was the scene of the Joyeuse Entrée of Wenceslas.[3]
• 1379 – Defenestration of Leuven [nl] (political unrest).[3]
• 1425 – Old University of Leuven founded by John IV, Duke of Brabant.[4][3]
• 1463 – Leuven Town Hall built.[5][3]
• 1474 – Printing press in operation.[6]
• 1497 – St. Peter's Church rebuilt.[3]
• 1502 – Erasmus moves to Leuven.
• 1547 - Leuven Vulgate edited by Hentenius published in Louvain.
• 1571 – City Archive relocated to City Hall.[7]
• 1635 – June–July: Siege of Leuven.

  

  Siege of Leuven in 1635

• 1717 – Artois brewery in business.[8]
• 1727 – Public celebration on 10 November of the third centenary of the university's founding.[9]
• 1738 – Hortus Botanicus Lovaniensis (botanical garden) established.[10]
• 1786 – Seminary established.[11]
• 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).[11]
• 1834 – Catholic University of Leuven established.[12]
• 1837 - Leuven railway station opened.
• 1843 – Heilige Drievuldigheidscollege (school) established.
• 1867 – Leuven City Theatre [nl] built on Statiestraat.
• 1883 – Population: 36,813.[13]
• 1899 – Keizersberg Abbey founded.

20th century

• 1903 – K. Stade Leuven football club formed.
• 1904 - Population: 42,194.[14]
• 1914
  • Burning of Louvain[15] Library of the Catholic University of Leuven destroyed.[5]
  • Population: 42,490.[14]
• 1919 – Population: 40,069.[16]
• 1921
  • Post war reconstruction well underway, about 700 out of 1,200 houses had been rebuilt.[14]
  • New purpose-built library was begun, helped by John Rylands Library in Manchester.[14]
• 1928
  • UZ Leuven (hospital) active.^[citation needed]
  • Library of the Catholic University of Leuven rebuilt.[5]
• 1940 – Library of the Catholic University of Leuven destroyed again.[5]
• 1947 – Alfons Smets [nl] becomes mayor.
• 1967 – November: French–Flemish Affaire de Louvain [fr] begins.[17]
• 1968
  • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven established.[4]
  • Lemmensinstituut (music conservatory) active.
  • Studio 1 cinema in business.[18]
• 1977
  • Heverlee, Kessel-Lo, and Wilsele become part of city.[19]
  • Alfred Vansina [nl] becomes mayor.
• 1982 – Marktrock music fest begins.
• 1988 – Vlaams Filmmuseum en -archief (Flemish film museum) established.[20]
• 1995
  • Louis Tobback becomes mayor.
  • City becomes part of the Flemish Brabant province.
  • Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven [nl] (school) established.
• 1998 – Grand Béguinage designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.

21st century

• 2002
  • Oud-Heverlee Leuven football club formed.
• 2008 – Anheuser-Busch InBev headquartered in city.
• 2011 – Cyclocross Leuven begins.
• 2013 – Population: 97,656.
• 2021 - 2021 UCI Road World Championships road race events finish in Leuven.

See also

• Leuven history
• History of Leuven [nl]
• List of mayors of Leuven
• List of historical monuments in Leuven [nl]
• Other names of Leuven
• List of colleges of Leuven University
• Timelines of other municipalities in Belgium: Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, Ghent, Liège

References

1. James Brodman (2009). Charity and Religion in Medieval Europe. Catholic University of America Press. ISBN 978-0-8132-1580-8.
2. Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Leuven". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.
3. Britannica 1910.
4. Walter Rüegg [in German], ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
5. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1087, OL 6112221M
6. Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Belgium: Louvain". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450632 – via HathiTrust.
7. "Archief: Historiek" (in Dutch). Stad Leuven. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
8. Collectif; Auzias, Dominique; Labourdette, Jean-Paul (2014). "Louvain". Belgique. Petit Futé (in French). ISBN 9782746971233.
9. Edward van Even (1871). "Drie honderdjarig jubelfeest van de stichting der hoogeschool van Leuven, gevierd in 1727". Mengelingen van de geschiedenis van Braband. C.-J. Fonteyn, Sr. pp. 483–484.
10. "Garden Search: Belgium". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
11. Léon van der Essen (1920). A Short History of Belgium. University of Chicago Press.
12. Herbermann, Charles George (1913). "University of Louvain". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.
13. "Belgium". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590469.
14. Britannica 1922.
15. Stephen Pope; Elizabeth-Anne Wheal (1995). "Select Chronology". Dictionary of the First World War. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-85052-979-1.
16. "Belgium". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
17. "In Belgium, Leuven-Louvain Split Speaks Loud", New York Times, 11 November 1997
18. "Movie Theaters in Leuven, Belgium". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
19. "Archief: Archievenoverzicht" (in Dutch). Stad Leuven. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
20. Film and Television Collections in Europe: the MAP-TV Guide. Routledge. 1995. ISBN 978-1-135-37262-0.

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

Bibliography

Published in the 18th-19th c.

• Thomas Nugent (1749), "Lovain", The Grand Tour, vol. 1: Netherlands, London: S. Birt, hdl:2027/mdp.39015030762598
• "Louvain". Gazetteer of the Netherlands. Attributed to Clement Cruttwell. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson. 1794.
• Abraham Rees (1819), "Louvain, a city of France", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t5n87hg3d
• "Louvain". Galignani's Traveller's Guide through Holland and Belgium (4th ed.). Paris: A. and W. Galignani. 1822. hdl:2027/njp.32101073846667.
• William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Louvain". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949 – via HathiTrust.
• "Louvain", Handbook for Travellers in Holland and Belgium (20th ed.), London: John Murray, 1881, hdl:2027/hvd.hn2ha2
• W. Pembroke Fetridge (1885), "Louvain", Harper's Hand-Book for Travellers in Europe and the east, New York: Harper & Brothers

Published in the 20th c.

• "Louvain". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. Vol. 6. London. 1901. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t7zk5ms79.
• "Louvain", Belgium and Holland (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, OCLC 397759 (+ 1881 ed.)
• "Louvain" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 67.
• "Louvain". Belgium. Grieben's Guide Books. Vol. 141. London: Williams & Norgate. 1910. hdl:2027/uiuc.3096224_001.
• "Louvain", Traveller's Handbook for Belgium and the Ardennes, London: T. Cook & Son, 1921
• "Louvain" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 31 (12th ed.). 1922.
• Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Louvain". Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.

External links

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