The earliest inhabitants
Circa 5500 to 3000 B.C.
History of Nijmegen
The oldest city in the Netherlands is full of stories. Dive into the history of the Greeks and Romans and learn more about the important emperors from Nijmegen. Maybe you want to know how Nijmegen survived the plague or how the city was influenced by the devastation of World War II? You can read all about it in this historical timeline.
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ViewThe Roman cities
17 to 270 A.D.
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ViewRoman soldiers
19 B.C. to 400 A.D.
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ViewA Merovingian elite
Circa 310 to 700
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ViewCharlemagne
777 TO 881
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ViewValkhof Castle
1155
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ViewWalls and gates
From 1247
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ViewStevenskerk
from 1273
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ViewThe Brothers Lymborch
1400 TO 1416
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ViewMariken van Nieumeghen
Circa 1500
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ViewA saint
1521 to 1597
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ViewQuaternary academy
1654 to 1679
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ViewGerard Noodt
1647 to 1725
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ViewThe Treaties of Nijmegen
1672 to 1679
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ViewThe Plooi-eries
1702 to 1705
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ViewDemolition of the castle
1795 to1796
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ViewGarrison city
1870 to 1995
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ViewN.E.C.
From 1900
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ViewFour Day Marches
From 1912
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Catholic University
1923
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ViewThe Waal-bridge
1936
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ViewGoffertpark
1939
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ViewOccupied city
1940 to 1945
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ViewNijmegen in the last year
1944
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ViewReconstruction
1944 to 1956
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ViewIndustrial city
1950
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ViewNijmegen starts building new neighbourhoods
from 1960
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ViewThe Red side of Nijmegen
Circa 1960 to 1985
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ViewCommitted and controversial filmmaker
1898 to 1989
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ViewDe Gryze Stroomgod
1993 to 1995
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ViewThe Waalsprong
from 2002