Enschede

Twente's textile city: medieval city rights, the great fire of 1862, industrial boom and collapse, the 2000 fireworks disaster and rebirth as a university tech hub.

Dated events and their evidence

1325 CE mainstream
city rights confirmed by Bishop Jan III van Diest (granted around 1300) source
1597 CE mainstream
8 Oct: Maurits' vanguard cavalry camps on the Usseleres (by the later Mauritsbeumke); on 18 Oct Enschede surrenders without a fight and Maurits razes its fortifications to an open town source
1605 CE mainstream
Ambrosio Spinola retakes Enschede for Spain source
1862 CE mainstream
great fire of 7 May destroys the town; rebuilt amid textile expansion source
1961 CE mainstream
University of Twente founded (campus completed 1964) source
1975 CE mainstream
textile industry collapses under Far-East competition (~30,000 jobs lost, 1970s) source
2000 CE mainstream
fireworks disaster of 13 May: 23 dead, Roombeek district destroyed and later rebuilt source

Where

52.2225° N, 6.8925° E

Sources

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