Timeline of Amsterdam

The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Prior to 17th century

2700~2750 BC - age of Neolithic shards of Bell Beaker culture pottery found under Rokin
2200~2000 BC - age of granite grinding stone found under Damrak
10th c. - Farmers settling at upstream Amstel
1105 - Wolfger van Amstel mentioned in a document as scultetus of "Amestelle".
1170 - All Saint's Flood made settlement possible at the banks of downstream Amstel
1213 - Founding Oude Kerk in this settlement
1270 - Dam built in Amstel River.
1275
* "Amestelledamme" appears for the first time in a charter.
* 27 October, Count Floris V of the County of Holland granted traders, sailors and fishermen exemption from tolls.
1300 - Population: 1000.
1303 - Siege of Amsterdam
1306 - Amsterdam granted city rights. Oude Kerk consecrated.
1345 - 15 March: Alleged "Miracle of Amsterdam" occurs.
1347 - Heilige Stede chapel built.
1389 - The city was first called Aemsterdam in an authentic piece.
1408 - Nieuwe Kerk construction begins.
1421 - Fire.
1425 - Singel canal dug.
1452 - Fire.
1470 - Agnietenklooster built.
1487 - Schreierstoren built.
1490s - Brick city wall built.
1516 - Montelbaanstoren built.
1518 - Egelantier formed.
1535 - 10 May: Anabaptist riot occurs; "fanatics ran about the streets naked."
1566 - Beeldenstorm.
1568 - Amsterdam supports Catholics in the Dutch Revolt.
1575 - Erven Lucas Bols in business.
1578
* Alteratie shifts power from Catholics to Protestants.
* built.
1585 - City expands beyond the Singel.
1586 - Admiralty of Amsterdam formed.
1596 - Rasphuis established.

17th century

1600 - Population: 50,000.
1601 - Goldsmith's guild established.
1602 - Amsterdam Stock Exchange and Dutch East India Company founded.
1603 - Hendrick de Keyser becomes city architect.
1606 - Oost-Indisch Huis built.
1607 - English Reformed Church established.
1609 - Bank of Amsterdam established.
1611 - built.
1613 - Grachtengordel development begins.
1614 - Nieuwmarkt created.
1617
* First Dutch Academy formed.
* Korenbeurs built.
* Town gate remodeled as Weigh House.
1619 - Westerhal built.
1620
* Munttoren and built.
* English-language Corrant out of Italy, German, Etc. newspaper begins publication.
1621 - Dutch West India Company founded.
1622 - Cromhouthuizen built.
1631 - Artist Rembrandt moves to Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam.
1632 - Athenaeum Illustre formed.
1633 - built.
1637 - Schouwburg of Van Campen built.
1638
* Hortus Medicus founded.
* built.
1641 - built on.
1642 - Rembrandt's artwork The Night Watch shown in the Kloveniersdoelen.
1651 - St. Peter's Flood.
1652 - 7 July: burns down.
1655 - New City Hall built on Dam Square.
1662
* Trippenhuis and built.
* Blaeu's Atlas Maior published.
1663 - Bubonic plague outbreak.
1665 - New theatre opens.
1666 - Population: 200,000.
1672 - Johannes Hudde becomes mayor.
1675 - Portuguese Synagogue built.
1679 - Wynand-Fockink in business.
1682 - Begijnhof Chapel and Amstelhof built.
1683 - Society of Suriname established.
1691 - Skinny Bridge built.
1696 - Aansprekersoproer riots

18th century

1748
* Pachtersoproer riots
* Demands from Doelistenmovement
1765 - Stadstekenacademie founded.
1774 - Theatre opens on the Leidseplein.
1776 - Felix Meritis society and established.
1780 - built.
1785 - Seamen's Institute, and Society for Public Welfare organized.
1787 - Prussians in power.
1794
* Metz & Co established.
* Population: 217,024.
1795 - January: French in power.
1800 - Barrack of St. Charles built.

19th century

1808
* Amsterdam becomes capital of Kingdom of Holland, client state of the French Empire.
* City Hall becomes the Royal Palace.
* Royal Institute of Sciences, Literature and Fine Arts founded.
1813 - Oranje-Nassau Kazerne built.
1814
* Amsterdam becomes capital of the Netherlands.
* Rijks-Museum relocates to the Trippenhuis building.
* Bank of the Netherlands headquartered in city.
1815
* Doelen Hotel in business.
* Population: 180,179.
1824 - Netherlands Trading Society headquartered in city.
1825
* North Holland Canal constructed.
* Amsterdamsche Stoomboot Maatschappij established
1838 - Zoo opens.
1839
* Amsterdam–Haarlem railway begins operating.
* opens.
* Arti et Amicitiae society organized.
1840
* Coster Diamonds founded.
* built.
1841 - Mozes en Aäronkerk rebuilt.
1843 - opens.
1845 - built.
1852 - Bijbels Museum founded.
1853 - City "water supply" begins.
1854 - Royal Asscher Diamond Company founded.
1855 - Arti et Amicitiae constructed.
1856
* Amsterdam–Arnhem railway constructed.
* De Eendracht war memorial erected.
* Koninklijke Nederlandse Stoomboot-Maatschappij established.
1862 - Bloemenmarkt founded.
1863 - Museum Fodor opens.
1864 - Crystal Palace built on the.
1866 - Population: 264,498.
1867
* Heineken brewery built.
* Amstel Hotel opens.
1869 - Netherlands Bank building constructed.
1870
* Rijksakademie, De Bijenkorf shop, and Amstel Brewery founded.
* Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland in business.
1872 - Construction of the first social housing project, de Dubbeltjespanden
1874
* Amsterdam–Zutphen railway constructed.
* Amsterdamse Toneelschool established.
1875 - housing association formed.
1876
* North Sea Canal opens.
* Population: 281,944.
1877 - Municipal University of Amsterdam and Teekenschool voor Kunstambachten founded.
1878 - Den Helder–Amsterdam railway begins operating.
1880 - Vrije Universiteit established.
1881
* Telephone in operation.
* housing built in Czaar Peterbuurt.
* Stille Omgang revived.
1882 - Spui square created.
1883
* May: International Colonial and Export Exhibition opens.
* built.
* laid out.
1884
* Amsterdamsch Conservatorium founded.
* Population: 361,326.
1885 - Rijksmuseum opens.
1886 - July: Palingoproer eel riot occurs.
1887
* Orange riots..
* Elsevier publisher in business.
* Basilica of St. Nicholas built.
1888 - Concertgebouw built, and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra founded.
1889 - Amsterdam Centraal railway station opens.
1890 - Victoria Hotel, Amsterdam in business.
1893 - Economic unrest.
1894 - Stadsschouwburg rebuilt.
1895
* held.
* Museum Willet-Holthuysen and Catholic Ignatius Gymnasium established.
1896 - Hotel de l'Europe in business on the.
1900
* Gemeentetram Amsterdam tramway established.
* historical society and AFC Ajax football club formed.
* Population: 523,557.

20th century

1900-1939

1903
* Railroad Strike.
* Beurs van Berlage built.
1904 - August: International Socialist Congress held.
1906 - Amsterdam Wind Orchestra ATH formed.
1907 - cinema and Het Houten Stadion open.
1911 - Rembrandt House Museum opens.
1914 - Harry Elte Stadium and on Kalverstraat built.
1915
* department store built.
* in business.
1917
* 1917 Potato riots.
* Amsterdam-Zuid development begins per Plan Zuid.
1919
* Public library opens.
* Het Schip apartment building erected.
* Disteldorp and Vogeldorp areas built in Amsterdam-Noord.
* Population: 647,120.
1920
* Construction of the Defence Line of Amsterdam completed.
* Muzieklyceum and Rialto cinema established.
1921
* Buiksloot, Nieuwendam, Ransdorp, Sloten, and Watergraafsmeer annexed.
* Tuschinski cinema built.
1923 - Tuindorp Oostzaan area built.
1924.
* Institute of Applied Art formed.
* National Vocational School for Pastry Chefs opens.
1925 - Tooneelmuseum founded.
1926
* Amsterdam Museum established.
* Royal Tropical Institute building constructed
* HEMA (store) in business on Kalverstraat.
1927 - American Women's Club Amsterdam founded.
1928 - Summer Olympics held.
1929 - Palace of National Industry burns down.
1932 - Joods Historisch Museum opens.
1933 - Alhambra Theater opens.
1934
* July: Jordaanoproer.
* Allard Pierson Museum opens.
1935
* International Institute for Social History established.
* cinema opens.
1936 - Theatre built.
1939
* Amsterdam Amstel railway station opens.
* built.

World War II

1940
* 11 May: Bombing of Amsterdam by the Luftwaffe
* German occupation begins
* Het Parool newspaper begins publication.
1941
* February strike.
* Central Office for Jewish Emigration in the Netherlands begins operating.
1943
* 27 March: 1943 bombing of the Amsterdam civil registry office
* July: Allied bombings of Amsterdam-Noord.
1944 - 4 August: Frank family arrested.
1945
* 18 January: Executions on the Fusilladeplaats Rozenoord begin.
* 5 May: German occupation ends.
* 7 May: Shooting on Dam square, Amsterdam.
* 8 May: Canadian troops enter city
* 9 May: Mass celebrations in Dam Square
* opens.
* De Volkskrant newspaper in publication.
1946 - Dutch Historic Film Archive founded.
1947
* The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank is published.
* Holland Festival begins.

1950s-1990s

1952
* May: Amsterdam–Rhine Canal opens.
* active.
* Filmmuseum founded.
1956 - National Monument erected in Dam Square.
1957 - Horecava hospitality trade fair begins.
1958 - Netherlands Film and Television Academy founded.
1959 - Population: 872,000.
1960
* Anne Frank House museum established on the Prinsengracht.
* Academie voor Kleinkunst founded.
* Uitzendbureau Amstelveen was founded.
1961 - Amsterdam RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre opens.
1962 - Hilton Hotel in business.
1965 - Counterculture Provo (movement) begins.
1966
* 13–14 June: occurs.
* Weesperkarspel annexed.
1967 - Catholic Theological University of Amsterdam established.
1968
* Art & Project gallery opens.
* Theaterschool founded.
1969
* March: Bed-In for Peace held.
* May: Student protest occurs at the University of Amsterdam.
* STEIM cultural venue established.
1970 - Population: 807,095.
1971 - Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA railway station opens.
1972 - In-Out Centre opens.
1973 - Van Gogh Museum opens.
1975
* Flag of Amsterdam design adopted.
* Rainbow Foundation, De Appel art centre, and Other Books and So founded.
* Amsterdam Marathon and SAIL Amsterdam begin.
1976 - Sweelinck Conservatorium formed.
1977
* 9 May: Hotel Polen fire.
* Amsterdam Metro begins operating.
* Uitmarkt begins
1978 - MonteVideo founded.
1979
* Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra founded.
* closed.
1981 - 21 November: Protest against stationing of NATO missiles.
1984
* Social unrest.
* Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival begins.
1985 - Annual contemporary art fair begins.
1986
* Amsterdam–Schiphol railway begins operating.
* Stopera opera hall opens.
1987 - Amsterdamse Poort (shopping centre) opens.
1988
* International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam begins.
* Stopera city hall opens.
1990 - Population: 695,221.
1991
* Museum Geelvinck-Hinlopen established.
* Museum Jan van der Togt opens.
1992
* 4 October: Airplane crash in Bijlmermeer.
* Miniature Museum founded.
1993 - La Rive and Boom Chicago founded.
1994
* Conservatorium van Amsterdam and Prostitution Information Center founded.
* SMART Project Space opens.
1996
* Amsterdam Gay Pride begins.
* Amsterdam Arena built.
1997
* 2 October: EU treaty signed in city.
* Henk Sneevlietweg metro station opens.
* IJburg residential archipelago construction begins.
1999 - OT301 squat begins.
2000
* Prostitution in the Netherlands legalized.
* Euronext founded.

21st century

2001
* 1 April: First legalized same-sex marriage in the Netherlands occurs.
* Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam and Heineken Music Hall open.
* Job Cohen becomes mayor.
* 290 Square Meters opens its first shop
2004 - 2 November: Filmmaker Van Gogh killed on.
2006 - Amsterdam Film eXperience begins.
2007
* KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival begins.
* Diamond Museum Amsterdam opens.
* Centrale Bibliotheek moves into new building.
* Amsterdam City Archives relocates to De Bazel building.
* De Schreeuw memorial erected in the Oosterpark.
2008 - Amsterdam Holendrecht railway station opens.
2009 - H'ART Museum opens.
2010 - Eberhard van der Laan becomes mayor.
2011 - February: Retrial of Geert Wilders begins in the .
2012
* 21 April: Sloterdijk train collision.
* EYE Film Institute Netherlands opens.
2013 - Population: 800.000 in January 2013.
2014
* 17 July: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 departs from Amsterdam, later crashes in Ukraine.
* 2014 Amsterdam drug deaths occur.
2015
* February: University of Amsterdam Bungehuis and Maagdenhuis occupations occur.
* Regeneration of Frederik Hendrikplantsoen
2018
*Femke Halsema becomes mayor.
*2018 Amsterdam stabbing attack
2019
*December: The start of for special dutch language theatre
2022
*The municipality Weesp merged with Amsterdam on 24 March 2022.
*Population: 903.000 in March 2022.
2024
*March. Opening of the Dutch National Holocaust Museum
*2024 University of Amsterdam pro-Palestinian campus occupations
*November 2024 Amsterdam riots
2025
*March 2025 Amsterdam stabbing attack
*August Killing of Lisa from Abcoude