Timeline of Liège
The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Liège, Belgium.
Prior to 18th century[edit]
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- ca.558 - St Monulph, bishop of Tongres, built a chapel.[1]
- 721 - Catholic see relocated to Liège from Maastricht.[2]
- 965 - Church of St. Martin founded.[3]
- 980 - Prince-Bishopric of Liège established.[4]
- 987 - Church of St. Denis founded.[3]
- 1015
- Collegiate Church of St. Bartholomew consecrated.[3]
- Abbey of Saint Jacques founded.[3]
- 1050 - St. Lambert's Cathedral dedicated.[3]
- 1124 - Church of St. Gilles construction begins.
- 1232 - St. Paul's Cathedral construction begins.[3]
- 1255 - Citadel of Liège built.
- 1316 - Paix de Fexhe signed, establishing a somewhat representative government in Liège.[1][4]
- 1319 - Saint-Julien Hospice founded in Outremeuse.
- 1325 - Guild unrest.[4]
- 1408 - 23 September: Battle of Othée.[4]
- 1468
- Liège sacked by forces of Charles the Bold of Burgundy.[3][1]
- 29 October: Six hundred Franchimontois fight Burgundian forces.
- 1506 - Érard de La Marck becomes Prince-bishop of Liège.[3]
- 1526 - Prince-Bishops' Palace construction begins.
- 1546 - Halle aux viandes de Liège built.
- 1561 - Marché de la Batte (market) active.
- 1594
- Foire de Liège (festival) begins.
- Maison Havart built on the Quai de la Goffe.
- 1610 - Palais Curtius built on the Quai de Maestricht.
- 1614 - Béguinage Saint-Esprit founded.
- 1616 - Collège des jésuites anglais (Liège) built.
- 1623 - Béguinage Saint-Christophe de Liège compound built.
- 1637 - April: Murder of Sébastien de La Ruelle sparks anti-Spanish rioting.
18th–19th centuries[edit]
- 1702 - Liége taken by The duke of Marlborough [1]
- 1714 - Liège City Hall built on the Place du Marché (Liège).
- 1747 - Banque Nagelmackers founded.[5]
- 1772 - Church of Saint Andrew, Liège built.[citation needed]
- 1775 - Académie royale des beaux-arts de Liège established.
- 1779 - Société littéraire de Liège and Société libre d'émulation (Liège) founded.
- 1789 - August: Liège Revolution begins; Republic of Liège established.
- 1794 - St. Lambert's Cathedral sacked.[1]
- 1795 - "Union with France decreed."[3]
- 1796
- Liège becomes part of France.[6][1]
- Archives de l'État à Liège established.[7]
- 1812 - Mine accident, 74 men trapped in a flooded mine.[8]
- 1815 - Liège becomes part of the Netherlands, viz. the Congress of Vienna.[6][1]
- 1817
- University of Liège founded.
- Cockerill manufactory in business in nearby Seraing.[9]
- 1820 - Royal Theatre opens.
- 1823 - Fort de la Chartreuse built in Amercœur.
- 1826 - Royal Conservatory of Liège founded.
- 1830 - Liège becomes part of Belgium.[6][1]
- 1835
- Ateliers de construction de La Meuse in business.
- Banque Liégeoise established.[5]
- 1840 - Gazette de Liège newspaper begins publication.[10][11]
- 1842 - Liège-Guillemins railway station opens.
- 1848 - Avenue Blonden laid out.
- 1850 - Institut archéologique liégeois founded.[12]
- 1853 - Parc de la Boverie established.
- 1856 - Société liégeoise de littérature wallonne (literary society) established.[13]
- 1862 - Bibliothèque populaire communale du Centre (library) opens.[14]
- 1863 - Population: 108,710.[15]
- 1868 - Equestrian statue of Charlemagne unveiled.[16]
- 1871 - Horse-drawn tram begins operating.
- 1875 - Population: 117,600.[1]
- 1877 - Hasselt-Liège railway in operation.
- 1880
- Montagne de Bueren (stairway) installed in Pierreuse.
- Parc d'Avroy created.
- 1887 - Salle philharmonique de Liège (concert hall) opens on the Boulevard Piercot.
- 1888 - Construction of area fortifications begins.[1]
- 1889 - La Revue Blanche literary magazine begins publication.
- 1892 - Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycling race begins.[17]
- 1893 - Electric tram begins operating.
- 1898 - Standard Liège football club formed.
- 1900 - Population: 157,760.[1]
20th century[edit]
- 1904 - Pont de Fragnée (bridge) built.
- 1905
- April: Liège International (1905) world's fair opens.
- Gare de Liège-Palais (train station) and Passerelle Mativa (footbridge) built.
- Population: 168,532.[1]
- 1909 - Stade Maurice Dufrasne (stadium) opens.
- 1911
- Banque Centrale de Liège established.[5]
- Palace Liège cinema opens.
- 1914 - August: Battle of Liège.[18]
- 1919
- 1922 - Forum (Liège) theatre opens.
- 1928 - Interallied Memorial of Cointe erected.
- 1930
- May: Exposition of 1930 (Liège) world's fair opens.
- Liège Airport terminal and Pont-barrage de Monsin (bridge) open.
- 1937 - Port of Liège established.
- 1939
- Albert Canal (Antwerp-Liège) opens.
- Exposition internationale de l'eau (1939) held.
- 1940 - German occupation of Belgium during World War II begins.
- 1944 - September: German occupation ends.
- 1946 - 17 September: City name changed to "Liège" (formerly "Liége").
- 1950 - Royal Question (political crisis) occurs.[21]
- 1952 - Museum of Fine Arts' Liège Cabinet of Prints and Drawings established.
- 1957 - Albert Bridge, Liège rebuilt.
- 1960
- 1960–61 Winter General Strike begins.
- Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège formed.
- 1962 - Musée de zoologie de Liège established.
- 1967 - Cité administrative (Liège) built.
- 1976 - Centre culturel Les Chiroux established.
- 1977
- 1980
- Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain (Liège) opens.
- Maison de la science established.
- 1981 - Opera Cinema in business.[22]
- 1985
- Lawsuit Gravier v City of Liège decided.
- Musée des transports en commun de Liège founded.
- 1991
- 1992 - Maison de la métallurgie et de l'industrie museum active.[23]
- 1993
- La Batte remodelled.
- Le Churchill cinema opens.
- 1996 - Soundstation cultural space opens.
- 1997 - La Meuse newspaper begins publication.
- 1999 - Willy Demeyer becomes mayor.
- 2000 - Pont du Pays de Liège (bridge) and Tunnel de Cointe open.
21st century[edit]
- 2007
- Festival international du film policier de Liège begins.
- Haute École de la Province de Liège (college) established.
- 2008 - Le Sauvenière cinema opens.
- 2009 - Liège-Guillemins railway station rebuilt.
- 2011 - 13 December: 2011 Liège attack occurs on Place Saint-Lambert.
- 2012 - 2012 Tour de France cycling race starts from Liège.
- 2013 - Population: 195,576.
- 2014 - Financial Tower built.
See also[edit]
- Liège history
- History of Liège
- List of mayors of Liège
- List of bishops and prince-bishops of Liège
- List of protected heritage sites in Liège
- Timelines of other municipalities in Belgium: Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, Ghent, Leuven
- History of urban centers in the Low Countries
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Britannica 1910.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Belgium". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Hourihane 2012.
- ^ a b c d Walter Prevenier [in Dutch] (2000). "The Low Countries, 1290-1415". In Michael Jones (ed.). New Cambridge Medieval History. Vol. 6: c.1300-c.1415. Cambridge University Press. pp. 570–594. ISBN 978-0-521-36290-0.
- ^ a b c "Belgium". International Banking Directory. New York: Bankers Publishing Company. 1922. hdl:2027/hvd.hb1sji.
- ^ a b c Haydn 1910.
- ^ a b "Archives et Documentation". Site de la Ville de Liège (in French). Ville de Liège. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ Thomson, Thomas (April 1816), "Account of an Accident which happened in a Coal-Mine at Liege in 1812", Annals of Philosophy, vol. VII, no. XL, London: Robert Baldwin, pp 260 – 263, retrieved 28 December 2014
- ^ Godfrey L. Carden; U.S. Department of Labor and Commerce (1909). Machine-tool Trade in Belgium. USA: Government Printing Office.
- ^ "Belgium". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
- ^ De Theux 1867.
- ^ Chronique archéologique du pays de Liège (in French), Institut archéologique liégeois, 1906, pp. v
- ^ Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ Charles Defrecheux (1907). "Les bibliothèques populaire a Liège". In Louis Stainier (ed.). Revue des bibliothèques et archives de Belgique (in French). Brussels: Misch & Thron.
- ^ "Belgium". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1869. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590337.
- ^ Joost De Geest (ed.), 500 chefs-d'oeuvre de l'art belge (Racine, 2006), p. 232.
- ^ Petit Futé 2015.
- ^ Stephen Pope; Elizabeth-Anne Wheal (1995). "Select Chronology". Dictionary of the First World War. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-85052-979-1.
- ^ "Low Countries, 1900 A.D.–present: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ "Belgium". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
- ^ "20 July-1 August, 1950". Chronology of International Events and Documents. 6 (15). London: Royal Institute of International Affairs: 485–520. 1950. JSTOR 40545240.
- ^ "Movie Theaters in Liege, Belgium". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ "Qui sommes-nous: Historique". Maison de la métallurgie et de l'industrie (in French). Retrieved 30 October 2015.
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Bibliography[edit]
In English[edit]
- Thomas Nugent (1749), "Liège", The Grand Tour, vol. 1: Netherlands, London: S. Birt, hdl:2027/mdp.39015030762598
- Abraham Rees (1819), "Liege, a city of France", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, hdl:2027/mdp.39015068382327
- Edmund Boyce (1823). "Liege". Belgian Traveller (4th ed.). London: Samuel Leigh.
- George Henry Townsend (1877), "Liege", A Manual of Dates (5th ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co., hdl:2027/hvd.32044088047865
- "Liege", Handbook for Travellers in Holland and Belgium (20th ed.), London: John Murray, 1881, hdl:2027/hvd.hn2ha2
- Visitors Universal Handybook and Guide to Antwerp, Brussels, Waterloo, Ghent, Bruges, Liège, etc. etc (5th ed.). Antwerp: John De Wit & Joris. 1884.
- W. Pembroke Fetridge (1885), "Liège", Harper's Hand-Book for Travellers in Europe and the East, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "Liege". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t7zk5ms79.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Liège", Belgium and Holland (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, OCLC 397759 + 1881 ed.
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 593–594.
- Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Liège", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/loc.ark:/13960/t89g6g776
- Joseph Brassinne (1913). "Liege". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Liege". Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.
- Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Liège". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.
In French[edit]
- Almanach de Liège (in French) circa 1626-1792
- Les Délices du Pays de Liège (in French). Liège. 1738-1744
- X. De Theux, ed. (1867). Bibliographie liégeoise (in French). Brussels: Fr.-J. Olivier.
- "Liège". Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French) (34th ed.). 1914. hdl:2027/mdp.39015074817142.
- Jacques Stiennon [in French], ed. (1991). Histoire de Liège (in French). Toulouse.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Collectif; Auzias, Dominique; Labourdette, Jean-Paul (2015). Liège. Petit Futé (in French). ISBN 978-2-7469-8238-3.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to History of Liège.
- Europeana. Items related to Liège, various dates.
- Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Liège, various dates
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