Nijmegen

municipality in Gelderland, Netherlands

6 dated entries naming Nijmegen, drawn from 6 separate years between 104 CE and 1702 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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2nd century

104Nijmegen is renamed Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum.source

8th century

777Saxon Wars: King Charlemagne spends Easter in Nijmegen, and leads a large Frankish army to Paderborn, where a general assembly of Carolingian and Saxon leaders had been summoned. Saxon lands are integrated into the Frankish Kingdom, and divided into missionary parishes. Duke Widukind and his followers flee to King Sigfred of Denmark, seeking refuge and support.source

10th century

991June 15: Theophanu dies in Nijmegen, and Adelaide of Italy assumes full regency over her grandson, Otto III.source

16th century

1591July 25 – Siege of Knodsenburg: Dutch Republic stadtholder Maurice of Nassau and English General Francis Vere defeat the Duke of Parma outside Nijmegen after a four-day siege.source

17th century

1647Dutch artist Salomon van Ruysdael completes the oil painting, The Crossing at Nijmegen.source

18th century

1702June 11 – Anglo-Dutch forces skirmish with French forces before the walls of Nijmegen and prevent its fall.source