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Timeline

• 1570 : Population: 30,000
• 1578 :The "Alteratie". The catholic city government is replaced by a protestant government
• 1600 : Population: 60,000
• 1602 : Amsterdam Stock Exchange founded
• 1602 : Dutch East India Company founded
• 1606 :Oost-Indisch Huis built
• 1607 : English Reformed Church established
• 1609 : Amsterdamsche Wisselbank established
• 1611 : Koopmansbeurs built
• 1612 :Start of the Grote Uitleg, expanding the city's limits; construction of the first ring of canals (Herengracht, Keizersgracht and Prinsengracht)
• 1614 :Extensive urban expansion westward. Nieuwmarkt created.
• 1617 : Nederduytsche Academie formed
• 1617 : Korenbeurs built
• 1617 : Town gate remodeled as Weigh House
• 1618 :Publication of "De Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c.", the first daily newspaper in the world
• 1619 : Westerhal built
• 1620 : Munttoren built
• 1620 : Korenmetershuisje built
• 1621 : Dutch West India Company founded
• 1622 : Cromhouthuizen built
• 1625 : Population: 100,000
• 1632 : Athenaeum Illustre formed
• 1633 : Oude Lutherse Kerk built
• 1637 : Schouwburg of Van Campen (theatre) built
• 1638 : Accijnshuis built
• 1645 : Nieuwe Kerk rebuilt
• 1650 : Population: 140,000
• 1651 : St. Peter's Flood
• 1652 : The old town hall burns down
• 1655 : New Town hall inaugurated
• 1662 : Trippenhuis built
• 1662 : Blaeu's Atlas Maior published
• 1663 : Bubonic plague outbreak
• 1665 : Nieuwe Schouwburg opens
• 1672 : Johannes Hudde becomes mayor
• 1675 : Portuguese Synagogue built
• 1682 : Begijnhof Chapel built
• 1682 : Amstelhof built
• 1682 : Hortus Medicus founded
• 1700 : The Jordaan Neighborhood is completed
• 1700 : Population: 200,000
• 1718 : Stadstekenacademie founded
• 1748 : Pachtersoproer riots
• 1773 : Krach van de Beurs van Amsterdam
• 1774 : Nieuwe Schouwburg opens on the Leidseplein
• 1776 : Felix Meritis society established
• 1780 : Maagdenhuis built
• 1785 : Kweekschool voor de Zeevaart en de Stuurmanskunst founded
• 1785 : Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen organized
• 1794 : Metz & Co department store established
• 1795 : Population: 217,000