Short history of Delft
1246		The 'Nieuwe Delft' is granted city rights
1250		Start building of the Old Church
1268		The 'Oude Delft' is granted city rights
1383		Start building of the New Church
1400		Building East Gate, foundation Delfshaven
1536		Great city fire
1572		Delft joins the revolt and will soon rank
		among the six great cities
1584		William of Orange murdered in the
		Prinsenhof by Balthasar Gerards
1629		Piet Hein, conqueror of the Spanish Armada
		is buried in a mausoleum in the Old Church
1632		Johannes Vermeer baptized in New Church;
		The Delft School of painting, with Pieter de
		Hoogh,Jan Steen ao.becomes world-famous
1645		Hugo de Groot, lawyer, dies
1654		Explosion Kruithuis (Gunpowder House)
1723		Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, 'the father of
		microscopy', dies
1842		Foundation of the Polytechnical School, the
		present Technical University Delft (TUD)
1847		Delft connected to Dutch Iron Railway
1870		Foundation Dutch Yeast and Spirits Works
1921		Large territorial expansion, annexation
		Vrijenban, Hof van Delft, part of Schipluiden
1948		Prinsenhof becomes Municipal Museum
1960		Territorial expansion for the building of
		housing estates Voorhof and Buitenhof
1992		150th. anniversary TUD
1996		Delft 750 years city rights