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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  1. The earliest inhabitants

    Circa 5500 to 3000 B.C.

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  2. The Roman cities

    17 to 270 A.D.

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  3. Roman soldiers

    19 B.C. to 400 A.D.

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  4. A Merovingian elite

    Circa 310 to 700

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  5. Walls and gates

    From 1247

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  6. The Brothers Lymborch

    1400 TO 1416

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  7. Mariken van Nieumeghen

    Circa 1500

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  8. Quaternary academy

    1654 to 1679

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  9. Gerard Noodt

    1647 to 1725

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  10. The Treaties of Nijmegen

    1672 to 1679

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  11. The Plooi-eries

    1702 to 1705

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  12. Demolition of the castle

    1795 to1796

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  13. Garrison city

    1870 to 1995

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  14. Four Day Marches

    From 1912

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  15. Catholic University

    1923

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  16. Occupied city

    1940 to 1945

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  17. Nijmegen in the last year

    1944

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  18. Reconstruction

    1944 to 1956

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  19. Nijmegen starts building new neighbourhoods

    from 1960

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  20. The Red side of Nijmegen

    Circa 1960 to 1985

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  21. Committed and controversial filmmaker

    1898 to 1989

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  22. De Gryze Stroomgod

    1993 to 1995

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  23. The Waalsprong

    from 2002

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