History Hop Tags - Utrecht

918-03-01

Balderik becomes bishop of Utrecht

949-06-30

Otto I the Great gives away bishopdpric of Utrecht "foreestrecht"

953-04-21

Otto I the Great gives Utrecht fishing rights

1040-05-21

King Henry III gives Utrecht the Groninger currency

1046-08-23

King Henry III gives money to Utrecht Deventer diocese

1048-05-01

Bishop Bernold flees St Pieterskerk for Utrecht Neth

1064-04-30

German King Henry IV gives away Utrecht county of West Friesland

1077-10-30

Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV gives the district of Stavoren to the bishop of Utrecht (Conrad, his former tutor)

1100-05-30

Burchard becomes bishop of Utrecht

1140-07-02

Hartbert becomes bishop of Utrecht

1165-11-25

Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I (Barbarossa) visits Utrecht

1230-08-31

Bishop Willebrand of Utrecht grants Swells state justice

1248-08-25

The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III, the Archbishop of Utrecht.

1253-04-28

-May 7th) Utrecht destroyed by fire

1317-11-21

Frederik of Sierck/Zyrick becomes bishop of Utrecht

1322-11-08

Pope John XXII names John van Diest, bishop of Utrecht

1342-11-20

Pope Clemens VI names John IV of Arkel as bishop of Utrecht

1346-11-22

Street fights in Utrecht, Hollandsgezinde Gunterlingen statements

1364-04-24

Pope Urbabus V names John V van Virneburg as bishop of Utrecht

1371-06-30

Arnold II of Horne chosen bishop of Utrecht

1371-07-09

Pope Gregory XI names Arnold II of Horne as bishop of Utrecht

1395-08-14

Utrecht bishop Frederik of Blankenheim occupies Coevorden

1418-11-02

Utrecht conquerors Ijsselstein

1448-12-20

Pope Nicholas V appoints Rudolf of Diepholt, Bishop of Utrecht, as cardinal

1481-12-26

Battle at Westbroek: Dutch army beats Utrecht

1483-09-03

Utrecht surrenders to Habsburg army

1517-05-19

Philip van Bourgondie installed as bishop of Utrecht

1522-07-13

Hunger appeal by women of Utrecht

1528-03-05

Utrecht governor Maarten van Rossum plunders The Hague

1528-06-30

Burgundian army occupies Utrecht

1534-02-26

Pope Paul II affirms George van Egmond as bishop of Utrecht

1534-10-26

Charles V names Joris of Egmont, bishop of Utrecht

1559-08-09

Willem of Orange becomes viceroy of Holland/Zealand/Utrecht

1560-09-25

Spanish king Philip II names Frederik Schenck of Toutenburg as 1st archbishop of Utrecht

1566-08-25

Iconoclastic fury begins in Dutch province Utrecht

1572-07-18

Willem of Orange recognized as viceroy of Holland/Friesland/Utrecht

1579-01-23

Union of Utrecht signed, forming protestant Dutch Republic

1579-01-25

Treaty of Utrecht signed, marks beginning of Dutch Republic

1579-03-05

Betuwe joins Union of Utrecht

1579-03-06

Veluwe joins Union of Utrecht

1579-03-23

Friesland joins Union of Utrecht

1579-04-11

Venlo joins Union of Utrecht

1579-07-29

Antwerp request union with Utrecht

1579-09-13

Breda forms Union of Utrecht

1580-04-11

Drenthe joins Union of Utrecht

1580-06-18

States of Utrecht forbid catholic worship

1590-04-02

States-General appoints earl Mauritius, viceroy of Utrecht

1618-07-30

Prince Maurits' troops pull into Utrecht

1636-03-26

University of Utrecht opening ceremony

1672-06-21

French troops under King Louis XIV occupy Utrecht

1700-11-30

Utrecht/Overijssel/Buren/Leerdam/IJsselstein go on Gregoria calendar

1700-12-12

Utrecht/Overijssel/Buren/Leerdam/Ijsselstein adopt Gregorian calendar

1712-10-04

Utrecht banishes poor Jews

1713-03-27

Spain loses Menorca and Gibraltar to Britain under the Treaty of Utrecht

1713-04-11

Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain - English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese & French peace treaty

1723-04-23

Cornelis Steenoven elected archbishop of Utrecht

1747-05-03

Willem IV appointed viceroy of Holland/Utrecht

1787-09-15

-16] Utrecht patriots flee to Amsterdam

1795-01-16

French army under Pichegru occupies Utrecht Neth

1811-10-06

French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte visits Utrecht

1813-11-28

Cossacks occupy Utrecht

1822-12-06

Veterinary school in Utrecht opens

1838-09-05

Central Museum opens in Utrecht Netherlands

1843-12-06

Amsterdam-Utrecht railway opens

1845-05-14

Utrecht-Arnhem Railway opens

1855-07-20

1st train from Rotterdam to Utrecht in Netherlands

1863-07-16

Utrecht-Swells railway opens

1871-10-01

General Dutch Werkliedenverbond (ANWV), forms in Utrecht

1883-03-31

Utrecht begins water pipe system

1883-07-01

ANWB forms in Utrecht

1902-09-10

Utrecht soccer team UVV forms

1902-10-10

South Africa's president Paul Kruger visits Utrecht

1906-04-18

Calvinist Reformed Union in Neth Church forms in Utrecht

1917-02-26

1st Annual fair at Utrecht Harbor (Netherlands)

1917-09-03

Utrecht soccer team Holland forms

1928-12-01

Railroad museum opens in Utrecht Neth

1931-12-14

1st assembly of Anton Musserts NSB in Utrecht

1938-12-17

Utrecht Central Station destroyed by fire

1941-02-26

Utrecht & Zaandam strike against raid on Jews

1944-10-07

Riots in Amersfoort/Utrecht/Strugle

1944-12-05

German troops steal all the silver coin in Utrecht

1945-05-07

WWII: British troops enter Utrecht, Netherlands

1945-12-22

Utrecht: Catholic People's party (KVP) established

1951-05-28

Bernardus J Alfrink appointed bishop's asst of Utrecht

1954-04-01

1st Dutch motorway, Amsterdam-Utrecht, opens

1955-10-31

Mgr Alfrink appointed archbishop of Utrecht

1955-11-03

Bernardus J Alfrink installed as archbishop of Utrecht

1955-12-04

Mgr Alfrink installed as Archbishop of Utrecht

1970-07-01

FC Utrecht soccer team forms in Utrecht

1975-12-20

Pope Paul VI named J Willebrands archbishop of Utrecht

1976-02-21

Cardinal Willebrands installed as archbishop of Utrecht

1977-09-22

West German Red Army Faction terrorist kills policeman in Utrecht

1979-01-26

Music Center Vredenburg opens in Utrecht Neth

1988-03-11

Utrecht conservatory destroyed by fire

1487-02-14

Henry II of Bavaria, bishop of Utrecht/Worms/Freising

1504-06-02

George/Joris van Egmont, bishop of Utrecht

1599-01-12

Adrian van Utrecht, Flemish painter

1695-04-12

Caspar Burman, historian/mayor (Utrecht Neth)

1794-08-28

Johannes Zwijsen, archbishop (Utrecht Netherlands)

1815-09-04

Andreas I Schaepman, archbishop of Utrecht 1868-82

1824-06-18

Johannes Heykamp, Catholic archbishop of Utrecht

1850-11-26

Henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop of Utrecht (1895-1929)

1871-03-28

Willem Mengelberg, Utrecht Neth, conductor (NY Philharmonic 1922-30)

1882-08-16

Pierre H Ritter Jr, Dutch literary/head (Utrecht Newspaper)

1883-01-04

Johanna Westerdijk, botanist/Neth 1st female prof (Utrecht, 1917-52)

1885-09-10

Johannes de Jong, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht (Handbook)

1889-02-18

Sybold van Ravesteyn, architect (Blijdorp, CS Rotterdam, Utrecht)

1900-07-05

Bernardus J Cardinal Alfrink, cardinal of Utrecht Netherlands

1918-11-19

Hendrik Christoffel Van de Hulst, Utrecht the Netherlands, Dutch astronomer who correctly predicted the existence of the 21 cm hyper-fine line of neutral atomic hydrogen in interstellar space

1922-11-19

Stanley K Runcorn, British geophysicist (Doctor of Utrecht)

1931-11-26

Adrianus J "Cardinal" Simonis, archbishop of Utrecht

1957-07-16

Wlodi Smolarek, soccer player (FC Utrecht)

1963-04-13

Jan Willem van Ede, Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht, PSV)

1963-07-06

Edwin Gorter, soccer player (Lommel/FC Utrecht)

1964-03-26

Ab Plugboer, soccer player (FC Utrecht)

1964-10-14

Pieter Axe, soccer player (FC Utrecht/SC Heerenveen)

1964-12-24

Marcel van der Net, Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht)

1966-02-28

Erik van Kessel, Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht)

1966-03-16

David Nascimento, soccer player (Roda JC/FC Utrecht)

1966-12-17

Hans Visser, Dutch soccer player (MVV, FC Utrecht)

1967-01-28

Peter Hofstede, Dutch soccer player (Roda JC, FC Utrecht)

1967-07-07

Erik van der More, soccer player (FC Utrecht)

1968-01-28

Peter Hofstede, Dutch soccer player (Roda JC, FC Utrecht)

1968-12-13

Carlos Hasselbaink, Dutch soccer player (VVV/FC Utrecht/Haarlem)

1970-01-30

Edwin de Kruyf/Kruijff, soccer player (FC Utrecht, FC Groningen)

1970-02-02

Erik ten Hag, soccer player (FC Twente, RKC, FC Utrecht)

1970-10-17

Jean-Paul de Young, soccer player (FC Utrecht)

1970-10-30

Suvat Karadag, soccer player (FC Utrecht)

1971-05-27

Ferdino Hernandez, soccer player (FC Utrecht)

1971-09-27

Erik Smit, Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht)

1971-10-21

René Ponk, soccer player (FC Utrecht)

1971-11-20

Robert Wijnands, Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht)

1972-06-12

Patrick van Diemen, Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht, NEC)

1973-04-01

Ferdy Vierklau, soccer player (FC Utrecht)

1975-02-19

Raymond Graanoogst, Suriname/Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht)

1976-01-18

Vincent Polvliet, soccer player (FC Utrecht)

739-11-07

Willibrord, [Clemens], 1st bishop of Utrecht/saint 695-739, dies at 81

754-06-05

Eoda, English speaking bishop of Utrecht, murdered

784-11-14

Alberik I, bishop of Utrecht, dies

917-11-29

Radboud, bishop of Utrecht/Deventer (900-17)/saint, dies

975-12-27

Balderik, bishop of Utrecht (918-75), dies

995-05-10

Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht

1010-05-03

Ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69

1026-11-27

Adalbert II, bishop of Utrecht (1010-26), dies

1054-07-19

Bernold[us] Benno/Bernulphus, bishop of Utrecht (1027-54)/saint, dies

1076-04-27

Willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies

1099-04-14

Conrad, bishop of Utrecht, stabbed to death

1139-06-23

Andries van Kuik, bishop of Utrecht, dies

1150-11-11

Hartbert, bishop of Utrecht (1140-50), dies

1156-01-30

Herman van Horn, bishop of Utrecht (1151/52-56), dies

1178-05-27

Godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies

1196-04-30

Boudouin II, bishop of Utrecht (1178-96), dies

1212-12-05

Derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies

1215-09-01

Otto van Gelre, son of Otto I/earl-elect of Utrecht

1227-07-27

Otto II van Lippe, bishop of Utrecht (1216-27), dies

1267-06-04

Hendrik of Vianden, bishop of Utrecht (1252-67), dies

1301-07-04

Willem II Berthout van Mechelen, bishop of Utrecht, dies in battle

1307-01-13

Arnoud van Foreest, Dom deacon of Utrecht, dies

1309-07-13

Jan I van Nassau, bishop of Utrecht, dies

1317-05-28

Guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63

1322-07-20

Frederik II van Sierck, bishop of Utrecht (1317-22), dies

1340-06-01

Jan III van Diest, bishop of Utrecht (1322-40), dies

1371-06-13

Jan V of Virneburg, bishop of Utrecht (Pledge Vollenhove), dies

1378-07-01

Jan I V van Arkel, bishop of Utrecht/Luik, dies

1382-06-09

Philip of Lead, lawyer of Utrecht, dies

1393-04-04

Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies

1423-10-09

Frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies

1433-09-21

Zweder van Kuilenberg, bishop of Utrecht

1455-03-24

Rudolf van Diepholt, bishop/cardinal of Utrecht (1448-55), dies

1473-10-16

Reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies

1496-04-16

David van Bourgondie, Bishop of Utrecht (1456-96), dies at about 69

1517-09-24

Frederik IV, of Baden, bishop of Utrecht, dies

1524-04-07

Philip of Burgundy, bishop of Utrecht, dies

1534-07-19

Willem van Enkenvoirt, cardinal/bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 70

1552-01-03

Henry II of Bavaria, bishop of Utrecht (1524-29), dies at 64

1574-03-05

Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies

1580-08-25

Frederick Schenk van Toutenburg, last archbishop of Utrecht, dies

1581-04-03

Huibert Duifhuis, Roman Catholic pastor (Rotterdam/Utrecht), dies

1589-10-18

Adolf van Nieuwenaar & Meurs, viceroy of Utrecht, dies in battle

1590-08-31

Floris Thin, politician/land advocate of Utrecht, dies

1618-09-28

Gilles van Ledenberg, sec of Utrecht States (1588-1618), suicide at 68

1755-08-22

Caspar Burman, historian/mayor (Utrecht), dies

1788-02-20

Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68

1877-10-16

John Zwijsen, archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 83

1882-09-19

Andreas I Schaepman, archbishop of Utrecht (1868-82), dies at 67

1892-01-08

John Heykamp, old-catholic archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 67

1929-11-18

Henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop Utrecht (1895-1929), dies at 78

1955-09-08

John de Young, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69

1987-12-17

Bernard Cardinal Alfrink, archbishop of Utrecht Neth, dies at 87

1991-12-05

Aad Mansfield, soccer player/trainer (ADO/Feyenoord/FC Utrecht), dies

1992-09-21

Hans Rosenberg, astronomer/alderman of Utrecht, dies

1995-03-11

Carel Birnie, found Utrecht Opera/Dutch Dance Theater, dies at 69