Timeline of Ghent

{{History of Belgium}}

• 941 - Origins of the crypt of what became St Bavo's Cathedral.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
• 1274/1300 - Origins of the choir of what became St Bavo's Cathedral.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
• 1336 - Tapestry-weavers' guild established.{{cite book|editor=Colum Hourihane |title=Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture |year=2012|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-539536-5 |chapter=Ghent |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=FtlMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA700 }}
• 1380
• Belfry of Ghent built.
• Public clock installed (approximate date).{{cite book|author=Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum |author-link=:de:Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum |title=History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders |year= 1996|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-15510-4 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=9Za4jdBEVB4C&pg=PA392 }}
• 1432 - Artist Van Eyck paints altarpiece for St. John's Church.{{cite web |url= http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=08®ion=euwl#/Key-Events |title= Low Countries, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events |work= Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History |publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art |location=New York |access-date= 30 October 2015 }}
• 1448 - "De Fonteine" chamber of rhetoric constituted.{{cite book|editor1=Arjan Van Dixhoorn |editor2=Susie Speakman Sutch |title=The Reach of the Republic of Letters: Literary and Learned Societies in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X_bfaRJbXyQC|year=2008|publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-16955-5 |chapter=Chambers of Rhetoric |author= Arjan Van Dixhoorn |pages=119–158 }}{{cite web |url=http://literairgent.be/overzichten/ |language=nl |title=Overzichten: de nederlandse literatuur in Gent |work=Literair Gent |publisher=Stedelijke Openbare Bibliotheek Gent and Stadsmuseum Gent |access-date= 30 October 2015 }}
• 1480 - Saint Michael's Church built.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
• 1483 - Printing press in operation.{{cite book |title= Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum |author= Robert Proctor |location=London |publisher= Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company |year= 1898 |chapter=Books Printed From Types: Belgium: Gand |via=HathiTrust |hdl= 2027/uc1.c3450632 |author-link= Robert Proctor (bibliographer) }}
• 1531 - St Bavo's Cathedral built.{{Citation |publisher = Columbia University Press |location = New York |editor = Leon E. Seltzer |title = Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World |date = 1952 |ol=6112221M |page= 679 }}
• 1559 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Ghent established.{{cite web |title=Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Belgium |url= http://www.katolsk.no/organisasjon/verden/chronology/belgium |publisher=Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo |location=Norway |access-date= 30 October 2015 }}
• 1576 - Pacification of Ghent signed - an alliance of the provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
• 1584 - Spaniards in power.
• 1667 - The oldest Belgian newspaper, the Gazet van Gent was founded.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
• 1714 - Formed part of the Austrian Netherlands.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
• 1771 - Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Ghent) active.
• 1794 - Became the capital of the French department of the Scheldt.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}

• 1814 - Treaty of Ghent signed between the US and the UK.
• 1817 - Ghent University established by William I of the Netherlands.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
• 1827 - Ghent–Terneuzen Canal built.
• 1833 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Archaeological Museum (Ghent)|nl|3=Oudheidkundig Museum (Gent)}} founded.
• 1835 - Royal Conservatory of Ghent founded.
• 1841 - Bank of Flanders established.
• 1845 - Population: 105,711.{{cite book |title=Vlaemsche Volks-Almanak |location=Gent |language=nl |year=1846 |editor=C.H. Van Boekel |publisher=F.L. Dulle-Plus |hdl = 2027/nyp.33433081727558}}
• 1861 - Gent-Dampoort railway station opens.
• 1863 - Statue of Jacob van Artevelde erected in {{Interlanguage link multi|Friday Market Square|nl|3=Vrijdagmarkt (Gent)}}.
• 1866/1867 - A serious outbreak of cholera.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
• 1874 - Horse-drawn tram begins operating.
• 1875 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Station Gent-Oost|nl}} opens.
• 1879 - {{Interlanguage link multi|De Gentenaar|nl}} newspaper begins publication.
• 1880
• {{Interlanguage link multi|Coöperatieve Maatschappij Vooruit|nl}} (cooperative) founded.
• Population: 131,431.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
• 1881 - Bank of Ghent established.{{cite book|title=International Banking Directory|year=1922 |publisher=Bankers Publishing Company |location=New York |chapter= Belgium |hdl=2027/hvd.hb1sji}}
• 1883 - Royal Sport Nautique de Gand rowing club formed.
• 1891 - Het Volk newspaper begins publication.{{cite book |title=Europa World Year Book |year=2004|publisher=Europa Publications |isbn=978-1-85743-254-1 |chapter=Belgium |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wGA4o-UhAfgC&pg=PA752 }}
• 1895 - Emile Braun becomes mayor.
• 1897 - Cluysen - Ter Donck Regatta begins.
• 1900
• Ghent system of unemployment benefits introduced.
• K.A.A. Gent football club formed.

• 1902 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Ghent University Botanic Garden|nl|3=Plantentuin Universiteit Gent}} established.{{cite web |url=http://www.bgci.org/garden_search.php?action=Find&ftrCountry=BE |title=Garden Search: Belgium |publisher= Botanic Gardens Conservation International |location=London |access-date= 30 October 2015 }}
• 1904
• Electric tram begins operating.
• Population: 162,482.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
• 1912 - Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station and Patria Cinema open.
• 1913 - Exposition universelle et internationale (1913) held in city.
• 1914 - Vooruit built.
• 1919 - Population: 165,655.{{cite book |title=Statesman's Year-Book |year=1921 |location=London |publisher= Macmillan and Co.|chapter= Belgium |hdl=2027/njp.32101072368440 |title-link=Statesman's Year-Book }}
• 1920 - Jules Ottenstadion (stadium) built.
• 1930 - Population: 170,358.
• 1942 - Ghent University Library Book Tower built.
• 1947 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Emile Claeys|nl}} becomes mayor.
• 1959 - Ghent University Hospital opens.
• 1965 - Section of Mendonk becomes part of Ghent.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}
• 1970
• Studio Skoop (cinema) opens.
• Population: 148,860.
• 1973 - Gentbrugge railway station built.
• 1975 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Station Gent-Zeehaven|nl}} opens.
• 1976 - Mariakerke becomes part of Ghent.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}
• 1977 - Gentbrugge becomes part of city.
• 1980
• {{Interlanguage link multi|Amsab-Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis|nl}} founded.{{cite web|url=http://www3.amsab.be/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=241&Itemid=106|title=Amsab-Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis - Geschiedenis|website=www3.amsab.be}}
• Population: 241,695.
• 1981 - Decascoop (cinema) built.{{cite web |url= http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/belgium/gent?status=all |title=Movie Theaters in Gent, Belgium |work=CinemaTreasures.org |publisher= Cinema Treasures LLC |location=Los Angeles |access-date= 30 October 2015 }}
• 1987 - Flanders Expo arena built.
• 1995 - Hogeschool Gent (college) established.

• 2006 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Project Gent-Sint-Pieters|nl}} begins.
• 2007 - Daniël Termont becomes mayor.
• 2010 - Ghent City Museum opens.
• 2012 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Arteveldetoren|nl}} hi-rise built.
• 2013
• Ghelamco Arena opens.
• Population: 248,242.
• 2014 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Virginie Lovelinggebouw|nl}} built.
• 2020 - Ghent University Museum opens.

• Ghent history
• {{Interlanguage link multi|History of Ghent|nl|3=Geschiedenis van Gent}}
• List of mayors of Ghent
• Timelines of other municipalities in Belgium: Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, Leuven, Liège
• History of urban centers in the Low Countries

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This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.

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• {{Citation |publisher =S. Birt |location = London |author = Thomas Nugent |title = The Grand Tour |date = 1749 |chapter= Ghent |volume=1: Netherlands |hdl = 2027/mdp.39015030762598 |author-link = Thomas Nugent (travel writer) }}
• {{cite book

|title = Gazetteer of the Netherlands

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• {{Citation |publisher = Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown |date = 1819 |location = London |title = The Cyclopaedia |author= Abraham Rees |chapter= Ghent, a city of France |hdl = 2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9571pn88 |title-link = Rees's Cyclopædia }}
• {{Citation |publisher = John Murray |location = London |title = Handbook for Travellers in Holland and Belgium |date = 1881 |edition=20th |via=HathiTrust |chapter=Ghent |hdl = 2027/hvd.hn2ha2 }}
• {{cite book |title=The visitors universal handybook and guide to Antwerp, Brussels, Waterloo, Ghent, Bruges, Liège, etc. etc. |publisher=John De Wit & Joris |location=Antwerp |edition=5th |year=1884 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qmMDAAAAQAAJ }}
• {{Citation |publisher = Harper & Brothers |location = New York |author = W. Pembroke Fetridge |author-link = William Pembroke Fetridge |chapter-url = https://archive.org/stream/harperseuropeeast00fetr#page/518/mode/2up |chapter=Ghent |title = Harper's Hand-Book for Travellers in Europe and the East |date = 1885 }}
• {{cite book |title=Chambers's Encyclopaedia |location=London |chapter=Ghent |volume=5 |year=1901 |hdl=2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t1fj2r624 |title-link=Chambers's Encyclopaedia }}
• {{Citation |publisher = Karl Baedeker |location = Leipzig |title = Belgium and Holland |chapter-url = https://archive.org/stream/belgiumhollan00karl#page/52/mode/2up |chapter=Ghent |edition=15th |date = 1910 |oclc = 397759 }} (+ [https://archive.org/stream/belgiumandholla00baedgoog#page/n106/mode/2up 1881 ed.])
• {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Ghent |volume= 11 | pages = 919–920 |date=1910 |ref= {{harvid|Britannica|1910}} |short= 1}}
• {{Citation |publisher = Ward, Lock & Co. |location = London |title = Haydn's Dictionary of Dates |author = Benjamin Vincent |edition = 25th |date = 1910 |chapter= Ghent |hdl = 2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949 |title-link = Haydn's Dictionary of Dates }}
• {{cite book|editor=Trudy Ring|title=Northern Europe |series= International Dictionary of Historic Places|year=1995 |publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn |isbn=978-1-136-63944-9 |chapter= Ghent |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=yfPYAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA299 |page=299+ }}

in other languages

• {{citation |url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008697793 |title= Nieuwen Almanach ... der Stad Gend |date= 1770 |language=nl |location=Gend |publisher=Philippe Gimblet }} 1770-
• {{Citation |publisher = C. Annoot-Braeckman |location = Gand |title = Inventaire des archives de la ville de Gand |trans-title=Inventory of the Ghent City Archives |url = https://archive.org/stream/inventairedesarc00ghen#page/n7/mode/2up |language=fr |date = 1896 |oclc = 64460660 |author=Victor Van der Haeghen }}
• {{citation |title=Winkler Prins' Geillustreerde Encyclopaedie |chapter= Gent |year=1917 |edition=4th |location=Amsterdam |publisher=Uitgevers-Maatschappy "Elsevier" |editor1=Henri Zondervan |language=nl |hdl= 2027/mdp.39015068347981 |title-link= Winkler Prins }}

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