city Groningen: All Data

Groningen is a city in Netherlands. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.

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Groningen: Chronology of Mentions

Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.

1478 AD
Capital of Imperial City of Groningen
1581 AD
Mentioned in Event: The Union of Utrecht
1594 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Groningen (1594), part of Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604)
1672 AD
Mentioned in Event: French invasion of the Dutch Republic
1672 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Groningen, part of French invasion of the Dutch Republic
1790 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Lande of Stad en Ommelanden, part of Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
1801 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Department of Stad en Landen, part of Batavian Republic
1812 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Department of Ems-Occidental, part of First French Empire
1940 AD
Mentioned in Event: Central Front of the German Invasion of France (World War II)
1945 AD
Mentioned in Event: Liberation of Netherlands
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Groningen, part of Kingdom of the Netherlands