The following is a timeline of the history of the Netherlands’ municipality of Groningen.
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. . . Timeline of Groningen . . .
- 48 CE: Roman camp established.[1]
- 800: Martin’s Church built (approximate date).[2]
- 1040: “Villa Cruoninga” (“Groningen”) mentioned.[3]
- 13th century: Reitdiep canal dug
- c. 1220: Martin’s Church rebuilt in brick[2]
- 1255: City wall built[4]
- 1284: Groningen joins the Hanseatic League[1]
- c. 1300: Town hall built[2]
- 1308: Jacobijnerklooster established[5]
- 1482: Martin’s Church tower built[4]
- 1493: Der Aa Church built[6]
- 1506: Edzard I, Count of East Frisia, in power[2]
- 1509: Ommelanderhuis and Rechthuis built[4][2]
- 1526: Guild unrest[7]
- 1575: Ommelanden secedes from city[3]
- 1579: City signs Union of Utrecht regional treaty[1]
- 1580: Siege of Groningen; Spaniards in power[1]
- May–July 1594: Siege of Groningen; Maurice, Prince of Orange, and William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, in power;[8] Groningen Treaty of Reduction unites city and Ommelanden[3][9]
- 17 February 1595: City of Groningen and the Ommelanden admitted to the Republic of the United Netherlands[3]
- 1599: orphanage founded.[10]
- c. 1609: workhouse established[10]
- 1614: University of Groningen founded[8]
- 1615: University library established
- 1635: Goudkantoor built on the Grote Markt[2]
- 1650: William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, becomes stadtholder of Groningen[8]
- 1659: Gerhard ten Berge becomes mayor
- 1662: City Weigh House built[11]
- July–August 1672: Siege of Groningen by Bishop Christoph Bernhard von Galen of Münster on behalf of Louis XIV of France[1]
- 1705: Allert Meijer becomes city architect[11]
- 1728: Collegium Medicum founded[10][12]
- 1747: Jodenkamp cemetery established[13]
- 1756: Volteringstraat synagogue built[13]
- 1790: Henri Daniel Guyot Institute for the deaf established[4]
- 1798: Hotel De Doelen established
. . . Timeline of Groningen . . .
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