The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Bruges, Belgium.
- 1719 – Academy of Art established.
- 1743 – Lawyer's guild established.[9]
- 1786 – St. Christopher's Church, Bruges [nl] demolished.
- 1787
- Bruge Central Cemetery [nl] established.
- Cloth Hall demolished.
- 1794 – French in power.
- 1798 – Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge [nl] (library) opens.
- 1799 – St. Donatian's Cathedral demolished.
- 1815 – Bruges becomes part of the Netherlands.
- 1821 – Fish Market, Bruges [nl] built on the Steenhouwersdijk [nl].
- 1830 – Bruges becomes part of Belgium.
- 1837 – Journal de Bruges French-language newspaper begins publication.[10]
- 1838 – Brugge railway station opens.
- 1839 – Société d'émulation de Bruges [fr] founded.
- 1846 – Statue of Stevin erected on Simon Stevinplein (Brugge) [nl].
- 1855 – Ringvaart, Bruges [nl] canal commissioned.
- 1863 – Population: 50,986.[11]
- 1887 – Monument to Breydel/de Coninck erected in the Grote Markt.
- 1891
- Club Brugge KV football club formed.
- Post and Telegraph office built on the Grote Markt.
- 1892 – Rodenbach's novel Bruges-la-Morte published.[12]
- 1899 – Cercle Brugge K.S.V. football club formed.
- 1900 – Bruges derby football rivalry active.
- 2002 – Concertgebouw Brugge [nl] opens on the 't Zand, Bruges [nl].
- 2008 – Frietmuseum opens in the Saaihalle.
- 2010 – April: Catholic bishop Vangheluwe resigns.[17]
- 2013
"200 jaar kranten in Brugge" [200 years of newspapers in Bruges], Historische Bronnen Brugge (in Dutch), Erfgoedcel Brugge, retrieved 30 October 2015
This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.
In English
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