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- Antwerpen: Kunst & Cultuur (Art & Culture)
- Antwerpen: Handel & Nijverheid (Trade & Industry)
- Antwerpen: Politiek & Bestuur (Politics & Government)
- Antwerpen: Wetenschap & Onderwijs (Science & Education)
- Antwerpen: Filosofie & Godsdienst (Philosophy & Religion)
- Antwerpen: Verkenning & Ontdekking (Exploration & Discovery) .
1484-1648
(Tentative Period)
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History
Rise
- 1484, Maximilian decides that Antwerp must become the new commercial center.
Decline
- 1576, Antwerp adheres to the 'Pacification of Ghent'
- 1579, Antwerp ratifies the 'Union of Utrecht', aiming for the expulsion of the Spanish occupiers from the Low Countries (Netherlands)
- 1585, fall of Antwerp during the Eighty Years' War.
- 1648, Treaty of Munster, closure of the Schelde river
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Population Facts
Housing
(source: '1979: Inventaris van het cultuurbezit in België', ed. Suzanne van Aerschot)
- 1496: 6,147 houses (intra muros)
- 1568: 11,856 houses (intra muros)
Residents
(source: Prof. Guido Marnef, University of Antwerp - based on 1568 census)
- 1374: 7,000 residents
- 1480: 33,000 residents
- 1500: 40,000 residents
- 1526: 55,000 residents
- 1568: 89,996 residents + 14,085 foreign merchants + 3,822 soldiers and family
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